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Easy Winter Crafts for Kids
Easy Winter Crafts for Kids BY JESS WEISCHEDEL
Plastic Cup Icicle Garland
Materials: Clear plastic cups with circular bottoms, scissors, ribbon, and a hole puncher.
Begin by carefully cutting off the rim of the cup. This can be a little difficult, depending on the quality of the cup material, so be sure to do this step before any kids help with the craft. Once the rim is removed, cut the cup in an angled spiral from the top to the bottom, then remove the bottom. It’s as easy as that to make the icicles! They should naturally twirl once you are finished with the cutting steps. Use a hole puncher to punch a hole in the tops of the twirls. Thread the ribbon through one hole at a time, tying them in place so they don’t slide around. Do your best to evenly space them on the ribbon. Hang the garland of icicles anywhere you’d like to celebrate the winter season and transition from the bustling holidays.
Snowy Owl Art
Materials: Shower loofah, white tempera paint, scissors, glue, and brown, black, and yellow construction paper.
Using the loofah, stamp white paint onto black construction paper, creating an owl body. While the paint dries, you can teach your kids about snowy owls by showing them pictures and reading about their features, getting a better idea of what the result of their art will look like. Cut a branch from some brown construction paper for the owl to stand on. Glue this to the bottom of the black paper, below the owl. Cut some yellow circles for the eyeballs, and some smaller black circles for the pupils. Smaller white circles will make the eyes more realistic. Glue the black circles into the middle of the yellow circles, then add the smaller white circles on top of the black ones. Glue the finished eyes onto the owl’s painted body. Cut a black triangle for the beak, and glue this below the eyes. Cut out some black feet, then glue those to the bottom of the owl, so it is standing on the branch. Once all the pieces are dry, hang the snowy owl art up for all to see.
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