This simple mitten craft is so quick and easy to make and looks adorable, too. These mittens are great for home crafting or for groups to make a sweet winter display board. Each set of mittens comes out unique to each child, and they’ll love customising them and showing them off!
Here’s what you’ll need
Coloured card
Cotton wool (we cotton wool pads but any kind will do!)
Something to decorate i.e sequins
Yarn
Scissors
Glue
How to make our super simple mitten craft
Firstly you’ll need to create your mitten shape. You can either do this by cutting it free hand or by tracing a mitten shape around your child’s hands onto the paper and cutting it out to make it a bit more personal. Once you have your two mitten shapes simply place them and glue them down.
Cut out a fair length of yarn and glue each end to a mitten. For added cuteness, we shaped our yarn into a little heart, which you can see above.
Now it’s time to add the fluff to your mittens by sticking your cotton wool onto the base of them, ensuring that the string is covered. We used cotton wool pads, we peeled them in half, cut them into rectangles and then stuck them down and fluffed them up. Cotton wool balls and strips also look super cute too!
Now it’s time to decorate the mittens using any bits and bobs that you have lying around. We used sequins and think that they look great!
These simple penguin heart cards are just adorable! Each card only uses a small amount of resources which makes them the perfect craft for groups as well as to make at home to gift to family and friends.
Here’s what we used
Black card
White/yellow paper
Googly eyes
Scissors
Glue
How to make our penguin heart cards
Start by taking your black piece of card and folding it in half. Cut the card down into into a circular shape ensuring that part of the fold of the card is left intact. Cut across the bottom of the card to create a flat edge so that it can stand freely.
Cut out a heart shape to make the penguin’s white belly and glue it down in place towards the bottom of the penguins body.
Cut out a diamond shape from your yellow paper and fold it in half to make the penguin’s beak. Glue the beak in place just above the belly.
Finally add two Googly eyes to complete your card and once it’s fully dry you’re ready to add your special festive message inside!
This cute Hanging paper spider craft is so cute and simple to make too! The best part is that they’re super budget friendly which makes them the perfect spooky Halloween craft to make alone at home or in large groups. This little spider is also great way to explore the world of mini beasts or as a fun incy wincy inspired activity!
Here’s what we used
Black and white card
Coloured card
Googly eyes
Scissors
Glue
How to make a hanging Halloween spider
Start by taking your coloured card and cutting out one large circle for the body and one small circle for the head.
Glue the head circle onto the bottom of the body circle as you can see above.
Cut out 8 little pointed legs and start by gluing one pointing downwards on each side of the head and then glue on the remaining legs.
Cut out two little fangs and glue them on the back of the spiders head pointing downwards. Glue on two Googly eyes and your spider is almost complete!
If you want to hang the spider punch a hold at the top of its body and thread a piece of string through the hole. We love the way these look hanging in our window; perfect for Halloween!
It’s finally my favourite time of year; spooky season! Our Halloween crafts are in full swing and we’ve been having so much fun making some spooky homemade decor. This cute paper plate pumpkin craft is so adorable and is easy to adapt for all age groups. Each paper plate turns out completely unique which makes these pumpkins perfect for a fun Halloween display board!
Here’s what you’ll need
Paper plates
Orange tissue paper
Coloured card (green, brown and black)
Scissors
Glue
How to make our paper plate pumpkin craft
First take your orange tissue paper and cut it into several small square pieces. Cover the paper plate in glue and then use the orange squares to cover the plate and give it it’s pumpkin colour.
Next it’s time to create your paper plate pumpkin’s design. Cut out the shapes of the facial features and glue them on to the front of the plate.
Finish off by cutting out a stalk and some greenery and gluing in down on the back to complete your paper plate pumpkin craft. Aren’t these just adorable?
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These rockin’ paper sharks are fun, easy and fast to craft and look great as part of any under the sea display or in an ocean themed room!
Here’s what you’ll need
Coloured card (blues, greys, white)
Black marker
Scissors
Glue
Sticker eyes (optional)
Something circular to draw around (optional)
How to make these cute rocking sharks
Start by drawing around the outside of your circular object and then cutting out your circle piece of paper and folding it in half.
Next take your white paper and cut out a shape with a straight side and then a curved edge. Glue it into position as the shark’s mouth and then trim off any excess. use a black marker to draw on some sharp pointy teeth and then colour in the space between the teeth.
Next take your coloured paper and cut out a long shark’s tail, a side fin and a large dorsal fin. glue the tail in place inside the folded circle, the dorsal fin on the top rear side of the circle and the fin on the front.
Finish off your rockin’ paper sharks by adding a fun Googly eye to each one. We just love these!
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