Magic scratch art

It occurs to me that these posts don’t need lengthy explanations.

All you need is an idea, a list of materials,

A few photos and the odd tip.

That should do the trick so no more chats.

Let’s start again.

 

 

 

OIL PASTELS

PAPER

TOOTHPICK/COCKTAIL STICK

 

Cover the entire sheet in colour.

Cover the colour in black

Scratch a picture

 

 

 

 

 

Winter decorations

Some lovely snowflakes, easy to make and great for developing fine motor skills.

 I made this lovely hanging decoration with a 2 year old. 

 

A pretty Christmas tree craft. Could add sequins and glitter for some extra sparkle.

I’ll be back next week with some more seasonal crafts.

Christmas crafts in pictures

Look how cute these little finger print pictures are.

Hey Ho, Let’s Go!!

Let’s start some Christmas crafts.

We used coloured card, shiny strips,

star stickers and sequins.

And we made some shiny Christmas trees.

ICE EXPERIMENT

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 | SINEADLEMONADE | EDIT

This experiment is to show the effects of salt on ice and it was really COOL to see and hear how the salt speeds up the melting process.

All it takes is 3 ingredients.

What we used

Ice

Salt

Food colour

What we did

First we filled various different sized containers with water.

We used dishes, bowls and lunch boxes for a variety of ice shapes.

The bigger the better.

Then i squished them into the freezer overnight.

Next day

I poured a little hot water over the containers to loosen the ice

and then popped the ice out into glass dishes so that there wouldn’t be puddles everywhere.

Now for the fun

The boys poured generous amounts of table salt over the ice.

They were amazed at the instant sound effects.

Next we dropped colours into the crevices to highlight the erosion.

The absolute best thing about this experiment for me was the crackling of the ice when we poured the salt on.

And Oh My look at those colours, the colours were BEAUTIFUL.

When the ice melted we

were left with beautiful dishes of coloured water to play with.

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 | SINEADLEMONADE | EDIT

This experiment is to show the effects of salt on ice and it was

really interesting to see and hear how the salt speeds up the melting process.

All it takes is 3 ingredients.

What we used

Ice

Salt

Food colour

What we did

First we filled various different sized containers with water.

We used dishes, bowls and lunch boxes for a variety of ice shapes.

The bigger the better.

Then i squished them into the freezer overnight.

Next day

I poured a little hot water over the containers to loosen the ice

and then popped the ice out into glass dishes so that there wouldn’t be puddles everywhere.

Now for the fun

The boys poured generous amounts of table salt over the ice.

They were amazed at the instant sound effects.

Next we dropped colours into the crevices to highlight the erosion.

When the ice melted we were left with beautiful dishes of coloured water to play with.

HALLOWEEN GHOUL PUPPETS

It’s October! Time for lots of  Halloween crafts.

  Witches,ghosts,cats,bats,spiders and pumpkins.

The list goes on,the crafting is endless.

Lots of spooky things to make and do.

Let’s get started!

Halloween ghouls

(Ah a little side note here…I took a trip to my local hardware

and helped myself to a selection of paint sample strips.)

What we used 

Sample strips

Black paper

Lollipop sticks

Scissors,glue and tape

What we did

We stuck eyes and hair on the strips and turned

them into monsters,ghosts and pumpkins.

Then we taped sticks to the back to turn our spooks into little Halloween puppets.

Halloween silhouettes

OCTOBER 12, 2015 | SINEADLEMONADE | EDIT

HALLOWEEN SILHOUETTES

Welcome back!! I love October and I especially love Halloween.

In our house we love dressing up and we love decorating the windows to frighten passers by.

There’s no better time to start crafting with the kids. Let’s go.

 Check out these spooky silhouettes that we’ve made.

Here’s what we used:

Black card

Barbeque sticks

Scissors and tape

Google eyes optional.

Here’s what we did:

We drew scary shapes on the card such as; cats, bats, ghosts, pumpkins.

You could draw a tree, a crow, the moon, a hand, what else can you think of?

 

Next we cut out the shape and taped it to a stick.

Easy as that.

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They can be great puppets–

but wait until it gets dark and then the real fun begins.

Turn out the lights.

Shine your torch behind your spook.

Now beware of the shadows!

OOoooohh

Happy Halloween