Found more crafts to keep the children busy during the summer.
Friendship
Sticks
These vibrant
sticks are banded with six colors, one for each letter in the word friend. At a
recent camp for seven- to 13-year-old girls, the campers made these trinkets
for one another and wore them around their necks as a token of their
camp-forged bonds.
Materials: Square wooden chopsticks, Wire snips or
sturdy scissors, Acrylic paint, 6 colors, Cotton swabs, Fine-point permanent
marker, and Cord or string.
Directions:
To
make one, cut a 3-inch-long section from a chopstick. Use cotton swabs to paint
6 different-color stripes around the stick.
Let
the paint dry, and then write a message on the stick with the marker. Tie a
length of cord tightly around the top of the stick and give it to your friend.
Glitter
Bracelet Craft
Mona Lisa shares
these instructions for making a simple bracelet using only masking tape and
glitter.
Materials: Masking Tape and Glitter
Directions:
Use a piece of masking tape to form a bracelet that will fit over a child's hand. You want the tape to be sticky side out. Now simply let the child dip the masking tape bracelet into a bowl of glitter until the sticky side is completely covered. He or she can also sprinkle glitter on it while holding it over the waste paper bin.
Use a piece of masking tape to form a bracelet that will fit over a child's hand. You want the tape to be sticky side out. Now simply let the child dip the masking tape bracelet into a bowl of glitter until the sticky side is completely covered. He or she can also sprinkle glitter on it while holding it over the waste paper bin.
That's
it! You now have a beautiful, sparkly bracelet. One of the neat things about
this bracelet, besides the fact that is only takes a few seconds to make, is
that it is also a light reflector. A child can put his or her wrist in the
sunlight and all of the colored sparkles will be reflected onto the table or
wall. Children are amazed at what they can do and love to show off!
Glowing Bug Necklace Craft
Materials: Glow Stick, Cording or Yarn, Chenille Stems, Wiggle Eyes,
Craft Glue, Wire Cutters or Old Scissors - Used for cutting the chenille
stems.
Instructions:
The glow stick in
this craft is used as the glow bug’s body.
The glow sticks you use can be any color or size as long as they have a
loop on top you can thread the cord through. Cut a piece of yarn or string long
enough to fit around your child's neck. Thread it through the hole in the glow
stick and tie the ends together to make a necklace. If you cannot find glow
sticks with a hole, don't worry about it. These glow bugs can be held or worn!
Provide your child
with wiggle eyes, chenille stems, and any other craft supplies you desire and
encourage them to create their own unique glow bug. While the wiggle eyes
should be glued in place, the chenille stems can be twisted around the glow
stick to be held in place. If you want, you can secure them with a few
strategically placed drops of glue. Be careful about placing chenille stems
around the center of the glow stick as you will need to bend it to activate the
glowing chemicals.
Lucky Cricket Craft
Materials: Paint,
Clothespin, Wiggle Eyes, Chenille Stem, Craft Glue or Hot Glue Gun and Glue
Sticks, and Scissors.
NOTE: If using
Hot Glue Gun adult needs to use the adult, because, it will burn a child’s
hand. Sometimes it is too hot for
adults. I got the burn marks to prove
it!
Instructions:
Paint the clothespin brown.
Let it dry. Glue the eyes near the end
of the clothespin on the side that pinches closed. Cut a chenille stem into 2 pieces. One should
be about 3- to 4-inches long and the other should be about 7- to 8-inches long.
Near the eye area, when clothespin is closed, there is a small circle; slide
the shorter piece of chenille stem through the hole and bend it to be the front
legs. Secure it with some glue.
Fold the longer chenille stem
piece in half and then fold down both ends so it resembles a 'M'. Use glue to
glue the chenille stem 'M' just behind the spring of the clothespin to be the
hind legs.
Make Bugs from
Egg Cartons
Materials: Egg Cartons, paint, Glue, and Misc.
Supplies (wiggle eyes, felt, chenille stems, sequins, etc.)
Instructions:
Use egg carton cups to make a variety of bugs! Cut a long row of cups and make a caterpillar. Use two sections and some tissue paper and make a butterfly. Make a spider with long, chenille stems legs! Use your imagination and I bet you can think of a lot more!
Use egg carton cups to make a variety of bugs! Cut a long row of cups and make a caterpillar. Use two sections and some tissue paper and make a butterfly. Make a spider with long, chenille stems legs! Use your imagination and I bet you can think of a lot more!
Caterpillar
Suggestion from Denise: Paint half the bump side of an egg carton any color and let
dry. Make two holes in top of one end section and insert chenille stem down and
up so both ends of stem stick out on top of bump. Shape ends of stems for
antennae. Add wiggle eyes to front of bump for caterpillar eyes.
Spider
Suggestion from Denise: Trim an egg carton cup to even it out a bit. Paint inside
and outside black. Let dry. Poke a hole in the middle of cup and four holes in
each side. Put string through top hole and tie off. (Elastic string works great
for a drag line.) Put twist ties in each side hole and bend back ends inside cup
to hold. You may need to add glue or tape to hold in place. Glue eyes on.
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forward to hearing from you!
Sandi
