Button Apple Trees

Today's craft:

Button Apple Trees

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need colored construction paper, scissors, glue, and markers or crayons. To begin, using the templates provided, take piece of brown paper and cut out a tree trunk for your tree. Next cut out several green leaf sections from your green construction paper. Glue these onto a background piece of paper to create a lovely tree. Now you are ready to add your apples. Take your large red button and glue them all over the tree and on the ground next to your tree. Let dry. Enjoy Crafting!

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Letter I becomes an Ice Cream Sundae

Today's Craft:

Letter I becomes an Ice Cream Sundae

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

To begin, cut your scissors and cut out a large letter I- this will become your ice cream sundae dish. Next cut out a number of circles and shapes to become scoops of ice cream.

Glue the dish and the ice cream onto a background piece of paper- use the picture as a guide. Decorate more with markers or crayons, add cotton ball topping.

Enjoy Crafting!
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Illustrated Book Covers

Today's Craft: Illustrated Book Covers

Craft Project Directions:

To create some great book covers for your books you will need some grocery bags or large piece of heavier weight paper.

If you chose the grocery bag cut it open on one side and cut off the bottom, so that you can lay the bag out flat.

Next select a book you want to make a cover for and trim the paper you have chosen so that it is about an inch bigger than the book along the top and about three inches wider than the book along the sides.

Fold down the top and bottom of the paper so that the cover is the same size as the book, and fold back the sides so that they overlap the inside covers of the book and will fold the cover you are making in place.

Now that the cover has been fitted, flip it over and decorate it with crayons, paper shapes, stickers, glitter, and other materials. Let it dry and then place it around your book!

Enjoy Crafting!
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Seashell Boxes

Today's Craft: Seashell Boxes

To make a seashell box, you will need small seashells, a small cardboard box, varnish, a brush, and glue.

To begin take your shells and glue them to your box - create a design with them or just arrange them randomly.

Cover the whole box with them.

When you are done varnish the box using your brush. Let dry.

Enjoy Crafting!

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Crawling Crabs with Claws

Today's Craft:

Crawling Crabs with Claws

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need brass fasteners, colored construction paper, glue, tape, colored cotton balls, crayons, and scissors.

Your crab will be made up of several different pieces.

First let's make the crab's body. Select a piece of colored construction paper. The color you choose will become the dominant color of your crab. Fold it in half and cut an oval leaving the fold intact.

Next cut out two big crab claws. You can use the templates listed at the address below or your own imagination. Attach the two crab claws with brass fasteners to the bottom of the crab body you just cut out.

Next cut out little crab legs to go out from the sides of the crab body and tape or glue them in place. Now you are ready to decorate your crawling crab. Add eyes with paper, crayons, or even colored cotton balls and decorate the crab's shell.

Enjoy Crafting!
Crab Craft Template

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Buzzin' Paper Plate Bees

Today's Craft:

Buzzin' Paper Plate Bees

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need a yellow paper plate, black pipecleaners, tape, glue, black construction, and scissors.

To begin, take your scissors and cut out black strips from your black construction for your bee's body, as well as a black triangle stinger and and oval face- use the picture as a guide.

Next glue these pieces onto your yellow paper plate and let dry.

Next take your black pipecleaners, string several together, and bend them into wings. Attach the wings to the back of the plate using tape.

Next take another pipecleaner, cut it in half, and curl each half and attach the halves on either side of the bee's head to create two antennae.

Enjoy Crafting!
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