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DIY Craft: Goofy Pencil Caddy

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Do you LOVE Goofy or know someone that does? Spoonful has the cutest craft on their website where you can make your own Goofy Pencil Caddy.

Goofy Pencil Holder Craft

This is a cute craft that doesn’t need a whole lot of supplies. You will just need the following:

  • Goofy Pencil Caddy Template
  • Clean, empty oatmeal container
  • Black cardstock
  • Felt (black, white, and tan)
  • Tacky glue
  • Scissors
  • Pencil

To find out more on how to make your own Goofy Pencil Caddy, find the template and instructions on Spoonful’s website at: https://spoonful.com/crafts/goofy-pencil-caddy.

 

DIY Kids Craft: Carton Wallet

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Do you buy orange juice cartons and wish that you had a way to reuse the carton when the orange juice is gone? If you happen to buy the juice cartons with the screw cap on the top, the Spoonful website has a CUTE craft that you might want to make with the kids.

Cartoon Wallet CraftThis easy craft takes about an hour and provides some fun for the kids. What is neat about this wallet is the cap is how you keep the wallet closed. Your kids can use this wallet to hold:

  • Change
  • Trading Cards
  • Stickers
  • And more!

Spoonful LogoFor instructions on how to make a carton wallet, visit:
https://spoonful.com/crafts/carton-wallet

 

DIY Play Dough Recipe

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DIY Play Dough Recipe

Do you have kids that LOVE to make things with play dough? My son just started kindergarten last week and came home the other day talking about how much fun he had with cookie cutters and play dough. The following day I told him that if he had a good day at school that I would make him some play dough and that he could use my cookie cutters. He was excited and when I picked him up from school, the first thing he says is “I remember the play dough”.

Since I really didn’t to make a bunch of batches of play dough, I asked him what color he wanted. Luckily he just said he wanted blue, so blue homemade play dough is what I made. I love how easy and cheap it is to make. For those that want to get crafty in your kitchen, here is the recipe to make some play dough too!

DIY Play Dough Recipe
Recipe Type: Craft
Ingredients
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/3 cup salt
  • 1 tablespoon coconut or vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp cream of tartar
  • food coloring
Instructions
  1. In a 2 quart saucepan, add all ingredients except food coloring.
  2. Turn stove on to low/medium heat and stir until it starts to thicken. Add drops of food coloring until you reach desired color.
  3. Stir until batter gets thick and starts to gather around spoon.
  4. Remove dough from saucepan and put on plate to cool.
  5. Shape the dough and have fun.

 
I have found that a batch of this play dough works good for a stress relief ball. Maybe I am just a big kid, but I still like playing with play dough too!

 

 

 

How To Make A Duct Tape Flower Pens

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duct tape flower pens

Last summer I picked up my daughter Hailey from the airport. She arrived off the plane with a cute yellow and black flower pen for me that was made out of duct tape that her friend in Texas had made. I had seen these flowers before but never thought about making them myself. This past Christmas Hailey gave me another cute pen made out of duct tape that her friend had made. Now this pen was even cuter than the first one I received. This one was red, black and a cute cheetah print. This was the first time I had seen cheetah print duct tape.

Since I am a crafty mom I have been wanting to find out for myself how to make these duct tape flower pens. My daughter Hailey is 11, so I am thinking her friend is around the same age. If an 11 year old can make such a cute little flower pen, why can this crafty mom? I went online and found so many videos about making things with duct tape it got me wanting to get crafty. So I went out looking for duct tape. I first went to Home Depot. They had a couple colors and only had them in big rolls. Luckily Walmart was next door because this is what I found there…..

Can you say duct tape? This is duct tape from the Duck Brand. I was totally amazed at how many different colors and patterns there was and this happens to be in the paint/hardware isle at Walmart. At this point, I really wanted to lean how to make duct tape flower pens with all the options. I was frugal though and bought just 2 rolls to practice with. I wanted to make sure it was fun before I splurge on a bunch of rolls. So I come home and watch this video a couple times to make sure I know what I am doing.


Now I didn’t use a straw, I used a pen instead and it is FUN. Here is a picture of my first attempt at a duct tape flower using just black and red.

This duct tape flower is not perfect but it was my first one. I have now taught my daughter Ariyona how to make them and she is addicted. We have also bought a few more colors including pink and peace sign pattern duck tape. Did you know you can make duct tape purses, wallets, flip flops and even PROM DRESSES?

Have you made anything with duct tape? Please share….

 

Fun Crayon Activity For The Kids

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This week my kids started their holiday break. They get 2 weeks off from school. Hailey has flown in from Texas and I have been busy racking my brain thinking of things that I can do with them to keep them busy. The other day we made salt dough ornaments, then we made our own crayons using old broken crayons. This was a fun little project that the kids really got a kick out of.

What you do is gather all the broke crayons that you have or want to use. Soak the crayons in warm water and remove the labels. Grab a muffin tin that you want to use with your crayons. I used the cupcake/muffin liners so I didn’t ruin my tin. Place the broken pieces of crayon into the muffin tin. We actually broke the crayons into smaller pieces.

Bake the crayons at 150 degrees for around 15 minutes. The broke crayons should be melted completely before you remove from oven. Once they are melted, remove and place in freezer to cool. In about 20 minutes you will have new colorful round shape crayons. We used different colors to make some very interesting crayons and had fun coloring with them after they were done.

Have fun!

 

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