Craft Ideas For Kids

• Colorful bookmark
• Hand made Album
• Picture Frame
• Handprint Card
• Paper Flowers

• Cut two strips from the colored sheets of any length.
• Paste the strips of together. When they dry, trim to approximately 1 1/2 inches wide by 6 inches long or as desired. Trim the end to a point or slant.
• stick the motifs on both the sides. Let it dry.
• When completely dried write a verse or a poem on one side with a color pen.
• Punch a hole 1/2" from the top and thread with a ribbon.
• Present her with this lovely bookmark and see her smile on the special day.

• Take 4 craft sticks. Paint the sticks with one or two glitter paint and leave it to dry.
• The frame should be a little bigger than the size of your picture. Check the picture to make sure it is going to fit right in the frame. If the frame is a little big, tape the picture onto constru paper and then put into the frame and tape the entire thing onto the back of the frame.
• After the four sticks are dry, stick them together to make a square or a rectangle to fit your picture. Stick the corners on the sticks to form the shape you want.
• After the sticks are together and dry, start to glue on your decorations to your frame. Write something with a permanent marker onto the frame. One thing to definitely write on is is the year it was made, and Happy Mothers Day.
• After the decorations are put on, turn the frame over and stick your picture onto all the sides of the frame. Then at the top of your frame after the picture is completely dry glue on the back of the picture in the middle the 1 inch magnetic strip.
• This way it will stick on the refrigerator all the time as a decoration.

• Open your hand and spread yourfingers.
• The body of the butterfly is painted in black. Start with the tip of your middle finger and paint all the way to the bottom of the palm.
• Next color the palm on both sides of the black line the first color.
• Then paint the thumb and pinky finger with the second color.Lastly paint the last two remaining fingers with the third color.
• You should have atleast 6 colors available so that all of the butterflies are different.
• Next press the hand onto a piece of white paper. Make sure to keep the middle finger still and move the other fingers to expand the "wings" of the butterfly.When the paint dries you can add antennae with a marker.
• Cut out butterfly and mount on a contrasting piece of color paper.
• Now write any of your favourite poem on the back of the paper.
• Don't forget to write Happy Mother's Day on the top of the paper.

• To start, fold one end of the pipe cleaner down about a quarter of an inch two times, to form a little nub.
• Cut out any shapes you want from the various papers. Circles, triangles, stars, long strips, anything you can think of. You can use craft scissors to get interesting edges.
• Push the pipe cleaner through the center of the pieces of paper. Make sure the decorative side of the paper faces the nub you made with the pipe cleaner.
• Do the small circles first, and then the larger shapes. Slide them up the pipe cleaner until you get to the bend.
• Scrunch them up a little bit to make them look more like a real flower.
• You can even create your own paper flower designs. The more different types of paper you use and funky shapes you cut out, the more beautiful your bouquet will be.

• You can make these for 5X7 pictures, 4X6 pictures, 8x10, and larger.
• Cut 2 pieces of cardboard 8 inches wide and 10 inches long. Cut your material 9x11 inches for the back of the book. This allows for you to fold over the material on the sides and glue the edges.
• Cut a piece of material 8x10 for the inside back cover. Then take the back cover and drizzle the glue lightly over the cardboard. Spread the glue evenly all over and attach the material, making sure there are no creases or folds in the material.
• Turn the glued back of the photo album over to the side that shows the cardboard still and drizzle glue there. Spread out the glue and attach the 8x10 piece of fabric. It should lay on top of the folded over material from the other side you just finished.
• Set aside and allow to dry.
• For the cover, cut a piece of cardboard 8x10 and in the middle draw an oval, this is what you will be cutting out.
• Take your scissors and gently make a hole in the middle of the oval. After you have made a hole, cut the whole oval out of the cardboard. You should wind up with an even oval. Make sure it looks even, or your book will be off center when it is completed. If not, cut another piece and try again till you get it perfect.
• Cut three pieces of material, two 8 inches wide and 10 inches and one 9x11 inches. Lay the 8x10 piece of the material over the cardboard that has the oval and with a scissor, gently cut a small hole in the middle of the oval by making a small "x". When finished making the "x", pull the material through the hole gently so that the oval is covered when looking at the cover of the book. The material is overlapped through to the other side of the cover. Let it dry.
• Take some fiberfill and gently lift the material that isn't glued and stuff some fiberfill under it, around the cover. Glue the fiberfill to the cover.
• Take the second piece of 8x10 material and cover the back of the inside cover of the album. Now take the last piece of material, which is the 9x11 piece, and the lace and lay the lace between the material of the front and back. Tuck and glue the edges of both the front and back covers by tucking them under each other and glue the lace along with the tucked edges. The album should have a cover piece of material, one underneath the top piece and one on the inside of the book. Let it dry fully and add a picture inside the oval on the cover.
• Now take a punch hole maker and punch 3 holes in the material at the edge of the book on the left hand side for ribbon, and add the pages, tying the ribbon to the book by making bows. This will hold the pages in. The holes should be placed evenly along the side, one at top, one in the middle and one at the bottom.