Footprint Bee Garden Scene

2 year old girl

Materials:

• White cardboard paper
• Blue pastels
• Green pastels
• Flower shaped buttons
• White craft glue
• Yellow poster paint
• Black poster paint
• 2 googly eyes
• Black kokie
• Glitter glue

Button Christmas Tree

I used this craft when teaching the colour "green"

3 year old boy

Materials:

• Green cardboard paper
• Scissors
• White craft glue
• Green buttons

Method:

1. From the green card, cut out a tree.
2. Let the child choose which buttons they would like to use as the tree's "leaves".
3. Use the craft glue to stick them on.

Footprint Crocodile

2 year old girl

 Materials:

• Pink OR green poster paint
• White A4 cardboard paper
• Button OR googly eye
• White craft glue
• Pastels
• Feet!!

3 year old boy

Method:

1. Paint the child's right foot using the poster paint and place it at an angle, facing upward, at the bottom of the page.
2. Paint the child's left foot using the poster paint and place it at an angle, facing downward, making the toes overlap with the other footprint.
3. Let it dry.
4. Once dried, use the craft glue to stick on the button or googly eye.
5. Once that has dried, let the child use the pastels to draw in teeth and other details.

3.5 year old boy

5 year old boy

Button Car

4 year old

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Scissors
• White cardboard paper or black cardboard paper
• Buttons
• White craft glue
• Orange poster paint
• Black poster paint
• Glitter glue

Method:

1. Cut the paper plate in half.
2. Paint it using the orange poster paint.
3. Leave to dry.
4. Whilst drying, paint the white card black (or alternatively use black paper).
5. Leave to dry.
6. Let the child choose an array of buttons and once the plate is dry, use the craft glue to stick them all over the plate.
7. Once the card is dry, cut out 2 circles for the wheels.
8. Use craft glue to stick them onto the back of the paper plate.

Button Tree

Materials:

• A3 white cardboard paper
• Brightly coloured buttons
• Brown paint
• White craft glue

Method:

1. Use the brown paint to paint the tree trunk and branches.
2. Once dried, use the craft glue to stick on the buttons.

Frozen (Movie) Party Craft Ideas

Olaf Footprint Gift Bag

Materials:

• Brown cardboard gift bag
• White poster paint
• Orange felt
• 2 googly eyes
• White craft glue
• Scissors
• Black kokie
• Pastels
• A foot!!

Method:

1. Paint your child's foot with the white poster paint and place it in the centre of the bag.
2. Wait for it to dry.
3. Use the black kokie to draw the outlines to 3 sections within the footprint for Olaf's body.
4. Draw eyebrows, a mouth and a tooth.
5. Use craft glue to stick on 2 googly eyes.
6. Cut out a small carrot shaped nose from the orange felt and stick it into place.
7. Use a blue pastel to colour in the mouth.
8. Use a brown pastel to draw in arms and hair.
9. Use a black pastel to draw in his "buttons".
10. Use the pastels to decorate the background.

Sven Reindeer Horn "Crown"

Materials:

• 1 A3 piece of brown foam
• Scissors
• Brown/copper glitter
• White craft glue
• Jewels/decorations
• Stapler and staples

Method:

1. Cut out 2 strips about 5 cm high from the foam.
2. Cut out 2 horns from the foam.
3. Spread craft glue over the antlers and generously sprinkle the glitter over the glue.
4. Shake off any excess glitter and wait for it to dry.
5. Use the craft glue to decorate the 2 strips of foam.
6. Staple the ends of the foam together, measure the child's head to make sure the band is not too big or too small.
7. Use craft glue to glue the antlers to the band.

Princess Elsa Crown

Materials:

• 1 A3 piece of white foam
• Silver glitter
• Blue glitter
• White craft glue
• Scissors
• Variety of jewels/decorations
• Stapler and staples

Method:

1. Cut out a 5 cm high strip from the white foam for the head band.
2. From the rest of the foam, cut out the crown shape, making sure there is about 2 cm left on each side to staple the band to. 
3. Spread glue on the top outline of the crown and generously sprinkle on blue glitter.
4. Shake off any excess glitter.
5. Spread glue on the rest of the crown and generously sprinkle on the silver glitter.
6. Shake off any excess glitter.
7. Once dried, use the craft glue to stick on the decorations.
8. Staple the band to the ends of the crown, measure the child's head to make sure the band is not too big or too small.

Olaf Paper Bag

Materials:

• Brown paper bag
• White poster paint
• 2 googly eyes
• Brown kokie
• 3 brown pipe cleaners
• Orange felt
• Scissors
• Blue kokie
• White foam
• White craft glue
• 3 small black pom-poms
• Cellotape

Method:

1. Paint one side of the paper bag white.
2. Leave to dry.
3. Whilst drying, cut out a rectangle with curved corners out of the white foam for the tooth.
4. Bend one of the pipe cleaners in half and cut it to make 2 equal parts.
5. Bend one half around one of the full pipe cleaners to create a stick arm. Do this with the other 1 and a half pipe cleaners.
6. From the orange felt, cut out a carrot shaped nose.
7. Once the bag has dried, use the craft glue to stick on the two googly eyes, nose, and 3 pom-poms.
8. Use the brown kokie to draw in eyebrows.
9. Use the blue kokie to draw and colour in a mouth.
10. Use the craft glue to stick the tooth onto the mouth.
11. Use the cellotape to secure the arms onto each side of the paper bag.

Sven Paper Bag

Materials:

• Brown paper bag
• 4 beige fluffy pipe cleaners
• 2 googly eyes
• Brown felt
• Brown button
• White craft glue
• Scissors
• Cellotape

Method:

1. From the brown felt, cut out an oval shape.
2. Use the craft glue to stick the oval shape (snout) onto the middle of the paper bag.
3. Use craft glue to stick the button onto the middle of the snout - you can always use a pom-pom instead of a button should you wish.
4. Use the craft glue to stick the 2 googly eyes into place.
5. Take 2 of the pipe cleaners and twist them together to make a cross shape. Do this with the other pair.
6. Cellotape the long end of the "cross" onto the inside  of the paper bag.
7. Bend the 3 other sections any way you wish to create antlers.

Multi-Medium Garden Scene

Materials:

• White cardboard paper
• Blue watercolour paint
• Yellow pipe cleaner
• Yellow wool
• Green pastel
• Flower shaped buttons
• Googly eye
• Flower and leaf shaped sequins
• Pencil crayons
• Kokies
• Scrap fabric
• Scissors
• White craft glue

Method:

1. Paint your card with the blue watercolour paint.
2. Once dried, use the green pastel to draw in grass and flower stems.
3. Use craft glue to stick the flower shaped buttons onto the stems and grass, leaving one stem free.
4. Cut out a flower shape from the scrap fabric.
5. Use craft glue to stick the piece of fabric to the last flower stem.
6. Use the flower and leaf shaped sequins to decorate the grass and stems.
7. Roll the pipe cleaner into a tight spiral shape and use craft glue to stick it down at the top of the page for the sun.
8. Cut small pieces of yellow wool and use craft glue to stick them as the sun's rays.
9. Use a kokie to draw the outline of a bird in the sky.
10. Use a pencil crayon to colour the bird in.
11. Use craft glue to stick a small googly eye onto the bird.

Hot Air Balloon Scene

Materials:

• Blue cardboard paper
• White paper
• 6 buttons of various sizes and colours
• Big yellow/orange button
• Yellow/orange pastel
• Pritt glue
• White craft glue
• Black kokie

Method:

1. Cut out a few clouds from the white paper.
2. Glue them onto the blue card with Pritt glue.
3. Using craft glue, stick the 6 buttons over the blue card.
4. Use craft glue to stick the yellow/orange button into the top corner.
5. Use the yellow/orange pastel to draw sun rays around the yellow/orange button.
6. Use the black kokie to draw a basket and rope for each of the 6 buttons.