Paper Mache Boats

A cereal box is transformed into a boat complete with fabric sails and wooden dowels.  Ann wood handmade shares the details.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.annwoodhandmade.com/paper-mache-boat-pattern/

Paper Finger Puppets

Paper is rolled up to make animal arms and legs with flat paper tummies and faces.  Spoonful shares the details.

Good for ages 10 and up.

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Clothespin Giraffe

Three clothespins are painted yellow and given brown fingerprint spots to make the neck and legs of a giraffe kids craft.  Next an oval piece of paper is given the same treatment and stuck in the middle to complete the look.  Parents shares the details.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.parents.com/fun/arts-crafts/kid/simple-wood-crafts/?page=3

Beaded Flip Flops

Beads are threaded on to ordinary flipflops for a unique embellishment with panda hall.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://lc.pandahall.com/articles/2506-how-to-make-a-fashion-pair-of-pearl-bead-flower-flip-flops-at-home.html

Paper Flower Garden

Scrapbooking paper is cut into a tulip shape and glued onto popsicle sticks.  Next, the sticks are glued into separate sections of an empty egg carton for a pretty tulip garden.

Good for ages 7 and up.

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Paper Bag Bug Puppets

Paper bags are colored, given paper eyes and antennae and stripes to create insect puppets.

Good for ages 4 and up.

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Plastic Bag Butterflies

Busy bee kids crafts has a similar project to the paper napkin using a plastic zip lock bag. Kids fill the bags up with crumpled pieces of construction paper, tissue paper would work well too and tie them up with a pipe cleaner.

http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Butterfly-Baggie.html

Our big earth uses different tissue paper colors for each of the wings.

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