Shark Puppet

This shark was made with an envelope.  You cut a mouth and the other end opened.  You write your name on the back and then you cut out a little fin on the bottom and a big fin on the top.

And then you colour it in.  Done!

Mosaic Penguin

This penguin was made by drawing the penguin on a piece of paper.

Then tearing pages out of an old magazine and ripping them into small pieces in the colour that you want.

Use a glue stick to stick them on.

Dancing Princesses

This picture was made by drawing a picture of a dancing princess with a pencil.

Then draw decorations on it with a white wax crayon.

Then paint over it with water colour paints.

Finger Puppets

These finger puppets were made with pipecleaners and pompoms and googly eyes.

Easter Chicks

These are made by painting egg cartons yellow.  Then we added construction paper feet and beaks.  We glued on googly eyes.

Craft 6: Shamrocks

1.  Cut a toilet tube in half and cut slots on either side .

2.Cut a shamrock shape out of cardboard, colour and slot in.

Jaida's shamrock

Hazel's shamrock

Craft 5: Melted Wax Pictures

1.  Use a old cheese grater to grate crayons onto a piece of paper

2.Use lots of colours 

3.Fold in half and put wax paper over and iron

4.Open and ...VOILA!

Jaida's creation

Hazel's creation

Ellie's creation

Craft 4: Tissue Paper Poof Ball

1.  Stack 12 sheets of tissue paper.  Fold like a fan.  Twist tie the middle.

2.  Round the edges with scissors.

3.  Open each layer of tissue carefully.  It will poof up like a ball.

Craft 3: Springtime umbrellas

1.  Fold a cupcake liner in half. Tape a pipe cleaner handle into the umbrella and glue umbrella onto paper.

2.  Glue some cotton balls onto paper for clouds.

3.  Add some pipe cleaner lightening bolts.

4.  Draw people and rain drops.

5.  Put on fridge.

Craft 2: Pom Pom Monsters

1.  Cut two circles out of cardboard - larger and smaller, the size you want your pom poms.  Make something that looks like a roundabout.

2.  Wrap yarn all around  it until its done cut another piece of yarn and then with a darning needle through all yarn.

3.   Cut along top of circle then carefully tie tight fluff pompom repeat with smaller circle

4.  Make pipe cleaner feet and googly eyes.

Craft #1: Make a crayon

1. Find broken crayons peel all paper off and sort by colour in muffin tins.

2.  Put in oven at 220 degrees. Watch them melt.

3.  Let cool and take out and... VOILA start colouring!

Introduction:

Hello!

Today is Monday, March 12.  This blog is about the crafts that we do at home.  We will put pictures and instructions for different crafts, and links to neat stuff to do.

We hope you enjoy our blog!