Ok so i am going to try some pom poms, am also going to make our own home made playdough - found a recipe on pinterest so might even make some as x-mas gifts this year if it works out well
So give me some new awesome crafty ideas for the kids.
Now the sun is omcing out i'm going to be getting the kids out on the deck with a drop sheet for some fresh air, fun & craft time
one of the *funnest* (yep, its a word!) things I do with my daughter is get a Canvas, some syringes (the bigger the better, can get from the chemist! just be prepared to be looked at like yr a junkie! hehe) and paint!
Put the Canvas up against a Wall or Fence, probably best to put a drop sheet, or old cardboard behind the Canvas as this gets MESSY!
Fill up the syringes with paint (this is messy but also fun)
Then let the kids squirt the syringes full of paint onto the canvas! Makes for awesome artwork! My house is FULL of these from my daughter! Her auntie even *commissioned* a piece for her spare room!
Nikky - that sounds awesome! I was only thinking about painting on canvas yesterday.
ZV - Pom poms are cool. The last play dough I made was very gritty from the salt. It was a no-cook recipe. Next time I was going to think about add-ins like glitter.
Have just finished making the base for home made paint - flour and water, so easy! I am just waiting for it to cool so I can add the food colouring. A few of my yummy mummy friends are getting together for our first play group tomorrow and I'm organising painting for us all. We have brushes, sponges, paint and fingers so it'll be an interesting afternoon watching half a dozen 18 month olds getting into painting, most for the first time!
Another idea I was thinking of trying that you might be interested in, ZV, is weaving with old onion/fruit bags. I thought we could use grasses, leaves, sticks, bark, wool, feathers, straws, fabric etc and make some kind of woven 'thingie'.
Oh, and one of the other mummies mentioned fly swat painting. Not exactly sure what it involves, but logic would say it's very messy and lots of fun! Toothbrush splatter painting is cool too - old toothbrushes dipped in paint and splattered on paper. Makes lovely wrapping paper. You can also turn the dried splatters (or big blobs of paint dropped onto paper) into funny creatures by drawing around them with a felt pen then adding faces, arms and legs etc. You get two art projects for the price of one that way!
ZF - did you end up making the salt dough? I made it a looooooong time ago (when I was 9!) and was planning to make some Christmas deco's with DD this year... but there are soooo many variations on line! Although most call for 1 to 2 cups of salt and none with oil....
MG - I'm having the same trouble deciding which play dough recipe to follow! So many choices...
ZF - How did yours turn out? Please post the recipe if you like it!
Does anyone watch Mr Maker? Lots of good ideas on there!
Made another 1 today, green with gold glitter
So so so so easy, 1 cup flower, 1/4 cup salt, 2tsp cream of tar tar, 1 tbs vegetable oil (i used olive oil), 1 cup water - food coloring & glitter if you want to add it
Throw all ingredients into a saucepan, let the kids mix it once combined pop on the stove on medium heat and continue to stir until it forms 1 big ball, take it out and place on baking paper allow to cool then knead until soft.
Store in an airtight container
I am going to make red, white & green with glitter through them and find some cheap cutters, twist them together and into tubs to give as x-mas pressies
love google for ideas.
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I am just waiting for it to cool so I can add the food colouring. A few of my yummy mummy friends are getting together for our first play group tomorrow and I'm organising painting for us all. We have brushes, sponges, paint and fingers so it'll be an interesting afternoon watching half a dozen 18 month olds getting into painting, most for the first time!
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