Baa Baa Black Sheep

Today's Craft:

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Make this adorable black sheep from your handprint!

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 Daisies

Today's Craft:

Delightful Daisies

Don't you just love the flowers that come with Spring? Make a daisy or a whole bouquet! Give them to someone special or keep them for yourself.

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need white construction paper, yellow construction paper, a colored pipe cleaner for a stem, scissors, tape, and glue.

To begin take your white construction paper and cut off a small square. Bend it into a small cone. Leave just enough room at the point of the cone to slide a pipe cleaner stem into later. Tape or glue the cone together so it holds its shape.

Next trim the white paper cone so the top of the cone is level. Now take your scissors and cut straight into the cone vertical cuts all the way around the cone. The cuts should go the length of the cone, leaving about 1/2 uncut.

Repeat with a second square of white paper. Now stack your cones one on top and inside the other. Twist the top one so your petals look full all the way around.

Now insert the colored pipe cleaner into the base of the flower and glue or tape it in place.

Next cut out a small yellow circle and tape or glue it to the center of your daisy. Make a whole bouquet.

Enjoy Crafting!
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Beautiful Batik Watercolor

Today's Craft:

Beautiful Batik Watercolor

Create a cool watercolor batik project!

Craft Project Directions:
To make this project you will need a piece of white cloth, a squeeze bottle, a pencil, watercolors, a brush, flour, alum, and water.

To begin, you need to create a paste. Add 1/2 cup of flour and 2 teaspoons of alum to 1/2 cup of water and mix to create a paste.

Pour the mixture into a squeeze bottle and squeeze into your cloth to create an interesting design. Let the cloth dry overnight.

Next take your watercolors and paint the cloth.

Let your painting dry overnight and then rub and crack the paste off the cloth to finish your wonderful batik creation! You can also try this technique on pillows and t-shirts!

Enjoy Crafting!
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Glitter Shamrocks

Today's Craft:

Glitter Shamrocks

Lots of fun on St. Patrick's Day!

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need green food coloring, corn syrup, gold glitter, white construction paper, scissors, a background sheet of paper, green paper, scissors, and glue.


To begin take your white paper and cut out three hearts. Next glue them to your background piece of paper to create a shamrock.

Cut a green paper strip and glue it below the hearts to create a stem. Now tint your corn syrup with green food coloring, and mix in a lot of gold glitter. Next brush the shamrock with a thick layer of the mixture and let dry.

Enjoy Crafting!
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Leprechaun Trap : No Leprechauns Allowed!

Today's Craft:

Leprechaun Trap : No Leprechauns Allowed!

Do you think you can lure a leprechaun into an inverted cone trap? Give it a try...

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need a small box, string, scissors, tape, glue, markers or crayons, glitter, and colored construction paper.

To begin take your box and cut a hole slightly larger than a quarter in the top- you will insert the bottom of your cone into this hole. Next squirt some glue through the hole and pour in some glitter so when you look into the hole you see sparkling glitter which will look like elf treasure to the unsuspecting leprechaun.

Now take a piece of green construction paper, bend into a large cone (a large funnel shape), secure it with tape, stick the small end into the hole in the box and tape/glue in place. Use the picture as a guide.

Next take a length of string and knot it every inch and attach one end to the top of the inverted cone- this is a ladder for the leprechaun. Now decorate your trap with colored paper, glitter, crayons and markers, St. Patrick's Day symbols, and be sure to add signs which say things like 'No Leprechauns Allowed', 'For Eleves Only', 'Only Elf Treasure Allowed Beyond this Point', etc.

Let dry and place your trap in a good leprechaun catching spot. With any luck a leprechaun will see your trap, think it's an elf treasure hiding place, climb up the side of the cone, and when he sees the glittering gold at the bottom lose his balance and slide into the box where he will be trapped. Good Luck!

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

Today's Craft:

Large Lucky Leprechaun

Spring is almost here! Create a Large Lucky Leprechaun to welcome it and help you celebrate St. Patricks Day!

Craft Project Directions:
Spring is almost here! Welcome the season with a wonderful Leprechaun! To make your large lucky friend you will need green crepe paper, some green, white, and black construction paper, orange paper shreds or crepe paper, tape, glue, and some scissors.

First cut out a white face, black hat, black boots, some small black buttons, and 2 white hands . Next cut 4 lengths of green crepe paper- however long you wish your leprechaun's arms and legs to be.

Next take a piece of green construction paper and roll it into a tube shape- this will be the body of the leprechaun.

Now attach the crepe paper arms and legs to the top and bottom sides of the tube. Add the hands and boots to the ends of the crepe paper. Decorate the leprechaun face - add fun features, an orange beard, a hat, and whatever else you like.

Let it dry and attach it to the body tube. Now decorate the body - add the buttons and maybe a shamrock or two.

Enjoy Crafting! Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Pointed Ear Lucky Leprechaun Mask

Today's Craft:

Pointed Ear Lucky Leprechaun Mask

Add a Leprechaun hat to this mask and you will be the perfect Leprechaun!

Craft Project Directions:
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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Leprechaun Trap : Green Jello Surprise

Today's Craft:

Leprechaun Trap : Green Jello Surprise

Sometimes the simplest trap works the best - here's a classic Leprechaun trap!

Craft Project Directions:

To make this project you will need a small box, green and yellow construction paper, foil, glue, tape, scissors, a markers or crayons, green jello, a plastic container for the jello that fits in the box, green tissue, and small gold coins or something else small and sparkling.

To begin take your box and cover the outside with green paper. Next cut out tiny shamrocks and gold coins from your construction paper and jewel shapes from your foil and glue them on the outside of the box to decorate it.

Make the green jello with an adult's help - be sure to put something gold or sparkling in the bottom of the jello container- this will attract your leprechaun and when he tries to reach for it he will fall and sink in the jello and be trapped.

Now flip your box over and decide where you want to place your trap. Once you have the perfect location, place the jello container there. Pack the area around the jello with green tissue so it looks level and the leprechaun can easily walk across it. Around the jello pit, place objects to entice the leprechaun - a small cup filled with lucky charms, a tiny chair, etc.

Good Luck! Happy St. Patrick's Day. Enjoy Crafting!

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Large Eye-Catching Balloon Masks

Today's Craft:

Large Eye-Catching Balloon Masks

Create a Larger than Life Balloon Mask!

Craft Project Directions:
To create this craft project you will need a large balloon, colored construction paper, tape, glue, pipe cleaners, scissors, markers, and feathers.

To begin inflate your balloon and set it aside. Be sure to select a color you like for it will be the dominant color of your mask.

Next take several pieces of colorful construction paper and tape them together to form a large tube. This is the base of your mask. Slip it over your head to make sure it fits.

Cut eye holes through the side of the paper tube so you will be able to see out.

Now rest the large balloon you inflated on top of the paper mask and tape it in place.

Now you are ready to decorate your mask! Create a spectacular face on the balloon.

Add large eyes, pipe cleaner and paper shred hair, feathers, and more! Add designs and outlandish colors to the neck (paper tube) and let your mask dry. Now wear it in style!

Enjoy Crafting!
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Great Green Goo for You!

Today's Craft:

Great Green Goo for You!

A tremendous messy amount of fun!

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project, follow the recipe below.

First, you will need the following ingredients:

7-8 ounces of white glue
Green Food coloring (if you want to make green)
1 cup of water
Borax

How to Put It All Together:

Mix together the glue, green food coloring, and 3/4 cup of water in a mixing bowl. Take another bowl and mix together 1 tablespoon of borax and 1/4 cup of water. Add the borax mixture to the glue mixture until a goo blob forms. Remove the goo blob. Repeat the process with another borax mixture and keep repeating until the glue mixture is gone. When you are finished, knead the blobs of goo together and store in an airtight container. Take out and play!

Enjoy Crafting!
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Paper Bowl Lions

Today's Craft:

Paper Bowl Lions

Transform a paper bowl into a fabulous lion!

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need a yellow paper bowl (or a white paper bowl you can paint yellow), markers, brown, yellow, and orange tissue paper, scissors, glue, and some brown paper.
To begin flip your bowl over and cut out some small paper ears from your brown paper.

Glue the ears onto the bottom of the bowl and then add lion facial features with your markers.

Now glue strips of brown, yellow, and orange tissue paper along the outer edges of the bowl to resemble a mane. Let dry.

Enjoy Crafting!
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