Bungee Cord Bracelets

Bungee cords make a simple colorful bracelet.  All you need is scissors and glue.  I spy diy shares the details.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://ispydiy.com/my-diy-bungee-cord-bracelets/

Rolls of Paper Sculptures

Colorful paper is rolled up and glued to a square of cardboard to make a nifty looking sculpture with art actually.  She uses different sized paper to give the sculpture three dimensions.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://art-actually.blogspot.com.es/2012/01/paper-sculptures.html

Toilet Paper Roll Wreath

Toilet paper rolls are cut into one inch strips, folded to make a leaf shape and glued into a wreath.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Paper Plate Fish

A colorful paper plate is turned into a fish with strips of colorful paper to make nifty looking stripes.  Next add a paper tail, fins and gills.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Paper Bowl Turtles

Colorful paper bowls are colored to make tortoise shells and then given legs and a turtle face to make a cute little turtle.

Good for ages  8 and up.

About.com creates their turtle with a green paper bowl as its shell.

Get the instructions here:

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/turtlecrafts/ss/Turtle-Bowl-Craft.htm

Crafty crafted makes turtles out of a plastic bowl, cut out shapes, foam heads and feet and glue to put all of little parts.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.crafty-crafted.com/category/animal-crafts/turtle/

Paper Plate Compass

A paper plate, wooden dowels, string, a needle and a magnet come together to make a nifty hanging compass. 

The first step is to magnetize your needle.  Lay the needle on the table and then place the magnet on top.  The needle will want to jump to the magnet.  Next, slide the magnet in one direction only along the needle.  Make sure to apply some pressure to the magnet as you slide it along the needle all the way past the end.  Lift the magnet up and away from the needle.  Bring it around and start over again and again.  This needs to be done about 50 times to ensure it's properly magnetized.  Test to see if it's magnetized by touching it to another metal object, such as a paperclip.  If it sticks you're ready to make the compass, if not keep rubbing it against the magnet. 

Once the needle is magnetized, punch four small, evenly spaced holes onto a paper plate, and stick in the wooden dowels and tape them together at the top.  Then, tie a piece of thread to the needle and hang it down so the needle hangs above the plate, but doesn't touch it.  The needle needs to be level over the plate.  This is the tricky part.  Now it should spin around and move towards north. 

Plastic Jellyfish

A plastic bottle is cut from its rounded side to make this nifty jellyfish.  After cutting out the head, tape on long strings of bubble wrap for the tentacles.  You can also use cut out strips from a clear plastic bag.  Stuff the head with white cotton to give it definition.  Next, glue on paper eyes and add a long string so the jelly can hang down so he can swim in the wind.

You can also make a big jellyfish mobile.