Crafts for kids Design a T- shirt

Craft for Kids

Design a T-Shirt

There is nothing better when considering giving a gift than making your own unique one. Your crafty kids or their friends will love these t-shirts. They are colorful, fun and one of the best craft ideas I have had the pleasure of making with my daughter.

So use that creative flair to transform a plain and ordinary t-shirt into a truly original one. All you need is tape, stickers, paint and a bit of imagination.

To create this fabulous craft project you will need:

Plain t-shirt (any colour)

Masking Tape

Scissors

Fabric Paint

Sponges cut into cubes for dabbing

Stickers

Foil tray

And an Iron (adults use only)

How to make the masking tape T-shirt

Lay the T-shirt flat and stick strips of masking tape onto the T-shirt in any design you like

Place your choice of coloured fabric paint into the foil tray

Dab fabric paint on and around the bits of masking tape with a cubed sponge

Leave the paint to dry and then carefully peel off the bits of masking tape

Turn the T-shirt inside out and ask an adult to iron over the design to fix it in place.

How to make the sticker T-shirt

Lay the T-shirt flat and apply the stickers in any way you like

Dab fabric paint on and around the stickers with a sponge and leave to dry

Peel off the stickers. Turn the T-shirt inside out and ask an adult to iron over the design.

Kids crafts how to make a paper plate mobile

Kids Crafts

Paper Plate Mobile

So summer is nearly here and it’s time to start thinking of things to decorate the garden and if you’re crafty kids are anything like my daughter they’ll just love creating this craftacular wind mobile.

To make the Wind Mobile you will need the following items form your craft supply cupboard:

Paper Plate

Bubble wrap (for the tentacles)

Coloured card or paper

Acrylic Paint

Black marker pen

Paint brush

Glue stick

String

Sticky tape

Scissors

How to make your Wind Mobile

Take your paper plate and paint it (any colour) and set it aside to dry.

Cut your bubble wrap into strips (8) to form the tentacles and paint these in alternate colours. Set aside to dry.

Draw several different sizes of circles on the coloured card or paper and cut these out for decoration.

Next draw two circles to form the ‘eyes’ on white paper and colour in the center with the marker pen, cut these out.

Next draw an arc shape to form the mouth. Cut this out.

Assemble

At this stage your paper plate and tentacles should now be dry. 

Turn the paper plate over and attach the tentacles in a circle to the back of the plate using the sticky tape.

Cut a 10 com piece of string loop it and stick it to the top of the plate using the sticky tape.

Turn the plate back over and use the glue stick to attach the coloured ‘scales’, eyes and mouth.

Your wind mobile is now complete and ready to hang in the garden.

If you’re kids are feeling slightly more creative get them to add coloured gems or glitter to add a just a little but more sparkle.

Kids Crafts How to make a SPLAT bug!

Kids Crafts

How to make a SPLAT bug!

So it’s another wet day and your kids want to get crafty… again… but this time they want something sparkly and shiny to make their own.

So you need to come up with a great idea in a short space of time.. Well why not on this occasion use the  kids can be crafty tools. We;re  are here to help.

Today’s kids crafts solution is…. The SPLAT bug. This is a versatile wee creature that can be made into a picture, a fridge magnet or a Frisbee. Let your crafty kids choose J

To make the splat bug you will need the following items form your craft supply cupboard:

PVC Glue

Lots of glitter in lots of colours

Sparkly gems or confetti

Googley eyes 

A baking tray (or glass plate)

And a paint brush

To make your Splat Bug:

Pour about 10ml’s of glue into the baking tray until you have a small puddle.

Take the paint brush and pull it through the glue to form a splat shape (or nay shape you like). Make sure the glue is evenly spread or it will take longer to dry.

Rainbow glitter effect

Once you’re happy with the shape grab the glitter and shake shake shake those colours over the Splat till it is fully covered.

Now take your googley eyes and place them on the splat.  Then place it in a warm place to dry, if the glue is not to thick this should only be an hour or so (but if it’s thicker leave it overnight).

Once the Splat Bug is dry get your crafty kids to add either a magnet to the back or frame it and name it .  Anything goes.

Have Fun

Linda

This is Splodge

P.S. ..Should you make a splat bugs please send us the results @ kidscanbecrafty via contact me or twitter and we’ll make a small gallery of those sent in.

How do you stock your arts and crafts cupboard.

So…How do you stock your arts and crafts cupboard..!? or do you actually have one?

As a Mum of one it’s a question I’m asked a lot.  So I decided this would be the perfect time to post a small ‘guide’ to the 15 essential items you should have to hand in your craft supply cupboard to keep the kids (or you) crafting any time of day or night.

If you’ve never considered it was necessary to set up an arts and crafts cupboard I urge you to think again. It is actually  an intimidating and daunting task. 

What supplies do you need? Where is the cheapest place to find those supplies (it’s and expensive business if you don’t go prepared you get sucked in to that impulse buy) and really how much stuff do you really need to carry out the easiest of craft projects?

 Being well-stocked with art supplies in my opinion is essential and has saved me from a few embarrassing situations on more than one occasion. 

 For example when you’ve forgotten to get a birthday card for a party the next day or like me for Valentine’s Day this year I FORGOT!! to get my daughter a rose and ended up making one from construction paper, pipe cleaners and tissue paper at 1am the night before.  Thank goodness for Martha Stewarts idea board.

So in a nutshell being prepared makes it a thousand times easier to get crafty with you kids and to help you in your quest I came up with a list of 'THE' 15 essential art supplies you will need to keep your cupboard so you are ready for pretty much any idea your budding artists come up with.