Easter Craft for Kids
This Easter Egg Napkin Holder is perfect to display on your kitchen table during the Easter holiday. It is made out of air drying clay and very durable. The kids can really get into this craft project and display their artistic abilities. Be sure to lay out a plastic tarp or plastic tablecloth for the kids to work on. Clay can be a messy art product and kids know just how to get it everywhere!
To Make an Easter Egg Napkin Holder Craft Project You Will Need:
Poster board or sturdy thick paper
Egg shaped Cookie cutter (optional)
Pencil
Scissors
Air Drying Clay
Butter Knife (Plastic or Metal)
Tooth Picks, pencils, wooden skewers, or clay tools
Rollin pin
Acrylic Paint
Clear Acrylic Spray Paint
To start this craft project first have the kids draw out a simple egg shape on some paper. This egg should be about 6 inches tall and about 4 inches wide.
If you have an egg shaped cookie cutter this size you could use this instead.
Next, cut the Easter Egg shape out with scissors.
Break off a hunk of air drying clay and roll it out to a sheet of clay that is about ½ inch thick. You can use a rolling pin to do this.
Lay the Easter Egg cut out on the clay and trace around it with a toothpick. Repeat this process making two Easter Egg. Cut the shape out with a paring knife or plastic butter knife. Next, cut out a rectangle that is as wide as the base as the Easter Egg and about 3 inches deep. This will be the base of the napkin hold that allows it to stand up.
The kids can carve details in to the two Easter Egg shapes or even add details making three-dimensional pieces out of left over clay. Circles, stripes, squiggles and curly cues are all good shapes.
It is a good idea to make sure the Easter Egg will be standing in the same direction when they are standing up, but that is optional. The Easter Egg should be able to hold your napkins either way.
Once the Easter Egg has received all they’re carving a detail you need to attach them to their base. Score the edge of the base by scratching it with your toothpick. Rub some water over the marks and place the Easter Egg upright. Use your finger to shape it into the clay and really connect it. Repeat this process on the other side.
I like to support the Easter Egg napkin holder while it is drying with a canned good on either side. Wrap your canned food in plastic wrap to keep it clean. You may find that you need to ball up some newspaper and put it in between the two Easter Egg to keep them sanding up right while they dry.
Once you Easter inspired napkin holder is dried let the kids paint it any way they want with acrylic paints. They can glue beads on or paint whatever they want with pastel acrylic paints.
Once the paint has dried take the Easter Egg napkin holder outside and spray it with a thick coat of acrylic spray paint. Let this layer of paint dry and then display it on your kitchen table or counter!
For an added detail to this craft project cut out a piece of felt the same size as the base of the Easter Egg napkin holder. Glue it to the bottom of your napkin holder. This will keep the dried clay from scratching your table. You could also attach those little rubber stoppers meant to hold pictures in place on the wall.
Easter Egg Napkin Holder Craft Project
Fun, Easy and Affordable Christams Crafts for Adults & Children – Cotton Angel and Pasta Angel!!!
Cotton Angel
Materials Needed:
Cotton Off the Stalk
Cotton Leaves
Cotton Buds
Large Bead for Head
Ribbon
Doll Hair
Fake Gold Ring Band
Hot Glue and Gun
Instructions:
Cut the cotton off the stalk
Around the top of it, find some leaves for the wings, and some of the buds for the arms. You have to be creative here, and just play around with it. I think all of mine turned out different with this part.
I used pearl balls for the head. I got these at Michael’s and they were on a stalk. There were about 24 on the stalk for 69 cents. Can you say cheap project?
I added different color ribbon under the head. Gold and silver are very pretty.
I added curly doll hair to the top with hot glue. And I added a gold halo (those cheap gold wedding rings in the wedding section at Michaels).
Finally, I added a hanger on the back the same color of ribbon as under the chin area.
Pasta Angel
Materials Needed:
Elbow Macaroni
Bowtie Pasta
Ziti Noodle (this looks like a giant macaroni with groves on the outside with an arch in it)
Gold Pipe Cleaner
White and Gold Paint
Medium sized clear faceted balls or round wooden balls with a face
Glue gun and glue sticks
Paintbrush
Glitter (optional)
Ribbon ( to hang as a decoration)
Instructions:
Paint the elcow and ziti white
Paint bowties gold or glittery silver
Cut each gold pipe cleaner into four equal parts
Make loop and twist ends together – this should look like a halo.
Stick twisted ends into the hole at the top of the ball – this should look like the halo over a head
Take a length of ribbon and make a loop big enough to fit over the tree branch or the place where it will hang.
Glue it to the bowtie, and then glue the wings on the ziti in the small arch.
Glue two elbows to sides but letting them touch the front of the angel.
Put glue on upper mouth of ziti (the one closest to the wings) and attach the head
LET DRY and Taaahaahhh – You have a Pasta Angel!!!
Recycled Plastic Lid Crafts For Thanksgiving
You can make recycled plastic lid crafts for Thanksgiving. Using recycled plastic lids to create Thanksgiving crafts is an inexpensive alternative to holiday crafting. This article will provide you with detailed instructions on creating recycled plastic lid crafts for Thanksgiving.
Turkey
Making a turkey out of plastic lids is a great way to use recycled materials in your Thanksgiving crafts. For this craft you will need 2 brown plastic lids, a red plastic lid, and an orange plastic lid. You will also need scissors, a hot glue gun, hot glue sticks, and wiggly eyes. If you cannot find the lids in the right colors you can use paint to change the colors as needed.
Start by cutting the edge off of a brown, orange, and red lid. Then cut strips from the orange and red lids. Cut a small circle from another brown lid. Then glue the small circle to the top of the large brown lid. Add the wiggly eyes. Cut a small triangle from the orange lid as well. Glue it below the eyes like a beak. Then glue the red and orange strips to the back of the brown circle to create the turkey’s tail feathers. Hang your completed Thanksgiving craft around your home for the holiday.
Pumpkin
A pumpkin is an easy Thanksgiving craft that can be made using plastic lids. For this craft you will need a large plastic lid, orange paint, a green lid, scissors, a marker, and glue. Start by drawing a pumpkin shape on your large lid.
Cut out the pumpkin shape and set it aside. Then cut out a stem from the green lid. Also cut out a leaf to add detail to your Thanksgiving craft. Paint the pumpkin orange and allow drying. Then glue the green stem to the top of the pumpkin and your Thanksgiving craft is ready to be displayed for the holiday.
Banner
A Thanksgiving banner can be made easily using recycled plastic lids. You will also need a hole puncher, scissors, ribbon, paint, and a paintbrush for this craft. Start by laying newspaper on your work surface. Then punch a hole in both sides of several lids.
Then lay all of the lids out on the newspaper and decide what your banner is going to say. Paint each lid with an individual letter for your banner. While the paint is drying, cut several sections of ribbon in 12 inch lengths. Then thread the ribbon through the holes and tie each lid together into a chain. This Thanksgiving craft is a great way to recycle your plastic lids.
Using recycled plastic lids for your craft projects is fun and easy. These craft projects are environmentally and budget friendly. Try these Thanksgiving crafts using recycled plastic lids this holiday season.