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Valentine's Day Decoupage Craft for Kids
This decoupage craft is easy for children of all ages. Its collage style lends itself well to imagination, and the box can be filled with a Valentine's gift such as candies, heart shaped cookies, a plush toy animal, candles or "I love you" notes. You might even want to decorate the box to match what you tuck inside or vice versa.
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Supplies
- Scissors: Small, sharp school scissors or for young children, round tip safety scissors.
- White glue that dries clear or Modge Podge Decoupage finish (gloss or matt.
- Cardboard box: This could be a recycled gift box, but it should be sturdy. Cardboard hat boxes (round), heart shaped boxes and other sturdy boxes can be found at inexpensive prices at many online crafts stores, as well as offline at large chain stores, such as Michaels.
- Pictures: These can be cut out from magazines, Valentine's cards, gift wrap and from computer print outs. You could use your Paint program to create lettering or designs (like big red hearts). Printed photographs could also be used. Depending on the type of design, you may also want other materials such as doilies.
- Large art brush (for spreading glue).
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Before we get started with the directions here are some various designs that could be used for the box. These may help you to think of some of ideas of your own, or you may want to use one of these as is. When you make your box you will be working with pictures, words and/or designs you have cut out. You will be gluing these on like a collage, so keep this in mind while considering your theme.
1. Puppy Love: This would be a cute Valentine's Day theme for someone who loves dogs or puppies, and who can resist an adorable puppy? You could create a collage of puppy pictures, or you could cover the box with say all pink paper and then add two adorable puppies to the center. Then cut out letters to spell "Puppy Love." Remember, you can cut out letters from magazines, cards or pages printed off the computer.
2. Victorian Hearts & Lace: In the Victorian style, lots of tiny designs are used, such as romantic flowers, hearts and cupids. For lace, you could use scarps of real lace, lace ribbon or pieces cut from doilies. To get an idea of the Victorian styles, search online for "Victorian Valentines Day Cards" or even "Victorian Decorating." This is a very romantic style.
1. Flower Power: Get in the groove with this 1960's design. Decorate your box with bright colors like lime green and pink and pictures of mod flowers (like the ones that decorate the Scooby Do gangs van), big hearts and words like "Love" in 60s style lettering. You can find lots of images and ideas online.
Directions
1. Cut out your pictures and letters. You may want to lay them out in front of you to experiment with design ideas, or you may want to create as you go along.
2. One at a time, use the brush to smooth the glue or Mod Podge onto the back of the picture and adhere to the box. Depending on how you want this to look you may want to have some pictures upside down and at different angles, instead of all right side up. When you press each picture to the box, smooth it out so there aren't air bubbles and so that it lies nice and flat. You can have everything overlapping so that none of the box shows, or you can leave spaces. It all depends on the design you want.
3. Continue gluing your pictures and lettering to the box until all the sides, the top of the lid and the sides of the lid are covered. You don't need to do the inside or bottom.
4. Using the brush, dab on the glue or Modge Podge. (If you brush it on with long strokes, the brush strokes will show when it dries.) After this application dries, apply one or two more.
Now, you have a lovely Valentine's box!
Fun Kids Crafts E-Book
Have you been searching the net for kid's crafts ideas for ever? I'm sure you feel frustrated by now because it feels as if you are wasting hours, hours you could have spent doing crafts with the kids. You definitely need a way to get hold of kid's crafts ideas faster and easier. I know exactly how you feel; we went through the same pain to get crafts to do with our little granddaughter Anabel, NO MORE!
Now there is a way you can stop all this and spend your time having fun with the kids actually doing the crafts. I have come across an e-book that has lots of fun and easy kid's crafts ideas for you to choose from. The name of the book is Fun Kids Crafts. The descriptions in this e-book are easy to follow and where it is necessary there are templates that you can print with ease. Most of the crafts can also be adjusted to suit your kid's level of development.
Fun kids crafts starts with a very good selection of Bible crafts. These crafts also include "Christian" crafts to teach the kids real "Christian" behavior. What I especially find handy is the pre-school craft that is also included in these bible crafts.
In the section with birthday gifts for dad, there is a really easy and fun craft that will be ideal for father's day. It boils down to "Dad, I'm nuts about you." Do have a look at it; even the little pre-schoolers will be able to do it with a little help. That is not all, there is still a whole category of father's day crafts that you'll love!
This only touches on all the great kids' crafts ideas you'll get in this e-book. Have a look at some of the other crafts available:
1. Easy Crafts:
Painting
Crafts using grass
Edible crafts
No glue crafts
----and many, many more
2. I've already mentioned the Father's day crafts
3. Fun crafts:
- Using rocks
- From different countries
- Woodworking
- Candles
- Summer crafts
- Winter crafts
- ---to many to mention them all
4. Halloween crafts (I can't wait for Halloween so we can do these with our granddaughter)
5. Pre-school crafts
6. Thanksgiving crafts
7. Christmas crafts
8. Mother's day crafts
9. Valentine's day crafts
The list goes on and on, too long for me to mention here. Suffice to say I'll never be at a loss for crafts to do with my granddaughter again. Do yourself a favor, have a look at Fun Kids Crafts.
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