April Fool's Trick : The Rock

April Fool's Trick : The Rock

Craft Project Directions:
For this April Fool's trick, you will need a large flat rock and some markers or paints.

To begin, clean and dry your rock. Next take your markers or paint and write on each side "Flip this Rock Over".

Decorate the rock further with your paints or markers so it will be sure to catch someone's attention.

Now wait and watch people flip it over and over.

Happy April Fool's Day! Enjoy Crafting!
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Fabulous Frog Catching a Fly!

Today's Craft: Fabulous Frog Catching a Fly!

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Baa Baa Black Sheep

Today's Craft:

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft you will need black and white paper, cotton balls, scissors, glue, a large piece of colored construction paper and your hands.

Take your hand and place it on a piece of black paper. Keep your three middle fingers together and extend your thumb and pinky out to the side. Trace your hand print and then cut it out. This will be your black sheep's face. Next cut a body for your black sheep.

Cut out a large and wide oval from the black construction paper and two rectangular legs. Now let's assemble your black sheep.

Take all your black pieces and glue them to a colorful background piece of construction paper. Now decorate! Add white cotton to the ears of your black sheep(your thumb and pinky)and give him a full white cotton ball coat. Next add white paper eyes to the face.

Enjoy Crafting!
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Delightful and Dashing Duck Masks

Today's Craft:

Delightful and Dashing Duck Masks

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need several craft sticks, colored construction paper, yellow and white paper, scissors, feathers (optional),glue, tape, and crayons.

To begin take several craft sticks and tape them together end to end to create a longer craft stick. This will be the holder for your mask.Next using the the templates at the address below or your own imagination, cut out a delightful duck face and dashing duck bill.

Cut the large duck face out of your white construction paper. Or use another color if you prefer! Be sure to cut out two eyes for you to peer through the mask. Use the picture as a guide.

Next cut out a large dashing duck bill from your yellow construction paper.

Next tape or glue the delightful duck bill to the duck's face.
Next tape or glue the craft stick mask holder to the backside of the dashing duck mask. Be sure leave enough of the craft stick holder stick out at the bottom to hold onto.
Decorate your daring duck mask further with crayons and wear it with style!

Happy Spring! Enjoy Crafting!
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Marshmallow Easter Bunnies

Today's Craft: Marshmallow Easter Bunnies

To make this craft project you will need some marshmallows (large and small), toothpicks, a pipe cleaner, scissors, markers, construction paper, and glue.

To begin take two large marshmallows and stick them together with a toothpick- one on top of the other. These marshmallows are your bunny's head and body.

Next take two little marshmallows and stick them onto a toothpick. Repeat. Now stick these toothpicks into the top of the bunny's head to form cute bunny ears.

Next take several toothpicks and break them in half. Stick a small marshmallow on the end of each one. Stick two of these in the front for cute bunny legs and stick one in the back for a cute cotton ball tail.

Now cut out a small bowtie from your colored construction paper. Take your colorful pipe cleaner and cut about a two inch section. Thread the bowtie through the pipe cleaner and bend it around the bunny's neck so he looks like he is wearing the neck.

Now decorate your bunny further if you wish!

Happy Easter! Enjoy Crafting!
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Itsy-Bitsy Easter Bunny

Today's Craft: Itsy-Bitsy Easter Bunny

Craft Project Directions:
Take an egg carton and cut out a row of 2 egg cups. This will be the body of your bunny.

Paint it and let it dry. Next cut out bunny ears from colored construction paper and add them on.

Add pipe cleaner whiskers, a cotton ball tail, and a cute face.

Happy Easter! Enjoy Crafting!
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Spring Flower Hat

Today's Craft:

Spring Flower Hat

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need green construction paper, pipecleaners, scissors, tape and glue, markers or crayons, and colored construction paper.

To begin cut a wide green strip from your green construction paper which will more than wrap around your head and fringe the top of the strip to look like grass.

Next take your scissors and pipecleaners and cut a variety of lengths of pipecleaner to use as flower stems. Now cut out paper flower shapes and attach them to the end of the pipecleaners. Next attach these flowers to the inside of green strip with tape.

Add paper flower shapes to the band as well. Now let dry and then tape the green strip into a circular shape which you can wear.

Happy Spring! Enjoy Crafting!
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Easter Bunny Masks

Today's Craft:

Easter Bunny Masks

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need two paper plates, scissors, colored pipe cleaners, tape, glue, craft sticks, cotton balls, colored construction paper and crayons.

To begin take your craft sticks and tape several together end to end to make a larger craft stick. This will be your mask's holder. Next take one of your white paper plates and cut out two large arcing bunny ears. Use the picture as a guide.

Next take the other paper plate and using your scissors cut out two bunny eyes in the top center of the plate. You will be able to see through your mask through these eye holes. This will be your Easter Bunny face.

Next attach the two bunny ears to the top of the bunny's face. Use tape or glue. Now secure the mask holder to the base of the the mask with tape.

Next cut out a colorful triangle nose and glue it to the Easter Bunny's face. Add colorful pipe cleaner whiskers, cotton ball fur, and more! Let your mask dry and have some fun!

Happy Easter! Enjoy Crafting!
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Great 3D Paper Easter Eggs

Today's Craft:

Great 3D Paper Easter Eggs

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need colored construction paper, scissors, tape, glue, crayons, and other materials to decorate youe Easter eggs.

To begin select all different colors of construction to create your Easter eggs. Each Easter egg will be made from four paper strips of different colors. You could also use the same colors- whatever you wish!

First take a piece of colored construction paper, hold it horizontally, and cut strips about 1/2 inch wide. Next cut these strips in half. Repeat with other colors of paper. Now take each of these strips of paper and cut the ends of the strips with your scissors into points. Now you are ready to create your Easter eggs.

Take two colorful strips and attach the pointed ends together with tape or glue to form a bowed oval shape. Now attach another paper strip to the two you just attached together at the intersection of the points. Add a fourth paper strip to complete the egg. Use the picture as a guide.

Now you have a fabulous Easter egg! Decorate it further with markers, crayons, glitter, and more. Add scriptures to each egg or special Easter messages.

Happy Easter! Enjoy Crafting!
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Easter Bunny Bonnet

Today's Craft:

Easter Bunny Bonnet

To make this craft project you will need large bright colored paper, scissors, tape, glue, markers or crayons, and pipecleaners.

To begin, bend a piece of colored paper into a cone shape large enough to fit around your head, secure in place with tape, and then trim the bottom of the paper cone with your scissors so it is even. This will become your Easter Bunny Bonnet.

Next using the templates provided below cut out two bunny ears, a bunny nose, and bunny eyes from colored paper with your scissors.

Now glue them onto your cone, creating a cool Easter bunny- use the picture as a guide. Let dry. Next take your pipecleaners and cut them into small pieces to resemble bunny whiskers and either glue them onto your bunny or poke them through the cone to secure them in place.

Decorate further with markers or crayons. Add a cotton ball tail or paper Easter eggs if you wish to further decorate your Easter Bonnet.

Happy Easter! Enjoy Crafting!
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Rock Bunny

Today's Craft:
Rock Bunny

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need a large oval (or bunny) shaped rock, colored paper, glue, a cotton ball, scissors, and markers or paints.

To begin, clean and dry your rock. Next cut out some bunny ears, eyes, and nose using the templates below or simply paint them on your rock using your paints.

Glue on your bunny pieces and add a cotton ball tail. Let dry.

Happy Easter! Enjoy Crafting!
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Cotton-Pickin' Pussy Willows

Today's Craft: Cotton-Pickin' Pussy Willows

Welcome Spring!

Craft Project Directions:

To make these delightful pussy willows you will need some colored construction paper, cotton swabs, glue and markers or crayons.

Select a piece of colored construction paper and hold it so it is wider than it is tall.

Draw vertical 'squiggly lines' on the paper to create your pussy willows. Next take your cotton swabs, break them in half, and glue them along the lines!

Happy Spring! Enjoy Crafting!
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Blue Robin's Egg

Today's Craft:

Blue Robin's Egg

Get ready for the first day of Spring!

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need water, glue, a cup, a paintbrush, blue tissue, and heavy weight white piece of paper, and scissors.

To begin, using the template provided, cut out a large egg shape. Next mix your glue and water together (equal parts) in your mixing cup.

Next cut or tear off pieces of tissue paper for robin's egg. Now lay down pieces of tissue paper on your egg shape and brush your glue/water mixture over them.

The colors will blend and become even more vibrant! Let your picture dry and hang somewhere special.

Happy Spring! Enjoy Crafting!
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St. Patrick's Day Snakes

Today's Craft: St. Patrick's Day Snakes

Did St. Patrick really drive all the snakes out of Ireland? St. Patrick may have driven all the snakes out of Ireland, but perhaps there is still one or two lurking about.

Craft Project Directions:

Make a great St. Patrick's Day Snake of your own.

To make this craft project you will need a paper plate, a piece of ribbon, scissors, crayons, and other materials to decorate your St. Patrick's day snake. To create your snake, first take a paper plate and cut it in an inward spiral, cutting from the outside to the center if the plate.

Make a head for your snake when you come to the center of the paper plate. Make a pointed tail for your snake when you begin cutting the plate.

Next attach a colorful ribbon around the snake's head to hold him up and bring him out of the spiral. Decorate your St. Patrick's Day snake with crayons, super snake shapes and delightful designs.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy Crafting!
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Quick and Easy Handprint Leprechaun

Today's Craft:

Quick and Easy Handprint Leprechaun

Create a simple and lively leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day from your hand prints. This a wonderful holiday keepsake or a sweet holiday gift for someone special.

Craft Project Directions:

To make this craft project you will need scissors, colored construction paper, a pen or pencil to trace your hands, tape or glue, and crayons or markers.

To begin, first take a piece of white paper and fold it in half. Next trace your hand print onto the piece of paper with your fingers together and your thumb out at a slight angle from your palm. Cut out the hand prints - you should have two since you folded the paper in half - and set aside. Be sure to round out the bottom of the palms. The bottom will be the chin of your leprechaun's face.

Next take a piece of green construction paper and fold it in half. Trace your hand print with your fingers together and your thumb straight out to the side. Cut out the hand prints - you should have two since you folded the paper in half - and set aside. Trim these prints straight across from the thumbs to create a brim for your leprechaun's hat.

Now select a colorful piece of construction paper for a background. Take the two white hand prints and overlay them so the thumbs become ears and the palms overlap to form a chin and a leprechaun face. glue or tape them in place.

Next take the green hand prints and overlay them on top of the white leprechaun face you just created. Overlap the green prints so the fingers overlap to form a hat and the thumbs line up to form the brim of the leprechaun's hat.

If you want, slide the brim of the hat under one of the leprechaun's ears and tilt it slightly. Glue or tape it in place.

Now you are ready to decorate your Leprechaun! Add a delightful Leprechaun face, a shamrock or two, a buckle for the hat, and maybe even a lucky piece of Leprechaun gold or two.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy Crafting!
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Huge Handprint Rainbow

Today's Craft:

Huge Handprint Rainbow

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need lots of colored construction paper, tape, a pencil, background pieces of paper, a pencil, glue, and scissors.

To begin trace your handprints (or the handprints of all the people in your group if this is a group project) on different colored pieces of construction paper and cut them out. You will need lots of handprints.

Next tape together a large number of pieces of construction paper to create a background to assemble and glue your handprint rainbow on. Arrange and glue the handprints on the background piece of paper creating a large rainbow with arcs of color. Let dry.

Enjoy Crafting!
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Pointed Ear Lucky Leprechaun Mask

Today's Craft:

Pointed Ear Lucky Leprechaun Mask

To make this craft you will need scissors, colored construction paper, string or ribbon, markers or crayons,and a hole puncher.

To begin using the templates cut a leprechaun mask from your colored construction paper. Next fold the ears slightly forward and punch two holes on either side in the center at the beginning of the ear.

Now string the ribbon or string through the holes you punched and tie on the other side. Leave a long enough length of string on either side to tie around your head to secure your mask in place.

Now decorate your mask further with markers and crayons- add eye lashes, eye brows and more!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy Crafting!
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St. Patrick's Day Magical Wands

Today's Craft:

St. Patrick's Day Magical Wands

Craft Project Directions:

St. Patrick's Day is a magical day filled with stories and lucky leprechauns. Make magical St. Patrick's Day wand of your own.

Take a piece of green construction paper, fold it in half and cut out a large shamrock shape. Next take a dowel or two craft sticks taped together to make a wand and attach the shamrock to the top. Now you are ready to decorate! Add tiny shamrocks, ribbon streamers, glitter, and more.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy Crafting!
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St. Patrick's Day Harp: A Lacing Project

Today's Craft:

St. Patrick's Day Harp: A Lacing Project

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need a hole punch, colored construction paper, tape, glue, scissors, and some colorful thin ribbon to lace.

To begin select a colored piece of construction paper and trace the template found at the address below onto the piece of paper you selected. You could also use your imagination to create a beautiful harp shape.

Next cut out the Harp shape.

Now take your hole puncher and punch an equal number of holes on the top of the as on the bottom. Make sure they line up vertically. Next cut a very long piece of colorful ribbon. Secure the end to the backside of the harp with a piece of tape or glue. Lace the ribbon through the holes to create a beautiful harp.

When you are finished lacing, cut the ribbon off and secure the end on the backside of the harp. Mount your harp on a colorful background piece of construction paper and maybe add a St. Patrick's Day symbol or two.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy Crafting!
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Beautiful Bouquets

Beautiful flowers of all kinds

Craft Project Directions:

To make a beautiful bouquet, first cut out flowers, petals, and leaves from brightly colored construction paper and tissue paper. Cut pipe cleaners of various lengths for your flower stems. Create wonderful flowers with the flower and petal pieces you cut out and when they are dry attach them to a pipe cleaner stem. Add them to a construction paper background.

Enjoy Crafting!
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Lucky Leprechaun Hats

Today's Craft: Lucky Leprechaun Hats

Craft Project Directions:
May the luck of the Irish be with you! It is sure to be with a Leprechaun hat like this! To make your hat, you will need 2 pieces of heavier weight construction paper.

First cut out a long headband about an inch and a half wide- this will allow you to wear the hat.

Next cut out a hat shape using the template provided and decorate it with a buckle, shamrocks, and whatever else you like. Let it dry and attach it to the headband so that it is facing toward the front.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Enjoy Crafting!
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Lucky Leprechaun Puppets

Today's Craft: Lucky Leprechaun Puppets

Craft Project directions:
Have you ever seen a leprechaun? Create your own magical leprechaun puppet!

Using the templates provided cut out a leprechaun body, limbs, and face. Attach them together will brass fasteners so you can move your puppet and decorate! Add a face, clothing, shamrocks, and an orange beard.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy Crafting!
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An Inviting Easter Envelope

Today's Craft: An Inviting Easter Envelope

Craft Project Directions:

To make this project you will need an envelope, a pipe cleaner, and some yellow, orange, and other colored crayons.

First turn your envelope over and fold up the flap. Draw two eyes at the top of the point and a beak for your bird just below. Next draw in the outline of wings along the envelope creases.

Now take your pipe cleaner and bend it into a V. Trim about an inch piece off the end of each V and wind the pieces around the ends to create three-pointed chicken feet.

Tape the top bend of the V on the bottom of the other side of the envelope to create feet for your bird. Now you are ready to decorate your bird- color him yellow, add orange to the beak, big bright eyes- even real feathers if you want.

Now take a small piece of white paper that will fit in the envelope and write a little note or greeting to send to someone special.

Enjoy Crafting!
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Shamrock Butterflies

Today's Craft: Shamrock Butterflies

Craft Project Directions:

To make this craft project you will need green construction paper, a background piece of paper, crayons or markers, glue, and scissors.

To begin, using the template provided, cut out two large shamrock shapes. Arrange and glue them on a background piece of paper to resemble butterfly wings.

Next take your markers or crayons and create a butterfly's body between the wings and add patterns and designs to your butterfly's wings.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy Crafting!
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Handprint Shamrock

Today's Craft: Handprint Shamrock

To make this craft project you will need a background piece of paper, glue, markers or crayons, and either green constrcution paper, a pencil and scissors, or green fingerpaint.

To begin, either trace your hands three times on green paper, cut them out, and glue them onto your background piece of paper in the shape of a shamrock- or coat your palms in green fingerpaint and press your hands on your paper to create three prints creating a shamrock.

Let dry. Add a stem with your crayons or markers.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy Crafting!

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