Making individual piñatas for your kidlets for Cinco de Mayo. These are great party favors since each wee one gets to keep what’s inside and also, this way, each wee one gets the same amount of stuff. No head injuries involved! *brown paper lunch bags (though any color will do) *oodles of tissue paper *scissors […]
The perfect sandbox is one that draws a crowd of kids all summer and that calls to mind the greatest of all play sites: the beach. What makes the difference between a good sandbox and a bad one? Be sure the site is right. Build it big. Add wide seating. Hide the toys. Cover it […]
Large and small paper plates … paint … paint brushes … construction paper … scissors … glue sticks … hole punch … yarn or ribbon. Paint a face on the small paper plate and paint three buttons on a large paper plate. Punch a hole at the top of the large paper plate. Punch a […]
 ½ cup liquid starch 2 cups rock salt ½ cup glue with food color  Mix and create 3D structures on cardboard.
¾ cup flour ½ cup corn flour ½ cup salt Powder Paint 3/8 cup warm water  Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Add water gradually until mix. Can be kneaded into a stiff dough. To reduce stickiness dust with dry flour. Pierce each bead with a tooth pick or large blunt needle and allow […]
 Cut three bumps in a row from a cardboard egg carton, leaving them attached. This will be the snowman. Paint the entire outside of the three bumps white. Glue the snowman to blue paper. Cut facial features, buttons, boots, stick arms and a hat for the snowman from colored construction paper. Glue them all […]
Construction paper (white, black, red, orange, green and brown) Contact paper Ribbon Glue stick Winter-theme sequins and/or glitter, various blue / silver bits of paper, feathers, etc  Trace three circles onto white construction paper; small, medium and large. On largest circle, cut a round opening in the middle the size of the medium circle. […]
 Baby food jar (I made larger ones with mayo & olive jars: very cute!) White tissue paper (or you can use white acrylic paint) Small orange pompom or small tube made from paper Small black pompom or circles punched from fun foam Thin ribbon for scarf Black acrylic paint for lid Glue  Glue […]
