To entertain your children when bored have them put on a puppet show-homemade puppets OF COURSE! Take felt and cut it into the shape of a finger the size of your child's. Then do the same to another piece of felt so you have 2 finger shaped pieces of felt. Put them together and staple the edges together all around them. Then have your child decorate the front of it with felt and foam and buttons etc. to look like whatever your child wants the puppet to look like. You can use a hot glue gun or glue for that. Then let dry and voila!
Anna
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Cookies and cream root beer float
As a kid, my Mom and I invented a Root beer float out of my favorite flavor of ice cream. Cookies and cream. If your child likes the same thing I did (and I STILL do) then make this quick dessert for a yummalicious snack.
Get about a can of Barq's root beer. It's the best for this kind. Then pour it into a cup so that it's about halfway full. Then get out a gallon of your cookies and cream ice cream(or run to the store because this stuff is amazing) scoop about 2 scoops out and put it on top. Share it with your youngster. Just to warn you, it can bubble over,and some people don't like it.
Anna
Get about a can of Barq's root beer. It's the best for this kind. Then pour it into a cup so that it's about halfway full. Then get out a gallon of your cookies and cream ice cream(or run to the store because this stuff is amazing) scoop about 2 scoops out and put it on top. Share it with your youngster. Just to warn you, it can bubble over,and some people don't like it.
Anna
How to make a doll
When I was little I was very crafty, don't get me wrong. I still am. I went to a birthday party once where they made simple little rag dolls and I thought it was very fun. I still have mine! Try this:
Get a white or brown piece of cloth for the skin. Lay the square out and put 3-4 cotton balls smooshed together in the middle. Take a piece of twine and tie it just under them so there is a closed ball on the top of the cloth. Now you have the head and the body. Next use buttons,markers,string,toothpicks,pasta,or pretty much anything to make a face above the twine. Glue them on with a hot glue gun. Then, have your youngster find pieces of cloth from your sewing basket or at a sewing supply store for the dress. Cut it out in the shape of either a dress or a skirt,then do so for the shirt,and glue those on with a hot glue gun. Voila! Your child has a rag doll.
Anna
Get a white or brown piece of cloth for the skin. Lay the square out and put 3-4 cotton balls smooshed together in the middle. Take a piece of twine and tie it just under them so there is a closed ball on the top of the cloth. Now you have the head and the body. Next use buttons,markers,string,toothpicks,pasta,or pretty much anything to make a face above the twine. Glue them on with a hot glue gun. Then, have your youngster find pieces of cloth from your sewing basket or at a sewing supply store for the dress. Cut it out in the shape of either a dress or a skirt,then do so for the shirt,and glue those on with a hot glue gun. Voila! Your child has a rag doll.
Anna
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Make a homemade card
Okay- say your five year old and seven year old are going to a birthday party in 20 minutes and you don't have a card yet. You told them over and over to each make one but... they never did. THEY CAN'T GO CARDLESS! You rack your brain but don't get an idea. Try this trick out if you have a computer,a printer , and paper. You also need to have some paint skills on the computer.
Turn on your computer and go to the preloaded paint program(old.. I know but it's still on the things) from there, dye the background a certain color and have your child just scribble away on the computer. From there print it and it would be a card to hang on a bag. If you set it to print at a small size. Then punch a hole in the corner of it with a hole puncher and run a nice color of wrapping ribbon through it. Tie it onto the bag and you are done.
Not too hard!
Anna Recluse
Turn on your computer and go to the preloaded paint program(old.. I know but it's still on the things) from there, dye the background a certain color and have your child just scribble away on the computer. From there print it and it would be a card to hang on a bag. If you set it to print at a small size. Then punch a hole in the corner of it with a hole puncher and run a nice color of wrapping ribbon through it. Tie it onto the bag and you are done.
Not too hard!
Anna Recluse
What you need for a crosstich kit
If you want your kids to not watch television so much (all Moms and Dads worry) or want them to do a quiet activity then making them a stiching crosstich set would be a good project to make for them to work on.
Take a trip to your local craft store. Go to the sewing and felt section of the store. Pick up a plastic mesh rectangle or square and yarn and a needle that will fit through each other. You know, the yarn has to fit through the eye of the needle so the needle can fit through one of the squares in the mesh. Then bring them home and with different colored sharpie markers and design the crosstitch with your child on the mesh. Trust me it won't stain but it will stay on the mesh. Next let it dry and then you can start!
Anna Recluse:0
Take a trip to your local craft store. Go to the sewing and felt section of the store. Pick up a plastic mesh rectangle or square and yarn and a needle that will fit through each other. You know, the yarn has to fit through the eye of the needle so the needle can fit through one of the squares in the mesh. Then bring them home and with different colored sharpie markers and design the crosstitch with your child on the mesh. Trust me it won't stain but it will stay on the mesh. Next let it dry and then you can start!
Anna Recluse:0
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Welcome
Welcome to the new Patchwork & Buttons kids crafts blog. Here you will find valuable information on having a craft sale,making a craft , craft ideas and more. I hope this is valuable information to you. If you have any comments or suggestions just leave a comment on the post you think I could improve. I usually will post about once a week so please be patient. Thank you! I will post soon.
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Anna
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Anna
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