Bunny Art

My Mom and I made these as Easter cards for the littles in our family.  They were pretty fun to make!

For this Project you'll need:
colorful cardstock (for the background)
white cardstock (for the bunny and ears)
scrapbook paper in fun prints (for the inner ears)
googly eyes
glue or glue dots (I tried both and definitely preferred glue dots)
black marker
EITHER - little hearts (mine were wooden but foam would be fine) OR pink pom poms  (for the nose)

You can choose if you want whiskers or freckles, big eyes or little, big smile or small - I love that they're all so unique!

An easy template for the background is to trace around a 96 box of crayons!

Then I made a template for the face, outer ears and inner ears by folding the paper in half and cutting the general shapes.

Glue outer ears first, then inner ears, then face.

Then add the face details!

Reindeer Gift Bags

Last year, Hadley wasn't ready for Christmas to be over, so she chose Christmas and specifically reindeer as a theme for her January birthday - I loved it!  I put together these reindeer gift bags for all the kids who attended.

For This Project You'll Need:

Brown paper bags

White Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Red/Brown Glitter Cardstock (you could do just red noses, it can be glitter or plain)

Patterned scrapbook paper that corresponds with brown

Brown Pipe Cleaners

Glue Dots (I used these to stick everything on)

2 sizes of circle hole punches (optional, you can also trace and cut the circles out)

Goodies to fill the bag

Along with some candy, these were my fun purchases from Oriental Trading, great prices, especially since I was buying them in January!

Although I made these for a Christmas-themed birthday party - they would make adorable Christmas gift bags!!

Underwater Quiet Book Pages

I like this page because it incorporates a lot of activities.  

1. Fishing - the fishing pole has a magnetized worm at the end of it and then there are magnetic fish hidden in the "wave" pockets.

2. Once you've caught the fish, you can open the whale's zippered mouth and store the fish there.

3. You can fold down the bottom of each page and find all kinds of things there.

4. One of the things you find is a treasure chest, which has a real latch to undo.

5. The jellyfish is also a finger puppet.

 

Marbled Clay Bowls

This is a craft that I planned for my whole family (ages 2 - 62) and that everyone really enjoyed.  I read other blogs about making these and everyone said "they're addictive" and we found that to be true as well!  

Something else I love about these is that every one is unique and special.

1. For This Project You'll Need:
2. Polymer Clay - assortment of colors, larger size of white clay
3. Knife
4. Cutting board
5. Rolling Pin
6. Liquid Gilding
7. Small Paint Brush
8. Oven Safe Bowls
9. Baking Sheet
10. Oven

I gave everyone about 3/4 inch of white clay and then let them choose two other colors and gave them about a 1/4 inch of each of those colors.

Then we rolled each color separately into a "snake" about 5 inches long.  Then we twisted the snakes together several times.  Then fold that long piece in half and twist again.  Once you've done that, smush into a ball and then roll it into a flat disk shape, the thickness should be approx. 2-3 quarters stacked on top of each other.  

Then set the disk shape into your oven safe bowls and make it conform to the bowl shape, but the clay should not be pressed tightly to the bowl.  Then trim the top edge of the bowl, if you want.

Then bake, according to your directions on your clay.  Mine was 275 for 15 minutes.  

Once they started to cool, it was easier to get the bowls out and set on a cooling rack. 

The final step is to paint the liquid gilding around the top edge.