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I was cooking eggs for my kids and thought, “what a waste to just throw these egg shells away.” So I thought why not use them for a craft. This is really super easy. Just make sure you crack the egg towards the bottom half and not at the middle. Rinse the inside and let it dry. Then just use a marker pen and draw funny faces.

- This would be a fun activity to do if you are teaching your kids about feelings. You could make faces to show “happy”, “sad”, “angry” etc….
- You could also make a “family” of eggs e.g. dad, mom, brother, sister, baby, grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles etc….
- You don’t have to draw faces. The kids could just make patterns on it e.g. polka dots, stripes.
- Write an alphabet on each egg and learn the alphabets that way. You could do the same with numbers.

It may help to keep the egg tray to keep your masterpieces. Have fun!

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I actually didn’t plan to do this craft but I saw my son taking a piece of paper and tried to fold it into a kite. He even took some rafia string and attached it to the bottom half and then ran outside to try to fly it. Of course that didn’t work.

I thought I’d follow up on his “kite” enthusiasm. Unfortunately I don’t know how to make a real kite… yet. So, I settled for an easier kite craft.

I just used art block paper and cut out a kite shape. Had the kids color and decorate it. For the tail, I cut little rectangles out of crepe paper and then used some thread (left-over from my cross stitching days) to tie them up. I would have used yarn but I didn’t have any.

I didn’t want to disappoint him so I thought of a way to make the kites fly. I hung them outside of the house.

When the kids saw where I put the kites, they wanted to do more. My son was satisfied for a while but he was still bummed he didn’t have a REAL kite to fly. Looks like this mom needs to upgrade her crafting skills

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I haven’t done arts and crafts with the kids in quite awhile and so when my daughter commented that she needed a bookmark, I thought why not make one ourselves. Came across this idea of making bookmarks from felt and ribbon. Just perfect because I’ve got some felt that’s been sitting in my craft box for err… a few years now. Instead of ribbon, I have some lacy material that I’ve also kept for such an occasion. I’m like that. I would sometimes keep scraps and stuff thinking “oh, this would be handy for a craft project one day.” Except that “one day” hardly takes place.

Well, today I’m glad I have these “stuff”. Anyway, this is what we came up with:

It’s pretty easy to do. I didn’t follow any exact measurements. My daughter said she wanted them for her scriptures, so I just estimated how long the bookmark should be.

• Cut out a rectangle felt.
• Glue on the lace/ribbon. This part is slightly longer than the felt rectangle, so it’ll stick out of the book.
• Cut out a big shape for the top and glue it to the top e.g. heart, flower, butterfly. You can make the bookmark suit a particular occassion by using a corresponding shape e.g. pumpkin for halloween, christmas tree for christmas, love for valentines, apple for teacher’s day etc….
• Embellish it further with sequins, buttons, stars etc….

Older kids can do the cutting under supervision. If you want to make it easier for the kids, cut out the different felt pieces and ribbon/lace first and just have them glue it together. At first I tried using white glue but later switched to the glue gun which works better.

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Mother’s Day is coming soon. Looking to do something special. Try your hand at a candy bouquet. This lollipop flower craft is very easy to do.

Step 1: Select either patterned paper or a plain colored one. I chose a plain color coz’ then the kids can add their own decoration and write special messages. Draw a dot for the center and then draw the outline of a flower and cut it out.

Step 2: Using a blade, make a slit at the center in the shape of an “X”. This should give you a fairly good opening to stick the lollipop through.

Step 3: Cut out 3 hearts. You can do this by folding a strip of paper (4 inches wide, 11.8 inches long), draw half a heart and then cut it out.

Punch a hole at the bottom of the heart.

Step 4: Line them all up nicely and insert the lollipop through the holes. Put some glue to hold them together. I also tied a ribbon to the base to help keep the petals up. You could probably add some more curly ribbons to make it look prettier.

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This was a fun art and craft activity we did before Christmas. Of course it doesn’t have to be a Christmas craft. It’s just fun folding the paper, cutting it and then opening to discover what pattern you just made.
We decorated K’s play room to give it a festive, colourful look.

You could use these paper snowflakes to decorate your homemade cards.

The following site gives very good instructions on how to do it.
http://highhopes.com/snowflakes.html

If you want to have more “kirigami” (means ‘folding and cutting’ in japanese) fun, check out the website below. You can cut out flowers, paper doll chains, 5 pointed star, 6 pointed star, and pop-up cards.
Kirigami For Kids

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