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As Christmas approaches we’ll be sharing more and more holiday theme’d craft projects with the readers of the Two Classy Chics blog. Today’s project is geared towards children, but they will need some adult supervision and help. * This post contains affiliate links. We made …
Last month we were down at the beach and I collected 4 additional boxes of seashells, sea glass and driftwood. After cleaning them up and sorting them, I found several seashells that were in “imperfect” condition. Even though they’re not perfect, you’re still able to …
The holiday season is upon us and it’s time to get busy working on some Christmas crafts with the kids. Today’s project is an easy one and great to do with preschoolers and elementary-aged school children. These Wooden Spoon Snowman Ornaments can be made in one afternoon and you’ll only need a few basic craft supplies to make them.
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Kid’s Crafts: Wooden Spoon Snowman Ornaments
Wood Sundae Ice Cream Spoons
Acrylic Craft Paint in White, Black and Orange
Paint Brush, Water Dish, Paper Towels
Round Wooden Toothpick
1/8″ to 1/4″ Satin Ribbon 5″ Long
Scissors
Clear Fishing Line 5″ Long
Quick-Drying Craft Glue
Old Newspaper Sheets
Cover your work surface with sheets of old newspaper. Kids can be messy when working with paints.
Have the kids base coat their wooden sundae ice cream spoons with 2 coats of white acrylic craft paint and let dry for 20-30 minutes. While the paint is drying they can tie their clear fishing line into a loop with a knotted end. This will be used as the ornaments hanging loop.
Dip the end of a paint brush (not the brush end) into black acrylic craft paint and dot on 2 black eyes. Use a paint brush to paint on a carrot-shaped nose. Dip the end of a round wooden toothpick into black acrylic craft paint and dot on 5 small circles to form the snowman’s mouth. Dip the toothpick into black paint again and dot on 3 small circles to serve as his buttons. Let dry for 30-45 minutes.
Tie the satin ribbon around his neck to serve as his scarf. Use scissors to trim the ends. Flip the wooden spoon over and use craft glue to add the fishing line hanging loop. Let dry for 30-45 minutes. That’s it, you’re done!
Notes: If you’re working with really young children you could have an adult base coat all of the wooden sundae spoons ahead of time. Then give the kids black and orange markers to add on the snowman’s facial features. They can then finish up by tying on his scarf and gluing on his hanging loop. If you want to add a black top hat, you could make one by cutting out a top hat shape from black craft foam and gluing it onto the top of his head. We were working with young children so we kept them simple. You could certainly “fancy” them up!
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Over the past 3 years we’ve shared many kid’s craft projects with you that utilize smooth river rocks or large seashells. You can find our past kid’s craft projects right here on the blog. This time around we’re utilizing smooth river walks that we’ve collected down by a local river. This project is best suited for children ages 5 years and up with adult supervision.
Kid’s Craft Project: Painted MOUSE River Rocks
Smooth River Rocks (oval shape)
Silver Metallic Acrylic Craft Paint
Black, White and Pink Acrylic Craft Paint
Paint Brush, Water Dish, Paper Towels
Round Wooden Toothpicks
Old Newspaper Sheets
Clear Acrylic Spray Sealer (glossy finish)
Cover your work surface with old newspaper. Use an old plastic margarine/butter bowl for your water dish and the lid as your palette.
Base coat your oval shaped river rock with 2 coats of silver metallic acrylic craft paint, allowing 30 minutes to pass between the 2 coats. Let dry thoroughly before proceeding.
Use the photographs for reference. Paint a swirly, curly tail using black acrylic craft paint. Dip the back end of the paint brush into black paint and dot on 2 eyes. Use that same paint to make 2 ears. Use pink paint to add a small triangular-shaped nose. Use black paint to add 3 whiskers onto each side of the nose.
Once the black dotted eyes are dry, you’ll want to dip the end of your paint brush into white paint and add the inner portion of the eyes. Make sure this dot is smaller than the first black dot, so that the black shows through. Once the white dots are dry, dip the end of a rounded toothpick into black paint and dot on the inner eye (pupils). Let thoroughly dry before proceeding.
After all of the paint has dried…take your rocks outside and lay them down onto newspaper. Have an adult give spray on a light coat of clear acrylic spray sealer. If you’re going to be displaying them outdoors, you’ll want to add 2 coats of the sealer to protect the painted finish. Let them dry for 4-8 hours.
Notes: For this project we had three children ages 5, 7 and 9 years of age work on this project. The 5 year old needed a little more assistance than the other two kids. We found it best to use long, oval-shaped river rocks that had a really flat bottom. If you don’t want to use silver metallic paint, you could use regular gray colored acrylic paint. The metallic paint does take a little longer to dry as compared to regular acrylic paint, but we really like the “metallic” finish that we get when we use it.
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