We have lots and lots of old CDs in our TV cabinet. Some of them have scratches all over that I thought of disposing them when I was spring cleaning the other day. But we never throw away old stuffs now do we? We recycle them! 😀
Besides CDs we also have lots of these eco-friendly shopping bags. Too many of them in fact! So I decided to recycle them too!
Let’s make a magnetic note holder from recyclables today 🙂
Use the CD as a guide and draw a circle on the black shopping bag.
Draw another circle on the red shopping bag and cut.
Paste the black circle cut-out on the CD. Cut the red circle into half and paste. Cut smaller black circles and paste on the wings.
Paste two googly eyes.
Add the back, paste used clothes peg and a magnet over it.
I think the only items you needed to purchase is the googly eyes and magnet. The rest are totally from the cabinet!
We will be going to the beach real soon for a holiday. Getting really excited! Today, we are going to make a turtle/tortoise out of egg carton to gear up for our upcoming getaway! 😀
Egg carton tortoise and turtle
Paint an egg carton cup any colour you like
Decorate it and let dry
Cut the body out of craft foams
Glue the coloured egg carton onto the craft foam.
Glue magnets at the back and you’ll get a cute fridge magnet! 😀
Today, let’s surprise Mom with a heart shape mouse.
Heart shape mouse fridge magnet
🙂 Click here to learn how to cut a symmetrical heart shape.
Cut out a heart shape out of grey foam.
Paste the googly eyes.
Cut two small hearts out of beach coloured felt.
Glue the small hearts as the ears. Using a hole punch, punch a pink foam and glue that as the nose. Use some thread as the whiskers. Glue a magnet at the back and your fridge magnet is done 🙂
Remember I did a gingerbread man using cork sheets? Well, we can always improvise and use craft foam instead. Always remember to do the same on both sides if you intend to hang it as a Christmas tree ornament. Here, I use glitter pen to line my gingerbread man. This is yet another very simple project to be working with the kids. 🙂
Foam Gingerbread man ornament
If you have any other gingerbread man crafts to share with us, submit it here and we’ll link it back to you. 🙂
Our craft demonstration during the ParenThots Family Day is finally over. Here are some pictures of the event. Enjoy 🙂
The booth before the 'crafty' touch 🙂
Crafters at work.
Ethan's artwork for display.
Our booth with the bunting, banner and artwork 🙂
Foam Christmas Tree and Ladybugs are the chosen crafts to be given away to visitors.
The art and craft work on display.
Kids trying their hands on origami as I guide them along..
The scorpion boy! 😛
The origamis kids can come out with.. Simply amazing!
Kids having fun...
Visitors filling up the blog subscription form.
Finally, the people who made it possible that day. A million thankx go out to Kimmy and family, my parents and also my Darling husband for helping me out. I can't possibly make it without you guys. 😀
Kimmy of “Kimmy and Julie :: Family Journal” had requested a craft on Christmas. He specifically wanted a Ginger Bread Man. So here it is, a Crafty Crafted version of the Ginger Bread Man.
Ginger Bread Man
Cut a ginger bread man out of a thin cork sheet. Paste googly eyes on it.
Trace the ginger bread man onto a white piece of paper. Cut out the strips as the 'icing' and glue them onto the ginger bread man.
Paste the necessary decorations on the ginger bread man. You may run a thread through it to make a christmas tree ornament or paste a magnet at the back as a fridge magnet.
I’m sure we all have egg cartons ‘scattered’ in our house from time to time. Let’s see what we can do with those cartons.
I think we can do a cute penguin out of it…
Paint the egg carton white
Cut a strip of black craft foam and wrap it around the painted carton. You'll need two.
Use a stapler to stapel them together
Trim off the excess carton
Add the wings of the penguin
Decorate the penguin with googly eyes, orange craft foam as the beak, yellow craft foam as the feet and tie a ribbon around it’s neck as a scarf. Give it an ear muff for maximum coolness effect! You may want to glue a magnet at the back of it and it can be a cute fridge magnet!
