Recycling Craft

Ice-cream stick photo frame

Waste CD 

Jar Painting

Independence day Nail Art

Independence day Nail Art

Daycare Craft

Spring Scene Button Art 

Frosty Soap Painting

Materials

• 1 cup powdered laundry soap
• 1/2 cup cold water
• Electric mixer or wire whisk
• Food coloring (optional)
• Paintbrushes
• Heavy paper or cardboard

Directions

1. Beat or whisk cold water and laundry soap together until stiff.
2. Add food coloring or leave white if using colored paper.
3. Paint with a brush or use as fingerpaint on heavy paper or cardboard.
4. Let dry flat.

Activities for Babies (skill-building activities)

Balloon Fun

Time

• 5 to 10 minutes

Materials

• Package of balloons

Directions

1. This activity helps your child to explore force and motion. Inflate the balloons and tie them off with the string.
2. Suspend them from the ceiling just low enough to be reached, and hit them gently with the palm of the hand.

Extensions

• Try to move the balloons by blowing them.
• Hit the balloons using only the head.
• Put your hands behind your back and walk through the balloons, letting them brush your faces.

Number Matchup

Materials

• Index cards
• Pen or marker
• Old magazines (optional)
• Scissors (optional)
• Glue (optional)

Directions

1. Make up two sets of index cards. On one set write numbers from 1 to 10, or higher. On the other set, draw (or cut outfrom magazines) pictures of objects that correspond to the numbers of the first set.
2. Lay all the cards on the table, face up, and have your child match each numbered card to the card with the corresponding number of objects.

Homemade Glue and Paste Recipes

Glue

Materials

·         3/4 cup water

·         2 tablespoons corn syrup

·         1 teaspoon white vinegar

·         Small saucepan

·         Small bowl

·         2 tablespoons cornstarch

·         3/4 cup cold water

Directions

1.       Mix water, corn syrup, and vinegar in saucepan.

2.      Bring to a full, rolling boil.

3.      In bowl, mix cornstarch with cold water.

4.      Add this mixture slowly to the hot mixture, stirring constantly until the mixture returns to a boil.

5.       Boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat.

6.      When cooled, pour into another container and let stand overnight before using.

Homemade Paste

Materials

·         1/2 cup flour

·         Cold water

·         Saucepan

·         Food coloring (optional)

Directions

1.       Add cold water to flour until mixture is as thick as cream.

2.      Simmer and stir in saucepan for 5 minutes.

3.      Add a few drops of food coloring, if desired.

4.      This wet, messy paste takes a while to dry.

Homemade Clay Recipes

Modeling Clay

Materials

• 2 cups salt
• 2/3 cups water
• Saucepan
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup cold water

Directions

1. Stir salt and water in a saucepan over heat 4-5 minutes.
2. Remove from heat; add cornstarch and cold water.
3. Stir until smooth; return to heat and cook until thick.
4. Allow the clay to cool, then shape as desired.
5. When dry, decorate with paint, markers, glitter, and so on.
6. If you like, finish with clear acrylic spray or clear nail polish.
7. Store unused clay in a Ziploc bag.

Bread Clay

1. Materials
   • 6 slices white bread, crusts removed
   • 6 tablespoons white glue
   • 1/2 teaspoon detergent or 2 teaspoons glycerine
   • Food coloring
   • Paintbrush
   • Equal parts white glue and water
   • Acrylic paint or spray or clear nail polish
   Directions
   1. Knead bread with glue plus detergent or glycerin until the mixture is no longer sticky.
   2. Separate into portions and tint with food coloring.
   3. Let your child shape the clay.
   4. Brush the sculpture with equal parts glue and water for a smooth appearance.
   5. Let dry overnight.
   6. Use acrylic paints or spray or clear nail polish to seal and preserve.

Craft Activitiy (Paper Bag Faces,Paper Towel Drawing,Tissue Art Activity)

Paper Towel Drawing

Materials

• Paper towel or coffee filters
• Markers

Directions

1. Set your toddler in her highchair and give her a couple of markers and a piece of paper towel or coffee filter.
2. The absorbency of the paper towel will make the colors blur as she makes marks on it.

Tissue Art Activity

Materials

• Glue
• Paper cup or small plastic container
• Water
• Paintbrush
• Paper
• Tissue paper cut into 1?2-by-16-inch strips
• Scissors
• Sequins, beads, glitter (optional)

Directions

1. Pour a small amount of glue into a paper cup or small plastic container, and add about a quarter cup water to get the consistency of paint.
2. Have your child use a paintbrush to paint the glue solution onto a piece of paper.
3. Then, crumple up strips of brightly colored tissue paper and press them onto the paper.
4. Use a variety of colors and add sequins, beads, and glitter for a real piece of art.

Paper Bag Faces

Materials

• Newspaper or old magazines for tearing
• Paper bag
• Rubber band
• Crayon, marker, or paint

Directions

1. Tear up old newspapers or magazines.
2. Crumple up the pieces and stuff them in a paper bag.
3. When the bag is full, seal the end with a rubber band.
4. Then draw or paint a big happy face on the paper bag.

Art Projects for Kids (Cardboard Tube Owls, Cupcake Wrapper Flowers, Tissue Paper Night-Lights, )

Tissue Paper Night-Lights

Create a design-it-yourself night-light using everyday materials and a spark of creativity.

• tissue paper
• jar
• glue

• water
• paintbrushes
• battery-operated tea lights

• paper plate

1. Any kind of glass jar is perfect for this project... you can use a jelly jar, a fancy-shaped jar, a baby food jar--whatever you like.
2. First choose your favorite colors, and either cut or tear them into smallish bits. (It's always fun to tear up paper!) Then add a splash of water and a bit of glue into a small bowl, and mix the two liquids together.
3. You may choose to cover your entire jar with glue at this point, or to work in smaller areas--it's up to you! Madeleine chose to work in sections, spreading her colors around
4. We set the jar outside to dry for a bit, then noticed that it had a few "empty" spots... Madeleine decided that just wouldn't do, so she repeated the last two steps (hooray for adding more color!)
5. Then it was really done! Put on a lid, if you think it should have one (paint the lid first, if you'd like), and then go find exactly the right spot for your beautiful new light-light. Perfect!

Cupcake Wrapper Flowers

• cupcake liners
• scissors
• pipe cleaners

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Cardboard Tube Owls

• cardboard tubes (toilet paper or paper towel tubes) (paper towel or toilet paper tubes)
• scrap paper / recycled paper
• pipe cleaners

• googly eyes
• felt
• tacky glue

 Gather empty toilet paper rolls around the house. We have a box where we store our trash-to-treasure supplies, which comes in handy for projects like this.

 Fold the top of the toilet paper rolls down toward the middle to form the owls ears.

 Cut up various scraps of textured and colored paper, pipe cleaners, and felt scraps to use for the craft. Cut the orange felt into little triangles to use for the beak.

 Apply glue to the various textured papers and pipe cleaners. 

 Attach wings, textures, beak, googly eyes, and any other decorations you want to use. I think beads and buttons would be fun too.

Winter Craft (Decorated Slippers, Golf Ball Snowman,Plastic Spoon Snowman,Sock Snowman Craft)

Decorated Slippers

This is an easy gift idea for kids to make, and they can really go to town personalising their slippers for the recipient!

You will need:

An inexpensive pair of plain slippers
Fabric flowers (from a haberdashers or craft store), or other embellishments
Fabric glue

Use the fabric glue to stick to flowers onto the slippers to great your own unique way to keep someone's feet warm this winter. The slippers make a great Christmas gift.

Golf Ball Snowman

This would make a cute paperweight for Dad’s desk this Christmas!

You will need:

Two old golf balls
Strong glue
Film canister
Ribbon
Paint (black and orange)
Sticky tack

Instructions:

Glue the golf balls together. Glue on the canister so it makes a hat.
When the glue is dry, paint eyes, mouth, buttons and a carrot nose on to your snowman. Tie a piece of ribbon around the snowman’s neck for a scarf.

Plastic Spoon Snowman

This cute snowman is quick and easy to make with some simple materials

You will need:

White plastic spoon
Scrap of orange craft foam, felt or card
Scrap of black craft foam, felt or card
Felt or ribbon for a scarf if you like
Black beads or stickers
Marker pen
White glue (PVA)

Instructions:

Cut the appropriate nose and hat shapes out of your scraps. Using tiny dabs of white glue, attach the features carefully. Use a marker pen to draw a mouth.
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Sock Snowman Craft

You will need a white sock and a baby sock to make this gorgeous sock snowman - but he is so gorgeous we don't think you will be able to stop at one!

You will need:

A white ankle sock (we used ladies size)
Baby sock
Toy stuffing
Fabric glue
Ribbon
Thread
Brown felt
Scrap of orange craft foam
Sequins/buttons
Scrap card

Instructions:

Cut a small circle of scrap card and pop it in the toe of the ankle sock.

Stuff the sock to the heel.

Tie a knot in the sock and trim off the excess.

The sock should now stand up on the card base.

Tie a length of ribbon around the sock where you want the scarf to be. It will help separate the sock into head and body.

Slip the baby sock onto the head to form the hat. Tie a piece of wool around the end and cut off the "toe" end of the baby sock.

Glue on twig arms (cut from brown felt), a carrot nose (from orange craft foam), eyes and a row of buttons down his front (from sequins or buttons).

Waste Bangles Craft

·         Decorate furniture, pottery, artwork, frames, jewelry...

·         Make a mobile, napkin rings, curtain rings...

·         Glue them together to make a pencil holder

·         Decorate a terra cotta pot, fill with sand, and use it to hold burning incense

·         Fill the bottom of a glass vase with small broken bangle pieces

·         Decorate your Christmas tree!

·         Some bangles can still be worn if you do not mind that they are just cracked at the seam

Rangoli Design

    Christmas rangoli designs santa

Waste Matterial

Spring Chick in a Basket

 Instructions

• pom-poms - large
• egg carton
• pipe cleaner
• tissue paper
• glue
• felt
• googly eyes

 We gathered our materials and pulled a couple of egg cups from the egg carton.

 I punched holes in the sides of the egg cups so the kids could make their baskets.

 They each twisted a pipe cleaner through the holes to create a handle.

 We added a little bit of tissue paper for grass, and a dot of glue to hold the pom pom in place

 Now for the fun part! Two googly eyes and a felt beak finished off this fun spring craft.

 They came out adorable. I especially like the pink one!