AFRICAN DRUM

Explore Africa is the summer term concept for my daughter in her school . When we searched internet , we came to know of african crafts for kids . This is one of them ,  we tried it out . Super dooper drum !!! .  

MATERIALS REQUIRED :

Paper cups - 2

Strings
Glue

Markers

Brown PaperTapes

Aluminium wrappers



  

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Glue two cups together .

2) Wrap it up with brown paper and tape it in the center.

3) Attach strings and decorate it.

4) Glue aluminiun foils to cover it up .
Drum is readey to play with .

OLYMPIC TORCH

This torch craft is designed by my daughter in her school .

BALLOON EASTER EGG

Easter celebrations are of much fun to kids with lots of games and crafts . Wanted to craft a different easter egg and ended with this simple kids friendly craft . 


THINGS NEEDED :

White balloonGlitter colours

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Blow the balloon well and tie a string to it.

2) Decorate with glitter colours and write happy easter .

3) Hang it out .

linking it up with Shruthi's Artsy Craftsy Challenge - Glitter for September 2012.

EARTH COLLAGE AND FEW EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS .

April 22 was celebrated as Earth day . This year we crafted a collage and a wall hanging . Kids must know about the values of our valuable earth . Here are few simple ways , i followed to teach my daughter about earth with fun and crafts .

THINGS REQUIRED :

Magazines

Cardboard 

Glue

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Draw an earth outline.

2) Glue blue and leaf strips from magazines .Outline earth with colour pens .

3) My daughter enjoyed making it . She attached stick to it on her own with a tape . I am really flattered on her idea .

Earth is ready for display in her class 

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Other Earth day activities : 

1) Teach about the importance of Earth day with pictures from Magazines .

2) Teach them about the goodness of growing trees .

3) Recycling Poster : Help them learn how to recycle .

4) Re-usuable Paper bags : 

5) Our Project display for Earth and Nature's Day .

Hope you enjoyed reading our crafts . See you again with an interesting craft .Linking it up with 

Made by little hands and Show and tell # 98 .

PAPER MASKS

My daughter enjoyed colouring easter colouring printables and made masks with it . It was a real fun for kids . Here are the lovely masks we made.

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BOOK REVIEW - THE STORM AND A TREE HOUSE

Back again with a review of a kids story book , THE STORM . This is a story about a family building a tree house for their children and friends of them and the effects of a heavy storm . This books will help kids to understand the meaning of storm and how does it affect us . My daughter enjoyed reading this book , wish to build her own tree house and furbish it for her and her friends like the kids in the story . 

When had a wonderful spring break in Manchester last week . But , the weather was not too good for moving with kids around , it was rainy all through the morning and cool winds in the evening . But , as our plan we visted few places inspite of the bad weather . My lil one loves holding umbrella and walk in the rain . She have a craze for patterns in the umbrella and wish to have all the shades . After reading this book ,  she was saying 'Amma ,storm storm !!! , my umbrella is flying !!! Heavy showers !!!!!! Ices all over !!!! ' . Isn't it lovely to hear her words , the impact of good book ?........we really had a fun . Back home , crafted a tree house .

THINGS REQUIRED : 

Tissue holder
Leaf pictures from magazines
Flower Stickers
Building blocks .

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Cut the holder n number of times to strips (show branches) at one end .
2) Fold each strip gently .
3) Glue leaf pictures to it with flowers in it.
4) Build a house with blocks .
5) Tree house is ready to play with .

Linking it with Shruthi's Challenge - googly eyes  and  bookworm friday and Shruthi's Artsy craftsy Challenge - May 2012 .

APPLE BALLOON

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED : 

Blow a balloon .
Slowly push the tied end into the balloon to touch the other end . 
Then, tightly twist it and tie a string to it . Attach leaves .

BUNNY BAND

We had a wonderful easter fun , my daughter coloured her bunny band .

THINGS REQUIRED :

 Card Paper
 Colours
Hair band
 Rubber band

 STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

 1) Draw bunny ears outline in paper . Colour them and cut it out .
 2) Attach it to the hair band with rubber band .

BALLOON DUCK

Had a gala time making balloon toys with kids . This is again a enjoyable one .

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED : 

 1) Blow a balloon . 

 2) Twist it to form a head . 

 3) Attach googly eyes. Stick mouth . Make it and enjoy playing with it.

 

Linking it up with Shruthi's Artsy Craftsy Challenge and Weekly story wrap up - 75.

BALLOON BIRD

Spring holidays are up , we are in our friends place for over a week . With four kids around , rainy weather .....how to engage them?......remembering my childhood days of playing with balloon bird from balloonwala .....we made this bird ...... Kids really enjoyed making and playing with them.....Hope you will definetly  enjoy making it .....

MATERIALS REQUIRED ;

Balloon
Googly eyes
Colour papers

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Blow a balloon , twist it in one portion and tie a ribbon to form a head  .
2) Stick googly eyes.
3) Make origami paper fan and stick as its wings .Attach a beak .
Balloon bird is ready to play .

Linking it up with Shruti's Artsy -Craftsy Challenge -Google eyed.

Other crafts for the challenge :

Tomato cat

Paper duck mask

Pingu

EASTER BUNNY BAG

INGREDIENTS :

Cardboard box - 1

Card paper

Chocolates

Animal stickers

STEPS TO FOLLOWED :

Attach bag handle with card paper . 
Make buuny ears and decorate it .
Stick stickers to the box .
Fill with chocolates .
Gift bag for easter is ready .

EASTER EGG CARD

My daughter made this easter card decorated with colourful buttons and a cute bow .

EASTER BUNNY AND CHICK

Easter is on its way . Let's start our easter crafts !!!!!! We planned to make bunny and chick . We got some googly eyes stickers , but couldn't get the googly eyes  .We waited for a week to get them , but my lil one cant wait . Here comes our lemony bunny and chick .

MATERIALS REQUIRED :

1) Lemons

2) Googly eyes

3) Button for nose

4) Threads for whiskers

5) Coloured magazines for mouth , beak .

6)  Cabbage leaf for bunny ears.

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

Linking it up Shruthi 's Artsy Craftsy Challenge - Google eyed.

BOOK REVIEW - THE NEW HOUSE AND A COLLAGE .

Hurray !! Spring Break !!!!!! Planned our trips ....... Got few books to have a wonderful time reading and crafting . We read this wonderful book , The New House . The story is about a family moving to their new house . It tells about how they shifted things and arranged their new house . My daughter really enjoyed reading this book and related her experience when we shifted to our new flat . How nice to see her relating the story to her knowledge !!! .

Then , we got into action for our new house collage .

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) My lil one drew shapes to make a house and cut them off from the old magazine.

2) Glue it to a chart/paper.

3) Cut grass pictures/leaf pictures to make tree and lawn.

Linking it for Colour's Dekor Weekly story - 74 and

Linking it up with Shruthi's Artsy craftsy Challenge - May 2012 .

RECYCLING POSTER

MOTHER'S DAY CARD FROM MY DAUGHTER

ORIGAMI- NINJA STAR

My daughter is fond of Ninja star . We made this yesterday, she is very happy now .

We searched net and found the tutorial here .

ORIGAMI - TULIP

A Simple Tulip from my daughter for Shruthi's Origami Crafts Challenge .This craft is from my daughter's art  book .







STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED ;

1) Take a square piece of paper .

2) Make a centre crease and fold .

3) Make a centre crease and unfold.

4) Middle zone fold .

5) Glue a green stem in the bottom.

ORIGAMI - BOAT AND AEROPLANE

I remember my childhood days of making paper boats and planes while playing with friends . Sailing boats in rain with my cousins are true lovely memories .

Linking it up with Shruthi's Origami Challenge .



My lil one drawing windows to her plane .

Her dad thought her this plane .


BOAT :