tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38015326119822268482024-03-06T01:12:42.414+11:00Kids Love CraftGreat craft idea's to make and do with your children. Particularly good for preschoolers or the 2 - 8 year old age group. This Kids Craft Blog gives written instructions on many crafts and will incorporate crafts for preschool through to older ages. Enjoy.thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-65257774692688014512014-11-28T19:50:00.003+11:002014-11-29T18:18:08.036+11:00Ned Kelly Model<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3801532611982226848" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3801532611982226848" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3801532611982226848" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3801532611982226848" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3801532611982226848" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3801532611982226848" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3801532611982226848" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3801532611982226848" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3801532611982226848" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3801532611982226848" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;"><u><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></u></span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><u><span style="color: blue;">Creating a model of NED
KELLY's </span></u><span style="color: blue;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 27px;"><u>Armour</u></span></span><br />
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I researched on the internet to find a picture of Ned Kelly's armour and I was unable to find a template that I could print.<br />
So using the a picture as a guide I created my own template. <br />
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As the picture is 2D I added extra to the width of each piece to allow for the sides that wrap around the body.<br />
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Next I gathered up the
supplies.<br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Armature
wire</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Thin
wire</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tin
Snips</span></li>
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<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Scissors</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Pliers</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ruler</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Template</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Pictures</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Spray
paint (red/rust and black)</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hot
Glue Gun</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Nail
Punches</span></li>
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texta</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 115%;">Block
of wood with a hole to put wire into</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;">Aluminium flashing (used for roofing / guttering)</span></li>
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Now I was ready to begin.<br />
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1. Using the template
draw around the pieces on the flashing and cut them out using tin snips.<br />
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2. Put a fold in the
middle of the front plate and the breast plate so that it looks like the Armour
has been joined. It is easier to do this
using a ruler to create a fold line.<br />
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3. Put the Holes into
the Armour for wiring (as in the picture). Originally it would have been leather straps
but wire is easier. A nail punch can
help with these. Square up the hole with
the tip of a pair of small scissors.<br />
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4. Use the nail
punches to mimic where the bolts would have been. To keep it curved you can curve it around a
can or a rolling pin.<br />
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5. Create a cross
with armature wire and place into wooden block ready to hang the Armour on.<br />
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6. Now start wiring
it together using thin wire and pliers. Once
you are happy with the placement start work on the helmet. I used 2 pieces of flashing to create
this. I joined the pieces together using
hot glue and then mimicked the bolts using the nail punch again. Excess wire can be removed with pliers. I curved the armature wire to add the
shoulder plates to rather than worrying about wiring them to the Armour separately.<br />
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7. Now it's time for the spray paint. I used a metal paint in rust/red colour for the first layer and then did a layer of black (not completely covering the red) in a plain enamel whilst the first layer was still wet. This gave it the steel, rust, old look that I
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Logsy's City Scape Mixed Media</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My son is almost 6 now and he loved making this one.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>What you will need:</u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gesso or white paint</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the first time I have posted using an iPad so we will see how it goes :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The kids and I had some great fun on the weekend decorating some cd's for a school art project. They turned out really great and really the photos don't do them justice. It's been a while since I shared so I thought this was a good one to break the drought........</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So how were they done?......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Colour on the shiny side of the cd with sharpies in any pattern. (For the flower we just used the cd's as they were, no colour added)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Turn on sandwich toaster and put cd on wire rack (use aluminium foil underneath cd to prevent it melting over rungs...unless you want that look). Mine doesn't have a temperature control, just a bake option so if using an oven I guess you would turn it up quite high). Keep an eye on it. It only takes a few minutes until they start warping and this is when you can mould them into shapes if you want to but be careful they are HOT. Use tongs and a tea towel. On the flatter cd's we used some glitter during the melting process. If you do this watch CLOSELY. The glitter can burn quickly. You just want the colour of the texta to be absorbed slightly and the glitter to melt a little.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. You can use a bottle, bowl or jar to place underneath the cd to use as a mould and create the shape you want but work fast. They re harden quickly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Once cooked and shaped you can decorate. We just used PVA and stuck on the scatters etc. You can finish it by adding a layer of clear drying PVA over the complete surface or a layer of mod podge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed this one. I know we did! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a long time since I last blogged. You might think that it's because we haven't done any craft.............. gosh that would be terrible!!!............Thank goodness it's not so. You will be happy to know that my kids have not missed out. I just haven't had the time to photograph and blog about it. So I'm very sorry about that. These little craft gardens were so special I made some time to add them. They aren't step by step but I think you will get the idea. Enjoy xxx</span></div>
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<li> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stickers can make a great path</span></li>
<li> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cut out shapes for trees and pond out of coloured paper. Stick a twig or icypole type stick onto the back of the tree shapes</span></li>
<li> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Add some stickers/split peas/rolled up crepe paper to the trees for colour </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Modelling clay can make some great little ducks and small buttons can be beaks.</span></li>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">The sky is the limit!! My kids are 3 and 5 and they loved making them. You will too!!!</span></div>
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thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-63150097594948318272011-06-06T22:29:00.009+10:002011-06-06T22:36:23.678+10:00Polystyrene / Styrofoam ball Ducks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpL1evleqtFUr1XTXJGSJJWHknZTvDN_Ill9IvUA4eLbKFHA5bZOWf05SxALGPtU9JBuCbAA1jDYVogVHiXZoYqvYE73DU5-nAmOxQvWEs7Mhrsvf-BWbUm90BeV2UBhubmNuLWwCFrM/s1600/logans+6th+jun+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpL1evleqtFUr1XTXJGSJJWHknZTvDN_Ill9IvUA4eLbKFHA5bZOWf05SxALGPtU9JBuCbAA1jDYVogVHiXZoYqvYE73DU5-nAmOxQvWEs7Mhrsvf-BWbUm90BeV2UBhubmNuLWwCFrM/s400/logans+6th+jun+2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I think these little ducks are a "quack up"......so so cute!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Materials:</u></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Foam sheet (whatever colour)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Marker texta</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Googly eyes x2</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scissors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">PVA glue</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hot glue gun</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Large (eg: 10cm) polystyrene ball </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Medium size polystyrene ball</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Small polystrene ball</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Feathers</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;"><u>Method:</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Cut the small ball in half <br />
2. Use hot glue gun to stick them to the bottom of the large polystyrene ball. Flat part of ball should be used for stability (don't want no falling duck) so glue rounded edge to large ball. <br />
3. Using sheet of foam cut out 2 duck feet. I laid one piece on top of each other and cut the scalloped edge. Round out the back of foot as appropriate. Glue to bottom of each small 1/2 ball.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Cut a large oval out of the foam sheet that can be folded in the middle to create a beak. </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Add a line of hot glue, off centre, fold together and create a bit of a ridge.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">6. Add 2 dots with marker texta for nostrils.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Use a pair of scissors to score a line in the middle size ball (this is optional as you could glue it directly without scoring). My line was pretty rough but you get the idea. Now use hot glue to stick your beak into the groove.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">8. Glue on the head to the larger ball. Attach the googly eyes to the head using hot glue or PVA.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">9. Now go nuts with the feathers. You can see that my kids have had fun with the those!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The only thing left to do now is give them a name...... in this case maybe Huey, Duey and Louie?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had to share these as they looked so beautifu!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Food Colour painted flowers. The only instruction was to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">extend the flower as close to the edge of the page as possible and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">this was what they came up with. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Sharpie marker texta's </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">were used for the outline.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Gorgeous!!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-81570548864339438952011-05-26T21:10:00.001+10:002011-05-26T23:14:42.520+10:00Foam sheet or paper Dinosaur with movable parts and button toes.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4Vt69JEBY7v6pBMBYxVQTbXT97iAsK4DCo9eynGz6-VJyLab_UNmbOpHh6vN5zCRIDPn8_Zm04hoD38azDHp2oRBhCMrqJaLMRBEtc9T10l1j-7di1a6U4a9QV-7TuaPA8-zZ16RUj8/s1600/IMG_3851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4Vt69JEBY7v6pBMBYxVQTbXT97iAsK4DCo9eynGz6-VJyLab_UNmbOpHh6vN5zCRIDPn8_Zm04hoD38azDHp2oRBhCMrqJaLMRBEtc9T10l1j-7di1a6U4a9QV-7TuaPA8-zZ16RUj8/s640/IMG_3851.JPG" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Materials required:</span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Coloured card or Foam Sheets</span></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scissors</span></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hole Punch</span></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pattern from here: <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a href="http://crafts.kaboose.com/img/craft_images/moveable_paper_dinosaur.pdf">http://crafts.kaboose.com/img/craft_images/moveable_paper_dinosaur.pdf</a></span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buttons (one for eye and some for toenails)</span></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Googly eye</span></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4 x split pins</span></div></li>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1. Cut out all the pieces as per pattern and punch holes as per pattern.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Match up all the holes and work out where you will put the spikes on the back</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Glue down the spikes. Glue down the extra button where the eye will go and then glue on the googly eye.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-qSlTgJbJN-xGKpygpO9EGN-zb2saQS3SUkCLr_UjDcglcGAvDZvJzQ9S4AFm5jvgnwOVe98KXYQIC5_lz6N-QcXzp1XyN7quvV_oHuU2ip5IodC-7oDLpakFXUA4PSz-_VFrtk4hto/s1600/IMG_3838.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-qSlTgJbJN-xGKpygpO9EGN-zb2saQS3SUkCLr_UjDcglcGAvDZvJzQ9S4AFm5jvgnwOVe98KXYQIC5_lz6N-QcXzp1XyN7quvV_oHuU2ip5IodC-7oDLpakFXUA4PSz-_VFrtk4hto/s640/IMG_3838.JPG" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">5. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">W</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here the holes line up put in the split pins. (mine were a little long but worked ok).</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">6. My kids were happy for them to be plain but you could easily use sequins for scales etc to add another dimension. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The boys loved doing the dinosaur roar!!!!</span></div>thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-40835676886103682042011-05-22T18:14:00.000+10:002011-05-22T18:14:19.268+10:00Cardstock Robots with button parts<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-iYOyy7kggUZKvEZgolseXj58KniXPxHx7zZBk9Jf2kao0xkTjZ6DtT4oyc11CJ1nDLF9uXzJp21Ett6MDlsVljwlS6AUKip7dhb1B8Ew7ba9c2PlwOKX41fa7DQs2cbDcSPN6E4K3A/s1600/IMG_3817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-iYOyy7kggUZKvEZgolseXj58KniXPxHx7zZBk9Jf2kao0xkTjZ6DtT4oyc11CJ1nDLF9uXzJp21Ett6MDlsVljwlS6AUKip7dhb1B8Ew7ba9c2PlwOKX41fa7DQs2cbDcSPN6E4K3A/s640/IMG_3817.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Materials required</span></u></div><ul><li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scissors</span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glue</span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Various Cardstock (the shinier the better)</span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Assorted Buttons</span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pipe cleaners</span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sticky dots</span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scatter stars (or sticker stars)</span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Black heavy paper for background</span></div></li>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly cut out a oval head shape. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2 Just below the centre cut the oval in half</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3 Assemble it so that it looks like the robot has an open mouth. When happy glue it onto the paper....see below:</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Then cut out some feet, hands and a rectangle body. Place them slightly apart on the page and glue down</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">5. Between the body and hands/feet glue down pieces of pipecleaner. You can twirl them if you wish.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">6. Stick on the 2 stickers for eyes and add some button eyes. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">7. Cut a smaller rectangle and place it onto the body of the robot and then glue it down. Add some buttons for the robot components and also glue in place.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">8. Finally add some scatter starts to the page so it looks like the robot is standing against a twinkling sky. You can also add other items such as rockets etc :)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-17939690775456073882011-05-08T21:42:00.005+10:002011-05-10T19:16:16.435+10:00Mothers day cards with fake flower petals and patty pans<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Mothers day 2011</span></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pulled apart fake flowers with patty pan centres and glitter added. Icy Pole stick used for stems and leaves were from pulled apart fake flowers.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div align="center"></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another version of description above. Recycled using cut up old box. This enabled the cards to stand on their own.</span></div></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Slightly different centres. Some foam flower shapes. A stickers, paper letters and hearts.</span><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Photo's are always a great thing to add to any card. So personal.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My daughter finished hers off by writing a greeting inside. Beautiful job guys. xx</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7e9BvelbDw2Sg6s-iadfkYCZjq1Omi6SBK3iGu9vSQItBnF5b4GaoI7zUSHIMgBJCiQ2g0cF8UMTRGSs0nZR5oIjoHVeipTUMw1OvbelRm2YOYoPg6DTa0IpKLfGXNKBWxYzn8UHDSY/s1600/mothers+day+card+2011.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></div>thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-59146120523013575322011-04-10T21:03:00.002+10:002011-04-10T23:03:54.400+10:00Easter Cards<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think Easter Cards are a lovely thing to be presented with at Easter. I love my kids putting their personal touches on things and they can really do whatever they want with cards. For this activity though we decided to use "Food Colour" for painting to make our eggs: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>(see earlier post "Food colour painting" </em><a href="http://kidslovecraft.blogspot.com/2011/03/crayon-oil-pastels-and-food-colour.html"><em>http://kidslovecraft.blogspot.com/2011/03/crayon-oil-pastels-and-food-colour.html</em></a><em>)</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What you will need:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cardstock / Coloured Card</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">White paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Food Colour mixed with a little water</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Paint Brushes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Embelishments / glitter / ribbon etc</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scissors / ruler</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;">Method:</span><br />
<ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Put paint all over the paper randomly. Wait to dry and then cut into egg shapes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fold a sheet of coloured paper in half.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tear around the edges of another piece of coloured card so that it fits within the dimensions of the front of the card. (use a ruler to use as a tearing guide or use scissors if you wish)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Add your egg shapes where you wish.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Stick on your embelishments / glitter / ribbon etc.</span></li>
</ol><span style="font-family: Arial;">Easy pain free activity the kids and card receiver will love. Here are some different examples:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What you will need:</span> <br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Terracotta pot</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Card stock / Coloured paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Template of a flower (I got mine here... <a href="http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/images/flowercard1.gif">http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/images/flowercard1.gif</a> <a href="http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/images/flowercard2.gif">http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/images/flowercard2.gif</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scissors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Stickytape</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glue</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tissue paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Paint</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Brushes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Stickers / Flowers or items to glue on</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lollipop</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Easter Eggs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pebbles (something to hold up the lollipop)</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;">Method:</span><br />
<ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paint the terracotta pot</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cover the stem of lollipop in green tissue paper (or green ribbon or equivalent)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Enlarge the flower template so that it is bigger than the head of the lollipop and then cut it out.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tape or Glue the Flower onto the head of the lollipop. You can add another flower or circle to the inside of the lollipop if you feel the lollipop itself isn't enough.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cut out one or 2 leaves out of green paper and add a message for the person it was made. When finished Sticky tape it onto the covered stem.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Finish decorating the dried pot with some decorations of your choosing. We used flower cut outs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Add some tissue paper of your colour choice to the pot and then half fill with pebbles so that the lollipop is stable.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Finish off by filling the remainder of the pot with small easter eggs. </span></li>
</ol><span style="font-family: Arial;">A lovely gift to give a loved one this easter. xx</span><br />
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</div>thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-49038322793865247092011-04-10T19:51:00.002+10:002011-04-10T20:01:59.886+10:00Easter Egg Baskets<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These baskets are so effective and it was a joy to make them actually. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Materials needed:</span></div><ul><li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Square sheet of cardstock (I cut mine down to 27cm x 27cm)</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ruler</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glue</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sticky tape</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scissors or a guillotine</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Stickers / items to glue on</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Shredded paper</span></li>
</ul><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Method:</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are a couple of really good sites that will show you how to do these see one link below:</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://seilifestyle.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-make-easter-basket.html">http://seilifestyle.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-make-easter-basket.html</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each square equated to 9cm by 9cm. I basically divied up the 27 x 27 cm sheet into 9 equal squares. It shows which lines needed to be cut on the S.E.I website. See their pic below. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Very easy once scored and cut to bring it all together.....</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447391380741301810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7-p-ceHRDip4Efa_Sl-9ZgQA96gkAT7cP4olu_iKfPPHE2Jq-voODT2MX6qLsO2MTJHbWPoNzM3Dp9ujb6gXd_f5DToFeIhNsIVayJNwV5mQ08MmUxAokvohiK19WCzhxiYopdqgFdA/s400/EasterBasket4.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are a couple we made that we filled with shredded paper after decorating with stickers. Each child had letter stickers to add their names to their baskets.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><u>Materials:</u></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Coloured paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ribbon</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Googly Eyes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Marker texta</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Icy Pole Sticks</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glue</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Newspaper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Foam Flowers (optional)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Brown paper bags</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sticky tape</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;"><u>Method:</u></span><br />
<ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fill a paperbag with newspaper. Insert a Icy pole stick into the bottom of the filled bag sealing the end with tape or Glue. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cut out a Nose (triangle works well), add some googly eyes, a couple of circles for cheeks and some shaggy hair. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cut out any hat shape you fancy, add some criss cross pattern if you wish. A foam or paper flower looks good too.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Finally draw on a mouth and add a ribon around the base of the head and you are all done.</span></li>
</ol>thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-56995212938497422772011-03-09T13:48:00.000+11:002011-03-09T13:48:30.934+11:00Crayon / Oil Pastels and Food Colour Paintings<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now these were fun but may I suggest the organiser of the food colour wear gloves!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All you need is:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Food colour</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (various colours)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">White paper (we used cartrige paper)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Brushes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Water</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Oil Pastels</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Paint pallette or similar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Disposable gloves</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Something to cover the surface you are using</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;"><u>Method:</u></span><br />
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<ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Draw a picture / shape etc on the piece of paper with Crayon or Oil Pastels</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prepare your food colour (put on gloves) We just added a couple of drops to the pallette and a little water to the food colour. You could use it straight but I preferred to mix a bit a water into it. Feel free to mix the colours together to get any colour you prefer.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now let them use a paint brush (one for each colour) and cover their work in different colours. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Let them dry!</span></li>
</ol><span style="font-family: Arial;">I think, as you can see from below, they turn out fabulous :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><u>Materials:</u></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">A3 coloured paper/card</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Stickers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glitter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sticky tape</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glue</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bits of pieces of anything really (paper, gems, scatters etc)</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;"><u>Method:</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Fold card length wise down the centre. Draw the shape to cut out along the folded line on one of the sides (eg: Zig Zag) and then cut it out. Make sure there is a wide strip along the bottom that will go around the head. Join the 2 pieces together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now it's all up to the decorators and the decorations......</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And there you are.....done!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Materials needed:</span></u></div><ol><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Brown paper (tree trunk)</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A couple of different papers for butterfly wings</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Decorations / circles etc for wings (optional)</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scissors</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glue</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pipecleaners (antenna)</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lentils</span></div></li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cut out some tree trunk shapes using the brown paper and stick onto your background sheet.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cut out 2 sets of wings in different colours. Each pair of wings is a direct mirror image of each other so you need to cut out the shapes 2 at a time (2 pieces of paper on top of each other to cut an exact replica)</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See the 2 sets above. Glue these down onto the paper with slight gap between them where you will place the butterfly body. Decorate the wings further if you wish using circles or whatever.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See them glued onto each butterfly above.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roll the top of each end of a pipecleaner to create some antenna. </span></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Butterfly number 2.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finished them off by cutting out their names to add to their work.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stockings: Cut out a couple of stocking shapes and then let them do whatever they want. We used glitter, paper cut outs, pom poms foam etc</span></div>thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-89630686002421239142011-01-15T23:03:00.001+11:002011-01-16T08:34:12.802+11:00Lion Mask activity with add on nose and rolled mane<div></div><div></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Step 3: Cut some strips of paper to use as a mane. We chose orange, brown and yellow.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Step 4: Assemble the mask. Glue the curled paper strips around the edge of the painted plate. Glue on the nose that was painted and cut out (fold over the tabs and glue them down somewhere in the middle of the plate). Use a few pipe cleaners to make a mouth and whiskers. Cut out some eyes and stick on a icypole stick (or similar) to the back of the plate (we joined 3 together).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">And here are my 2 and a half year old boys with their completed masks. Now they can really roar like a lion.....their favourite pass time!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-24359889575685719812011-01-15T22:10:00.002+11:002011-01-16T08:54:17.212+11:00Indian Elephant Craft<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For this gorgeous little elephant you firstly need to grab a copy of the template from the link below. This we sketched onto a larger piece of paper (we used A3) and then my daughter painted it and cut it out and glued on the ear which has a separate template on the same page.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">My daughter enjoyed adding some people to her car picture. Very Cute.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">The christmas tree is similar to above using just two pieces of A4 coloured card, one A5 piece and then a smaller piece for the tree trunk. This time we used buttons for the baubles but scatters would be ok too. We used a fiskars star punch to cut out the tree star. Easy for my 5 year old to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These different dragonflies were very easy to make and really the materials you could use are endless. Here I've provided 3 different types with some doubling up of materials. I think the look quite effective!</span><br />
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</tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>Materials required:</u></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">A few different colours or types of card/paper (we used 4 different types)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scissors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fiskars large and medium circle squeeze punches (if you have them.....)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fiskars medium rectangle squeeze punch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">2 googly eyes</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;"><u>Method:</u></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cut out 4 oval wing shapes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cut out 2 round medium sized eyes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cut out 1 large round shape for the head</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cut out 2 Oval shapes for the body (one slightly bigger than the other)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cut out approx 5 small rectangles for the tail</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;">First Glue the wings onto the paper. The head and eye's come next followed by the large oval body shape and then the smaller stuck on top. Lastly glue on the rectangle shapes for the tail and you are done!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Pompom and Button Dragonfly</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Materials required:</span></u><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Glue</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Buttons (approx. 2 large and a variety of smaller ones.....roughly 8)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pompoms</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Card stock /paper</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Scissors</span></span></li>
</ul><u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Method</span></span></u></div><div align="left"><ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cut out a circle shape for the head</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cut out 4 oval shapes for the wings</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Glue the centre of the wings on the paper (slightly fold up either side of the centre so that the wings are not glued to the paper but slightly elevated)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Glue the circle shape above the head and add a couple of buttons for the eye's (smaller ones can be used too for the middle of the eye's)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We used 3 pompoms for the body (glue these on now) but ther may be more or less depending on the size of the wings and the pompoms.</span></span></li>
</ol><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Finish off by gluing some smaller buttons below the body to form the tail.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Clothespin / Peg and button Dragonfly</span><br />
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<div align="left"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Materials required:</span></u><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Clothespin (I broke off one of the leg's to form more of a dragonfly shape)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Buttons (1 x large for head, 2 eye's, 1 long one for the body or a few smaller ones and approx 5 for the tail)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Glue</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Scissors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Card stock (cut into 4 oval wing shapes)</span></li>
</ul></div><br />
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<div align="left"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Method:</span></u><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></u><br />
<ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Glue the 4 oval wing shapes onto the back of the clothespin</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Glue on the 2 smaller buttons to the larger button to form the eye's on the head </span><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></u></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Glue the head on the clothespin</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Glue on a couple of medium size buttons to make the body or one long oval one.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Finally add approx. 5 button's onto the 1 remaining leg to for the tail</span></li>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">And there you are done!</span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center"></div>thebeautyoftheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967863442928218000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801532611982226848.post-12335593188978270252010-09-12T21:48:00.000+10:002010-09-12T21:48:50.605+10:00Cardboard / Papier Mache Glittery box<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Verry simple craft that requires little assistance but gives your child a great deal of satisfaction.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was just a cardboard / papier mache store bought box.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Marli painted it, let it dry and then applied glue to the areas she wanted to glitter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Very simple and lovely and glittery! Perfect for it's intended purpose</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">of storing her favourite jewellery!</span></td></tr>
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