Saturday, September 30, 2006

Fancy Flip-Flops


Today's Craft: Fancy Flip-Flops
Make some fancy flip-flops for your feet!

To make this craft project you will need a pair of flip-flops and some permanent paint pens or markers.

Take one of the colored markers and color a design on the flip-flops.

Let it dry and then select another color and repeat.

When you are finished decorating the flip-flops, let them dry for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Enjoy Crafting!

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Friday, September 29, 2006

Peaceful Dove Craft


Today's Craft : Peaceful Dove

Create a beautiful symbol of Peace and Faith from you hand prints and other simple materials. This quick and simple craft is sure to delight!

To make this craft project you will need cotton balls, white paper, green paper, colored construction paper, scissors, tape, glue, a pen or pencil, and your hands.

To begin, trace your hands on the white paper.

Trace the same hand once with the thumb at about 45 degrees to your palm and then again with the thumb slightly lower.

Cut them out.

These prints will become your dove's wings.

Next cut out a triangle and square off the end.

Use the picture as a guide.

This will become your dove's tail.

Now cut out a green twig with leaves from the green construction paper for your dove to carry.

Now select a pretty background piece of construction paper to create your Dove on.

Assemble your Dove on the paper and glue or tape it in place.

Next add cotton balls to the wings of the Dove and part of the body to make the Dove soft and fluffy.

Let it dry and place it someplace special.

Enjoy Crafting!

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Corn on the Cob Craft


Today's Craft: Corn on the Cob
A wonderful corn craft that is a lot of fun to make.

To make this craft project you will need yellow, green, and construction paper, yellow tissue paper, glue, and scissors.

To begin cut out a piece of corn from your yellow construction and corn husk shapes from your green construction paper using the templates provided.

Glue them onto a piece of white paper.

Next take your yellow tissue paper, rip it into small strips, and then crumble it into tiny balls.
These balls will be the corn kernels.

Glue the balls onto the corn shape to create a neat corn on the cob craft.

Vary the colors of the tissue paper to create indian corn.

Enjoy Crafting!

Corn Template
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Letter P becomes a Pirate


Today's Craft: Letter P becomes a Pirate

Transform your letter P into a fierce or funny pirate!

To make this craft project you will need colored construction paper, scissors, glue, and markers or crayons.

To begin, cut your scissors and cut out a small solid letter P from your black paper, a oval shape for a pirate face, and a pirate hat using the template provided below.

Glue these pieces to a background piece of paper to create a basic pirate- use the picture as a guide.

Decorate more with markers or crayons- add an earring, eyes, etc.

Enjoy Crafting!

Pirate Template
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Magic Genie Puppet


Today's Craft: Magic Genie Puppet

To make this craft project you will need a paper bag (lunch size), scissors, glue, tape, colored construction paper, and crayons.

You could also use additional materials to decorate your Great and Magical Genie paper bag puppet if you wish.

To begin, you will create your Genie's face on the paper bag's bottom and the back side of the paper bag.

In order to create your Genie's face and wild hat, you will need to cut out several pieces from your colored construction paper.

You can create your genie using your own imagination or you can use the templates at the addresses given below.

To begin select the colored papers you want to use to create your genie. Select as many colors as you want.

First cut out the genie's face, eyes, eyebrows, and beard from your colored paper.

Next cut out the genie hat and hat decorations.

Next tape or glue the genie's face onto the bottom of the bag.

Now add the beard to the face with glue or tape.

Next assemble the hat with its decorations and attach it on the Genie's head.

Now glue or tape on the eyes and eyebrows.

Decorate your Genie further with crayons and other materials.

Add colorful jewels to his hat, expression to his eyes, a fantastic mouth, and more!

Add hands and arms to the sides of the bag if you wish.

Use the picture for a guide or just use your own imagination!

Enjoy Crafting!

Genie Craft Template- Part 1
Genie Craft Template- Part 2

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Monday, September 25, 2006

Lollipop Ghosts


Today's Craft : Lollipop Ghosts

To make these simple ghosts you will need lollipops, white tissue, pipe cleaners, and markers or stickers.

Take your pipe cleaners and cut them in half.

ow take your lollipop, drape the tissue over it, and fasten the tissue in place by tightening a pipe cleaner around it underneath the candy.

Now add a spooky or funny face to your ghost!

Enjoy Crafting!

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