Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Snowman to Melt Your Heart

Today's Craft: Snowman to Melt Your Heart

Create a Snowman which will melt your heart - great anytime and perfect for Valentine's Day

Craft Project Directions: To make this craft project you will need white paper, a background piece of paper, scissors, markers, glue, and cotton balls. To begin take your white paper and cut out three circles of increasingly larger sizes. Assemble them on your paper to create a snowman and glue them in place. Next take a red marker and color a large red heart for your snowman. Add a face and buttons as well. Next glue on white cotton balls to make your snowman soft and fluffy. Let dry and give as a Valentine or hang someplace special.

Enjoy Crafting! & Happy Valentine's Day

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Easy Paper Lanterns

Today's Craft: Easy Paper Lanterns
Craft Project Directions: To make this craft project you will need colorful construction paper, scissors, a stapler, and markers. To begin take a piece of paper and fold it in half. Now hold the paper so the fold is facing you. Next take your scissors and make vertical cuts all along the fold leaving an inch at either end and about 1/2 inch between cuts. Next unfold the paper and bend into a roll lengthwise and staple the top edge together and the bottom edge together to create your paper lantern. Next take another piece of construction and cut a paper strip to staple to the top of your lantern as a holder. Decorate more with markers if you wish.
Enjoy Crafting! & Happy Chinese New Year!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Cool Confetti Balloons

Today's Craft: Cool Confetti Balloons

Celebrate the New Year with a Bang!

Craft Project Directions: To make this festive balloons, all you need is the balloons themselves, some confetti, a small funnel or thick paper roll, and materials to decorate the outside of your confetti balloon. Select a bright balloon and using a small funnel or thick paper roll to stretch the opening of the balloon, insert sparkling confetti. Add glitter or sequins for some extra sparkle! Now blow up your balloon and decorate the outside with Happy New Year!, the year, all sorts of colors and designs, or anything you wish. When the countdown on New Year's Eve reaches Happy New Year pop your balloon and let the confetti fly!

Happy 2009!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Reindeer Handprint Puppet

Today's Craft: Reindeer Handprint Puppet

Craft Project Directions:
To make this great reindeer craft you will need a small brown paper bag, some brown construction paper,tape or glue, a red circle (cut from red construction paper or just use a red pom pom) and some crayons.First trace both of your hands on the brown construction paper and cut them out. Your handprints willbe your antlers.Create your reindeer's face on the bag's bottom, add the antlers and tail to the back side of the bag and the legs with hooves to the front. Decorate your reindeer further with spots, paper shreds, crayons, or other materials.
Happy Holidays! Enjoy Crafting!

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights
Create a string of paper Christmas lights.
To make this craft project you will need colored construction paper, scissors, glue, tape, ribbon, and markers or crayons. To begin, take your scissors and cut out a large number of Christmas bulbs using the templates provided. Next cut a long length of ribbon and glue or tape the bulbs you just cut out of the colored construction paper. Let dry and decorate the lights further with your markers or crayons. Hang someplace special. Happy Holidays! Enjoy Crafting!


Saturday, December 13, 2008

Candy Cane Rudolph Ornament

Today's Craft: Candy Cane Rudolph Ornament

Craft Project Directions: To make this ornament you will need two candy canes, 2 pipe cleaner, a piece of ribbon, and some construction paper. First create a heart shape with the two candy canes- placing the bended ends together. Tape them in place. This is the head of your reindeer. Next take a pipe cleaner and cut it into 2 and 3 inch lengths. Now take another pipe cleaner and bend it into a V. Twist the smaller pieces of pipe cleaner you cut before around the pipe cleaner V you made to make reindeer antlers. When you are finished making your antlers, tape or twist them around the corners of your candy cane reindeer head. Now decorate your reindeer's face by adding a red construction paper ball (or use a red hershey's kiss) to the V at the base of the candy canes for a bright shining nose and glue construction paper eyes (or googly eyes) on either side. Loop a piece of ribbon through the top of the heart and hang on your tree.

Happy Holidays! Enjoy Crafting!

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