My nine year old has seen this pencil topper idea in a book. She is not able to recollect the book details. But she remembered the procedure. So we went ahead and made a duck tape flower pencil topper as part of our back to school idea series. Materials needed: (affiliation links are used) 1. Duck …
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We are getting ready for School. We made crepe paper flower pencil topper. It is so simple to make and it is beautiful! Materials needed : 1. Crepe paper 2. Pencil 3. Glue 4. Scissors Method: 1. Take 10 to 15 inches of crepe paper. 2. Fold them three to four times. 3. Make fringes at one …
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After we made our corn husk dolls, I was looking for opportunities to use the corn husks. On a sunny afternoon, we made a corn husk sun. It took us 10 minutes to set up and make. Materials needed: 1. Paper plate 2. Corn husks 3. Tempera paint 4. Paint brush 5. Hot glue gun Method: 1. …
Notan is a Japanese word for “light and dark”. We made Notan art using black and white paper and contrasting colored papers. Both of them turned out good. Materials needed: 1. Construction papers 2. Scissors 3. Glue 4. Pencil Method: 1. Take 2 papers in contrasting colors. For our first work, we took black and white. One …
My grandma taught me to make dolls from chocolate paper, horn husk, paper etc. I love spending time with her. I still remember her simple procedure to make corn husk dolls. I made these corn husk dolls with my nine year old and we both enjoyed making them. Materials needed: 1. Corn husk 2. Corn …
When we were doing the firework painting with the empty water bottle, my nine year old was telling that the bottle looked like a flower. So we colored our water bottle and created this sunflower craft. Materials need: 1. Empty water bottle 2. Acrylic paint 3. Tacky glue Method : 1. We cut out …
We love crafting with aluminium foil aka aluminum foil. We made flowers out of the kitchen roll and covered them with aluminium foil to create this beautiful aluminium foil flowers wall art. Can you believe this beautiful art is from recycled materials? Materials needed: (affiliation links are used) 1. Empty cereal box 2. Empty kitchen …
I had posted about my preschooler’s tie card for her father. My nine year old wanted to make one for the father’s day. As the father likes cricket very much, we made a cricket ball using paper mache and created a “ball” card! Materials needed: 1. An object to create ball shape – We used plastic …
We made this beautiful fireworks painting using our beloved printing technique. We love printing activities as it is simple to do and creates beautiful artwork. Materials needed: (affiliation links are used) 1. Empty water bottle 2. Washable tempera paint (we love this paint) 3. Printer paper Method : 1. Cut the neck portion from an empty water …
We have already tried this homemade paint recipe and I have written about that. I wanted to try the same recipe to create a similar art as my daughter enjoyed so much last time! This homemade paint recipe requires only 2 ingredients other than water. The paint creates a glossy effect and my daughter loved …