Late Post: Crafting with Kids - Christmas Tree

I know, I know, Christmas is over, but please forgive me for this very late post.  I have been very busy the past few weeks and was not able to update my blog on time.  Still, I would like to share this post as this could also give you guys an idea on your future craft activities with your angels.

The materials needed are:

1. Christmas tree template (just google for this one).
2. Punchers of different shapes
3. Colored paper
4. Paint
5. Glue

Materials

First, I had the kids paint their trees green and paint a star on top of the tree.  Once they were done, we let it dry.

Let's paint the tree green

Then I let asked them produce different shapes with the use of punchers.  This was a little difficult for my youngest as the puncher was a bit hard, so I had to give him an extra hand. 

Punch, punch and punch

Just look at how colorful the shapes were!

Cutesy!

This was the part they got most excited about.  Have your kids stick the cut-out shapes to the tree.  Just let them do their own style and try not to be perfectionist about it.  This will help your kids be more creative and confident, too.

Stick them up

Look how colorful they are.

Finished product

Thumbs up

Mission accomplished!  Another fun and easy craft completed.

Crafting with Kids: Binoculars

As we still have spare toilet rolls (and I guess will forever have one), we made binoculars out of it.  

Materials

The materials needed are:

1. Colored paper.
2. Glue.
3. Two toilet rolls.
4. Yarn.
5. Markers.
6. Plastic cover.

Let's put some glue

First, we have to put some glue on the colored paper and then stick it around the toilet roll as a cover.  Let your child decorate the rolls for the binoculars to be more colorful and attractive. 

Decorate

On one end of the binoculars make small holes, one on each side.  Insert a string of yarn.  This will serve to hold the binoculars in your child's neck.  On the other end cover it with a clear plastic.  This will serve as the lens.

Finished product

Let's do some hunting! 

Your binoculars are ready.  Now it's time for the kids to play pretend.  Have fun!

Crafting with Kids: Bumble Bee

My kids love watching "Buzzbee" on Disney Junior.  So this time around, we made our own version of a bumble bee.  Whenever we do crafts like this, I make it a point that Xanti, my youngest one, will be able to do it with only minimal assistance from me.  This bumble bee is so simple to make and the materials are readily available and rather cheap, if not, free.

The materials we used were:

1. Tissue roll
2. Colored pens
3. Pipe cleaners
4. Googly eyes
5. Yellow art paper
6. Black art paper
7. Pompoms

Materials

First, cut a circle using the yellow art paper.  This will serve as the bee's face.  Glue the googly eyes onto it, followed by the pompoms for the bee's nose.  Ask your child to draw the mouth or you could use other materials for this purpose, too, if you like.

Making the face

Once you're done with the face, let's move on to the bee's body.  Cut a rectangle using the yellow art paper.  The length and width of the paper should just be enough to cover the whole tissue roll.  Glue this to the tissue roll.  Cut a narrower piece of paper, this time using the black art paper.  Glue this around the tissue roll  at about the middle part of it over the yellow art paper. 

Stick it

Stick the face on the upper part of the tissue roll.  Draw a pair of bee wings on the yellow art paper, cut it and stick it on the back side of the tissue roll.  Tape the pipe cleaner on the upper part of the tissue roll, at the back of the bee's face.  This will then become the bee's antenna.  

Tadaaa!

You are now done with your bumble bee :).  Have fun and enjoy playing with it.

Bumble bee

Crafting with Kids: Caterpillar

Since we have already made butterflies last week, I;ve decided to make caterpilar so that my kids will have an idea about how a butterfly transforms.

This craft was very easy to make and even my 3-year-old did not have difficulty on this one.

The materials needed are:

1. Empty egg tray
2. Pipe cleaner
3. Pompoms
4. Glue
5. Googly eyes

Materials needed

First, punch out holes (one on each side) on the egg tray.  

Making some legs :)

Next, insert the pipe cleaners through the holes all the way to the other side of the tray.  The pipe cleaners will serve as the caterpillar's legs.  After inserting, bend the pipe cleaners on both sides to have a more "leggy" effect.

See how occupied they are?

Glue some pompoms on top of the tray to make it more colorful, following this stick the googly eyes and a pompom in between for the caterpillar's nose. 

Final product

Tadaa!!! You've just finished another very easy-to-make craft.  

Another addition to their craft collection <3