Felt Finger Puppets

Felt is cut into animal shapes including heads, noses, and ears with the idea room.  She glues them all together and adds googly eyes.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.theidearoom.net/2010/04/felt-finger-puppets-and-tutorial.html

Cardboard Purse

Cardboard is cut into the shape of a classic purse, decorated with scrapbooking paper, and given pipe cleaner handle bejeweled with beads with ikatbag.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.ikatbag.com/2010/09/tea-party-behind-scenes-cardboard.html

Paper Bag Puppets

Paper bags are dressed up with drawn on clothes, button eyes, and yarn hair to make puppets with projects for preschoolers.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.projectsforpreschoolers.com/paper-bag-puppets/

Melted Crayon Planets

Tiny pieces of crayons are crumbled into a round shape and then ironed to make nifty planet disks with almost unschoolers.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2011/08/melted-crayon-planets.html

Paper Bag Cow Puppets

A brown paper bag is turned into a cow with dtlk kids.  She sticks on hooves, a tail, eyes, tummy, horns, ears and mouth.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mbagcow.htm

DIY Hoola Hoops

Not sure if this is a worthy investment since you can buy them at the dollar store, but for a fun craft hillbilly jillies makes her own hoola hoops out of piping and duct tape.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://hillbillyjillies.blogspot.com/2011/06/hula-hoop-making-hours-of-fun.html

Painted Vase

A clear vase is turned fun with gold paint and a polka dot pattern from coconut head survival guide.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://coconutheadsurvivalguide.com/kate-spade-rose-bowl/