Need a bookmark? Try making your very own footprint ghost bookmark. All you need are foam craft and googly eyes. The ghost is best done on white craft foam. I did not have any white craft foam at the time of doing this, so I settled with yellow foam instead. Trace the outline of your foot onto the foam. Cut it out. Paste the googly eyes and decorate it.
This handprint butterfly is simple to do. I got Ethan to draw the outline of his palm. And then I helped him cut it out. Paste the cut-out hands on a piece of paper. I use black foam for the body and got Ethan to paste the googly eyes.
All you need is an old envelope, a craft scissors and some craft punch. Cut the corner of an envelope and decorate it as you like. The idea is to use the corner of an envelope as a bookmark. How you beautify it is up to you! Simple isn’t it?
A great way to decorate your wall, notice board, posters or anything is to add this cute paper chain rabbit. Take a strip of paper. Fold it lapping each other. Draw a rabbit, making sure the nose and the tail touches the folded area. This is to ensure your rabbits will be chained to each other. Use a paper punch and punch out a hole for the eyes. Cut along the lines and you’ll get your cute paper chain rabbit!
This is too simple to do. All you need is a ribbon, foam and googly eyes. Cut out the foam to any shapes desired and add the googly eyes to make it more interesting. Paste the foam on both sides of the ribbon and on both ends too. Alternatively, you may used nice buttons instead of foams.
At the playground today, Ethan kept on observing the trees and the falling leaves. He has seen those trees and the leaves everyday for so many months now but wonder why today he was more intrigue by them. So when we got back home, I decided to do this craft with him. By now this boy is an expert in tracing the outline of his palm. I helped him cut out the ‘hands’ as he is too young to use the scissors. I let him do his own pasting. One thing about craft for kids is, the more imperfect it is, the better I like it!
He is so proud of all his crafts, he kept on telling Daddy, “Ethan make tree” and also “Ethan make SUN” referring to his previous Sun craft! 🙂
There was once when I kept the eggs in my fridge for far too long that they turn bad. Then hubs jokingly said that luckily it turn bad, otherwise they will hatch! And then, I got an idea for this craft… All I used was my old place mat and that scouring sponge? Is that what they call it? Some googly eyes and glue are needed too. Got Ethan to outline the ‘egg‘. Ready for assemble. Cute? It’s a gentle reminder to quickly consume the eggs before they hatch! 😀
On this hot sweaty day, let’s make the sun looks kinder and cuter so that we don’t hate it so much, shall we?
Start by tracing the hand on yellow paper. For small palm like Ethan’s, fold the A4 paper twice to get 4 equal parts. Cut out the hand prints. Paint a paper plate yellow. Only the bottom part of the plate needs to be painted. Glue the hand prints onto the painted plate.
Add details such as the eyes and a smile and the Sun is done! Look at the little fella admiring his Sun amongst many other artworks on the wall! 🙂
This is a little bit difficult for Ethan’s level. The only thing he managed to do is to hold down the centre section down until the glue dries up. Alternatively, you can just put a clothe peg to hold it down until it dries up.
On one paper plate, fold about a third of the plate over (have the bottom of the plate facing forward). This paper plate will be the owl’s head.
On the folded part, cut two short slits and fold them back up. (These will be the owl’s tufts – although they look like ears, they are only feathers. An owl’s ears are simple holes on the sides of the head).
Glue the center section down.
Glue or staple the head to another paper plate.
Cut another paper plate in half (these will be the wings).
Glue or staple the wings to the body at a slight angle.
Color in the owl, drawing feathers, wings, or other patterns.
I’m a little bit dissapointed with the result of my colouring as the owl looks way too UGLY! If you are going to try this, try colouring it better, just don’t end up like MINE! 😀
