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Looking for a few easy to make Valentine’s Day kid’s craft projects? If so, we’ve got two for you today. These projects utilize items that are found in nature and acrylic paints. We’ve made these projects with children ages 4 years to 12 years of …
Kids love to dabble in arts and crafts which is a great way to teach them some of the things they need to learn before entering school. For example: Children should be taught their ABC’s, Numbers, Colors, and Shapes while in Preschool, along with other …
When it comes to arts and crafts for pre-school aged children a pad of construction paper can be your best asset. Kids make all kinds of cool art projects by just using construction paper, scissors, a glue stick and markers. Crafting with the kids doesn’t have to be expensive, it just has to be fun!
Last weekend I sat down with my grandson to make a Paper Snowman with this quick and easy project. If you want to turn it into an educational session you could talk to the kids about snow, playtime safety while out in the snow, how cold it needs to be, what temperatures will melt snow into water, and so forth.
Kid’s Crafts – Paper Snowman Refrigerator Art
1 Sheet Blue Construction Paper
1 Sheet White Construction Paper
1/4 Sheet Black Construction Paper
1/4 Sheet Brown Construction Paper
Black Marker
Pencil
Scissors
Glue Stick
To make our white circles we traced around the opening of a champagne glass to get our pattern and then duplicated it until we had 5 white circles. We made the sixth circle slightly larger to serve as the snowman’s head. You will need a white circle for each letter in the child’s name or the word that you plan on spelling. Just trace the circle onto white paper using a pencil. Let the child cut out the circles.
You will need to then determine the size of your blue rectangle by laying your circles out on the table. We wanted our rectangle to be approximately 1 1/2 to 2″ larger in size than our snowman once he was assembled. Next…have the child trace out arm shapes on brown construction paper and a top hat on black construction paper using a pencil. Cut out the pieces.
Have the child assemble their snowman as shown in the photograph by placing all of the pieces onto the blue rectangle using a glue stick that is made for paper (scrapbooking glue stick). Use the black marker to add a letter onto each snowball and to add the snowman’s facial features. That’s it…done! You can now hang it up onto the refrigerator as a piece of wintertime refrigerator art!
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Mickey Mouse is one of the most recognizable and popular children’s cartoon character. A lot of kids just love him! Last year I had shared a Hand-Painted Mickey Mouse Seashell Party Favor craft project on the blog and many people enjoyed that. Today’s project is …
Two weeks ago I had my grandchildren come over to my house for a sit-down crafting session with Nanny. We enjoy making frugal craft projects together and came up with these painted mason jar lids Christmas tree ornaments. To make them…you’ll need mason jar lids …
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a classic icon related to the Christmas holiday season. When I was growing up I always looked forward to watching it on TV. Matter of fact, it was my favorite with Frosty the Snowman coming in second place. Now that I’m a grandmother, I enjoy watching those holiday TV specials with my grandchildren. It brings back a lot of fun memories!
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These Christmas ornaments are a lot of fun to make! We made 8 of them over the course of the weekend with my grandchildren. You can use mason jar lids or soup can lids with smooth edges. Make sure you wash them in soapy water, rinse and towel dry before painting them.
Rudolph Red-Nosed Reindeer Painted Mason Jar Lids
Metal Mason Jar Lids
Acrylic Craft Paint – Metallic Bronze, White and Red
Paint Brush, Water Dish, Paper Towels
Black Medium-Point Paint Pen
Drill with Drill Bit
Red Metallic Pipe Cleaner
All-Purpose Craft Glue
Clear Acrylic Spray Sealer, Glossy Finish
Clear Fishing Line or Ribbon
Scissors
Use a drill with a drill bit to make a hole at the top of your lid.
Base coat your mason jar lid with 2 coats of acrylic craft paint. You can use regular paint in a brown color or pick up a bottle of bronze metallic paint which is what we used. Allow 30 minutes between the coats of paint. Once dry flip it over and paint the back side with 2 coats of paint. Let dry.
Use white paint to make 2 oval-shaped eyes, red paint to make a circle shaped nose. Let dry. Use a black paint pen to outline the eyes, nose and to make the mouth. Let dry. Take lids outside and spray them with 1-2 coats of clear acrylic spray sealer. Allow to dry for 1-2 hours.
Cut the pipe cleaner into thirds. Make pitchfork shaped antlers like what’s shown in our photo by twisting a small piece of the pipe cleaner around another piece. Use all-purpose craft glue to attach them onto the back. Let dry. Cut an 8″ long piece of clear fishing line (or satin ribbon) and thread it through the top of your ornament, knotting the two ends together to form a hanging loop. That’s it…you’re done!
If you want to check out more Christmas ornaments, you might want to see Polar X Ornaments.
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These painted soup can lids snowman ornaments are super-easy to make! We made them with a group of children ages 6 years to 12 years of age. Once painted they can be hung on the Christmas tree as an ornament or added to a gift-package …
For the past year we’ve shared several hand-painted soup can lid and mason jar lid craft projects on the TwoClassyChics blog. Today’s craft project features an adorable snowman painted onto a mason jar lid which can be used as Christmas Tree ornaments, package tie-ons, or …