DIY crafts,

Fall Branch Mobile

11:34 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

 I love the smell of Fall... Especially the smell of the fallen leaves and the cool air! Last week we statred a fun Fall craft... A brach mobile with dangling leaves! So pretty! Wanna make one?

What you'll need:
     ✏ Cardstock
     ✏ Yellow, red & green paint
     ✏ Tray & Sponges
     ✏ Yarn
     ✏ Branches
     ✏ Hole puncher
     ✏ Scissors
     ✏ Pencil


Instructions:
① Apply paint onto a piece of cardstock using sponges (lightly dab). Use fall colours such as yellow, red, orange, green, brown. ② Once dry, cut up your painting into fall leaves (we used stencils and asked the older students to trace them) ③ Punch a hole into each leaf and attach to a piece of yarn.  Note that You can put multiple leaves on one strand. ④ Tie every strand to a brach. then tie the ends of one piece of yarn to each end of the brach, so that you can hang you mobile on a nail or a doorknob! You're done!
Sponge painting!
What your "painting" will look like before you cut it up
into fall leaves!
Closeup of the dangling fall leaves! Magnificent!
Check out this fun variation with pine cones!
Want more fall crafts? Check out these beautiful Fall Sunflowers made with dried leaves and these easy Fall Leaf Prints!

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School/kids crafts

Fall Sunflowers!

14:52 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

New school year = new crafts! Hurray! I'm so excited for all the new projects that await us this year! Today, in  honour of our new beautiful season - Fall -  we created some adorable paper sunflowers. And what did we use for the brown middle part?! Dried brown leaves!! Perfect! Wanna make one?

Materials:
   ❁ Paper plates
   ❁ Dried brown leaves
   ❁ Yellow washable paint
   ❁ Sponges
   ❁ Glue
   ❁ Scissors
   ❁ Long popsicle sticks
   ❁ Green construction paper
Instructions:

  1. Take a paper pate and cut slits all around to make petals.
  2. Paint the plate yellow with a sponge
  3. Apply glue in the middle and gently place dried leaves
  4. Attach a stick for the stem and glue a small green leaf, cut from green construction paper!


So simple and adorable!
Our inspiration!
In our garden!
Want more Fall crafts? Check out this awesome Fall Branch Mobile!

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Sewing

Rat Stuffy!

16:41 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

This summer, I babysat two little girls who had pet rats... needless to say, rats where a very popular crafting theme. So I figured why not make our won little rats with fabric!? Wanna make one? Just follow the simple pattern I created!

Materials:
thread & needle,  crafting cotton
 (ears & tail), corduroy, 2 buttons,
 stuffing


* Use corduroy for the body and thin crafting cotton for the nose, ears & tail.

INSTRUCTIONS
With right sides together sew the edge of the tail & ears, leaving a space
to insert the stuffing.  For the nose, take a little ball of stuffing and place
 it in the middle of the circle. Gather all the edges together and sew shut
(kinda like a candy wrapper!) Sew the ears to the body and attach the button
eyes. With right sides together sew the edges of the body & don't forget to
insert the tail and nose! Leave a a opening for the stuffing and sew
close when your rat is all nice and fluffy!

make sure to add the batting little by little to avoid clumps!

Rat stuffies with Lili the (real) rat!

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