Paper Flower Craft

"The Earth Laughs in Flowers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Flowers evoke emotions of colors, fragrance and freshness. They are a great way to teach young kids about the beauty and delicateness of nature. So, for our next craft, we decided to create these unique paper flowers. My daughter enjoyed pasting the petals together and then playing with the flower when it was ready.

It's a nice easy craft for little children.

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Elmer, The Patchwork Elephant Craft

My toddler loves to read her Elmer books. We made this very colorfully patchy Elmer with chopstick dots using Pointillism art technique. Pointillism is a way of painting in which small separate dots of color are used to form images.

We had a blast with this art. After we were done with the Elmer, my toddler continued stamping with chopsticks on a paper. I must say, she loved it. In addition to fun, it makes a great activity for developing hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.

Here comes our Elmer, The Patchwork Elephant:

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HOW TO MAKE ELEPHANT CRAFT?

MATERIALS:
Cardboard Paper
Paints
Chopsticks

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Fold a thin cardboard paper (9"x7") and cut out the shape of Elmer elephant.

2. Enjoy dotting with the rectangular end of chopsticks on the cardboard elephant cutout.

Nick Wilde, The Charming Fox of Zootopia

Nick Wilde is a major character in the lovely Walt Disney movie - Zootopia. Our family has watched Zootopia many many times and we really enjoyed the nuanced characterizations in the movie.

Especially, our two-year-old toddler who has by now memorized the names of all the key characters in the movie - her favourite being Judy! No wonder Zootopia was declared the best-animated movie in Oscars 2017. It's just a very endearing movie.

Here is our charming, con-artist fox with a big mouth and a lot of opinions.

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Handprint Apple Tree Craft

Do you look for ways to use old newspapers and magazine brochure you get in your mailbox?

How about making a craft out of them? We always try to upcycle the materials at home to reduce waste and help our environment.

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Here is a cute and easy craft made using magazine paper. This is a fun activity for kids to develop hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. And, the end result is a beautiful Apple Tree!

Angry Birds Puppet Craft

After the colorful Peacock Puppet craft, my toddler wanted to make more birds. When I asked her, ok what do you want to craft? "Angry Bird", she said.

So, here are our Angry Birds friends. Creating this craft helped hone my toddler's fine motor skills and gave her new toys to play with.

How I switched my Pinterest personal account to business account?

Pinterest is a visual bookmarking platform used to discover and save creative ideas. Founded in March 2010, with 175 million[1] monthly users is becoming one of the fastest growing social network and top traffic driver for businesses.

I recently switched my personal Pinterest account to a business account, so thought of sharing my experience and process. It was very easy to convert and the business account comes with a lot of useful features like analytics, promoted & rich pins, board showcase, ads and pin stats. If you think you can benefit from some of these features, then you must consider switching to Pinterest Business account.

Here are the steps:

1. Log in to your account and go to your profile page by clicking on your name on the top right side.

Paper Plate Wheel Calendar

I have been thinking of introducing calendar to my toddler for some time. Then I thought, why not do it as a craft activity?

Spent some time thinking about how one could represent the functionality of a calendar via craft and something interesting came from it. Making this craft turned out to be a real fun activity. In the process of crafting this, my toddler got to sort numbers and recognize words.

Most importantly I can now teach her about the relationship between date, day and month in a simple, playful manner.

Here is the Paper Plate Wheel Calendar craft.

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Interactive paper plate crafts are my favorite. The Solar Eclipse Craft we made after the total solar eclipse last year is such a great idea for preschooler and kindergarten kids.

I also love the interactive Paper Plate Bunny Craft we made around Easter to encourage the importance of chewing food well and eating healthy foods like carrots.

Theseinteractive crafts are fun for storytelling and introducing any concepts to little kids. Also, it makes great DIY toys for free play.

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HOW TO MAKE CALENDAR CRAFT?

SUPPLIES

Paper Plate 9" (2)

Paper Plate 6" (1)

Cardstock Paper (pink, blue, green, black)

Bead (1)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cut the edges of one 9" and one 6" inch paper plate to make 6.5" & 4.5" circles.

2. Cut out the shapes for writing dates, days and months. Alternatively, you can write them directly on the paper plate.

4. Cut out the shape of an arrow pointer from black cardstock paper.

Family Handprints Peacock Puppet

Peacock is one of the most beautiful and colorful birds in the world and we love to make colorful crafts.

This craft is more special since we could involve my husband in the making as well :). It was a fun family activity for the weekend. My tot got to learn about this colorful bird, its crested head, and magnificent feather train.

Here is the Family Handprints Peacock Puppet Craft:

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