Love Necklace

Jewelry wire is bent into place to make a word necklace with everyday dishes.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://everydaydishes.com/creative-crafts/hammered-metal-jewelry/

Painted Owl Buckets

A tin bucket is painted with polka dot wings, given a foam beak and googly eyes and turned into an owl with meaningful mama.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://meaningfulmama.com/2014/06/owl-bucket-craft.html

Foam Robot

 

 

Pieces of foam are painted silver and given arms, legs and a face with sue eldred.

 

Good for ages 4 and up.

 

Get the instructions here:

http://sueeldred.com/2014/07/29/a-is-for-alex/

Paper Fish Toy

A simple bent strip of paper fish is thrown into the air to make it spin and fly with minico.  She recommends using different colors so kids can have races.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.minieco.co.uk/super-quick-paper-toy-flying-fish/

Tie Dye Dish Towel

Dish towels make a great platform for tie dye and a great idea for a gift.  Instead of another t-shirt, give kids dish towels with organized 31.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://organized31.com/2015/05/diy-tie-dyed-dish-towels.html

Surprise Lego Soap

A lego guy is encased in soap for little kids to rescue as they wash their hands.  fireflies and mudpies even uses a lego soap rack to rest the soap.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.firefliesandmudpies.com/2015/05/03/lego-rescue-soap/

Paper Plate Seal

Paper plates are colored brown and stuck together to make a cute sea lion with mess for less.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.messforless.net/2015/04/uniquely-californian-sea-lion-craft.html