Materials:
1. A cardboard or piece
board
2. White art paper
3. Colors
4. Glue
5. Scissors
Procedure:
- Wrap your piece board with the white art
paper. Use the glue where
required.
- Draw a picture that roughly covers the card board. Add
some colors to the picture.
- When the entire picture is complete, draw lines at
random with a pencil.
- Take your scissors and cut the picture very carefully
along the lines.
- What you have now is little pieces of your original
picture. Shuffle those and start piecing together your
picture.
Materials:
1. Small
container
2. Small shovel
3. Wet sand
4. Seashells, driftwood, and other
medium-sized beach items
5. Plaster of paris
6. Water
Procedure:
- Have your child shovel wet sand into the container to
fill it about a third of the way.
- Let him/her select beach items to add to the cast.
Limit the items so that there is some space in between
them.
- Show your child how to press the items so they are
securely stuck into the sand without being buried.
- Make a mixture by adding water and plaster of
paris.
- Spread the mixture over the sand and shells so that it
reaches the top of the container.
- Let the cast dry for a few days then gently remove from
the container and rinse off.
Materials:
1. Colored yarn
2. Tape
3. Beads
Procedure:
- Make sure you have enough yarn for your arm to slip on
and off the bracelet and make sure you have yarn at the top before
the knot.
- Tie a knot at the top of the yarn to hold the strands
together.
- You can hold the strings in your mouth while you braid
or you can tape the beginning of the bracelet to a table to hold it
still while you braid.
- Braid the string and add some beads to the
string.
- Tie the two ends together when you are at the
end.
Materials:
1. Bubble Bath elements
includes bath salts, perfumes, liquid soap etc.
2. Decorative
bottles
3. Measuring cup or
funnel
Procedure:
- Mix all elements to make bubble
bath.
- Use measuring cup or funnel to pour into decorative
bottle.
- Cap bottle and wipe dry.
Materials:
1. Shoe box lid
2. Marbles
3. White paper
4. Liquid Paint
Procedure:
- Lay a sheet of white paper in the shoe box
lid.
- Dip a marble in the paint.
- Put the marble in the lid and gently lift the lid and
tilt it back and forth and side to side.
- The marble will make a design of paint across the
paper.
- You can use multiple colors of paint. It is best to
allow the first color to dry before begining with the
next.
Materials:
1. Poster board
2. Pair of
compasses
3. Scissors
4. Stapler
5. Craft Knife
Procedure:
- On a poster board sheet, draw a circle large enough for
the brim of the hat.
- Cut out the circle finely using scissors. Trim the
rough edges for a smooth finish.
- Inside this circle, draw a second circle shape (large
enough to fit the wearer's head). Cut it out using the craft
knife.
- Measure the diameter of the brim. Cut another circle of
the poster board measuring about 6 inches larger for the
crown.
- Place the needle of the compass along the scale of the
ruler. Drag the pencil 3 inches away from the needle.
- Now pin the needle. Draw the 6 inches diameter circle
by rotating the pencil.
- Cut a slit from the edge into the center, after folding
this circle into a cone shape to fit inside the brim. Staple the
cone in position where the cut ends of the poster board
overlaps.
- Tape the cone to the brim on the inside.
Materials:
1. A box of any
kind
2. Cartoon pictures
3. Glue and cello
tape
4. Cellophane
paper
5. Scissors
Procedure:
- Wrap the entire box with the cartoon cuttings in such a
way that not even the slightest portion of the box shows
itself.
- Leave the box for sometime for the glue to dry up
completely.
- Then wrap the entire box with the cellophane paper and
you are ready with your craft.
Materials:
1. Paper grocery
bag
2. Coat Hanger
3. Photo of child
Procedure:
- Turn paper bag upside down. Cut a square or
round opening in the bag about a foot down from the base. Cut
another small hole in the center of the base to hang the hanger on.
Tape the photo to the inside of the larger opening and check to see
that it is visible and lined up. Take the coat hanger and put it
inside the bag. Pull the curved handle through the smaller hole and
hang the three-dimensional frame somewhere where it can be
seen.
Materials:
1. White T-Shirt
2. Fabric paint
3. Paint brush
Procedure:
-
Paint
your child's feet and press them onto a white T-shirt. You can
paint them different colors and press them randomly over the shirt,
or use one color and make a trail of footprints up the front and
down the back of the shirt.
- Personalize the T-shirt even more with an iron-on
photograph or a special message written in fabric paint.
Materials
- Egg carton
- Scissors
- Yarn, string, or ribbon
- Jingle bells
- Glue
- Glitter
- Paint
- Aluminum foil
Procedure
- Cut an egg carton into individual sections; paint,
decorate with glitter, or cover with a small square of aluminum
foil.
- Make a small hole in the top of each egg
cup.
- Cut yarn, string, or ribbon into six-inch lengths, and
poke one end through the hole in the top of each egg
cup.
- Thread the bottom piece of string through a jingle bell
and back up through the hole at the top of the cup.
- Knot the ends.
- Hang on doorknobs (you may need a longer length of
string) or on the tree as Christmas tree ornaments.
