Hi Everyone, We got a chance to get introduced to papercutting. It is an art of cutting designs in paper. We started with the template and ended with creating our own designs. Materials Needed : 1. Paper (We used printer paper) 2. Scissors 3. Template (Optional) Method: Step 1: Cut out the template. We took …
Hi Everyone, The paper beads we created were waiting for us to be strung. I was planning to make a round bead from paper to use as a connecting bead which was never happening. When we daughter bugged asked me for an activity, it suddenly struck me to make a round bead from aluminium foil. …
Hi Everyone, Flashback Friday is my attempt to write something that was already posted in my other blog www.dheekshu.blogspot.com. This post was written on July 2012. It was done by my daughter when she was 5 year then. Materials Needed: Sugar – 2 teaspoon Water – 2 teaspoon Food coloring Black Crayon Q-tips White paper …
Hi All, We made this paper butterfly for the party decoration when my younger one turned two. It is so simple that myself and my 7 year old completed few of them in one hour. What you need : 1. Color paper – We used magazine paper but construction or origami paper also will do …
I have another blog dheekshu.blogspot.com. There are 400+ posts in that blog and I have planned to write a post here every Friday under the name Flashback Friday, which was already published in that blog . This post was published in March 2013 when my daughter was 6 year old. It is about the flowers …
We love working with paper. It is easily available and we can redo our work. We made Kasudama flower. I came out very well. It was very easy for my 7 year old! We followed the instructions from this Youtube video. Happy folding :)) Linked this post on Weekly kidscoop Hearts for Home Blog hop …
Weaving is one of our favorites. We tried weaving a basket out of cereal boxes. Materials : 1. Cereal boxes – 2 boxes 2. Hot glue gun 3. X-acto knife Steps : Cut the top and bottom flaps from the cereal boxes. Open the boxes along the seams and cut 1 inch strips length …
My daughter always likes to make something which she can really use. Though paper mache bowls may not hold heavy items, we use it to store petty things. Materials Needed : 1. A bowl – to cover with paper and create paper bowl 2. Papers 3. Polythene cover to wrap the bowl 4. Glue 5. …
We prefer to give home made gifts. But when my daughter had to make valentine’s day gifts for 22 kids in the class in the last minute, I preferred computer printout cards. I know my seven year old can make a beautiful card using my favorite site www.picmonkey.com. Yes, it is my third post with …
I wanted to try out the paper bead with my 7 year old daughter when I read about it in a magazine. An old magazine was lying around the house ( NOT the same magazine in which I read about paper beads :))) which we used to make the paper beads. We choose the paper …