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When my brother and I were kids…we looked forward to the holiday season, when we would all sit down together and watch the classic Christmas & holiday shows on TV. One of my favorites growing up was Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red Nosed …
The holidays are quickly coming and it’s time to get the kids busy with their holiday craft projects. Today, I’m featuring a super easy kid’s craft project that whips up super quickly and you only need a few supplies that you probably already have on …
For the past 7 years I’ve been buying and/or reviewing toys and games from the company called Educational Insights. If you’re unfamiliar with this company, They’re the manufacturer of playful products with serious educational value, including subject-specific classroom products, teacher resources, educational toys, and games. Their products are designed by seasoned educators and parents who know that children love to learn when you make that learning experience fun!
For this Crafting with Kids feature we received a complimentary ILLUMI Craft Light-Up Jewelry Organizer Kit from Educational Insights. This craft kit is made for children ages 8 and up. It’s a great kit that helps to promote STEM Learning and little girls can engineer their own light-up room accessories.
You simply follow the included instructions to construct a simple circuit, then use the super-sparkly stickers & other decorative materials to dazzle up your own design. The kit includes 5-color paint set, 3 sticker sheets, decorative paer and sparkly foam pieces, 2 LED lights with decorative plastic rings, battery box with included battery, and 2 feet of conductive copper tape.
I get together with my 7 1/2 year old granddaughter twice a month for crafting play dates. As soon as I saw this craft kit, I knew she would love it. Like most little girls, she has a ton of jewelry and this would be a cute way for her to display some of it. Plus, it allows her to get crafty creative at the same time!
Last week we sat down and worked on this craft project. She really took her time, thought about every step and design feature. She didn’t rush through it and really enjoyed the 2 hours she spent working on it. Furthermore, she was as pleased as a ripe peach with how it turned out and was super excited to return home to hang it up on her wall. I can just imagine how she loaded it up with some of her favorite jewelry pieces! Super cute!
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Thanksgiving is less than a week away, but you still have time to whip up some quick and easy Thanksgiving Day crafts. Today’s Crafting with Kid’s Feature let’s children get creative with self-inking stamps, markers, glue and glitter! These festive Glittered Pumpkins would look super …
Last weekend I had my little 7 1/2 year old granddaughter over for a play date & craft date with Nanny. Twice a month we like to get together and sit down to craft. I’m pretty lucky as a crafter, that the Princess enjoys crafting too. It’s always a lot of fun and we make an entire day of it.
One of the ornaments that we made a few days ago were these super easy-to-make Paper Snowman Ornaments that are made from empty toilet tissue rolls. You know, that ugly brown cardboard tube? Well, we transformed them into cute Christmas tree ornaments!
Kid’s Crafts: Toilet Paper Tube Snowman Ornaments
white construction paper or scrapbooking paper
black construction paper or scrapbooking paper
empty toilet paper cardboard tubes
wiggle eyes
all-purpose craft glue
glue stick
Sharpie markers: black and orange
scissors
satin ribbon
metallic hanging thread or embroidery floss
Getting Started: Lay the empty cardboard toilet paper tube down onto the white paper and use a pencil to trace around it, adding on an extra 1/2″ to the length. Use scissors to cut out your rectangular shape. This white paper should cover the entire toilet paper tube with an extra 1/2″ to overlap and glue down on the back (the seam). For the gluing, we used a simple glue stick, the kind you use with paper crafting.
To make the top hat: Place the toilet paper tube down onto black paper and trace around the diameter to come up with a circle shape. When cutting out the circle, you want to cut it out 1/2″ larger than your traced design. This will serve as the brim of the top hat, so the circle needs to be a little larger than the circumference of your snowman. Cut a strip from black paper that measures 2″ by 4 1/2″ in size. This will be the band for the top hat. Glue the ends together with a glue stick to form the ring (the band). Cut a circle from black paper slightly larger than the diameter of a quarter. This circle will serve as the top of the hat. Use your scissors to poke a small hole in the center of that circle. Cut a piece of hanging metallic thread or embroidery floss 4″ in length. Tie it together to form a loop and thread it up through the poked hole & glue into place. Now assemble your top hat pieces together, glue them into place and on top of your constructed snowman.
Finishing: Use all-purpose craft glue to glue on the wiggle eyes. Use the orange marker to draw on a carrot shaped nose and the black marker to draw on his “coal” mouth. Cut two lengths of satin ribbon…one to fit around the circumference of the top hat and one that is a lot longer to tie around his neck to serve as his scarf. Glue them into place using the all-purpose craft glue. That’s it, your done!
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The holidays are coming and the Princess and I love to sit down together and whip up some quick & easy crafts. Matter of fact, I get together with my granddaughter at least twice a month, just for an arts and craft date! During the …
My 7 1/2 year old granddaughter is really into arts & crafts. I started holding bi-monthly arts & crafts dates with her when she was around 4 years old. Since that time we get together pretty often to work on craft projects together and many …