We made this egg lantern from tissue paper scraps and balloons using paper mache technique. How beautiful was it when lit? We have done paper mache projects few times and paper mache bowl is one of them. So my daughter did the lantern completely by herself. Materials needed: 1. Balloon 2. Tissue paper 3. …
We did this beautiful poppy flowers painting with water balloons and acrylic paint. We had done painting with regular balloons earlier. That was the only reason we chose water balloon this time. Definitely water balloons gave us a different experience. Materials Needed : 1. Water balloons 2. Acrylic paint – red and orange 3. White …
Whenever possible, I want to involve both my toddler and my 2nd grader together in activities. It is usually very difficult because of their age difference. I thought egg decoration with tissue paper and stickers can be done by both. My first daughter was able to complete her activity but toddler needed her big sister’s …
Hi Everyone, Flashback Friday is a series of posts from my other blog https://dheekshu.blogspot.com. This post is a combination of two posts written on dates April 12, 2013 and September 24, 2013. I got the instructions for a basic star from a paper craft book. Sorry, I forgot the name of the book. We created …
Hi Everyone, Today I am happy to share this recycled project – Milk jug flower wreath. The basic idea is to make flowers from the milk jug and create a wreath in a paper plate. To make this project easy for my seven year old, we made flowers from jug which are so simple to …
Hi Everyone,We enjoyed creating our own flower hair clips. This fun DIY project is simple that my seven year old did it by herself. Let us see how simple it is to make. Materials Needed 1. Artificial flowers – I got mine from dollar store 2. Hair Barrettes 3. Pom poms or gems 4. Hot …
Hi Everyone, I have named a post on Friday as Flashback Friday as it is taken from my other regional language blog https://dheekshu.blogspot.com. This simple and fun post was written on May 20th 2013. The instructions and idea for this project was from a library program. Material needed for 3D palm art 1. Plain …
Hi Everyone, We had created inkbolt art when my 7 year old daughter was 2 year old! Recently we created Shamrocks using the same technique. She is learning about symmetry at school and hence it is a perfect activity. Material needed : 1. Paper – we used printer paper 2. Paint 3. Paint Brush …
In order to celebrate the international Pi Day which is on 3/14, we did a fun and simple Pi activity. My seven year old heard the term Pi for the first time. So I did not want to scare her with a lot of new terms. I just introduced Pi, diameter and circumference. The activity …
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Hi Everone, We got hooked on paper cutting after we created connected people. We tried connected Shamrock as St.Patrick’s day craft is around the corner. My daughter wanted to have one shamrock down simply because it looks more like a garland Material Needed 1. Green construction paper 2. Scissors 3. Pencil 4. Template (optional) …