Come Back Here

Party Streamers

Paper Roll Maracas

Recycle

Cardboard Box House

**2 Party Craft Ideas in One**

These crafts can be made of party leftovers!

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Streamer Windsock + Streamer Wig

Materials Needed: streamers of any color tape or glue paper plate string (to hang your windsock) scissors

(shown above- wig)

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Instructions for windsock

1. cut the center out of a paper plate so you have a ring

2. punch 4 holes with your scissors around the edges of the ring (these are
what you'll tie the strings on to hang your windsock by)

3. cut streamers to several lengths (keep them slightly long though)

4. tape or glue the streamers all over one side of the paper plate ring making
sure not to cover the holes you punched out

5. cut two 16 inch lengths of string

6. tie the ends of the string through the holes in the plate making sure
to tie each end to opposite sides of the plate

7. hang your windsock by the string, in the breeze and enjoy!

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Instructions for wig

1. cut a slice from the edge to the center out of a paper plate

2. fold until you have a bowl shape and tape into plate

3. cut streamers to several lengths (**keep them slightly long though)

4. tape or glue the streamers all over what would be the outside of the bowl

5. (after glue is dry) put on your wig and strut!

**Note - if you make your streamers long, you can give your wig a trim!

 

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**Recycling craft**

This craft is can be a useful gift idea!
(I borrowed this idea from Julia's kindergarten teacher!
She had the children make these as gifts for their parents! We loved it! )

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Soup can vase/ pencil holder

Materials Needed: soup can w/ lid fully removed sand paper glue paintbrush elbow noodles paper towel spray paint

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Instructions for soup can vase/ pencil holder

1. clean your can (careful of those edges!)

2. sand the lip of the can with your sand paper, to smooth those sharp edges

3. rinse any shavings off of the can

4. fill a paper towel with a layer of noodles

5. coat the outside of your can with glue, using your paintbrush
(tip: leave a half an inch or so on the top and bottom of the can without glue,
so it won't pick up noodles and you can handle it more easily)

6. roll the can in the noodles covering the can

7. make sure the noodles are stuck securely and let dry

8. spray paint the outside of the can any color you like
(ours is gold)

9. let dry and fill with flowers, pens and pencils, or whatever you like!

 

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**Let's Jam!**

This craft is fun to make and fun to make music with!

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Paper Roll Maracas

Materials Needed: empty paper towel or toilet paper roll (we used a paper towel roll) glue or tape (we used glue) a handful of dried beans or rice (we used rice) paint or markers (we used paint) paintbrush scissors approx. 1/8 piece of construction paper

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Instructions for our Paper Roll Maracas

1. decorate your paper roll and let dry

2. using your construction paper and scissors, cut two circles a little larger
than the size of the paper roll holes

3. after your decorated paper roll is dry, glue one of your circles
to one end of your paper roll, covering the hole and let dry

4. pour your beans/rice into the open end of your paper roll

5. glue the last circle to the open end of the paper roll and
let dry (gluey side up, so your beans/rice don't get stuck to the glue)

6. when your glue is all dry, start jammin'!

 

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** Cardboard Box House **

Build Your Own House!
This craft is fun to make and stimulates imaginations!
It may look like a pile of boxes to you, but to your child,
it's a fabulous four story mansion! (or a four story firehouse! ;o))

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Cardboard box house

Materials Needed: old cardboard boxes (shoeboxes, 12 pack boxes, boxes from cases of drinks, really any kind of cardboard you can find) masking tape and/or glue (we used both) scissors any decorating materials you have around the house we used glitter, paint, glue and scrap fabric

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Instructions for our Cardboard House

1. cut your boxes to size (this would be mom or dad's job)
-we used boxes that were no deeper than a shoe box

2. decorate each box that you want to use...
paint on rugs, pictures on the wall, cut out windows, add stairs,
paint the walls...anything you want!

3. take one box, put it with another...oh wait, that's "Out of the Box!" LOL
but really, just start taping boxes together (we also glued the boxes before
taping them, just for added strength)

4. Play!

(extra thoughts- the dollhouse in the picture started out as a one story house
a few weeks later, Julia decided to add another 2 floors, and the last
floor came a few days later. After that, she was forced to build out,
instead of up! ;o) We have also added dollhouse furniture that Julia
painted herself. You can find unpainted dollhouse furniture at any craft
store for about a buck a piece!)

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** Science Craft**

The 'come back here'
This not only a craft, but an experiment with potential energy, and it
makes a GREAT toy!

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Come Back Here!

Materials Needed: coffee can with lid 2 rubber bands a 4-5 heavy nuts 2 washers an awl (or any tool you can poke a hole in a coffee can with) scissors optional extras: decoration tissue paper/markers wrapping paper construction paper (make sure your decorations are flat so your Come Back Here can roll!) tape or glue

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Instructions for our Come Back Here

1. Using your awl or other sharp tool, poke one hole in the center
of the bottom of the can, and one hole in the center of the lid.

2. Tie one end of the other rubberband to a washer using a slipnot
and string the other end through the bottom of the can, so the washer
acts like a stopper. (as shown above on the top of the can)

3. Cut one side of one of your rubber bands, so it's long and thread
on your heavy nuts.

4. Tie that rubber band tight to the middle of the rubber band that you
threaded through the hole in the can.

5. Thread the remaining end of the rubberband through the top of the
can and tie that end with a slip knot to your remaining washer
(as shown above).

6. Optional Step- decorate your can as you wish.

7. Put your Come Back Here on the floor and give it a roll!
It likes you so much it'll come right back!

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**Let's Jam!**

This craft is fun to make and fun to make music with!

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Paper Roll Maracas

Materials Needed: empty paper towel or toilet paper roll (we used a paper towel roll) glue or tape (we used glue) a handful of dried beans or rice (we used rice) paint or markers (we used paint) paintbrush scissors approx. 1/8 piece of construction paper

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Instructions for our Paper Roll Maracas

1. decorate your paper roll and let dry

2. using your construction paper and scissors, cut two circles a little larger
than the size of the paper roll holes

3. after your decorated paper roll is dry, glue one of your circles
to one end of your paper roll, covering the hole and let dry

4. pour your beans/rice into the open end of your paper roll

5. glue the last circle to the open end of the paper roll and
let dry (gluey side up, so your beans/rice don't get stuck to the glue)

6. when your glue is all dry, start jammin'!

 

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