
Welcome to Danielle's
Place! We believe learning should be fun. This site is dedicated to teaching
children
through crafts and activities. You will find hundreds of inexpensive crafts
and activities for children. Most
of
the crafts and activities on this site are Bible-based and are great to use
in Sunday School, Vacation Bible
School,
preschool, and home school. You will find complete Sunday school lessons and lessons for Christian homes schools.
Cross Crafts for Kids
What you will need: 7 mesh plastic canvas, 6mm ribbon to match, and pony beads to match. What to do: Click here for the directions. You can buy the complete craft kits from Oriental Trading Company. The crosses are alreay cut from the plastic canvas for you. A set of 12 is $4.95. Just type in 48/2988 in the search box on the top right-hand side of the page. You can buy plastic canvas from S&S. Just click on the link below. 10-1/2"x13-1/2" - Assorted (pk/12) What you will need: 2" masonry nails, 2 1/2" masonry nails, and thin wire. (Tru-Value Hardware Store) What to do: Place the two 2 1/2" nails next to each other facing opposite directions. Wrap the wire a couple or times around the nail about 1/3 of the way from the top. Place the two 2" nails next to each other facing in opposite directions. Place them on top and across the the 2 1/2" nails and wrap the wire around the nails to form a cross. Bring the wire up and around to the head of the nail at the top of the cross. Wrap the wire around the head and then form a loop with the wire. Cut off the excess wire. This craft is also available as a craft kit.
What you will need: Black construction paper, white typing paper, paper glue, crayons or markers, (Highlighter markers work very well.) and glitter glue (optional). What to do: 1. Print out the pattern. 2. Use the pattern to cut the outer window shape and the cross from black construction. Cut the inner window shape from white typing paper. 3. Show the children how to fold up their white window shape at different angles making sure the crease the fold each time they fold it. They can unfold and then fold again at a different angle. 4. Tell the children to keep folding and unfolding their paper until they can see that the patterns they created by folding the paper are about all the same size. 5. Have the children unfold their paper and trace the lines they created by folding the paper with a dark marker. Then have them color in the different shapes with markers and crayons. 6. When the children are done coloring glue the window shape on top of the bigger black window shape. Glue the cross on top. 7. Your children may want to paint on glitter glue to finish. Ready-to-Assemble Cross Craft Kits
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