My Snow Man

The kids and I made the snow man ornaments.  This is how ours turned out.

Christmas Card

We decided to do a Christmas Card for the Holidays.

The items needed for the Christmas Card are: 

1.  Pom Poms

2.  Glue Stick

3.  Black permanent marker

4.  Construction Paper

5.  Scissors

 First draw a Christmas tree on construction paper with a permanent marker.  Then cut the Christmas tree out. Fold the construction paper in half.  Place the Christmas tree on the front half of the paper.  Paste the tree on the construction paper.  Then glue the pom poms on the tree.  On the inside of the paper write your Christmas greetings.  Now you have a homemade Christmas card.

Snow Man

If you want to take time out with your kid and have some fun, check out this web site http://www.familyfun.com/.    FamilyFun.com has a great  idea on how to create a snowman ornament. 

 

Dangling Snowman

It doesn't take a single flake to build this frosty character -- you can round him up with white foam, buttons, and ribbon.

Materials

• 3 round objects (we used a spice jar lid, the bottom of a yogurt container, and a mason jar lid)
• Scissors
• Craft foam, white and orange
• Glue dots

• Monofilament
• Buttons
• Permanent marker
• Ribbon

Total Time Needed: 1 Hour

Instructions

1. Using the round objects as patterns, cut out 2 white foam circles in each size.
2. Place one set of the circles on a flat surface, spacing them 1/4 inch apart. With glue dots, glue a 12-inch piece of monofilament across the circles as shown, then firmly press the matching circles on top.
3. Use more glue dots to attach buttons and an orange craft foam nose. With a permanent marker, draw on eyes and a mouth. Finally, tie a ribbon scarf around the monofilament at the neck, and then knot the line above the head to create a loop for hanging.

This is one stuffed turkey.

Materials

• Large brown paper bag
• Piece of corrugated cardboard
• Paper plates
• Stapler
• Mod-Podge glue

• Colored paper
• Orange or red balloon and googly eyes
• Glitter, stickers, or other notions
• Craft clothespins
• Tacky glue

Total Time Needed: 1 Hour

Instructions

1. The Turkey's Body:
   Trim the bag so that it measures about 8 inches tall. Then fold down the sides so that they are half the height and double the thickness. Cut the cardboard to fit in the bottom of the bag and insert it. Next, fold a paper plate in half and fit it inside the bag where the tail will go, bending the sides as needed.
2. Staple the plate in place. Then staple a second plate (don't fold this one) to the outside of the bag behind the first plate. For wings, fold 2 paper plates in half and staple one to each side so the bag is sandwiched between it.
3. For the turkey's head, fold and staple another paper plate, as illustrated. Decorate all the paper plates, including the head, by gluing on torn bits of colored paper. Then add a balloon wattle and googly eyes.
4. The Feathers:
   Have your kids glue colored paper shapes on paper plates, layering different prints or creating bold patterns if they like.
5. When the glue is dry, cut feather shapes out of the plates and stick a craft clothespin to the back of each with tacky glue so your child can attach the feathers to the paper plates. For an extrafancy finish, they can add decorative notions or even their names.

Foam Bumble Bee

I went to allfreecrafts.com for this cool art project.  You will have to go to the web site and

print out the pattern for the bee.

• The items needed for the bumble bee are black felt paper, yellow foam paper, floral stem wire, scissors, glue and google eyes.
•  These are the steps needed to creating a foam bumble bee:

1. Cut out shapes of  bumble bee and wings.(Make sure you cut out two wings for the bee.) 
2. Cut out a rectangle shape of the black felt for the stripes.
3. Take the shape of the bumble bee and trace the body with a black pen on the yellow foam paper.
4. Cut out the shapes.
5. Glue the black felt onto the body of the bee.
6. Cut a 2 inch piece of the stem wire.
7. Punch a hole at the point of the wings.
8. Then push the wire either side of the neck of the bee, where the wings are attached.
9. Then use the wire to attach the wings to neck area of the bee.
10. Add the google eyes onto the bee.

This will complete your bee!

Our Project

The children and I had so much fun this weekend.  We created a fun foam bumble bee, a lady bug, and a tropical fish.  We also created a turkey with colored feathers.

Weekend Crafts

This weekend we decided to make some foam insects and a fish.