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Project #19: Felt Leaves Tutorial Leaf Pouch Sleeping Bag & Sunflower Seed Baby Time: 30-45 minutes Difficulty: Simple and sweet When I have the time, I like to make things as gifts for little friends. We also used to make a little gift for our kindy children when it came time for a festival. This felt leaves tutorial is…
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Project #18: How To Make A Corn Husk Doll and an Avocado Skin Cradle by Collette Leenman Time: 60 minutes Difficulty: Careful fingers required My friend Collette is an artist who inspires me regularly. We’ve never met in person, but we share a love for all things nature and crafty, and I simply LOVE her books. They are everything a…
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Project 17: I love puppets for children! Handmade puppet stand using logs and sticks from nature Time: 15 minutes plus drying time Difficulty: Adult required. Yesterday, we made some puppets for children, two cute fish-shaped finger puppets. (At least I think it is pretty cute!) But one thing I know about finger puppets is that they are often (usually?)…
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Project 16: How to make puppets Swimming Fish Finger Puppets Time: 45 minutes maximum Difficulty: A little bit of blanket stitching involved. Neatness vs speed is up to you! For project number 16, I wanted to make something inspired by a fish so I thought I’d show you how to make puppets like I did many years ago in…
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Project 15: Nature craft activities for kids Simple Play: handmade ‘Busy Businessman’ toy Time: 10 minutes Difficulty: Children can make versions of this guy for puppet shows and play I had one lonely little gumnut sitting in my craft box last week, just waiting for a transformation in the nature craft activities for kids series. It didn’t even have…
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Storytelling Prop Project #14: Crystal and water reed lined storytelling prop: ‘pond’ for a little frog Time: One hour or so Difficulty: Watch out for the super glue! About 10 years ago, I was telling my kindergarten children the story of the Frog Prince. And while I don’t always use a storytelling prop when I’m telling an oral…
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Project #12: Art with Leaves Little Leaf Girl Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Glorious fun on a sunny day! I wanted to make art with leaves and fashion a fairy skirt for a little leaf girl doll and although I thought of many ways I might do it, I came back to a trusty old favourite of using pipe cleaners…
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Project #11: How to make fairy garden furniture Doll house furniture using tree branches Time: As long as it takes to find the right branch, let it dry, and use a saw to cut it up Difficulty: Complicated for those without right tools, but there is an answer! I have a confession to make. I did not make…
Posted under Nature and Animal Crafts, Rainy Day
Project #9: Rainy Day Indoor Activities for Kids Indoor Table Sandpit Time: If you can stand a bit of sand on the floor, children may play there all day long! Difficulty: Child’s play! “Nature crafts” don’t have to be complicated. In fact, this one is as easy as finding the biggest container you have, filling it with beach…
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Project #8: Magic Wool Fleece Trees for Story Props and Play Toys Time: 20 minutes maximum Difficulty: A piece of cake Over the years of being a kindergarten teacher, I often used a simple prop such as a nature craft when telling a story to help the children spark ideas for their own play and storytelling fun too. Many…
Posted under Nature and Animal Crafts, Paper
Project #7: Easy Craft Projects for the Home Tea Light Flower Centrepiece Nature-inspired, Watercolour-painted Time: One hour plus painting time if needed Difficulty: Cutting skills needed Yesterday I painted a sheet of paper with rainbow inspired stripes for something special, one of my easy craft projects for the home. Perhaps you can paint a rainbow too, but you can use…
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Project #6: DIY Toy Butterfly Made Out Of Paper Personalise it by cutting it from painted paper Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Easy. I love a good way of using up some of my children’s paintings. (Although you can make a watercolour painting particularly for this craft of course!) And I love butterfly crafts. So this butterfly made out of paper is…
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Project #4: Things to make with seashells Mademoiselle Shell, a sweet shell craft for you! Time: 30 minutes to an hour, depending on your children’s desire or need to help! Difficulty: Fiddly, but not difficult. Uses a sharp needle. Many years ago, I visited a market and saw an enchanting doll made using shells and beads, the perfect…
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Project #3: Easy Craft Ideas for Kids Felt Ball Peg Caterpillar Time: 20 minutes maximum Difficulty: Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy I have a stash of pure wool felt balls floating around my craft room and I wanted to use them up so I came up with this easy craft idea for kids. You just need a bit of…
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Project #2: Nature Craft using seedpods Sweet Woodland Sprite Time: 10 minutes maximum Difficulty: Easy Peasy Last year, I was lucky enough to be involved in a seasonal swap, where the task was to make and send a small handmade parcel for one lucky (new) swap friend. My gorgeous parcel included a tiny calico bag of seedpods, including these…