Piggie Origami
This is another in our installment for our series of easy origami animals. Today’s animal is … Piggie. Check out the simple tutorial below. Place your origami paper with the right side face down. Fold the paper in half diagonally and create a sharp crease by using a bone folder or running your nail along…
Adjustable Floral Crown
As promised, here is the tutorial for the adjustable floral crown. When I made my first floral crown, photo below and DIY here, my big question was how do you adjust per the differences in head sizes? Because of the way I made it, the answer was no, there was no way to make any…
Dancing Bear: DIY Kit
What I like most about this activity is that it is an action activity. In order to make the bear dance, your child will have to move it. It seems challenging but it is a fairly easy thing to do. I’ve included a video below to show how to make the bear dance. You will…
Whirligig: A DIY
So today I thought I would highlight an activity that I loved when I was a child: Whirligigs. For the first 8 years of my life, I grew up in Zimbabwe, a third world country towards the tip of the African continent. While I grew up primarily in the capital city of Zimbabwe, I did…
PLC Kit: Back Strip Bird
Our Paper Lantern Creature DIY Kits come with all the pieces you need to make your own whimsical bird. However, additional supplies like glue will be needed to facilitate the making of these whimisical birds. This kit is for the bird with the rainbow strip in the back. If you would like to purchase a kit,…
Paper Strip Flower: A DIY
This is a repost of an activity I posted in 2017. I decided to post it again because It is a relatively easy activity and relatively inexpensive. And it is an activity that requires concentration and a little time. So what better time to encourage children to do than during summer break. This is one…
Floral Crown
Today is the first day of July. Happy July. I decided this morning that I would highlight a craft every Monday, Wednesday and Friday this month. To start off with I thought to showcase a finished product that says summer to me: Floral crowns. So I made floral crowns for the first time earlier this…
Sun Print Wall Hanging
I first came across sun prints, also known as cyanotype several years ago. I loved the idea at first sight. I have used it in a coupla my classes but since I don’t do as many design and craft classes as I used to, I have not done the activity in a while. As I…
Parabolic Curves
When I first learned about parabolic curves years ago, a question was asked of us: how can you draw a curved line using straight lines? I was in a classroom and will admit that none of us students figured it out. I was amazed by the answer. Basically, parabolic curves are curves that are created using…
Mother’s Day 2019: Gift and Activity
So for Mother’s Day 2019, I thought I would experiment with a craft I have always wanted to do but as of a few weeks ago, had never done: Mosaic. My initial thought was that it would be a relatively easy activity for 5 and 6 year olds. If I used a design template then…