Make a Straw and String Wand:

When we made these bubbles there was a lot of laughter and fun had trying to get our bubbles this big.  More practice is needed than we had.


Equipment

• 
• 2 straws
• Scissors
• Container
• Bubble solution
• Length of cotton string

Directions

1.  Take two straws and run a length of cotton string through both. 
2. Tie and hide the knot inside one of the straws. 
3. To make a giant bubble, hold the straws in each hand and draw apart to make a rectangle. 
4. Dip in bubble mix and gently stroke through the air. 

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Making cards

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Paper Mache Paste

• 1/2 cup flour 
• 2 cups cold water 
• 2 cups boiling water 
• 3 tbsp. sugar 
• Newspapers 

1. Mix together the flour and cold water in a bowl. 
2. Add boiling water to this mixture, and return to a boil. 
3. Remove from heat and stir in the sugar.
4.  The mixture will thicken as it cools. 
5. In humid climates, try powdered non-porous wall paper adhesive mixed with water.

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Paper Mache recipe

• 1/3 white glue
• 1/3 cup water
• Newspaper

1. Mix glue and water. 
2. Tear newspaper into 1 by 4- to 6-inch strips. 
3. Brush the glue on, then put a paper strip. 
4. Smooth strip with fingers. 
5. Continue on laying down 3 to 4 layers of strips.
6.  Let dry for 2 to 3 days.

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Dryer Lint "Paper Mache"

• 3 cups dryer lint
• 2/3 cup flour
• 2 cups water

1. Mix water and lint, slowly add flour, mix well. 
2. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mix holds together forming peaks.
3.  Pour out onto several layers of newspaper to cool. 
4. Use mix over a base such as a box, balloon or bottle, spreading mix like paper mache. Dry 4-5 days.

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No Cook Paste

• handful flour
• water (a little at a time) until gooey

1. It should be quite thick so it won't run all over the place/paper. 
2. Great for pasting scraps of paper old Christmas cards, its not to sticky

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Glue recipe

• 3/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1 teaspoons white vinegar
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 3/4 cup cold water

1. Mix water, syrup and vinegar in small saucepan. 
2. Bring to a rolling boil. In small bowl, mix cornstarch and cold water.
3.  Add this mixture slowly to first mixture. 
4. Stir constantly.
5.  Let stand overnight before using.

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Library Paste recipe

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon alum
• 4 cups water
• Oil of cloves

1. Mix all ingredients in saucepan and cook until clear and thick. 
2. Add 3 drops oil of cloves.
3. Store covered.

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Paper Mache Paste

• 1/2 cup flour 
• 2 cups cold water 
• 2 cups boiling water 
• 3 tbsp. sugar 
• Newspapers 

1. Mix together the flour and cold water in a bowl. 
2. Add boiling water to this mixture, and return to a boil.
3.  Remove from heat and stir in the sugar. 
4. The mixture will thicken as it cools. 
5. In humid climates, try powdered non-porous wall paper adhesive mixed with water.

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paper mache ideas

The things you can make with paper mache are only limited by your imagination.

As paper mache dries, it hardens over the mold you have made. You can make puppet heads, Christmas ornaments, piñatas, dolls, dollhouses, boxes, sculptures or bowls. The final dried product can be painted, decoupaged or decorated however you please.

Make a form from wire, wadded newspaper, stuffed paper bags, or balloons. For a flat piece, such as a dollhouse or box, you can use a piece of cardboard. Tear newspaper into strips. Narrower strips work best for a rounded mold and larger strips are good for flat or rectangular shapes.

Choose one of the following recipes to make the paste. Dip strips into paste, coating completely, squeezing out excess paste with your fingers. Use the strips to cover your pre-made form. If you overlap the strips, your finished product will look smoother. Allow each layer to dry before adding another layer. Cover your form with at least 2 layers.

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Sand dough

Ingredients

• 2 cups sand
• 1 cup corn flour
• 2 tsp alum
• 1  1/2 cups hot water

Directions

1. Mix sand, cornflour and alum.
2. Add water.
3. Stir well with a wooden spoon.
4. 'Cook over a medium heat until thick.
1. Stir all the time.

Notes

1. Dough can be used warm
2. Colour can be varied by using different coloured sand
3. Things made with this dough can be left to dry and will become very hard.

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Instant dough

Ingredients

• 1 cup of flour
• 1 cup of salt
• water

Directions

1. Add enough water to the mix of flour and salt.
2. Mix to a very stiff dough.

Notes:

The dough will harden and can be painted - but will be brittle

To be used immediately.

Smelly Tip: For nice smelling play dough, add a few drops of vanilla extract, almond extract, or peppermint extract

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No Fuss Play Dough

Ingredients

• 1 cup cold water
• 1 cup salt
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil 
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• Food coloring

Method

1. In a large bowl, mix together water, salt, oil and a few drops of food coloring. 
2. Mix flour and cornstarch.
3. Add 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly (you may need a little more or a little less than 2 cups flour so make sure you stir in until it is the right consistency). 
4. Knead for a few minutes with flour on your hands.

Smelly Tip: For nice smelling play dough, add a few drops of vanilla extract, almond extract, or peppermint extract

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Frosting Dough

Ingredients

• 1 Can Frosting Mix
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup Peanut Butter

Method

1. Mix all ingredients in bowl with spoon. 
2. Knead into workable dough. Model as with any dough.

Smelly Tip: For nice smelling play dough, add a few drops of vanilla extract, almond extract, or peppermint extract

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Oatmeal Dough

Ingredients

• 1 cup Flour
• 2. cups Oatmeal
• 1 cup Water

Method

1. Gradually add water to flour and oatmeal in bowl.
2.  Kneed until mixed (this dough is sticky, but unique in texture. 
3. Model as with clay. 

Additions: Add cornmeal in small quantity or coffee grounds in small quantity for texture.


Smelly Tip: For nice smelling play dough, add a few drops of vanilla extract, almond extract, or peppermint extract

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Nutty Butter Playdough

Equipment

• bowls
• measurers
• In side dishes provide  various decorating materials.
• (raisins, chocolate chips, raspberry chips, butterscotch chips, shredded coconut, dried fruit, pretzels, smarties etc.)

Ingredients

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup white corn syrup
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 cups powdered milk 

Method

1. In a large bowl, mix peanut butter, corn syrup, and powdered sugar together. 
2. Add powdered milk and knead until smooth. 
1. (Add more powdered milk if you need to.) 
3. Mould dough into any shape they wish.

Smelly Tip: For nice smelling play dough, add a few drops of vanilla extract, almond extract, or peppermint extract

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Peanut Butter Play-dough

This is FOOD therefore you must wash your hands before touching the dough and only touch the dough on your plates.

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup liquid honey
• 1 cup powdered milk
• 1 cup rolled oats. 

1. In a large bowl, mix peanut butter, honey, and powdered milk together.
2.  Knead until smooth.
1.  (Add more powdered milk if you need to.) 
3. Mould dough into any shape you wish.
4. 
   
5. Smelly Tip: For nice smelling play dough, add a few drops of vanilla extract, almond extract, or peppermint extract

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Play Dough # 2

Ingredients

• 1 cup salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons oil
• a few drops food coloring

Directions

1. Mix thoroughly and store in a plastic bag.
2.  Kids can pull, pound, and cut into shapes with cookie cutters.
3.  If left to dry will harden and can be painted. 
4. Non-toxic. 

Tip: If kids dust their hands with flour before play the dough won't stick.

Smelly Tip: For nice smelling play dough, add a few drops of vanilla extract, almond extract, or peppermint extract

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Non-Cook Play Dough

This recipe can be made by children.  Make sure they know to mix it well.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup salt (4 tablespoons)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1-2 tablespoons flour (if needed)
• food coloring

Method

1. In a bowl, add 1 1/4 cups flour and salt.  
2. Mix.
3.   Add the water and some food coloring together.  
4. Mix. 
5.  Place in the flour mixture. 
6.  Mix together with a spoon (or your hands). 
1.  If it is too sticky, add more flour.   
7. Store in covered container or a sealable plastic bag in the refrigerator.

Note: This will not last as long as the cooked play dough.
Smelly Tip: For nice smelling play dough, add a few drops of vanilla extract, almond extract, or peppermint extract


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Plasticine

Ingredients

• Clay Powder
• Sulphur - finely ground
• Glycerine [ lanolin, axle grease or Vaseline]
• Colour

Directions

1. Add 2 parts clay powder to 1 part sulphur [finely ground] and 1 part glycerine.
2. Will always remain pliable if left constantly exposed to the air.
3. Colour can be added if desired.

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Gelatine

Equipment

• bowl
• saucepan
• spoon
• container

Ingredients

• 1 sachet of Gelatine
• 2 cups hot water
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup cornflour
• 3/4 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup detergent

Directions

1. Soak gelatine in 1/4 cup cold water in a bowl.
2. Mix cornflour and 3/4 cup cold water in a large saucepan.
3. Add the hot water slowly stirring as you go.
4. Cook over a medium heat until it starts to thicken slightly.
5. remove from the heat.
6. Add gelatine mixture and detergent.
7. Throughly stir.
8. Add coloring and stir some more.

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Spill proof paint or glue pots.

Equipment

• Ice cream containers
• Yoghurt pots
• Scissors or sharp knife.
• Something heavy.
• Heavy duty tape

Directions

1. Cut holes in the top of the ice cream containers the same size as the yoghurt container.
2. Put the yoghurt pots in so the lip rests on the outside of the ice cream container lid'
3. Place something heavy [sand, stones, marbles] in the ice cream container.
1. This stabilizes the ice cream container.
4. Join the ice cream container and lid together with tape.
5. Place either glue or paint in the yoghurt containers

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Making your own Glue with cornflour

Ingredients

• Starch
• Cornflour
• 1 cup of cold water.
• 3 cups of boiling water.
• Disinfectant.

Directions

1. Dissolve 1/2 the starch and cornflour in a cup of cold water.
2. Add 3 cups of boiling water.
3. Boil until it plops [ about 1 minute]
4. Add a few drops of disinfectant and it will keep the glue from going mouldy sooner.
5. In hot weather keep in the fridge.

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Jigsaw puzzles.

Equipment

• Pictures with definite outlines.
• Approx 20 x 20 cm [8 " x 8"] thick cardboard.
• Glue
• Scissors.
• Cardboard cutting knife.
• Pen

Directions

1. Cut out the picture.
2. Glue pictures onto thick cardboard.
3. Place weights on top to prevent the edges curling as the glue dries.
4. Allow to dry well.
5. Cut the picture into the number of pieces required that reflects the difficulty required.
6. Count the number of pieces
7. On the back of the pieces write identification words, letters or numbers.
8. Place in bag with title and identification code written on the bags surface.

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Geo board

Equipment

• 30 cm by 30 cm square sheet of plywood [ 12 in by 12 in]
• Nails
• hammer
• Rubber bands, wood , string.

Directions

1. Hammer the nails into the board approximately 4 cm  [ 1 and a 1/2 in ] apart.
2. Now stretch the rubber bands, wool or string around the nails to make designs.

Other items may be used to give different textures and effects to the visual outcome.

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paper chains

Equipment

• Paper
• Scissors
• Paste

Directions

1. Cut the paper into strips about 12.5 cm x 2.5 cm [5 by 1 in].
2. Staple or paste a strip to make a loop.
3. Insert the next strip through the loop and fasten.
4. Continue to make the chain.

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For a two paper fold

Equipment

• Paper
• Scissors
• Bits and pieces for decoration
• Paste
• Paint

Directions

1. Paint the paper and let it dry.
2. Fold paper in half.
3. Now fold the folded paper in half again.
4. Cut pieces out of the paper.
5. Unfold these folds and see what the pattern is.
6. Glue some of the small decorations onto the paper fold.
7. Add final paint details now.  
8. Let the cut out dry.
9. Now you can join the ends together with glue [Staples need a covering like sticky tape over them]

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paper folding and cutting

Equipment

• paper
• Scissors
• Bits and pieces for decorations
• Paste
• Paint

Directions

1. Fold paper in half and half again.
2. Cut pieces out.
3. unfold and see pattern.

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paper tearing

Equipment

• Sheets of paper, newspaper or magazines
• Coloured or white paper
• Paste
• Paint brush

Directions

1. Tear the paper in strips or around the picture that you would like to work with.
2. Arrange how you would like to paste them.
3. Paste the pictures and strips onto paper or cardboard.

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Making your own basic glue

Ingredients

• 1 cup of flour
• 1 cup of cold water
• 3/4 cup boiling water.
• 1 tsp of alum or disinfectant.

Directions

1. Mix the flour and cold water to a smooth paste.
2. Add boiling water - stirring all the time.
3. Cook over a low heat until the mixture is clear.
4. Add alum or disinfectant.
5. Store in an air tight container.

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Texture rubbings

Equipment

• Objects of different textures - string, shells, net, rubber, concrete, bark, mat, leave... the list goes on.
• Brown paper or painting paper.
• Thick crayon or surface.

Directions

1. Place paper over objects or surface.
2. Rub the pencil or crayon across the paper until the outline of the o9vbject or the texture of the surface can be clearly seen.

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String paintng

Equipment

• paint
• pieces of thin string or wool.

• Small sheets of paper or precut cardboard.

Directions

1. Soak pieces of string in each container of paint.
2. Fold the sheet of paper or card in half,
3. Open out.
4. Arrange the paint covered pieces of string in a pattern over one half of the paper/cardboard.
5. Fold the other half over the string pattern.
6. Press gently outward from the centre towards the edges.
7. Unfold and see the pattern made.

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Blot prints

Equipment

• Paint
• Sheets of paper

Directions

1. Fold paper in half.
2. Open out.
3. Drip paint on one half of the paper.
4. While wet fold the paper in half over.
5. Press gently outward from the centre. towards the edges.
6. Unfold and see pattern made.

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Making prints

Equipment

• Shapes for printing [cotton reels, marbles, forks]
• Pieces of cardboard
• Corks
• Pieces of nature - Grass heads, Leaves
• Pieces of foam
• Polystyrene
• Pieces of potato, carrot or turnip.
• Plastic saucer or lid of ice cream container - lined with foam rubber.
• Tissues or wipes.
• Small quantities of brightly coloured paints.
• Sheets of paper.
• Sting or other threads.
• An apron

Directions

1. Place a small dsp of paint in each container so that the pad is saturated.
2. Press each shape on the pad.
3. Press the shape onto the paper.

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Blow painting

Equipment

• Surface cover
• Newspapers
• Plastic Straws
• Water paint

Directions

1. Cover the table for protection of surface.
2. Drip some paint onto sheets of paper.
3. Blow through the straw to move the paint in all directions. 

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Splatter painting

Equipment

• Old tooth brushes
• Water paint
• Small sheets of paper 25 cm by 20 cm [10" by 8"]
• Plastic covered table
• Apron for protection of clothing
• Variety of objects to use a stencils [leaves, hands, cardboard shapes]

Directions

1. Place object to be used as a stencil on the paper.
2. Dip the tooth brush into paint.
1. Shake to remove excess paint.
3. Splatter paint over the paper
1. rub finger or thumb over the bristles.
2. The less paint on the brush the finger the splatter is.
4. Remove the stencil.
1. The outline can be seen.
2. The stencils do not have to all be removed at once.
5. Repeat until all colours wanted have been used.
1. The more times the objects are removed the different layering effects are achieved.

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Finger Painting

Equipment

• Finger Paint
• An old table.
• Flat surface
• Large sheet of plastic that covers the flat surface used
• Plastic aprons to protect clothes.
• Basin of hot water for hand washing.

Directions

1. Wipe down the flat surface.
2. Cover with plastic.
3. Place blob of paint on the surface.
4. Spread you fingers.
5. Use one color to begin with

Objective

-experiment with textile feelings

- dialogue development 

- color association development[ yellows mixes with green and forms... where can we see this green...]

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Make your own Slippery Finger paint.

You will need

• a bowl 
• a spoon
• A saucepan
• containers

Ingredients

• 1 envelop of gelatine [ about 1 tsp full]
• 14 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup cornflour
• 3/4 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup soap flakes or detergent
• Powdered dye

Directions

1. Soak gelatine in a bowl with the 1/4 cup of cold water.
2. In a saucepan, combine cornflour and 3/4 cup cold water.
3. Stir 2 cups of hot water into the mixture.
4. Cook over a medium heat.
5. Stir until the mixture comes to the boil.
6. When mixture becomes smooth and creamy looking, remove from heat.
7. Blend in softened gelatine.
8. Add soap flakes or detergent.
9. Stir mixture well until everything is thoroughly disolved.
10. Add a fractions of a tsp of powdered dye to colour. 

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Making your own Finger Paint

Ingredients

• 1 cup powdered corn flour or starch.
• Cold flour
• 2 pints boiling water
• 1 tsp liquid detergent
• Disinfectant
• Powdered dye

Directions

1. Dissolve starch in a little cold water.
2. Add boiling water , stirring all the time, until the mixture becomes clear.
3. Add detergent and a few drops of disinfectant.
4. Cool.
5. Add fractions of a tsp of powdered dye to colour.

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Making Whipped Soap Paint

Ingredients

• Cake of soap/ small scraps of
• powdered dye

Directions

1. Put soap in bowl.
2. Cover with water.
3. Leave until this turns to jelly like substance.
4. Whip with a beater.
5. add a fraction of a tsp of powdered dye to color.
6. Place in containers to use primarily for finger painting.
7. Unused amounts may be stored in lidded containers.

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Soap Snow

Ingredients

• 2 cups soap flakes
• 1/2 cup water

Directions

1. Whip 2 cups of soap flakes with /2 cup of water 
1. should be the consistency of whipped cream.
2. Color with powdered dye for variations in colour.
3. Use as a finger paint or squeeze bottle paint.

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Making own Salt paint

Ingredients

• Small quantities of coloured paint
• Cooking Salt

Directions

1. Add enough cooking salt to each container of paint to give a grainy surface.
1. Salt when dried gives a glistening/ glittery effect.
2. For rougher surfaces add a little sand or bird gravel.

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making own basic paint

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp starch or cornflour
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup cold water
• 2 cups boiling water
• Disinfectant
• Powdered dyes

Directions

1. Mix starch or cornflour to a smooth paste with the cold water.
2. While stirring, add the boiling water until the mixture thickens.
3. Leave to cool.
1. The mixture will thicken more but it should still pour easily.
4. Add a few drops of disinfectant.
5. Add a fraction of powdered dye to give a bright color.
6. Pour the body of the paint into an air tight container.
7. A small amount goes into a using container or squeeze bottle.
8. paint will last in the fridge for up to one week.

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Making own Water Paint

Ingredients

• 2 cups soap flakes
• Fraction of a tsp powdered dye to colour

Directions

1. Add powdered dye to cold water mix

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Butterflies

You will need

• Newspaper
• Dolly pegs
• Good quality paper towel.
• Red, blue and yellow food dye
• 3 medium size containers of water.
• Felt markers
• Eye droppers.

Method

1. Lay newspaper on the working surface area.
2. Tear a section from the paper towel.
3. Slightly gather and slide paper towel into the dolly peg.
1. the peg is the body the paper the wings
4. Use eye dropper to colour the paper towel and watch the colors merge.
5. Draw a face on the head of the peg.
6. Lay flat to dry.

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Weaving

You will need

The basic weave that can be added too.

• a gutter guard
• Wool in various colours
• Pipe cleaners.
• Twigs
• Leaves
• Feathers
• Grass
• Curling ribbon

Method

1. Cut section of gutter guard to 20 to 30 cm lengths.
2. Prepare lengths of wool and curling ribbon.
3. place all the materials out on trays so that when needed they are within neasy reach.
4. Weave the materials in and out of the holes.
5. Attach a yarn on the top outer edges of the weave so that it can be hung up.

objective - to assist in the development of cognitive and fine motor skills.


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Squeeze bottle painting

You will need

• heavy paper cardboard
• plastic squeeze bottles
• mixing bowl
• a large painting mat for ground cover [ newspaper will also do]
• Flour
• Salt

Method

1. Mix equal parts of flour and salt.
2. Add own paint to form a paste.
3. Pour into the squeeze bottle.
1. Or use containers with paint brushes.
4. Squeeze paint onto heavy paper.
5. While painting is still wet sprinkle glitter over the paint.

Using the salt in this paint the designs will have a glistening quality when they are dry.

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Marble or golf ball painting

You will need

• marbles or golf balls
• paint in bowls
• Spoons
• Shoe box or similar small box
• paper
• Bowl of water.

Method

1. Place marbles or golf balls in paint bowls that contain different colour paints.
2. Place sheet of paper at the bottom of the box.
3. Spoon several different marbles or golf balls that were in the one of the paint bowl into the box.
1. Or place marble's in the bottom of the box. Add a number of small blobs of various coloured paint and...
4. Roll the marbles or golf balls around.
1. there will be a trail picture forming on the paper.
5. Take the marbles or golf balls out with the spoon.
6. Wash the marble's or golf balls in a bowl of water.
7. Choose another colour of paint and repeat the procedure.
8. Take the paper out of the box and dry it.

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Spray painting crafts

You will need

• Spray board [wood, plastic or cardboard] 
• Spray can 

• A well ventilated area 

• A spray painters mask 

Method

1. Go outside 
2. Spread the spray board out.
3. Place the piece of craft that needs painting on the spray board.
4. Shake the spray can several times.
5. Hold the can as much as possible in an upright position - aiming at at craft item.
1. The distance away from the item should be at least 1/2 a meter [1.5 foot].

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Pasta Wreath

You need

• Various types of pasta.
• Spray Paint
• White glue
• heavy paper plate
• Piece of ribbon
• Something to act as a spray board.
• Scissors
• Hole punch

Method

1. Cut out the center of the paper plate, leaving only the rim.
2. Punch hole in rim, and tie yarn through. (to hang wreath by)
3. Glue on pasta, covering rim completely.
4. Let glue dry completely. 
5. Than take outside to spray paint.
6. Once dry make a bow with ribbon.
7. Glue ribbon onto wreath.

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Felt Magnets

You will need

• felt, many colours
• Tacky glue
• magnet strips
• Christmas patterns( such as a tree or globe)

Method

1. Cut patterns from the felt.
2. Glue each peace together with the tacky glue let dry.
3.  then add the magnets on the back.
4. let the glue dry.
5. hang magnets on fridge.

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Pine Cone Ornaments

You will need

• Pine cones
• Glitter
• Glue
• Paint
• Brushes
• Wax paper
• Table cloth - plastic one

Method

1. Go on a "nature walk" to pick up your own pine cones.  or buy from a shop.
2. Cover the work area with a plastic table cloth, or at least newspaper or waxed paper!
3. Cover the edges of the pine cone with glue and sprinkle glitter over glue.
4.  GENTLY shake off excess glitter, and allow to dry.
1. Pine cone are normally light enough to sit on tree branches. 
2. They can also be used in holiday centre pieces.

A second idea is to paint the pine cones green, and glue on bead, ribbon, etc. to make miniature Christmas trees. 

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Glitter Ornaments

You will need

• Pattern,
• Wax paper
•  White glue
• Glitter
• Fishing line, threade or ribbon

Method

1. Make pattern by drawing or tracing simple designs on to paper (bell, star, tree, etc.)
2. Place a sheet of waxed paper of pattern.
3. Trace pattern with white glue.
4. Fill in design  completely or partially with a dots, stripes, etc.
5. Sprinkle on glitter, let set.
6. Shake off extra glitter
7. Let dry completely
8. Cut off excess waxed paper
9. Decorate back same as front
10. After drying punch hole and hang with ribbon, thread, or fishing line.

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Hands and feet reindeer

You will need
You may use for this project.

• brown paper bags,
•  different coloured construction paper,  
• poster board 
• Glue
• pencil
• Scissors

Method

1. Trace of shoes and both hands onto the paper.
2. Cut them outlines out
3. Using the shoe for the reindeer's head, glue on the hands to make the antlers. 
4. You may do the nose by gluing either a red pom-pom, piece of red construction paper, or it may be drawn with colors.
5. Now finish the head by drawing on eyes and mouth.

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Christmas Tree Balls

You will need

• Small Styrofoam balls
• tissue wrapping paper
• pip cleaner or rubber band
• Ribbon

Method

• Wrap tissue paper around the balls.
• Gatheri the ends together at the top. 
• Leave about three extra amount 4 to 5 cm or [2 inches] at the top.
•  Secure with rubber band or pipe cleaner. 
• If using a rubber band, tie a nice ribbon around to cover. 

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Hand Print tree

You will need 

• 1 poster board,
•  green paper, 
• yellow paper,
•  glue,
•  scraps of craft items to decorate with

Method

1. Trace and cut out ten hands on green paper
2. Cut out one star from yellow paper
3. Start gluing with one hand at the top of the poster board, with the fingers pointing down. This will be the top of the tree.
4. Glue remaining hands fanning out to make a triangle shape
5. Glue star on the top
6. Decorate with you choice of items. (scrap paper, beads, pom-poms, etc.)

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Bean Bud Buddy

You will need

• Old, clean sock
• Split peas or dried beans
• Yarn or ribbon
• Permanent marker
• Needle, optional

Method

1. Take your sock, and fill it up to the heal with beans or peas.
2. Tie it above the heel with your yarn, or ribbon.
3. With your permanent marker, draw a face, or a character. 
1. Or use a needle and yarn to stitch a face on.
4. You're done!

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Wind mill template

Wind Mill template

The size you desire the wind mill to be is determined by the size from the centre to the nearest edge measurement.





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To make a wind mill

You will need

• Colored card stock or construction paper
• Thumbtack or stick pin
• Pencil with new eraser
• White craft glue
• Scissors
• Sequins
• pattern template
• method

1. Print the pattern onto plain copy or printer paper.
2. Cut the square pattern out, cutting on the solid lines.
3. Lay pattern on top of colored paper and trace the square. Cut out the square from the colored paper.
4. Keep the pattern square on top of the colored square. Either hold it in place with your fingers or tape it down lightly on two of the sides.
5. Cut through the pattern and the colored paper along the dotted lines but do not cut in to the center circle.
6. Use a thumbtack or stick pin to poke out the holes in every other corner as indicated on the pattern. Set the pattern piece aside.
7. Take one corner (one with a hole) and fold it toward the center of the square. Fold the next corner that has a hole and fold it toward the center on top of the first holed corner. Repeat with the other two corners with holes until all four are folded into the center. Glue the folds to each other and to the center. Hold together until dry.
8. Push the thumbtack through the center of the pinwheel and into the eraser of the pencil. Make sure the pinwheel isn’t touching the eraser or it won’t spin.
9. Glue some sequins to the flaps of the pinwheel and let dry.

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Dough Hand Print

You will need

• 2 cups of flour
• 1 cup salt
• 1 cup water
• Food coloring
• Ribbon
• Gold marker
• Wax paper

Method

1. Add food coloring to the water. I use pink for girls, blue for boys.
2. Mix all ingredients well, kneading until smooth. 
1. Dough should be pretty stiff, not soft or runny or it will fill with air bubbles when baking.
3. Form dough into a ball, of about what you can enclose in your two hands, and form into a round smooth ball.
4. Using a rolling pin with the dough on wax paper, roll out into as round of a circle as you can.
1.  Dough will be about 1.25 [1/2 inch] thick.
5. Press the hand with fingers splayed into the dough.  Make sure to press deep enough without going completely to the bottom. (When it bakes it tends to raise the hand print up.)
6. Put on a cookie sheet.
7. Use a chop stick or pencil, etc. to make two holes in the top about 1.5cm [1/2 inch] apart. 
1. These holes will be used to string the ribbon through.
8. Bake at 200 degrees for about 2-3 hours. 
1. Dough should be fairly hard but watch to see that it doesn't burn.
9. When they are done and cooled, use a gold marker pen and write the name and date (year). 
10.  Tie a ribbon at the top (blue or pink - or gold) to use as a loop to hang.

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Painting air dried clay

You will need

• matt paint or regular arcrylic paint thinned with a matte paint medium.

Method:

1. Apply to dried clay surface like you wood a wood stain.
1. Apply and wipe off the extra from the surface.
2. The grooves will fill on the impression as they catch the paint.
3. Leave to dry.

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