Hi All,
I found this page on the 'Net, which has a bunch of craft-type
projects. :)
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LM> Email: Bluebonnet Crafters
LM> Bunny Hand Puppet
> Two Decorative Birdhouses
> Milk Carton Birdhouse
> Tube Birdhouse
> Travel Memory Box
> Bread Dough
> Salt Dough
> Finger Paints
> Happy Face Veggie Magnets
> Special Kid's Links
LM> Bunny Hand Puppet
LM>Bunny Hand Puppet
LM>Materials:
>Canvas Garden Glove
>1/4" dowel stick 6" to 8" long
>Craft glue
>Assorted buttons, fabric, ribbon of your choice to decorate
>Small amount of fiber fill
>Orange & green felt
>Jute
>Fine point black permanent marker
>Paint, crayons or fabric markers to decorate
LM>Instructions:
LM>Tuck thumb of glove to the inside forming a pocket on the outside of the
>glove.
>Fold the index finger and the little finger over to form the bunnies arms.
>Glue in place (you can add a small basket etc., glued between the two
hands.
>Fold the tip of the middle two fingers over slightly and glue to form ear
>tips.]
>Add a little color to the inside of the ears. Dot the nose and the cheeks.
>Using
>permanent marker draw in the eyes, mouth, whiskers and eyebrows and draw
>the inside
>of the ear. Roll a small piece of orange felt into a cone and glue several
>small
>strips of green felt to the top to form a carrot. Insert the carrot in
he
>thumb
>pocket and glue in place. Decorate the bunny with buttons, lace, scraps of
>fabric
>glued on as desired. Stuff the body lightly with fiberfil. insert the
owel
>stick into
>the stuffing using a little glue on dowel stick to anchor. Gather the
rist
>band of the glove
>around the dowel stick and tie to secure with the jute.
LM>Let the children write their own story about the bunny and use the puppet
>to act it out.
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LM> Two Decorative Birdhouses
LM>Materials:
LM>Cardboard milk cartons
>Cardboard tube
>Corrugated cardboard
>Brown craft paper or paper bag
>Poster board
>Spanish moss or excelsior
>Paint, 3 or more colors
>Small dowel stick 1/8" diameter 1" long
>Small embellishments such as birds, ribbon, cording, dried flowers,etc.
>Rulers, scissors, pencil, paper, paint brush, sponge, glue, needle &
ead
LM> Milk Carton Birdhouse
LM>Instructions:
LM>Empty, wash and dry 1 pint or quart milk carton. Glue the pour spout
>closed and cut 1/2" along the top of the milk carton. Cut brown paper to
>fit around
>milk carton and glue in place following the folds of the carton. Cut
>desired bird
>hole from the front of the carton through paper and milk carton. Cut a 4"
>square of
>corrugated cardboard and securely glue to bottom of milk carton for a
ase.
>Cut one
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