Paper Craft Projects for Kids - Page 2

Origami Flower Arrangement in a Paper Mache Vase

1. Make origami flowers according to the directions in the books or find directions online.

2. Put dabs of glue on the ends of your chenille stems. Poke a hole in the bottom of the flowers with the glued end of the chenille stems and insert the stems about 1/2 inch.

3. To make the vase tear different colors of tissue paper into about one-inch shapes. Cut the end off a small box or make your own from cardboard. Add some water to make white glue a little runny. Coat the outside of the box with the white glue mixture with a paint brush. Stick the tissue paper all of the box smoothing it out as you go. To finish coat the box again over the tissue paper layer and add more tissue paper shapes to cover any places where the cardboard shows through.

Name Art

1. Fold a piece of paper in half, lengthwise.

2. Write a name in cursive with a pencil on the top half of the paper making sure that the bottom of the letters are on the line. Go over the name with the pencil so it is dark. Add extra lopes and curly-Q's to make the picture really interesting.

3. Fold the paper in half so the name is on the inside.

4. Rub over the area where the name is with your fingernail or a smooth object. The name transfers to the bottom half of the paper and overlaps the letter that go below the line.

5. Trace over the top and bottom names with a marker. Erase the pencil marks.

6. Decorate the names using different colors of makers or make them into bug, fish, or other creatures.

Lip Print Picture Craft for Kids- Here's a simple but fun craft to do with your child when you can't think of anything to draw.

What you will need:  Paper, crayons, paint, lip stick

What to do: Put dark lip stick on your child.  Instruct him or her to kiss a piece of paper in the middle of the page. Draw in the face and features around the lips to look like the child. Or have the child draw in his or her own features.

Small Gift Box Craft for Kids - Here's a 5" x 5" box that's easy to make and will cost less than 50 cents to make.  You can make two box bottoms and 3 box lids from one piece of poster board.

What you will need: Poster board, ruler, scissors, pen, and hot melt glue.

What to do:

1. Print out the patterns for the box bottom, and the box lid.  Use a ruler to draw the box and the lid following the pattern.
2. Cut the pattern on the solid lines.  Score the poster board by pressing down hard with a pen while drawing the lines that need to be folded.  This will make it easy for you to fold the box.
3. Fold on all the lines before you start gluing the box together.  All the folds are folded in to the center of the box. The flaps on the outside of the pattern fold over and into the box to make the sides sturdier or double thickness.  Glue the box together.

Doodle Creatures Craft for Kids -  This is a great project to do when you can't think of anything to draw.

What you will need:  Paper, pencil, crayons, imagination

 What to do:

1. Scribble on a piece of paper with a pencil.  Use lots of curves, circles, jagged lines, short lines, and long lines.
2. It takes a lot of imagination to find a picture in a bunch of scribbles.  Stare at the scribbles you made.  Look for some kind of shape to pop out at you.  Try turning the page  around to view it at different angles.  View it from close up and far away.  If you can't find anything after a couple of minutes, try adding some lines.  If you still can't find anything, try a new scribble.  This takes some practice.  Once you find a creature you can add what ever you need to finish the creature.  Don't forget to give your creature a name.

Folded Paper Stained Glass Window Craft for Kids - Here is an easy project that is great for those times when you have still have a few minutes left before the parents show up and nothing else planned.  I am almost 40 years old  and still remember doing this in kindergarten class.

What you will need:  Typing paper and crayons

What to do:   Fold a piece of paper at an angle and then unfold making a nice crease with your thumb.  Fold again and unfold until you have a good stained glass effect.  Color in each shape with a different color crayon.