Wood slice snowman ornaments

Wood slice snowman ornaments

We gave these old wood slices a fun and festive makeover and don’t they just look adorable? These super cute wood slice snowman ornaments are small and lightweight and hang on the tree perfectly! They look super cute and effective and we can’t wait to make a whole snowman family for our own tree.

Here’s what we used

  • Wood slices
  • Acrylic paint pens
  • Foam
  • Ribbon
  • Glue gun

How to make our wood slice snowman ornaments.

Take your white paint and cover the front of your wood slice and then pop it aside to dry

Use your paint markers to give the snowman a face. We added two coal eyes, a little point carrot nose and a wiggly smiley mouth.

Add any additional decoration such as our foam hat, a bow, a bobble hat or whatever takes your fancy! We love using foam instead of paper as it tends to last better year after year.

Cut off a length of ribbon and tie it into a loop, glue the loop onto the back of your snowman and once dry your adorable Wood slice snowman ornaments are ready to hang and display!

Paper plate pumpkin craft

Paper plate pumpkin craft

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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3 little pigs craft

3 little pigs craft

Here’s what we used

  • Clean toilet or kitchen roll inserts
  • Coloured card
  • Sticker eyes
  • Scissors
  • Glue

How to make our 3 little pigs craft

Take your roll and chop it down to your desired height. Next take your pink card and cut out a strip the same height as your roll and wide enough to wrap completely around it. Glue the card around the roll.

From the same colour cut out two large pig ears and then cut two slightly smaller inner ears from a different shade of pink. Glue the pieces together to make the ears and then stick them in place inside the top of the roll.

Add two eyes on the front of the roll, just below the ears

Now make an oval snout and add two pink nostrils. Glue it on to the middle of the pigs face and use your marker to give the pig a mouth

Cut out a long thin strip with a point at the end to make a tail. Wrap the tail around a pencil to make it curl and then glue it onto the back of the roll to finish your pig! Isn’t he cute?

Rockin’ paper sharks

Rockin’ paper sharks

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!

Fluffy sheep Craft

Fluffy sheep Craft

Dont ewe just love this adorable sheep craft? i know we do!

Here’s what we used

  • Clean toilet roll
  • Cotton Wool balls
  • Black Card
  • Eye stickers
  • Scissors
  • PVA Glue

How to make this fluffy sheep craft

Take the clean toilet roll tube and coat it in PVA glue, cover the tube all over with the cotton wool balls and then pop it aside to dry.

Cut out a mushroom shaped piece from the black card to make the sheep’s face.

Add two eyes to the front of the sheep’s face and optionally a mouth or some nostrils, Glue the face onto the center of the fluffy roll.

cut out two little hooves and glue them down in position just below the face. once dry the fluffy sheep craft is finished! how cute is she?!