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 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.

Introduction to my blog Kids can be crafty …but parents have to be craftier!

 Introduction to my blog Kids can be crafty …but parents have to be craftier!

It’s funny, I just wanted to get myself some respite on a very wet Sunday afternoon from my 5 year old yelling …. “Mum I’m sooooo BORED what can we do today!!??”  It had been said that much already it was now stuck in my head going round and round like a broken record.

 

Until… light bulb moment!! “CRAFTS” I yell back.

 

 

Hmmm I know…It seemed like a great idea at the time.  I mean really! How hard could it be?!  Oh boy I just didn’t have a clue. Not one little clue as to the can of worms I had just opened

Suddenly I’m on the spot as my five year old jumps up and down excitedly saying "Ooooh great what are we going to make Mum?” and wham with those 6 little words the panic!!! set in. 

Oh God!! That's a good question. Never saw that one coming (I’m convinced I’m still suffering from Baby Brain) why didn’t I think of that? Help what do I do now? Where do I turn?  What can we make? What do I need? A thousand questions all at once and no solution to a very immediate problem.  How to please a five year old with crafts?

So I learned a very valuable lesson that day. Be prepared, and if you can’t be prepared, let someone else do it for you!  and that Ladies and Gentelman is what my blog is all about. It will take the S out of that stress by teaching parents how to become craftier than their kids.

I hope you enjoy it. I’m sure it will bring a lot of fun and laughter and not to mention a hughe amount of mess to your home.

Linda  ( or should I say …MUUUUMMMMM!!)

P.S:

My Thought for today:

Being a parent is the hardest job I have ever done (and I’ve had a few) and the most rewarding. There is no job description or instruction manual on the right way to do things.  It is really just about being creative in a digital age while being fuelled by regular top-ups of coffee. So go on go out there and grab life by the obstacles and try something new.  It helps keep us sane in all this rain.