CHRISTMAS CRACKERS

You will need:
Red Crepe paper (or colour of your choice),
Toilet Roll tube (no paper on it),
Snaps (or the bit that goes 'BANG'),
Cellotape,
Christmas stickers,
small plastic toy,
party hat,
joke.

To make:
Cut the tube in half.
Cut enough crepe paper to cover tube and for the ends.
Get your child to write the jokes and place the jokes with the toy and hat into the tube...it helps to roll the joke, hat and toy together and secure with a rubber band.
Place the snap into the tube with ends sticking out.
Cover the tube with crepe paper, secure side seam with the Christmas Sticker, twist the ends and push into the tube slightly to help hold the twist.
Alternatively you could tape the ends but leave enough space for the snapping!

This craft idea is another by Debbie, a brownie leader from New Zealand- thanks Debbie!

 

COLOURFUL BOWL

You will need:
balloon
newspaper
wallpaper paste(or pva glue)
bowl
paintbrush
silver stars
coloured tissue paper
sellotape

What to do:
1. Blow up the balloon, then mix your wallpaper paste(pva glue) and water into a bowl.
2. Tear some strips of newspaper up and glue them onto your balloon. Cover half of it and do about 6 layers and leave to dry for 2 days.
3. After two days pop the balloon and trim off the rough edges on your bowl.
4. Then cut a strip of card and bend it round the bottom of the bowl and stick it with sellotape.
5. Tear squares of tissue paper and stick them to the bowl. Make sure to cover the bottom and the inside as well.t
6. Stick some stars to the rim of the bowl.

This craft idea is another by Bethany, United Kingdom - thanks Bethany!

 

POP UP CARD

You will need:
2 pieces of A4 paper
Scissors
Coloured pencils or pens
Glue

What to do:
1.Fold 1 A4 piece of paper with the shortest edge down to meet the other.(this will be your card)
2.Fold the other piece of paper the same way and cut along the fold line.You will get 2 bits of paper.
3.With one of the bits of paper fold up about a cm on each shortest edge.
4.Draw a picture on the piece of paper but don't draw over the cm folds you've just done.
5.After you've drawn the picture fold the whole thing in half(the cm strips are included)
6.Get your card and stick the cm strips down (they should be folded up when you stick them down) when you stick them down they should be about 2 cm away from the fold line in the middle. 7.Fold your card in half and when you open it the middle will pop out!

This craft idea is another by Bethany, New Zealand - thanks Bethany!

 

SNAIL on a SHELL
or LIMPET on a SHELL ...

You will need:
1 Med- Lge Scallop Shell
1 Pipecleaner
9 Beads (big enough to thread onto P/cleaner)
Lace (white with gold/silver edging is effective)
The length of the lace needs to be 16 eyelets (holes), and big enough for the pipecleaner.

What to do: Thread 1 bead, 2 holes, 1 bead, 2 holes, etc. onto pipecleaner until finished.
Twist into a roundish shape and twist the ends together twice to make the head and antenna.
Using a hot glue gun, glue onto the shell (rounded side up).
If you want you could varnish the shell or leave it natural..

This craft idea is another by Debbie - a Brownie leader from Wellsford, New Zealand - thanks again Debbie!

 

HAT PINS ...

You will need:
Felt
Glitter Glue,
Ribbon (about 7 cms long),
PVA or Craft Glue and a small
Small gold safety pin.

With a pencil or pen draw a picture on the felt, eg: flower, hearts, fish..., cut around the shape, you will need 2 of the same shape. Outline the shape with Glitter Glue. Glue (PVA or craft ) the two pieces together with the Ribbon in between and push the safety pin thru both pieces. Leave to dry. The hat pins look quite effective when you use 2 or more different colours of ribbon.

This craft idea is by Debbie - a Brownie leader from Wellsford, New Zealand!

 

 

PLAY DOUGH

You will need:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tbs oil

Mix the above ingredients together, then add:

1 cup water
food colouring

Bring to boil in a sauce pan. Stir constantlay until it forms a lump. Knead. Store in fridge in a plastic bag. Keeps a long time.

This craft idea is by Carly!

 

SAND PAPER PICTURES

You will need:
a sheet of fairly rough sandpaper
a sheet of stiff cardboard
glue
scraps of coloured felt
pieces of wool

Glue sandpaper to cardboard and then make pictures by pressing the wool and felt onto the sandpaper. It should stick by itself. You will find it comes away easily when you want to make a new picture!

This craft idea is by Carly!

 

SLOBER SLIME !!!!!!

You will need:
Small cake of soap
Grater
1/2 cup of hot water

All you need is a small soap (grated up with a chese grater) and hot water (nearly 1/2 a cup). Mix well for a few mins, put in the fridge overnight and hey presto! In the morning, ewwwwww, SLIME SLOBBER!!!!!

This craft idea is by Chloe & Sheldon!

 

TINSEL WIG!!!!!!

You will need:
1 Shower Cap
A roll of tinsel
Hot glue gun
Scissors
Keeping the tinsel on the roll, wrap the tinsel around the shower cap. Leaving a bit off the end of the cap, Cut the tinsel. Take the tinsel off, Then hot glue it back onto the cap in place. Once the glue has dried, over one half of the wig, cut the tinsel shorter, to make a fringe. Wear it!.

This craft idea is by Grace Abbott - thanks Grace!

 

SLIME!!!!!!

Lux flakes
Food colouring
1 cup hot water
Mix all together. Leave overnight.

This craft idea is by the Braun family - thanks!

 

FISHIES!

You will need:
paper, tissues, toilet paper & glue!
1.put the paper flat on the bench (maybe draw an outline onto the paper first!)
2. Scrunch up the tissues and toilet paper onto the flat sheet of paper
3.Make sure you make the tail stick out then twist between the tail and body
4. Glue into place!

This craft idea is by Belinda - thanks!

 

VALENTINES CARDS

First you get a paper and fold it in half!
Then you get scissor and cut heart of the folded paper but make sure it is still attached at the side.
Then color it and pass it out.

This craft idea is by Dani - thanks Dani.

CHRISTMAS CARDS

Get a piece of plain A4 paper any colour. Fold in half and you can draw a beautiful picture on the front and on the back saying who the card is from. Inside write a lovely note to say Merry Christmas!

This craft idea is by Kim Dawson - thanks Kim.

 

WAX CRAYON DESIGNS

Wax crayon designs are simply a piece of silver card which is coloured with any wax crayon thickly over the cardboard. Then with your nails a fork or even a pencil, scratch out a design using the crayon as a background.

This craft idea is by Rachel Dove - thanks Rachel.

or another WAX CRAYON DESIGN

Get a plain piece of A4 paper and get some crayons and do strips or squares of different colours. When that has covered the page get a black crayon and scribble all over the colour fun page until that. Using a needle or your finger nail or a pencil or even a fork, scratch out the deisign and you are done .

This craft idea is by Natalie Taylor - thanks Natalie.

 

POM POM CRITTER

2/. Put the two cutout circles together and thread wool of different colours around the outside and through the centre. When you finish one colour, tie the next colour onto the end of the first colour and continue until none of the cardboard is visible. (hint: the more colours you use the more colourful the creature will be.)

3/. Carefully cut the wool, between the cardboard, around the outer edge right the way around.

4/. Tie tightly a piece of wool around where you have just cut - this will also be useful to hang your creature. Fluff up the pompom until it looks even all the way around.

5/. Glue on the eyes & mouth as per figure 4.

 

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