Miscellaneous Crafts for Kids

How to Make Crafts for Kids Including: Plaster Cast Feet or Hands, Noodle Necklace, Nuudle Fun, Stained Glass Window, Plastic Canvas Rainbow

 

Plaster Cast Feet or Hands Craft

What you will need: Play dough, plastic container at least 2 inches high and big enough to fit your child's foot or hand with a little room left on the sides, plaster of paris, paint, big paper clip or something to hang the plaster cast, child's foot or hand.

How to make:

1. Push some play dough into the bottom of your container.  Make it about an inch thick.  Smooth out the top. The play dough should be soft enough for the child to make an impression of his foot.  For direction to make play dough click here.

2. Have your child make an impression in the play dough with his hands or feet. You may have to press on his hands or feet to make a better impression.

3. Prepare the plaster according to the directions. Pour the plaster over the impression and fill about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch. Shake the mold or tap with a knife to get out the bubbles about 10 seconds or until you don't see many bubbles.

4. Partially unfold the paper clip. Place a paper clip in the plaster so that it is sticking out.  Make sure you have it at the top of the mold so that it will hang right.

5. Let the plaster dry and then carefully remove the mold.  Take off as much play dough as you can. Let the rest dry completely and then brush it away.

6. Paint and date your plaster cast.

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 Noodle Necklace Craft

Children will love putting these together.  They are easy to prepare and very inexpensive.

What you will need: yarn, noodles, food coloring, and rubbing alcohol

How to make: Add a few drops of food coloring to a large bowl, pour in a small amount of rubbing alcohol (a couple of tablespoons).  Pour in the amount of uncooked noodles you want to die.  Keep turning the noodles until they are covered with die. Add more food coloring and alcohol if needed. Remove the noodles from the bowl and let them dry on a paper towel. When the noodles are dry they are ready to be strung.  To make the yarn easier to insert into the noodles dip the ends in melted wax or wind a small piece of masking tape at the end.

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Nuudle Fun

Here's a new craft material that young children will love to work with. Nuudles are similar to corn starch packaging peanuts that dissolve in water, except these come in different colors. All you do is dip the nuudles in a tiny bit of water or press them onto a wet sponge and stick them together.  You can stick them to each other or stick them on to other objects to make designs or sculptures.   If you don't want to buy these nuudles just save your packaging peanuts.  (Not all packaging peanuts will work. Some are made from Styrofoam and won't melt in water.)

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Stained Glass Window Craft

What you will need: At least 3 different colors of mylar sheets, (If you you don't have mylar sheets, you can use colored paper) and Clear contact paper.

To make:

1. Cut off desired length from the roll of contact paper.

2. Cut mylar sheets into different shapes.

3. Remove protective cover from the sheet of contact paper and place shapes on the sticky side leaving some sticky surface expose.

4. When all the shapes are in place stick the paper on a window.  The stained glass looks best when the sun shines through the window.

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Plastic Canvas Rainbow Craft

This rainbow almost glows  when you hang it in a window. 

What you will need: 6" round plastic canvas, craft lace or 1/8" ribbon in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, 6 pony beads to match each color. 

 How to make:

1. Cut a round plastic canvas sheets in half then cut out the middle so that only 6 rows remain to form the rainbow.

2. Cut one piece of craft lace or ribbon of each color about 20 inches long.

3. Starting with red, then orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple from top to  bottom lace each piece of lace or ribbon through the canvas.  When using the craft lace be sure to pull the lace all the way through each time.  You will probably need a yarn needle if you are using the ribbon.  Leave the ends of lace hang at different lengths.

4. To finish add 3 beads of the same color to the ends of each ribbon or craft lace.  Tie on a string to hang it up when you are finished. If your craft lace is not hanging straight place it in warm oven for a few seconds or place it out in the Sun. When the lace warms up it straightens out. 

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