Toilet Roll Easter Chicks for Kids If you’re looking to make some easy Easter Crafts for Kids, you’ve come to the right place! We have Easter Finger Puppets, Easter Napkin Rings, and everything in between! Today, we’re making these adorable Toilet Roll Easter Chicks in nests made of shredded paper. The supply list is short and sweet, and you’ll be using materials that you likely already have around your home. What you’ll need to make your Toilet Roll Chicks: toilet rollsgoogly eyesyellow tissue paper (or fabric scraps if you’d rather)yellow paint (2 or 3 shades if you have them)orange foam or paper (beak)shredded brown papercardboard (cereal box weight) I was kind of “winging it” (pardon the pun) as we went along, so some of the materials that you see on the tray got swapped out for different things as we went along. To make your toilet roll Easter chicks: I cut the toilet rolls down a bit to make the chicks shorter, and the Hooligans painted them with two shades of yellow paint. Making our shredded paper nests:
The Best Homemade Playdough Recipe Over the years I have tried at least 10 homemade playdough recipes, and some have been big hits, and some have been big misses. I feel like I have finally figured out the best recipe, and I am going to share it with you today. It is pretty easy, and involves ingredients that you likely have at home all the time (except maybe you don’t have cream of tartar…maybe…). This recipe is quick, yields a lot of playdough, and the playdough actually stays good for a long time. What you need (see bottom of post for printable recipe): 1 cup flour1 cup water2 tsp. cream of tarter1/3 cup salt1 TBS vegetable oil (people have commented using coconut oil with success as well)Food Coloring – I highly recommend this coloring, you only need 1-2 drops and the colors are so vibrant The above will make you a large ball of playdough. What to do: In a medium saucepan, add 1 cup of flour, 2 teaspoons of cream of tarter, and 1/3 cup of salt (the salt keeps it from sticking and also helps preserve it). Ingredients 1.
Coffee Filter Flowers Hello lovely readers, Apologies for the delayed post today. This post was originally one sweet little DIY tutorial all set to go live at 9am this morning then I got immersed in the intoxicating world of coffee filter flowers and ended up adding another and another until I was up to my eyeballs in coffee filter tutorials and inspiration! If you’re looking for a cheap, simple and pretty DIY project for your wedding, coffee filter flowers could be just the thing! photo via Just Simple Designs Who knew coffee filters could look so pretty? The great thing about coffee filter flowers is that they can be used in so many different ways, from decor (they’d make a mean ceremony backdrop) to centerpieces, place settings, wreaths and, if done in miniature, they’d look so sweet attached to escort cards or favor boxes! You could even create a bunch of them, attach them to ribbon wrapped florist’s wire et voila! Dying Coffee Filters photos via Emalee Design Top 10 Coffee Filter Flower DIY Tutorials + Ideas
The Play Room Play dough and toddlers—it’s something that transcends generation and gender as a childhood staple. But rather than run out and buy pre-made play dough from the toy store, I’m about to share the best recipe I’ve ever used to make a homemade version. (And, shhh, it’s an even better consistency than the pre-packaged stuff.) Not only is it easy and entertaining (a good afternoon project on a rainy day!), it’ll save you money—especially considering you probably have most ingredients in your kitchen. Ingredients: 4 cups flour 2 cups salt 4 cups water 4 tbsp. cream of tartar 6 tbsp. vegetable oil Food coloring (I use the color gels found at craft stores because they have such strong color pigments.) Directions: 1. Add all of the ingredients into one big pot (which toddlers can easily help measure and dump), and continuously stir on the stove. 2. Transfer the play dough to a bowl and knead until it’s soft and smooth. 3. After making this, I swear you’ll never buy the store-bought stuff again.
15 Musical Instrument Crafts for Kids : Red Ted Art's Blog Well I am back and the wonderful Playing By The Book has challenged me again to come up with a lovely round up of crafts relating to a specific topic… today’s topic is MUSIC a! So I bring you over 15 Musical Instrument Crafts for Kids. Music is something I am trying to share with my kids, through song and also by “leading by example” – recently I took up playing the piano again, just to inspire my children to have a go. However, we have not YET, made very many DIY Musical Instruments and I know we do need to make some more! Be sure to visit Playing by The Book first to see their wonderful books all about Music! x Tubular Bells This is a beautiful craft from the oh so beautiful Mini Eco website. Ankle Bells If the bells caught your fancy, Mini Eco also has some cute Ankle Bells, great for dancing to music too. Simple Drums Here are some simple tin drum craft we made many moons ago on Red Ted Art. More Tin Drums Ocean Drum Water Xylophone Castanets Crocodile Castanets Rythm Sticks Tambourine
The Best DIY Play Dough Recipe By michellehorton | Whether you need a last-minute belated gift, or you’re just looking for a fun activity to keep kids occupied this winter, homemade play dough is crazy easy to make (the kids can help!) and always fun to play with. And most of the ingredients are probably in your kitchen. Luckily I have the VERY BEST recipe. The dough is the perfect consistency (soft, squishy, moist) — even better than the store-bought versions, I’d say. Here’s the simple recipe for homemade play dough: 4 cups flour 2 cups salt 4 cups water 4 tbsp. cream of tartar 6 tbsp. oil (I use vegetable oil) Food coloring (I use the highly pigmented food-color gels found in craft stores) 1. 2. 3. This recipe makes a ton of play dough, so feel free to cut it in half if you’re just making a little for your kids. Read More About the Author Michelle Horton is the founder of EarlyMama.com , an award-winning site that proves young motherhood doesn’t have to define or limit us. Follow your Favorite Bloggers:
Origami Roses The sight of these classy chocolate roses got me into a serious mood to make roses, paperwise that is. And I ended up making 3 different kinds cos’ they look so beautiful that I couldn’t wait to learn to make them all! 1. Kawasaki rose I first tried the Kawasaki rose, named after its creator Toshikazu Kawasaki, by following this demo and cross referenced with another demo [part 2|3]. The leaves are folded based on this tutorial. Notes: There were several steps I had no idea what to do, so after some struggling and hair-pulling, I finally figured out what was going on EXACTLY! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 2. I watched this demo to make the Bird base rose created by James Sakoda. 3. 3. Followed this demo to make this rose bud. Both centre creases must be well-creased mountain folds, so that the folding up of each quarter will be easier. [Update: See how I’ve used one of these roses for a DIY wedding – preview and reveal]
The Best DIY Play Dough Recipe | Early Mama What if I told you I had a recipe that would make store-bought Play Dough completely obsolete? A recipe so easy, even a toddler could make it. A recipe so simple, you probably have 98% of the ingredients in your kitchen. A recipe so good that you’ll wonder why you ever wasted your money in the past. I have that recipe, my friend, and I’m sharing it over on mom.me today. That’s it! You could even eat it! But…you know, don’t. Get the full recipe over at mom.me .
17 Easy Paper Plate Crafts for Kids Who loves a paper plate craft as much as I do? Paper plates are just the best for crafting with! They’re inexpensive and so versatile. If we’re ever stuck for a craft idea here in my daycare, with just a little imagination, we can almost always think of something to make out of a paper plate! Here are 17 of my favourite paper plate crafts for toddlers and preschoolers. 17 Fun and Easy Paper Plate Crafts for Kids Please click through on the links provided to see the step-by-step instructions for each craft. Make a Paper Plate Apple with coffee bean “seeds”. Paper Plate Flowers Cork-stamped, Paper Plate Ladybugs Tissue Paper Wreath Paper Plate Rainbow Paper Plate Colour Wheel Decorate a Paper Plate Donut with homemade coloured rice “sprinkles”. Paper Plate Fall Wreath Paper Plate Owls Simple Halloween Wreath Make a paper plate Sunflower! Cork-Stamped Spring Wreath Paper Plate Rocking Birds Paper Plate Chicks Coffee Filter – Paper Plate Wreath “Bone Yard” Wreath Get the 3-5 Playful Preschool e-Book!
Tissue Paper Carnations Today is the start of Flower Week on Folding Trees. Every weekday, I will be showcasing different types of paper flowers. You may be surprised at the variety of flowers you can make using different paper craft techniques! If you know of any amazing flower tutorials I should include in my round-up, let me know! When I had the idea for Flower Week, I thought I would kick off the week with some flowers that I made myself. A vase of pretty tissue paper carnations! Want to make your own? This tutorial is Donationware – the instructions are available for free, but if you like it please consider sending me a donation (via my other website, PlanetJune) to show your appreciation: Send me a donation and receive the easy-to-print PDF version of the tutorial as a thank you! Donations of any size are much appreciated. The complete instructions are available below, regardless of whether or not you choose to pay for them You will need: Continue to colour around the edge. ..Erm, yes.
paper cut project | The Neo-Trad I stumbled across these paper cut wigs last night and can’t stop thinking about them and all their intricacy. Aren’t they so very sculptural and fabulous? Yes, I would like one for display in my apartment. Crepe Paper Roses Today we’re happy to present the first Folding Trees tutorial from a contributor! (If you would like to write for Folding Trees, see our Submissions page for details.) Find out how to make SiSi’s beautiful crepe paper roses with our tutorial: You will need: Red crepe paper (at least 30″ long)Green crepe paper (at least 12″ long)Green wired stemScissorsGlue Instructions Fold the red crepe paper in half horizontally to form a long thin strip. Roll the paper around that end about 3 times (you are forming the center of the rose). With the long end of the crepe paper, gently fold it backwards and continue to roll. A good tip is to hold the bottom part tightly so it does not become loose. When you get to the end, leave about 2.5″ unrolled. Insert the green wired stem at the bottom of your rose. Cut a piece from the green crepe paper, and cut out an X-shaped ‘leaf’ for the bottom of the rose. Cut the remainder of the green crepe paper in half to make it thinner. Finished!