Crafts
From Trash
Recycle Crafts, Green Crafts, and
Saving Energy
Crafts for Kids- Page 1
Free! Free Saving Energy Craft
 "Did you turn off the lights?" Printable Door Hanger - One side says, "Stop! Did you turn off the lights?" and the other side says, " Save Energy! Turn the lights off!"
What you will need: Card stock (Heavy Paper), crayons or markers, hole punch, scissors, paper glue, and string.
What to do:
1. Print out the front pattern and the back pattern and make copies onto card stock. Have your children color the patterns and cut them out. (Printing Problems?)
2. Glue them back to back and then punch a hole at the top.
3. Tie a string to the door hanger and tape or tie the sign to a door jamb where your child will see it as he leaves the room.
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CD
Case Picture Frame Craft
 This
craft idea came from Shane who posted it on our bulletin board.
This would make a great Mother's Day or Father's Day gift.
What
you need: Empty CD case, ribbon, buttons, puzzle pieces,
shells, etc, wrapping paper or fun foam, glue.
What
to do: Use empty CD cases to make cute picture frames.
Just decorate the front of the case with wide ribbon, buttons
puzzle pieces, shells, etc. Insert a pretty piece of wrapping
paper or a piece of fun foam as a border. Glue a wallet
sized picture in the center of the border. Close case and glue
on a piece of ribbon as a hanger.
Here
is a picture of my version. I sewed a felt heart onto fun foam,
cut out a heart shape and stitched around the edge with embroidery
floss, sewed on some buttons, and wrote the date when the picture
was taken. All it needs now is some ribbon to hang it up. I
didn't glue any thing on the outside. We would love to see your
version of this project. Send us a picture so we can put it
up. This would make a great Mother's Day gift.
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TP
Roll Binocular Craft
 Paint the toilet paper rolls, let dry, and tape them together
with masking tape. Punch a hole on both sides and add some string.
This makes an easy VBS or Sunday school project for young kids
and it costs only pennies.
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Milk
Jug Mask and Bank Craft
 This
can be a really fun project especially for groups. Go
on a scavenger hunt to look for discarded items to make
this project. Have a contest to see who comes up with
the most interesting mask, then have a parade to show
off your creations.
What you will need: a clean plastic milk jug, found
junk such as lids, caps, film canisters, etc., and
glue
What to do:
1. If you want to make a mask cut the jug almost in half
leaving the spout.
2. If you want to make a bank leave the jug whole.
3. Glue on any objects you like using a glue gun.
4. Attach some elastic or pipe cleaners to the back of the mask
so you can tie it on.
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Cardboard
House Craft
 What
you will need: Big cardboard box (refrigerator box),
knife,markers,yard stick, glue gun, colored paper material,
paint, lace, ribbon, flowers, or anything you want to
use to decorate your house.
Directions:
1. Use a marker and yard stick to mark doors and windows
on your house. Cut them out with a knife (make sure to
leave one side of the doors and windows connected if you
want to be able to open and close them).
2. Use the flaps on the top of the box for the roof. Open the
flaps up and tape two of the opposite flaps together to
form the roof. Then bring the other two flaps up and draw
lines where they meet the sides of the flaps you taped
up. Cut these lines and tape the sides of the flaps
the the flaps that have already been taped.
3. To finish glue material to the inside of the windows to make
drapes paint the outside of the box add folded pieces of construction
paper to the roof to make a tiled roof.
4. Glue a thread spool or something to the door for a door knob.
5. Add a small box under the window to make a flower box and
add plastic flowers.
6. Glue flowers to the side of the house to make a flower garden.
7. Glue a "Welcome" sign to the door.
8. Decorate the inside of the house with pictures you find in
magazines.
*We would love to see a picture of your house. Send us a picture
and we will display it here.
*Check out our easy to make mailbox. It goes nicely along side
the house.
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Cardboard
Mailbox Craft
 Like
the cardboard house this project isn't really intended
to be made by young children but they will love playing
with it. My child has a hard time waking up on the right
side of the bed after her naps. I find that if I
put a little surprise in her mailbox while she is sleeping
and ask her if the mailman came when she was sleeping
she goes from nap time to wake time with a lot less hassle.
It is also a great teaching aid. Children love to copy
their parents. Show them how to write a letter put it
into an envelope lick the flap address it stamp it and mail
it. They love to do this over and over. If you have a wagon
or push cart have your child be the mailman and have him
deliver your mail to the mailbox or to another member
of the family. If you are really busy and often forget
to tell your child how much you love him this is a great
way to do it. Make up little notes to your child
and put them in the mailbox. They will love opening the
letter and listening to you telling them what it says.
You can also put the mail you get for them in your mailbox
into theirs. Young
kids love to pretend to write letters even before they
can read or write. What a great way to teach your
child to write thank you letters to grandma. Tell them
they need to write a thank you note to Grandma. Let them
doodle on the paper then write your interpretation of the note
on the other side. Have your child put it in an envelope stamp
it and mail it himself. (Don't forget to include a picture of
your child enjoying the gift.)
What
you will need: Small cardboard box for baseapproximately
8"x 8"x 6", Cardboard gift wrap tube and
a cylinder oatmeal box. Poster board, red paint, or paper
fastener, hot melt glue
What
to do:
1. Cover the oatmeal box with poster board (any color
you wish) to cover the lettering.
2. Cut a flag shape out of red cardboard and fasten it to the
oatmeal box with a paper fastener so that it can be moved up
and down.
3. Cut away about 3 inches of the lids lip and tape the lid
to the oatmeal box at the cut away area.
4. Use a knife to punch a slit in the oatmeal box where you
want the mailbox stand to be. Punch another slit across
the first one to make a cross. Make two more slits across
the first to slits. Push open the cardboard to make a
whole. If the tube doesn't fit through make your
slits a little longer. Using a hot melt glue gun place
glue all around the hole then push the tube inside the
hole.
5. Place a heavy rock in the box you are using for the base
of the mailbox. Close and tape the box close. Punch a
hole in the middle of the box using the same method you
used for the oatmeal box. Glue mailbox to the base.
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Fish
Puppet Craft
 This
puppet opens and closes it's mouth when you press in on his
mouth. It isn't easy to make so you will probably have
to make them ahead of time and then have the children
color them. See the Bible
Lessons Page
for lessons to go with this craft.
What
you will need: Toilet paper rolls, rubber cement,
colored paper, markers, scissors, and hot melt glue
What
to do:
1. Cover
the entire toilet paper roll with construction paper
using rubber cement.Use
the pattern to cut out the fish mouth and fins. Use the leftover
pieces to cut out the two side fins. Glue the back fin
closed, using hot melt glue. Insert the twoside fins
into the fish body as indicated and glue them into the body.
You don't have to glue the side fins closed.
2. Have
the children decorate them with markers or crayons. (top)
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Box
Boat Craft
 Kids love playing in this boat. See Bible
Lessons Page for lessons to go along with the craft.
What
you will need: 2 cardboard boxes the same size that
are big enough for a couple of children to sit in, strapping
tape, blue and brown paint, two wrapping paper tubes (optional),
extra cardboard (optional)
What
to do:
1. Form
one box into a triangle shape to form the bow of the
boat then glue or tape the boxes together to form the
boat. Paint the boat brown and then paint water on the
outside of the boat.
2. If
you want to make some oars: use a wrapping paper tube for
each oar and cut out the paddle part from the extra cardboard
and then glue together.
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Pop
Bottle Goldfish Craft
 This
fish takes quite a bit of time to complete. If you are
looking for something a much less complicated, there is another
fish that is similar to this except you use a L'oreal shampoo
bottle and fun foam. Click
here
What
you will need: 2 liter empty pop bottle, glue gun with low temp. glue, orange paper 3/4 inch, eyes, or black marker, white glue, Dremel tool or
something to cut the pop bottle string to hang fish
What to do:
 1.
Remove the little ring left on the bottle when the cap
is removed. With a Dremel tool cut off the bottle
top at the place where the ring was (where the bottle
gets wider).
2. Cut the bottom off the bottle with scissors.
 3. Cut the bottle in the shape of a fish as shown. Squeeze the
cut sides together and glue them together as much as possible
using low temp glue. It doesn't have to be perfect
because it will be covered with paper. Glue a string to
the top of the body so you can hang it up.
4. Tear strips of gold or orange paper one inch wide by about
4 or 5 inches wide. Soak the paper strips in a solution of 1/2
water and 1/2 white glue.
5. Drape the wet paper over the fish body covering the whole
body. You may want to hang up the fish for this process or just
do one side of the fish at a time. Wrap paper over the fishes
lips and tuck into the hole.
6. To finish the body rip paper into small pieces 1" x
1". Soak in glue/water solution. Starting at the
mouth glue pieces on the body overlapping each piece as
you go around and down the body. These will look like
scales.
7. Print out the fin patterns (Pattern
1
and Pattern
2 ) and trace onto the orange paper. Cut them out. Fold
each piece like a fan following the lines on the pattern.
Glue to the body.
8. Glue on the eyes.
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