What You Need: egg carton, scissors, tempera paint, paintbrush, glue, 1/8-inch hole punch, black pipe cleaner, googly eyes.
How You Make It: Cut apart egg carton into individual “cups.” Paint bugs however you’d like. Glue on googly eyes. Punch or poke three holes on each side of bug. Cut pipe cleaner into three equal sections and insert one in each set of holes.
“We tried it” tip: If you don’t have a small hole punch, a pointy object should work. Pre-punch leg holes for small children.
Archive for the ‘spring crafts’ Category
Egg carton bugs
Monday, July 9th, 2007Clothespin dragonfly craft
Thursday, July 5th, 2007What You Need: wooden clothespin (either style), 2 small googly eyes, pipecleaner, paint, paintbrush, glue.
How You Make It: Paint clothespin and let dry. Wrap pipecleaner around clothespin to make “wings.” Glue on googly eyes.
Sunflower Paper Plate Craft for Spring
Thursday, May 31st, 2007What You Need: Paper plate, glue, pencil, brown and yellow tempera paints, paintbrush, scissors, sunflower seeds in shell.
How You Make It: Use pencil to draw “scallops” all around edge of paper plate and cut along the lines. Paint entire front of plate yellow. Paint brown circle around middle of plate. Once dry, use glue to adhere sunflower seeds in center.
Suggested storybook:Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
Egg Carton Caterpillar
Thursday, May 24th, 2007What You Need: Cardboard egg carton, poster (tempera) paints, pipe cleaner, 2 googly eyes, scissors, paintbrush, glue.
How You Make It: >Cuts egg carton into strips of 6 (grownup job). Paint caterpillar body. After paint is dry, insert pipe cleaner into “head” of egg carton to form antennae. Glue googly eyes onto face.
Suggested storybook: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Memorial Day Flower Basket
Sunday, May 20th, 2007What You Need: Strawberry basket, construction paper, scissors, 2 pipe cleaners, real or fake flowers.
How You Make It: Cut strips of construction paper slightly narrower than the spaces in the strawberry basket. Weave paper strips in and out, overlapping at ends to secure. Twist ends of pipe cleaner at top of one side of berry basket. Repeat on opposite side. Fill with real or fake flowers.
Suggested book: Memorial Day Surprise
