We are in the festive spirit and will be making oil lamp today 🙂
Toilet Paper Roll Oil Lamp
Cut half a large toilet paper roll
Cut a triangle out of small toilet paper roll
Paste onto the larger toilet paper roll
Cut ‘flames’ out of coloured construction paper.
Paint the toilet paper roll inside out
Use hair dryer to expedite the drying process. Click here for more of craft tips and tricks.
Paste the flame and the oil lamp is done 🙂
We are going to make an abstract art using toilet paper roll today 🙂
Abstract art
Dip a toilet paper roll into tub of paint
Stamp onto an art block, repeat until you’ve covered the entire surface
My boy loves to wipe away the paint before dipping the roll into different colour tubs 🙂
The kids love doing this!
Posted by Merryn | Posted in Hand and Footprint Art | Posted on 14-07-2011 | 11,156 views
Footprint Popsicle
Draw the outline of your foot
Cut it out and paste
Paste a popsicle stick
Layer it with more footprints for a nicer effect 😀 Slurp!
Kate Gribble of An Amazing Child shared this beautiful Paper Towel Butterfly Mobile 😀
This activity uses paper towel and food colouring (paint). It is perfect for toddlers. The paint spreads beautifully across the paper and once dry, can be cut into any shape you like. This mobile was made by Kate and her 27 month old son for her 11 week old daughter.
Click here for the full instruction. Thank you Kate for sharing this amazing craft. We love it!
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We are still in the mushroom craze so that is what we’ll be making today 🙂
Paper plate toilet paper roll mushroom
Paint the toilet paper roll brown
Cut a line to the middle of the plate and glue as shown above.
Paint the paper plate red.
Varnish the paper plate with PVA Glue.
The paper plate should be sticky. Paste cotton on it and let dry. It will have a nice shine once dried.
Spread glue on the rim of the toilet paper roll
Plate the paper plate on the toilet paper roll
Paper plate mushrooms
The kids and their mushrooms 🙂
Posted by Merryn | Posted in Creative Expression | Posted on 09-07-2011 | 6,284 views
Today, the kids were given these..
Heavy paper roll
and these..
Empty plastic bottles.
They were told to think of a game to play with those and they came out with this…
Plastic bottle bowling. Cool!
They enjoyed it very much that they were reluctant to stop!
The satisfaction they got when they hit a STRIKE was priceless 😀
Click here to check out other creative expression activities in the Studio
1) Creative Expression – Vehicle
2) Creative Expression – Animals
Posted by Merryn | Posted in Hand and Footprint Art | Posted on 06-07-2011 | 15,125 views
My boy loves eating carrots. He says they are good for his eyes so when he heard that we are going to make a hand and footprint carrot today, he is very excited!
Hand and footprint carrot.
Paint your foot orange
Stamp it onto a piece of paper
Paint some lines across the carrot
Paint your palm green
Stamp it above the carrot and the carrot is good to be ‘eaten’ 😛
Posted by Merryn | Posted in Crafty Crafted Friends | Posted on 05-07-2011 | 5,129 views
Jamie of hands on : as we grow shared this beautiful Yarn Circle Garland craft with us. Jamie says, “Crafts sometimes take different shape than originally intended. Most of the time they end up with a better outcome.
This beautiful garland is made from only yarn and glue and the help of a muffin tin, all by my preschooler.”
Click here for the full instruction. Thank you Jamie for sharing your craft with us. We really appreciate it. 🙂
