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.

Arts and crafts for Kids - Giant Paper Roses

Arts and Crafts for kids

How to Make a Giant Paper Rose:

This one is spectacular and always a crowd pleaser, especially at weddings.  They make a stunning edition to the photo's. Kids love them to for mothers day, fathers day, birthdays.  What says I love you more.

To make these 

You will need:

Flower wire - (or pipe cleaners if you don’t have this handy)

**Crepe paper – Colored (any color you fancy )

**Crepe paper – one sheet of green for leaves, calyx and stem

Floral tape – (green)

Scissors

Craft glue

Crafty Kids template 1 and 2

Additional butterfly template and some gems

Stapler *

*(if like me you don’t have a steady hand you can staple the template on before cutting)

** (please note you can use tissue paper if you have no crepe paper but you need to be more delicate as it rips easily)

Assemble

1. Enlarge and print template found in the Crafts Cupboard. Use the template to trace and cut five teardrop-shaped petals and 15 heart-shaped petals from double-sided crepe paper.
2. To shape petals, cup in centre or heart shape ; wrap left and right top edges around a pencil to curl at edges outward to form ‘flower shape’
3. Make a stem by wrapping three flower wires in paper to cover wires then wrap together with floral tape.
4. Start building flowers by first placing teardrop petals around the stem and rotate with each one then secure with green floral tape. Next place heart shaped petals around the "bud" you have just created and secure with more floral tape.
5. Trace and cut the calyx shape from green crepe paper to wrap around bottom of ‘stem’. Once you wrap calyx around bottom of rose glue in place.
6. Wrap three more flower wires with floral tape.
7. Then trace and cut out three leaf shapes from green crepe paper. Draw a strip of glue down the centre of each leaf, place the paper-covered wire down, and pinch the crepe paper together over the paper-covered wire "vein" to hide it.
8. Attach the leaves to the stem by wrapping in floral tape round the stem.
9. Wrap stem with several more strips of green crepe paper to cover floral tape; glue these in place.
10. Voila…. a fantastic giant rose.

If you’d like a tutorial on this you can visit YouTube on the following link or @ Martha Stewart .

Crafts for Kids in Under Two Minutes

Kids Crafts

In Under Two Minutes

Today I decided to have a look in the craft cupboard and come up with a craft for kids that could be completed in under two minutes....and hey presto we have a simple craft idea the Bunny Sipper. It’s simple to make, colourful but most of all it’s fun.

You will need:

Three sheets of coloured craft foam

Scissors

Marker Pen

Double sided sticky tape

A printed copy of the Bunny Sipper Template

A drinking straw

To Make:

Print out the bunny sipper template and attach it to the foam (you can use staples or paperclips here to keep it still) draw round the shapes and cut them out using the scissors.

You’ll be left with nine bunny pieces to create the sipper:

A nose

A snout

A tongue

Six whiskers

Use the marker pen to draw on the detail.

Cut two strips of double sided sticky tape and attach these to the back of the nose and tongue.  Then cut 6 small square pieces and attach these to the front of the snout where the spots are so you can attach the six whiskers.

Assemble

Once you have attached the double sided sticky tape take the nose and attach it to the front of the snout.  Turn the snout over and attach the tongue to the back of the snout. Turn the snout back over and attach the six whiskers to the spots on the snout.

Your Bunny Sipper is nearly complete.  All you need to do now is push a sharp pencil through the sipper (where indicated on the template) and attach the straw

Yay J

You now have a complete Bunny Sipper for the kids to enjoy and you managed it in under two minutes.

I have completed a short tutorial to help you make this @ kidscanbecrafty:

Hope you enjoy

Linda x