You can make a cat, bunny, puppy and other animals using baby food jars and a few basic craft supplies!
What You Need: baby food jar, scraps of felt, pom poms, pipe cleaner (or plastic lace), googly eyes, scissors, and glue.
How You Make It: Turn baby food jar upside down. Cut ears from felt and glue to the bottom (now the top) of the jar. Use glue to add pom poms for nose and muzzle. Add pipe cleaners or plastic lace for whiskers. Glue on googly eyes.
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Baby food jar cat or other animal
Friday, July 13th, 2007Egg carton bugs
Monday, July 9th, 2007What You Need: egg carton, scissors, tempera paint, paintbrush, glue, 1/8-inch hole punch, black pipe cleaner, googly eyes.
How You Make It: Cut apart egg carton into individual “cups.” Paint bugs however you’d like. Glue on googly eyes. Punch or poke three holes on each side of bug. Cut pipe cleaner into three equal sections and insert one in each set of holes.
“We tried it” tip: If you don’t have a small hole punch, a pointy object should work. Pre-punch leg holes for small children.
Clothespin dragonfly craft
Thursday, July 5th, 2007What You Need: wooden clothespin (either style), 2 small googly eyes, pipecleaner, paint, paintbrush, glue.
How You Make It: Paint clothespin and let dry. Wrap pipecleaner around clothespin to make “wings.” Glue on googly eyes.
4th of July Pencil Holder Craft
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007This quick and simple craft involves a frosting container (although you can use other types of containers) and yarn. Don’t worry if the yarn layers don’t come out even. Remember our motto: Enjoy the process!
What You Need: frosting container (empty and clean), glue, scissors, red, white and blue yarn.
How You Make It: Spread layer of white glue all over outside of frosting container. Wrap yarn around container, alternating colors however you’d like.
Flying disc for 4th of July
Thursday, June 28th, 2007What You Need: 2 red plastic plates, gallon-size zip-close bag, scissors, sequins and gold stars, gold or silver glitter, stapler.
How You Make It: Cut out just the center of both plates. Put some sequins, stars and glitter in the bag and seal. Place bag between the plate rims (adult job) with the sequins in the middle and, holding securely, staple around the edge of the plate, catching the bag in between. Cut off plastic hanging over edge.
This project was found in a book called Star-Spangled Crafts