Textured Space Art

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Corrugated Paper, Craft from Recycled Materials, Paper Crafts | Posted on 20-02-2012 | 14,795 views

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My boy loves the outer space. He found this picture online the other day.

He loves it so much that he printed it out. Since he loves it very much I thought of converting it into a piece of art.

We managed to make the above inspired by the picture that he printed out earlier.

We’ll need lots of recycled cardboard boxes. What I did was to cut the shapes of planets, meteorite and more out of those boxes. We brought those cut-outs to the Studio.

Got the kids to glue the shapes onto hard construction paper.

Paint the paper with lots of colors and let dry.

Lit a candle and drop the wax all over.

Paint over the wax drops. Paint the planets and the frame.

The artwork after painting. Let dry.

This is the fun part. Once dry, use a coin to scrape the wax off the paper to reveal colorful dots.

The kids and their space art πŸ˜€ Houston, we DON’T have a problem πŸ˜›

Traffic in the city

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Corrugated Paper, Craft from Recycled Materials, Crafts by Materials, Vehicle | Posted on 10-09-2011 | 8,250 views

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We saw some boxes lying at the corner of the craft room and came out with this impromptu idea of making a mini city for all his toy vehicles πŸ™‚

After an hour or so of working together, we came out with this! πŸ˜€ Click here for full instructions.

Kitchen Paper Roll Castle

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Corrugated Paper, Craft from Recycled Materials, Crafts by Materials, Toilet Paper Roll | Posted on 23-08-2011 | 32,045 views

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We saw some old cardboard boxes and kitchen paper rolls today and decided to make a castle out of it πŸ˜€

Kitchen paper roll castle

We use some old box and kitchen paper rolls

Cut one end of the kitchen paper rolls to look like the top of a castle tower.

Draw a door and cut until you are able to ‘open’ it

Cut the kitchen paper roll so that you can slide the cardboard in

Slide the cardboards into the kitchen paper rolls.

Personalized it as you wish. My boy insisted of pasting ‘bricks’ on the castleΒ  πŸ˜€

One of his favourite craft work at the moment, his very own castle πŸ˜€

Look, he is THAT happy! Seeing him happy makes ME happy πŸ˜€

 

Egg Carton Sail Boat

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Corrugated Paper, Craft from Recycled Materials, Crafts by Materials, Egg Carton, Vehicle | Posted on 24-01-2011 | 15,698 views

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Let’s go sailing today πŸ™‚

Egg carton sail boat

We’ll need some colored corrugated papers, egg carton and wooden sticks

Draw a triangle on a drawing board and paint on both sides

Once dry, cut and paste on a wooden stick

Use a single hole punch and punch a hole in the middle of the egg carton

Paste corrugated paper to cover the egg carton

Place the wooden stick with the sail in the hole and sit two eggs in your sail boat πŸ™‚

We are ready to sail πŸ˜€

Father’s Day Handprint Card

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Corrugated Paper, Crafts by Materials, Father's Day, Hand and Footprint Art, Paper Crafts | Posted on 14-06-2010 | 20,596 views

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Father’s Day is just around the corner. Let’s make a card for dear ol’ Dad πŸ˜€


Father’s Day Card


Draw a heart on a craft foam and cut

Click here to learn how to get symmetrical heart shape


The kids with their ‘hearts’ πŸ™‚


Draw the outline of your palm


The kids decorating and personalising their cards


Their masterpiece πŸ™‚