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I'm not colouring at the moment but I am working on Christmas craft projects for creative little hands around our neighbourhood ... the endless months of Covid-19 lockdowns has brought our community much closer and I look forward to sharing more crafty adventures with them over the coming weekends and school holidays now that restrictions have eased.
Beccy's prompt for Day 18 is the letter "P"
(Beccy's post with "P" inspiration words and
stunning poinsettias card to inspire is HERE)
My "P" kids Christmas activity kit is for craft stick penguins.
This project uses a combination of craft sticks (7) and mini craft sticks (7).
Paint 7 crafts sticks and 2 mini craft sticks black for the body and flippers.
Paint 5 mini craft sticks white for the belly.
The great thing with black paint is that it doesn't matter what colour is underneath, so I was able to paint a rainbow of craft sticks black with just a single coat. A handy tip is to run a strip of double-sided adhesive tape along some scrap cardboard and place the craft sticks in a row along it. This holds the sticks in place while you're painting them and saves a lot of time. I like to flip them over once dry so that all the sides are fully covered.
Adhere the 7 craft sticks to a small piece of black cardstock.
The cardstock provides support to the penguin body and is not visible
from the front. My piece of cardstock is 2 3/8" by 3 7/8".
Adhere the 5 white mini craft sticks to a small piece of white cardstock.
This makes it easier to line up the sticks, hides any gaps and makes it easier to line
up the white belly on to the body later. My piece of cardstock is 1 1/4" by 2 1/4".
Adhere the white "belly" to the body of the penguin, lining up the bottom of the mini white craft sticks with the bottom middle of the black craft sticks body.
Adhere the pom pom "feet" to the bottom of the belly.
Adhere the googly eyes.
Cut and fold a beak from orange cardstock, glue the bottom of the
beak below the eyes so that the top of the beak sits slightly open.
Adhere the 2 black mini craft stick "flippers" to the body.
This penguin is too cute to not hang from the Christmas Tree,
so I took some ribbon, made a loop and glued it to the back
and transformed him into an ornament.
*** INGREDIENTS ***
craft sticks - popsicle sticks - 7 per penguin
mini craft sticks - 7 per penguin (5 for belly, 2 for flippers)
black paint
white paint
tacky glue
cardstock - black - to support the back of the body
cardstock - white - to support the back of the white belly
googly eyes
cardstock - orange - to make the beak
large pom poms - orange-yellow-black or any colour - for the feet
optional - ribbon/string/twine - to make loop for hanging
*** REFERENCE ***
This project was inspired by the "Popsicle Stick Penguin Craft" post on "The Best Ideas For Kids" blog HERE.
Gosh you've put a lot of work into these crafts Tracy, they're so wonderful! Do the kids come around to your house to complete them or do you drop them off? Either way, I'm sure they are having a blast with all these fun projects... I wish I lived in your neighbourhood!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Beccy
Thank You Beccy :)
DeleteIt is such a pleasure doing activities with the kids and preparing for them. I like to have some items pre-painted for when time is short or the kids are not able to get messy (which is rare), other times they do all the painting themselves. We have several kids that come to the house ring the doorbell, have a chat and ask if they could do an activity. Sometimes we get to do them together on the front lawn, other times (when I'm not well enough or when we have lockdown restrictions) I will give them an activity to take to do at home. We're very lucky to have such precious little (and not-so-little) neighbours.