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Hi! If you are looking for a fun Christmas craft/project, check out this blog post (click on link above) on making ornaments! I know my girls would love the sparkle and fun, not to mention the glitter!
Enjoy!
~HGB
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Hi friends! This is Amber from Crazy Little Projects here to kick off the holiday season with a fun, cute and simple Christmas project.
I’m excited for the holiday season (truth is, I am already fully involved in baking, shopping, and crafting for Christmas!) – I love putting little gifts in jars and I love covering things in glitter. Put those things together and throw some chocolate inside and it can’t be beat! Here are some Christmas Treat Jars:
Once your red glitter is dry, wrap a piece of black ribbon around the jar and hot glue it in place. Cut a square slightly larger than your ribbon and cut out the center of the square to make a belt buckle. Hot glue that in place and then fill it up with candy!
These look fun to make with the kids... if you can handle glitter of course! Not sure I would use them for food treats, but super cute for a family craft and for decoration. My girls LOVE glitter - so guessing these will be a big hit in our house, well, that is until my husband see the glitter :)
~Happy Green Baby
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Making Applesauce Cinnamon Ornaments is an easy, and fun way, to get the kids involved in the holiday preparations. You can use these cute ornaments to decorate your own tree, or give them away as gifts to their friends, neighbors or Grandparents. AND they smell amazing! My daughter made me one in school last year and I have it in my car.
Applesauce-Cinnamon Ornaments
Here's what you'll need...
• 3/4 cup applesauce
• 2 bottles (2.37 oz. each) Ground Cinnamon
• Cookie Cutters
• Drinking Straw
• Colorful Ribbon
Here's how you make them...
Have fun! And Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
Thank you Hilltop Christian School for sharing this craft with your families!
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A Family Tree Sticky Wall is an interactive way to talk about families with children and help them get to know the members of their extended family. You can also make a set of leaves featuring children’s school friends to practice learning names.
What you'll need:
• tag-board tree covered with contact paper (sticky side out)
• several leaves cut from card stock
• small photos of family members
• laminating sheets or contact paper to laminate leaves!
• markers (optional)
How to make it:
1. Adhere tag-board tree to the wall or another surface using painter’s tape. The tree can be drawn with crayons and markers.
2. Place contact paper on top of the tree and adhere it to the wall (sticky side out).
3. Cut photos and tape them onto the card stock leaves.
4. Add any words or designs using marker.
5. Laminate the leaves or cover them with contact paper. This step is necessary so that the paper doesn’t stick to the sticky tree and leave a residue.
6. Start creating…then take everything off and try again.
Thank you HILLTOP CHRISTIAN SCHOOL...for sharing this fun, Fall craft in your newsletter!
Source:http://lifeyourway.net/fall-family-tree-sticky-wallactivity/
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St. Paddy's Day is Monday! Yes, in 3 days. If you are looking for an easy, fast craft to do this weekend give Candy Shamrocks a try. These Candy Shamrocks are so easy to make and look great on top of cupcakes or cookies, or make a bunch and put them in a bag for a great party favor, or just make them as a yummy treat.
Here's what you'll need...
• Round candy (like lifesavers)
• Tin foil
• Baking sheet
Here's how you make them...
1. On a foil-lined baking sheet, place 3 lifesavers in a triangle shape. Break one of the lifesavers
and place a piece under the triangle to make the shamrocks' stem. Make sure all of the candy is
touching each other or it will not melt together properly.
2. Heat your oven to 250 F and bake for 5-8 minutes or until the candy has melted together.
Keep in mind that the candy will melt a little bit more after you have taken it out of the oven.
3. Let them cool.
Enjoy your Candy Shamrocks!
Thank you HILLTOP CHRISTIAN SCHOOL for sharing this great craft!
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OR an unsharpened pencil
Trace hand-print onto construction paper or coloured card-stock. We prefer yellow -- it's a mardi gras colour and is light enough to decorate.
Thank you DLTK Crafts for Kids for sharing this great craft!
Feel free to share you craft pictures on our Facebook page!
We'd love to see your awesome Mardi Gras Masks!
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This Shiny Heart Card is not only easy to make, but the kids will love to create the shiny pattern shimmering in the heart!
Here's what you'll need:
• Construction paper
• Tin foil
• Q-Tips
• Paint and brush
• Scissors
• Glue
Directions:
1. Cut a piece of tin foil as big as you will make the front of your card. Paint it any color you
choose.
2. Before the paint dries, take a Q-Tip and wipe away some of the paint in a neat pattern, or you
can write a message like: "I Love You", "Happy Mother's Day", "Mom", or "Be Mine" for Valentines
Day. **You will have to use a few Q-tips since they will get saturated with paint after a few strokes
and won't wipe away the paint well.
3. While you're waiting for the paint to dry, cut out the inside and outside of your card. We used
two different colors. You will have to cut a heart shape out of the front, the back stays intact. This
is a good time to write your message inside the card; younger children can draw a picture inside.
4. Once the paint is dry on your foil you will need to sandwich the card. Place the tin foil between
the outside and inside paper, making sure you can see the tin foil through the heart shape. Glue the
tin foil in place and then glue the inside and outside papers together.
There you have it - Shiny Heart Card! This card is really great for any occasion, not just Valentine's Day. Keep it in mind for Birthday's, Mother's Day or just because. Have Fun!
Thank you HILLTOP CHRISTIAN SCHOOL for sharing this great craft!
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Going crazy with the winter weather and the little one's trapped indoors? Kids watching too much TV? In honor of International Polar Bear Day coming up (February 27th) try this easy Polar Bear craft to entertain the kids and give the TV a break.
You can use ordinary white copy/printer paper for this instead of construction paper. Construction paper is thicker and not as translucent, so it will cover the dark cardboard tube better. (**WE USED PAINT. MY GIRLS LOVE IT, AND THE MESS DOESN'T BOTHER ME)
Trim the white construction paper to fit around the cardboard tube. Use a glue stick to cover the cardboard tube with white construction paper. (**You can use white paint. It only takes a few minutes to dry.)
Using the pattern provided cut out paws from white construction paper and color in the paw pads with a black marker. (**The pattern is below. However, for older kids they could make their own with paper and a marker.)
Use glue stick to attach the paws to the front of the cardboard tube.
Color in the nose pattern with black marker and glue it to the cardboard tube. Use a pink crayon to add rosy cheeks. Glue the googly eyes to the bear and use a marker to add a smile and eyebrows. (**Again paint can be used vs. marker if you are up to it).
Cut the ears from white construction paper and glue to the inside of the cardboard tube.
There you have it... a cute Polar Bear!
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What a fun way to take an adventure each month!
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Okay, so if you are like me this 4th of July, you have been so busy enjoying summer the holiday snuck up before you even realized it was July. I was on Pinterest yesterday looking for a recipe and I saw all the fun, holiday craft projects. I felt a little disappointed I didn't take the time to do a 4th of July art project with the kids, but then I realized it's not too late to break out the craft supplies... (really is it ever too late to do art with the kiddo's?) I took a glance and realized how many cute, EASY projects I could do in a short time. And thanks to www.busybeekidscrafts.com I found a great 4th of July art project that was perfect for my little one's (ages 6 & 3).
Below is the Q-Tip Fireworks art project I selected, and I've add my notes and pictures.
Supplies:
• Q Tips
• Water
• Small containers (#will depend on how many colors you make. We did 4)
• Food coloring (Your choice of colors)
• Plate (or something to put colored Qtips on while they dry)
• Black construction paper (Really can be any color, but black does look great)
• Glue
Here's how you make them...
1. Cut your Q Tips in various sizes. You can actually break them off pretty easily with your hands.
2. Now you will need to color you Q Tips. Put some water in a small container and add food coloring (6-8 drops is good). Keep in mind that the more food coloring you add the more vibrant your swabs will be!
Dip your swabs in to the colored water and place on a plate. (We just put them right in the water and let them sit for 30 - 60 seconds, giving them a couple stirs, then pulled them out with a spoon. Easy, fast and my 6 yr. was able to help.) Repeat for as many colors of fireworks as you'd like.
3. If you are not doing this craft right away, or have time to prepare ahead of time, you can leave your swabs out to dry overnight. If you need them to be dry quickly you can put them in the microwave, on high for 5-6 minutes, or until they are dry. (We don't have a microwave, so we put them outside in the heat to dry for an hour while the little one was napping. Worked great.)
4. On a piece of black paper glue your Q Tips in a circular pattern. For younger children it will be easier if you draw a black dot on the paper and instruct them to glue their swabs all pointing to the dot in the middle. (For my 3 yr. old I let her decide what shape she wanted and let her go at it. Her fireworks are lines. She had a blast. There is NO right or wrong way to do this project, let the kids have freedom to create their own masterpiece. As for the glue, my 6 yr. old was putting glue on the back of the Q tip, but quickly figured out it is easier to put glue on the paper where you want it, then press the Q tip into the glue.)
Make as many different fireworks as you can, make them all different colors, sizes and patterns! My 6 yr. old added "people" watching the fireworks to her project.
If you don't have time today to make this craft for 4th of July, you really can make it for any celebration, and don't forget about New Year's.
Happy 4th of July to you and your family!
Hope it is filled with many colorful fireworks!
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