School/kids crafts

Toilet Paper Roll Bats!

10:21 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Boo! Did I scare you? Well these little creatures just might (although I find them cuter than scarier, but that's just me) Best part of this craft  It's recycled! To make these spooky winged creatures, we used toilet paper rolls! awesome! Wanna make one?

Materials:
      ☽ Toilet paper rolls
      ✩ Cardstock
      ☽ Paint & brushes
      ✩ White glue
      ☽ Goggly eyes
      ✩ Pastels or crayons



Instructions:
① Paint your toilet paper roll whichever color you would like your bat to be. ② Cut out some bat wings (you can also use the template at the bottom of the page) and color them with pastels, crayons or whatever you prefer. ③ When the paint is dry gently fold the top edge inward so that you have two bat ears and glue the wings on. ④ Cut some fangs on and glue them on, as well as eyes! You're done! Spooktacular!

Check out those fangs! AHHH!

All so different! I love when kids create!

Happy Halloween everyone! xo

DIY crafts

DIY Fabric Covered Magnets!

07:55 Natalie Karine 1 Comments

Hi there! I've recently joined Pinterest, a kind of virtual bulletin board and found a real goldmine of inspiration and DIY projects! How wonderful is that?! So One of the AMAZING projects I found a little while ago was Cute Fabric Covered Magnets. I had most of the supplies and then took a trip my neighborhood Dollar Store and found little round fridge magnets for a whole $1. It's pretty easy-peasy!
Instructions: Simply cover buttons in fun fabric (button-covering kits can be purchased at fabric or craft stores and look like this) snip the back off with pliers and super-glue on a magnet! Hooray! Makes perfect little gifts too.....


  Materials:
     ♡ Round magnets
     ♡ super glue (i like goop)
     ♡ Pliers
     ♡ Scissors
     ♡ Fabric-cover button kit
     ♡ Scrap Fabric

Happy crafting! xo

Let them dry for a little while....

And voila! Awesome new fridge magnets!

School/kids crafts

Easy Fall Leaf Prints!

14:01 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

 Materials:

   ❦ Washable paint
   ❦ Sponges
   ❦ Pie tray or paper plate
   ❦ Leaves (not too dry/brittle!)
   ❦ White paper
   ❦ Newsprint









Instructions:

Sponge paint onto a leaf (not too thick!). Turn it over onto a piece of paper and gently place a piece of newsprint paper on top. Gently push rub to make a nice impression. Remove the piece of newsprint and carefully lift up the leaf. Voilà! You have a fancy leaf print. Now repeat as many times as you want and fill up your whole page!

Be careful when you lift up the leaf... Be sure not to smudge the paint!

You can even mix up the colours and make multicolour leaf prints!

So pretty! Perfect fall craft!

Want more fall crafts? Check out these beautiful Fall Sunflowers made with dried leaves and this fall branch mobile!

DIY crafts,

Fall Wreath with Fabric Rosettes!

12:29 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Today is a perfect Fall day AND I have the day off... so why not make a Fall craft!? Time for a new wreath! I used fabric scraps to make little rosettes, but no sewing is required! Just a glue gun! Simply follow this step by step tutorial I found online!

Materials
    ❧ 1 grapevine wreath
    ❧ fabric scraps
    ❧ felt
    ❧ twine
    ❧ paper
    ❧ hot glue

making little fabric rosettes!

So many rosettes! Now gluing time!

Add a mini Fall pennant banner (printed on the computer) and hang on your door!

DIY cards,

Thanksgiving Handprint Turkeys!

14:30 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Hi there! I hope everyone is having a nice thanksgiving weekend. This morning, I made a list of all the things I was thankful for. I feel so very blessed with all the gifts in my life. One of those is certainly the wonderful job I have as an educator. What amazing and hilarious kids I get to work with! So thankful! And speaking of them... Here's some fun handprint turkeys we made on Friday for Thanksgiving!

 Materials:
     ✄ White cardstock
     ✄ paint
     ✄ construction paper
     ✄ googly eyes
     ✄ glue & scissors
     ✄ sparkles

Stamp paint hand prints on white cardstock to make the turkey's tail. Then cut out a turkey body from construction paper (pear shape) and add a beak, eyes and feathers! Voilà!

They all look so unique! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Eclectic Frames!

18:33 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

 So I recently repainted and rearranged my little apartment. One of my favorite things now is my fun eclectic wall of frames! I took postcards, thrift store finds and vintage photographs and had fun with it!

A tiny Alphonse Mucha print! I love framing fun postcards!

Sweet thrift store find! With velvet backing!

My grandparents in the 70s! Old photographs are so lovely!