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For the past year we’ve shared over a dozen hand-painted seashells, clam shells and river rock projects with all of you. The majority of these projects can be made with older children and some “light” adult supervision. With Halloween just around the corner, we wanted …
Last fall we kicked off an entire series of hand-painted seashells and clam shells here on the Two Classy Chics blog. Since that time we’ve shared with you Halloween, Christmas, Spring and Summer designs. You can find them in the CRAFTS section here on the …
My son recently turned 3 years old and we hosted his birthday in our home and did all of the decorating ourselves. We enjoy hosting birthday parties for our children and this year we did a Construction Site theme for his party. My son is really into construction vehicles, diggers, dump trucks, bull dozers, cement trucks, etc. The perfect theme for him!
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Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing some Construction Site Birthday Theme Party Ideas with all of you and linking them together. This was a really fun theme do to! If you like our Construction Site Birthday Cupcakes, you can check out our Birthday Cupcakes post.
Every time I host a birthday party for one of my kids…I always plan out some type of craft activity. I like to get the kids working on something creative as soon as they arrive. It keeps them occupied as guests arrive (they all arrive at different times), allows the party host to greet the guests and for adults to mingle.
Kid’s Birthday Party Construction Helmet Craft Activity
For this project I picked up some kid’s plastic construction helmets from Amazon. They’re sold 12 helmets per package, so I purchased 2 packs. You can get the coolest construction site vehicle stickers, Sharpie Markers, etc. all from Amazon, one-stop shopping at its best!
To go along with the helmets I purchased a wide variety of different stickers from our local Dollar Store and 3 packs of colored markers. I was lucky to find a few packs of construction site and construction vehicle stickers which was really nice. If you’re having little girls at the party, make sure you also provide a few packs of “girlish” stickers too!
Put all of your craft supplies onto a table and let the children decorate their own construction helmet party hats! They can wear them during the party and/or take them home. This activity kept the kids busy for about 40 minutes.
We awarded prizes for the best decorated hat, the silliest hat, the hat with the most stickers, etc. You can decide on your own “award” categories. At our local Dollar Store I picked up some construction vehicles and die-cast trucks which made for the perfect party prizes!
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We’ve been having a lot of fun over the past few months hand-painting several holiday designs onto seashells and large clam shells that we collected while down at the beach. I think we have 4-5 different designs now for every holiday and season throughout the …
Are you ready for another easy-to-do Halloween craft project? Of course you are! My granddaughter and I whipped up these cute black spiders by using some of our larger clam shells that we collected from the beach. You’ll only need a few basic craft supplies …
During the summertime we attend and/or host a lot of family get-together’s and parties. We like to plan some easy-to-do activities & crafts for the kids to do and today’s craft project is exactly that! Plus, you can use up some of those unused paper plates from your party!
All of the supplies to make this kid’s craft project were picked up at our local “dollar-type” of store. To decorate the butterfly’s wings you can use crayons, markers, paints and/or colored pencils. We used children’s water paints which really worked well.
Kid’s Craft Project Easy Paper Plate Butterfly
White Paper Plates
Quick-Drying Craft Glue
Scissors
Paints, Crayons, Markers or Colored Pencils
Black Construction Paper
Pencil
Fold the paper plate in half. Have an adult or the child (if old enough) draw a wing-shaped pattern down the fold-line of the plate. We off-centered our design so that the top (front) wing was fatter & larger than the bottom. Use scissors to cut the plate in half, cutting along your penciled line. You now have two halves which serve as the wings.
My daughter drew a body shape onto white paper that was proportionate in size to the wings. She then cut it out so that the kids could trace around it and use it as a pattern. They will want to trace the body shape onto black construction paper and then cut it out. We liked the look of a long & lean body, but other people liked a more “fatter” body…that’s up to you.
Let the kids decorate the paper wings however they wish. We used children’s water paints (the ones that come in a tray with a brush that you dip into water) and left the kids splash the colors onto the paper plate wings. It will take approximately 20-30 minutes for them to dry.
Once everything is dry you’ll want to glue the paper plate wings to the back of the butterfly’s black body. Let it dry for about an hour. Once dry…hang them up on the front of your refrigerator or attach string and hang them up as decorations.
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It’s the time of year when millions of parents and children are getting ready to head back-to-school. I know here in our area, the kids go back to school later this month. Every year it seems they go back earlier and earlier. When I was …
Looking for a fun craft project to do with the kids? If so, we’ve got one for you today! Little girls can turn these designs into jewelry and little boys can turn them into refrigerator magnets. * This post contains affiliate links. See disclosure located …