The Mom I Want to Be

Turn the front of your ‘fridge into an art gallery.

 

Three adhesive-backed magnetic disks

Colored card stock, two different colors

Colored construction paper

White craft glue

Scissors

Pencil

Circular dish, preferably with a 2 1/4-inch diameter

A quarter

A half dollar

Two buttons for the robot, four for the alien, and three for the bear

 

For the Robot:

 

Cut a 2-inch square from the cardstock.  Peel the backing from the magnet and attach it to the center of the back of the square.  On the front of the square, glue on two buttons for eyes.  Cut a thin rectangle of construction paper and glue it on as a mouth.

 

For the Alien:

 

Use the circular dish to trace a 2 1/4-inch diameter circle from the cardstock. Cut out the circle. Peel the backing from the magnet and attach it to the center of the back of the circle.

In a contrasting color of card stock, cut two thin rectangles to create the antennae and another shorter rectangle to create the mouth. Glue the antennae to extend from the back of the circle. Glue the mouth onto the front. Glue on two buttons for eyes and another two of a different color at the ends of the antennae.

 

For the Bear:

 

Use the circular dish to trace a 2 1/4-inch diameter circle from the cardstock. Cut out the circle. Peel the backing from the magnet and attach it to the center of the back of the circle.

Use the quarter to trace two small circles for ears from the same card stock. Cut out the circles. Glue them to the large circle (as shown). On a contrasting color of construction paper, use the half dollar to trace a circle for a mouth. Glue that circle to the large circle (as shown).

Glue on two buttons for the eyes and another of a different color for the nose of the bear. To make the eyes pop, you can layer the buttons, as shown, with bigger buttons under smaller buttons.