By Merryn | Posted on 12-04-2011 | 5,845 views
Categories Craft Tips and Tricks
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Don’t throw away your egg cartons as they can be used as an art pallete. You need not spend money to buy pallete anymore ๐ Recycle is the way to go ๐
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We did an egg carton bee today ๐ Egg carton bee Paint the egg carton yellow Paint stripes on it Glue wings onto the bee Bend a pipe cleaner (chenille stick) and glue on the head Paste the eyes and the bee is done ๐
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We did a paper plate elephant today ๐ Paper plate elephant I’m sorry for we did not take pictures during the making this time around. My camera was not with me ๐ Anyway, you’ll need 4 paper plates; 3 small ones and 1 big one. Paint them. Glue a small paper plate to a big […]
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The little sprouts of My Little Sprouts did this awesome papier mache pottery. Papier Mache pottery To learn how you can turn these balloons into pots, click here for the full instruction. Thank you My Little Sprouts for sharing your creative pottery art with us ๐
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I stumbled upon this great idea fromย Rainbowstarbooksย for a goodie bag! The next time you have a party, why not place all the little goodies in a plastic bag and tie it up to look like a butterfly? Simply great isn’t it?
By Merryn | Posted on 03-04-2011 | 6,756 views
Categories Animal Crafts, Art Crafts, Giraffe
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Ethan did a giraffe art today. Let me share it with you ๐ Giraffe Art He drew a giraffe modeled after the Toilet Paper Roll Giraffe in our previous entry ๐ Here he is diligently colouring the giraffe Tah-dah! His giraffe art is done and he is all smiles ๐
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We had a very fun time making this giraffe today ๐ Toilet Paper Roll Giraffe You will need four toilet paper rolls and one kitchenย paper roll Draw a giraffe head and cut. Draw another slightly bigger head, cut and paste to the smaller head. You’ll get a giraffe head as shown above. Cut the remaining […]
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Our poster boy now loves painting pictures. He has graduated from colour pencils and crayons and is now loving water paints. I’ve done this video of him painting an elephant. Enjoy ๐
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Jamie of Hands On : As We Grow submitted this yummy looking Fruity Cheerio Rainbow craft. Fruity Cheerio Rainbow For full instruction on how to make this interesting rainbow, click here. Thank you Jamie for sharing this craft with us ๐
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Feeling a little Oink Oink today so we will be making a paper plate pig! ๐ Paper plate pig You’ll need a paper plate, two cups from the egg carton and a ring cut out of toilet paper roll Paste a piece of paper on one side of the toilet paper roll ring and cut […]
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It’s St. Patrick’s today and let’s celebrate by making a four leaf clover out of toilet paper roll ๐ Four Leaf Clover You’ll need to cut the toilet paper rolls into rings. You’ll need four rings Press and shape them until you get 4 heart rings Paint the heart rings green It can get pretty […]
By Merryn | Posted on 16-03-2011 | 5,467 views
Categories Craft Tips and Tricks
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Painting is so much fun. What do you do if you need to put down your brush for a moment while you take a break or two? Don’t just put them on the table and risk them rolling off or anything similar to that. Cut an egg carton and use it as a brush holder. […]
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It has been sometime since we last did an egg carton craft. Today, let’s make an elephant! ๐ Egg Carton Elephant You’ll need a head with huge ears and a body with legs. Cut them out Paint it whatever colour you like ๐ Paint the ears and eyes and your elephant is done ๐
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Finas of My Learning World did this cute paper plate chick ๐ She painted 3 paper plates (of different sizes)ย yellow. Glue the small plate to the bigger plate. Cut the beak, wings and feet from the remaining paper plate and glue. Shred tissue paper and paste as the feathers. Paste eyes and cottons and there […]
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Let’s make a flower out of toilet paper roll today ๐ Toilet Paper Roll Flower Draw lines and cut as shown above Paint it Punch a hole and poke a wooden chopstick through and glue. Your flower is done ๐
By Merryn | Posted on 02-03-2011 | 7,017 views
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Art time is so much fun. To prevent your clothes from paints, wear a smock or an apron. On the other hand, you can turn an over-sized old tee into an art apron. That way you can make as much mess as you like ๐
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It’s been sometime since we last did a toilet paper roll craft. Today, let’s make a toilet paper roll jet ๐ Toilet Paper Roll Jet Glue the egg carton to the toilet paper roll as what we did previously for the toilet paper roll plane. Refer to it here. Paint it with the colour of […]
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We are going to try rock painting today and what else can we paint if not our favourite – Lady Bug! ๐ Lady bugs Choose some nice, round rocks Paint it red Once dry, paint the face black. Draw line and dots. Let dry. Paint the eyes. Once dry, spray a coat of varnish and […]
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Refer to the video we shared on how to cut letters from paper here and weโll be making alphabet teaching aid again today. Today’s lucky letter is B. B is for Butterfly Cut a B out of a piece of paper. Use that paper B as a guide to draw the outline on a piece […]
By Merryn | Posted on 17-02-2011 | 82,580 views
Categories Paper Crafts, Shapes, Vehicle
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Let’s learn basic shapes today and along the way make a dump truck out of it ๐ Dump truck Iย cut several basic shapes such as rectangle, square and circle. We also shredded some crepe paper. Use a glue stick to stick the shapes Paste the shapes onto an art block Spread some glue on the […]