Welcome to the joyful month of June! Summer is here and it's time to enjoy the beach, lemonade and other fun things to do outdoors!
Let's enjoy the fair with the rides and the food!
Fair Food Craft!
Supplies: One sheet of light colored card stock, yellow and orange tissue Paper, light pink or light blue tissue paper, strips of card stock with designs on them, a pop corn holder cut out and white paper that you can roll up into a cone for the cotton candy.
Instructions:
1. Place a letter-sized piece of card stock onto a flat surface. Make sure it is in a horizontal position so that there is more room for decorations.
2. Cut out 2 strips of card stock with designs. Place one strip horizontally at the top and one horizontally at the bottom. These are your borders.
3. Print out a popcorn holder container Shape and cut it out with scissors. Color the patterns on it with crayons/markers.
4. Attach the paper popcorn holder onto the card stock sheet. Scrunch up small pieces of yellow tissue paper into little ball shapes and attach them onto the top of the popcorn holder so that it looks like the popcorn container has popcorn in it.
5. Take a piece of white paper and roll it into a cone shape. Attach the cone shape onto the card stock near the popcorn. Roll up small pieces of light colored tissue paper into small ball forms and attach onto the top of the cone. Or you can just twirl the pieces into curvy shapes if you wish. Now you have a cone of cotton candy.
6. Use stickers and anything else to decorate your popcorn and cotton candy.
Enjoy the fair snacks below created by the children at the library!
I see an aquarium by the food stands! Wow, there are jellyfish.
Jellyfish Puppets!
Supplies: One paper plate, card stock, yarn, 2 googly eyes, crayons/markers, glue/tape, one wooden ice cream stick, scissors and stickers.
Instructions:
1. Color in the center of a paper plate blue using a marker or crayon.
2. Using scissors, cut in a slit in the center of the plate and make sure the slit is long enough for the jellyfish puppet to fit through.
3. Cut out a jellyfish shape from card stock. Draw a design on the jelly fish or just draw a face on it. If you have googly eyes, attach them onto the jellyfish shape or else you can draw them in.
4. Attach pieces of yarn onto the bottom of the body of the jelly fish. These will be the tentacles or arms.
5. Attach the jellyfish onto the top of an ice cream stick or straw. You may need tape to fasten the jellyfish onto the stick.
6. Push the jellyfish puppet through the slit so that you can see the top of the jellyfish with the tentacles. Most of the stick should be hidden. You should be able to move the jellyfish puppet back and forth along the opening.
Enjoy the jellyfish puppets created below by the children at the library!
I see some souvenirs I can get for a father for Father's Day.
I'll make a card too!
Happy Father's Day!
I'll make a card too!
Happy Father's Day!
Supplies: One letter-sized sheet of white or light colored card stock, pieces of card stock in a bright color, fabric, stickers, glue/tape, piece of string/ribbon, crayons/markers and glitter glue.
Instructions:
1. Lay a white or light colored sheet of card stock on a flat surface in a vertical direction. This will be the shirt. If you wish, cut 2 slight angles at the top of the sheet to resemble the shoulder parts of the shirt.
2. Cut out a strip of card stock in any color and fold into a collar shape. Attach onto the top of the paper shirt so that the shirt has a collar.
3. Cut out a tie from bright colored card stock or construction paper. Attach the tie to the shirt and collar.
4. Cut out a pocket shape from card stock or construction paper and attach onto the side of the shirt near the tie. Cut out a strip of fabric and attach onto the top of the paper pocket to resemble a handkerchief sticking out of the pocket.
5. Draw designs onto the shirt, tie and pocket. Use stickers and glitter glue if you wish.
6. Cut out a bow tie shape from card stock of a bright color. Draw a design on it and decorate with glitter and stickers.
7. Attach the ends of the string/ribbon onto the back of the bow tie with glue or tape. Now you can hold the bow tie by the ribbon or string or wear it around the neck.
Enjoy the Father's Day shirts, ties and bow ties below designed by the children at the library.
That rocking submarine from the fair is a nice gift for dad.
Rocking Paper Plate Submarines!
Supplies: One paper plate, scissors, blue tissue paper, smaller pieces of paper cut in circles, sea creature foam stickers, glue/tape and crayons/markers.
Instructions:
Follow the instructions from the link below:
http://www.redtedart.com/paper-plate-submarine-craft/
Enjoy the rocking submarines below created by the children at the library!
Seeing those submarines makes me want to put on my swim suit and go for a swim!
Paper Swim Suits!
Supplies Used: Construction paper, scissors, glue/tape, crayons/markers, foam stickers and anything else of your preference.
Instructions:
1. Cut out a swim suit outline from construction paper. Draw a design on it.
2. If you wish, decorate the suit with stickers and paper shapes.
Enjoy the paper swim suits below designed by the children at the library!
The ice cream man is here. Time for an ice pop! The selection resembles Andy Warhol pop art!
Andy Warhol Style Ice Pop Art
Supplies: One letter-sized sheet of card stock, 4 smaller square shaped pieces of card of different colors, 4 smaller pieces of card stock of different colors cut into ice pop shapes, 4 ice cream sticks or wooden sticks, crayons/markers, glue/tape, a piece of ribbon, smaller pieces of paper shaped into fruit slices and anything else you wish to use to decorate the ice pops.
Instructions:
1. Attach the squares onto the sheet of card stock so that they are next to each other and below each other. You should have 2 rows of 2 squares.
2. Color in and decorate the ice pop shapes and attach each one to a stick.
3. Attach each paper ice pop onto each square.
4. Attach a ribbon or string onto the back of the card stock with the ends attached together and a loop sticking out so that you can hang the ice pops sheet somewhere.
Enjoy the ice pop arts below created by the children at the library!
Let's build a playhouse!
Paper Playhouse!
Supplies Used: White construction paper, crayons/markers, smaller pieces of card stock, one piece of string, scissors, glue/tape, tissue paper, fabric and stickers.
Instructions:
1. Cut out 2 house shape outlines together from white construction paper. Make sure the house outlines are connected on one side so that they can open into a book format.
2. Using scissors, cut out a flap in the shape of a door on the front bottom of the house. Make sure the flap opens and closes like a door.
3. Using crayons/markers, stickers and pieces of tissue paper, draw in windows and decorate as you wish. The tissue paper pieces can be rolled into flowers or anything else.
4. Open up the house and attach a rectangular piece of fabric onto the bottom of the inside. This will be your carpet.
5. Cut out a circle from card stock and cut a hole in the middle. Tie a string through the hole and tie the ends of the string together. You now have a tire swing that you can attach onto the inside of the house or the outside of the house.
6. Cut out a chair shape or table shape from card stock and attach above the carpet. Cut out a toy or teddy bear shape and attach onto the table/chair.
7. Decorate the house with any other stickers or cut outs of your choice.
8. Try to stand the house up if you can.
Enjoy the paper playhouses below created by the children at the library!
After all the hard work of building the playhouse, I would like to walk along the water and cool off by the sea breeze!
Sea Wreathes!
Supplies Used: Paper plate edge, blue tissue paper, scissors, glue/tape, white construction paper, one googly eye, crayons/markers and a small piece of string.
Instructions:
1. Using scissors, cut out the center part of a paper plate. Discard the center of the plate or save for another craft.
2. Cover the remaining outer edge of the paper plate with blue tissue paper and using glue/tape to make sure the tissue paper sticks to the circle. This will be the sea wreathe.
3. Cut out a light house shape from white paper. Color in a design on it.
4. Cut out a fish shape from paper and color in a design on it. Attach a googly eye onto the front of the fish if you wish.
5. Cut out a small sailboat shape from white paper and color in the sails, flag and bottom of the boat.
6. Cut out a circle from white paper and punch a hole in the center so that the circle is like a doughnut. This will be a life preserver. Color in a design onto the life preserver and attach a piece of string onto the top of the preserver to make it seem as if there is a rope with the preserver.
7. Attach all of the colored in shapes (lighthouse, fish, boat, etc.) onto the wreathe.
8. Attach a string onto the top of the wreathe and make a loop so that you can hang the sea wreathe if you wish.
Enjoy the sea wreathes below created by the children at the library!
It's nice to spend time on the water, but let's be aware of sharks swimming around! It's a great time
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