March 1st Creative Little Hands
Inky wheel prints by Kids craft Weekly
These fun wheel prints make a great spur of the moment crafting session as you're likely to have all the supplies on hand. For younger kids, the stamping will be more than enough to keep them busy. Kids aged three and up will enjoy the added challenge of creating pictures of fabulous wheeled vehicles by using the stamps and some marker pens.
Of course these easy stamp pads will work with regular rubber stamps and with all different types of cut fruit and vegetables. Be warned though, food colouring can take a while to come off little fingers and it won't come off clothes or the carpet!
You will need
• some citrus fruit (orange, lemon, lime)
• knife
• dish sponge
• scissors
• plastic dish
• food colouring
• paper
• marker pens
Directions
1. Cut a dish sponge to fit into a shallow plastic dish (we use plastic lids). Then wet the sponge, ring it out and pour on some food colouring.
2. Cut your fruit in half to make stamps.
3. Stamp the fruit in your ink pad and then on the paper. Once you've stamped your wheels on the page you can use a marker to draw a train...
or a car...
or just have fun making wheels!
Pasted Graphic
February 18th Creative Little Hands
Chinese New Year Paper Lanterns
What You Need
* Construction paper
* Scissors
* Tape
* Stapler
* Ruler
* Pencil
* Glue, glitter, sequins, if desired to decorate your lantern
How To Make It
1. Use your ruler to measure and cut 1" off the short end of your paper. Set aside to use as the handle.
2. Fold your paper in half lengthwise.
3. Draw a line 1" from the end of the long edge of the paper opposite the folded edge. This will be the line where you stop cutting.
4. Measure and mark lines 1" apart starting at the folded edge and moving towards the "stop cutting" line. (see photo) Cutting diagram
5. Cut on the marked lines up to the "stop cutting" line.
6. Unfold the paper.
7. Re-crease the paper in the opposite direction. This will hide any pencil marks.
8. Match the long edges together on the lantern and use tape to hold it in place.
9. Staple the handle to the top of the lantern. (see photo)
10. Make as many lanterns as you wish and display them around your home.
11. If you wish, add glue, glitter, sequins or other things to decorate your lanterns.
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