Tag Archives: Paper

Mar 26 2012

Spring Ladybug Craft

Materials:

Red construction paper

Green Construction paper

Black construction paper

String

Glue

Google eyes

 

  1. Cut out leaf template
  2. Make a circle loop using a strip of red construction paper
  3. Cut out different sized circles using black construction paper
  4. Glue red loop to green leaf
  5. Glue black dots (on for face, and other smaller ones as spots) to red loop
  6. Glue google eyes to black face
  7. Tie string to leaf stem
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Mar 6 2012

Rainbow Suncatcher Crafts

One of my favorite activities is planning holiday-themed crafts to do with my grandchildren while they are at my house. I especially love when those crafts can be easily displayed and shown off to my friends, or spur adventures and imagination.  Rainbow suncatchers are a beautiful way to start hunts for leprechauns and pots of gold!

Materials

Directions

1. Cut the contact paper into a rainbow shape and place sticky side up on a table.

2. Tear up pieces of red tissue paper and place on the sticky contact paper in an arch. Repeat for the other colors.

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Feb 1 2012

Making Paper Dolls

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Making paper dolls is a fun way for your grandchild to express their creativity.  I found several very nice links to websites that provide unique ways to make paper dolls, from printing out paper dolls that you can either color in yourself or print in color to google-eyed families full of expression you make yourself.

 

Making Friends Paper Dolls, dolls that are multi-ethnic, have many hair style choices, and offer themes for girls and boys alike:

http://www.makingfriends.com/f_Friends.htm

 

Chain Paper Dolls

http://www.origami-resource-center.com/paper-dolls.html

 

TLC, paper dolls for many occasions, unique crafting ideas that are less traditional

http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/paper-dolls.htm

 

 

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Feb 1 2012

Making Paper Boats

A Paper boat

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Making paper boats is a great craft for your grandchildren to spend some time on.  I found several very nice links to websites that provide unique ways to make paper boats, and they float!  There is even one that discusses the science of origami, so if your have a little one who wants to really make something, check it out.  After you have built and decorated to your heart’s content, you can take them to your neighborhood park, your backyard pool, or your bathtub for a race on the lake!

If you are having a tough time waterproofing your paper boat, a quick application of tape across the bottom will help keep it running longer, or use tin foil instead of paper and set the grandkids to experimenting with different boat shapes to see which design runs the fastest.

 

Simple Origami Boats

http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-boat.html

 

Four Step Paper Boats

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Floating-Boat-out-of-Paper/

 

 

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