Showing posts with label Pastels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pastels. Show all posts

Thursday, 18 September 2014

Pig in Mud

3 year old boy

Materials:

  • White cardboard paper
  • Black kokie
  • Pink pastel
  • Brown poster paint
Method:
  1. Using the black kokie, draw the outline of a pig on the card.
  2. Let the child colour the pig in using the pink pastel.
  3. Give the child the brown paint and let them use their finger to paint "mud" onto the pig.

Wednesday, 3 September 2014

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

2 Peas in a Pod

3 year old boy

Materials:

  • Paper plate
  • Green paper
  • Green paint
  • Scissors
  • White cardboard paper
  • White craft glue
  • Green pastels/crayons/kokies
Method:
  1. Paint the paper plate green and leave to dry.
  2. Cut the dry paper plate in half.
  3. Cut out 2 circles from the green paper and stick them onto the top of the white card.
  4. Glue one half of the paper plate at the bottom of the card, covering half of the circles.
  5. Discard the other half of the plate.
  6. Use the pastels to draw faces on the circles (peas)

Sunday, 31 August 2014

Paper Plate Bunny Rabbit

2 year old
3 year old






















Materials:

  • 2 paper plates
  • Pink pastel
  • Black pastel
  • Pink pom-pom
  • 2 cotton wool puffs
  • White craft glue
  • White cardboard paper
  • Scissors
  • 2 googly eyes
  • Stapler and staples

Method:
  1. Colour the inner circle of one of the paper plates pink.
  2. Use the scissors to cut the paper plate in half.
  3. On the other paper plate, use the craft glue to stick on the 2 googly eyes.
  4. Use craft glue to stick on the pom-pom nose and 2 cotton wool puffs on either side of the nose.
  5. Use the pink pastel to draw in a mouth.
  6. From the white card, cut out a bow tie and colour it in.
  7. Use the craft glue to stick the bow tie below the mouth.
  8. Use the stapler to staple the ears to the face.

Saturday, 30 August 2014

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

Thursday, 7 August 2014

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.