| Rainy-Day Projects |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-167 |
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DIY Crafts host Mary Lyon discusses rainy-day projects for kids. Make a rainy-day box by wrapping an office storage box with brown kraft paper, and have the kids decorate the outside with rubber stamps, colored markers, crayons or paint. Fill the box with craft supplies for a rainy day. Include items such as crayons, paint, tape, polymer clay, beads, rubber stamps, decoupage medium, construction paper, pipe cleaners, tin cans, toilet paper rolls and whatever else you like (figure A). Decorate Lucite picture frames by gluing buttons around the front edges (figure B). Or use uncooked macaroni in different shapes (figure C). Mark a mayonnaise jar every inch from 1" through 5", starting 1" from the bottom, with a black marker so kids can measure the amount of rainfall on a rainy day (figure D). Make baskets from plastic berry containers by weaving strips of construction paper or ribbon through the holes in the sides. Add a handle made from a strip of paper (figure E). Make a turtle from half a walnut shell, four kidney beans, one white bean and a small piece of construction paper. Paint the walnut shell with green acrylic paint. Glue four kidney beans to the rim of the shell for the turtle's feet. Draw eyes and a mouth on a white bean for the head, and glue it to one end of the walnut shell. Glue a small triangle of construction paper to the other end for the tail (figure F). Make your own stickers by mixing 1 packet unflavored gelatin, 1/4 cup boiling water, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon flavoring (e.g., vanilla extract). Have the kids draw small pictures on paper. Cut them out, and paint the back with the gelatin mixture. Let dry. When ready to apply them, lick the back, and stick on paper (figure G).
Note: - This idea came from the book Kids' Crazy Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Art & Craft Fun (Williamson Publishing, 1998) by Jill Frankel Hauser.
RESOURCES :
The Picture Book of Kids Crafts and Activities
Model: 0809229684
Author: Roxanne Henderson
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
NTC Contemporary Publishing Co. (Quilt Digest Press)
Lincolnwood, IL 60646-1975
Phone: 847-679-5500
Fax: 847-679-2494
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