gathering supplies: ModPodge, leftover tissue paper squares, empty tin cans, paint brushes
the idea: glue tissue to can to make a pencil cup
ready to dry
The finished masterpiece: a funky fun crayon cubby
Happy Labor Day!
Monday, September 6, 2010
simple sunday afternoon craft
My four year old just loves crafts. She wants to do them all day long. It tends to stress me out sometimes because I am really not very good at just coming up with fun original ideas that are age appropriate. Show me a picture in a magazine and I can usually make it, but coming up with my own thing is a whole new ball game. And the cute crafts in magazines are usually geared to older kids (or require some obscure craft supply that I don't have on hand.) So yesterday when M. was begging to do a craft (and coloring was no longer sufficient) I had to scramble to find something for her and 3 year old buddy K. to do. It definitely wasn't craft magazine material, but the girls had fun, the end result was pretty cute, and (very best of all) it was FREE!
Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day!
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I surfed over from FiF, FuMM. Im your newest follower. Love this craft idea. I may have to do this with our Cubs.
ReplyDeleteGreat project. We have people begging for craft time all the time here too :-)
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is 16 months old and I cannot wait for her to be old enough to beg me to do crafts with her! Although, I think I'll be the one begging her to craft with me! :)
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Thanks so much for stopping by! I'm following you back! I love this idea! So cute! :)
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I really like that!!! We were doing a craft with Mod Podge today, too. I was afraid that if you let it get clumpy you would see the clumps when it dried but it doesn't look like that is the case from your post. I've never worked with the stuff before!!
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Good for you, Ruth! I think this is a GREAT craft that most kids would LOVE! Tucking away in my brain for later use! :)
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