Penguin heart cards

Penguin heart cards

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!

Hanging paper spider

Hanging paper spider

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!

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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Pom Pom spiders

Pom Pom spiders

These adorable spiders are so quick and easy to make and are great as homemade halloween decor hung from the ceilings or even just as a cute incy wincy spider inspired craft!

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Here’s what you’ll need

  • 1 large Pom Pom
  • 1 small Pom Pom
  • 4 pipe cleaners (depending on the size of the pom poms you are using you may be able to use 2 pipe cleaners and chop them in half)
  • Two Googly eyes
  • Glue gun

How to make our adorable Pom Pom spider

Take your small pom pom (which will be the spiders head) and use a small blob of glue to attach it to the larger pom pom which will be the spider’s body.

Glue your pipe cleaners centrally across the underside of the spiders belly so that you have 4 legs sticking out each side.

Attach two eyes to the front of your spiders face and optionally add any details such as fangs on a mouth.

Finally bend the pipe cleaners upwards and then outwards to create the shape of the spiders legs. Aren’t these little Pom Pom spiders adorable? We added some stretchy elastic to the back of ours to make a web for the kids to bounce him up and down with!

Summer Dragonfly craft

Summer Dragonfly craft

This cute summer dragonfly craft is a great activity to keep the kids busy over the summer holidays and it looks adorable too! We used a glue gun to make our little butterflies but it works with pva or tacky glue too; you just need to be a little extra patient!

Here’s what we used

  • Popsicle sticks
  • Tacky glue/glue gun/pva
  • Googly eyes
  • Pipe Cleaners
  • Scissors

How to make this cute summer dragonfly craft

Glue several smaller Pom poms across the length of the popsicle stick to make the body and a large one on the end to make the end. if you’re using pva or slow drying tacky glue then you will need to leave it a while to die.

Twist two pipe cleaners together in the middle to make a cross. Twist the centre of the pipe cleaners around the popsicle stick near the head and then bend each wing piece inwards and twist to secure.

Now twist another pipe cleaner around the stick at its centre and curl the ends around to make the antennae.

Glue on two Googly eyes and once dry your adorable popsicle stick dragonfly is ready to play with or display!