Cutesy Craft

The end of 2012!

Emma — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:50:09 +0000

Well it’s the end of the year already and I have lots of new ideas for 2013. I hope to be on more with lots more posts, but I’d like to thank all those that have visited my site here and my page on Facebook and Pinterest.

With that I’d like to wish you all a very merry New Year and a prosperous and healthy 2013!

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Toilet Roll Tube Christmas Nativity Scene

Emma — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:25:41 +0000

After an absence from here due to tummy bugs, I’m back! It’s been a busy old couple of days. The tree and decorations finally went up yesterday and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! So for today’s craft, I’m featuring a very cute nativity scene. We actually sat and made this today and the kids loved it! Since we have saved up tons of toilet roll tubes, I wanted to use them for this and found a great site that gave a free download of the characters. We didn’t use the scene that was provided, instead we used an old cereal box which my daughter coloured. We printed off the templates and then they were coloured in. We stuck them to the toilet roll tubes and voila, a super cute up-cycled nativity scene!

Chic Christmas Tree Card

Emma — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:52:47 +0000

This one is adorable! Get the kids to cut out strips of Christmas wrapping of different lengths and stick them onto card in the shape of a Christmas Tree. Glitter can be added as well as hand drawn parts to the tree, whatever takes your fancy!

Handmade Christmas Cards | Camp Slop

Hand and Foot Print Reindeer card

Emma — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:38:42 +0000

Here’s another great idea for a Christmas card. Whilst the one linked is not a card, I would put this onto some card and send it out as a card. If you prefer to keep your kids artwork at home though, it could be mounted on card as a great piece of Christmas art. This is really simple to do. Draw around your child’s foot for the reindeer body and then draw around their hands for the antlers. Alternatively, this could be done by using paint and doing the messy way of foot and hand print art!

Handprint Reindeer | All kids network

Handprint Santa Christmas Card

Emma — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:06:03 +0000

I love hand and foot print art and Christmas cards are a great way to show how creative you can be. We have made homemade cards for a number of years now, the kids love it and it brings such personalisation to making and sending cards out. I’ll be featuring a number of these cards over this week so keep checking back for more! This card is just one hand print away! The hat on this one is made of felt, but coloured card can be used or you can let your kids paint one on Santa themselves.

Santa Card | Emma’s Lunch

Pom Pom Christmas Tree Decoration

Emma — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:00:21 +0000

Do any of you have your trees up yet? We still try to stick to some kind of rule with 12 days before Christmas, that way we don’t all get fed up with having the tree up for the whole of December. But hey, I know some people can’t wait and the trees and decorations are up on the 1st December. Whatever is your personal preference, you’ve still got time to add a new decoration to your tree for this year. This is a great craft for kids to do, with a little supervision. Just take a styrofoam ball and attach the pom poms and the looped ribbon with straight pins. You can use whatever colour pom poms and ribbon or thread you have in the house and it’ll still look great. Simple but very effective.

Twinkle Pom Pom Ornament | Zakka Life

Santa’s Beard Christmas Countdown

Emma — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:56:03 +0000

So it’s December already ARGH!!!! I have been so busy recently doing a distance learning course and I feel this place has been neglected, but I completed my course and I’m back! Not too far behind for Christmas craft posts as it’s only 2nd December, so here we go. We did this countdown calender last year and the kids have asked for it again. It’s so simple but they love it and it makes the countdown a lot more fun. Each morning until Christmas a small piece of cotton wool is glued onto the date until Santa has a full beard on Christmas Day!

Santa Advent Calendar | Kaboose

Pumpkin Countdown to Halloween

Thanksgiving Toilet Roll Turkey

Emma — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:03:25 +0000

It’a that time of year when families are thankful for what they have and get together to celebrate. Thanksgiving is also an excuse to decorate the house and make it look great before the family come over. Getting the kids involved or even doing some craft yourself, can make for a very personal touch. I came across this turkey made from toilet roll tubes (my favourite) and thought he was ideal. Wishing everyone a great Thanksgiving Day and may the following year be a good one for you.

Cardboard Tube Turkey | A Glimpse Inside

Toilet Roll Wall Art

Our Homemade Diwali Diyas!

Emma — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:40:41 +0000

Having never made salt dough before, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I followed the half, half, whole rule, which ended up about half, half, three!!! We had to add so much more flour we ended up with tonnes of dough…so we decided to do a few Christmas decorations too (to be decorated at a later date)! We left them all out to air dry but I think the mixture was too thick and I had to put them into a low oven for an hour the next morning. This did the trick and they were soon ready to paint. We got messy with the paint, sequins and glitter and this is what they turned out like. We also did some rangoli decorations and mendhi designs on paper. All in all a great craft activity!

Happy Diwali!!

Diwali Salt Dough Diyas

Emma — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:49:08 +0000

So Halloween is over, bonfire night has passed and the children are back at school. Nights are getting darker and colder as Autumn takes a firm grip. There are still some celebrations that can enable you and your kids to be crafty before the real countdown to Christmas begins though! Diwali this year is celebrated on Tuesday 13th November. Diyas (or Divas) are traditionally made from clay and hold a small amount of oil and a wick. They are lit around the house on Diwali so that Goddess Lakshmi (Goddess of Wealth) can find her way into your house. We will be learning about Diwali during school and I intend to make these really simple but effective Diyas with my kids.

Diwali Salt Dough Divas | Jennifer’s Little World

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