Summer Grasshopper Kids Craft is a great way to use recycled items from around your house. Create this cute little grasshopper with your child.
Supplies Needed:
Pipe Cleaners- 6 total
Googly Eyes
Green Paint
Paint Brush
Egg Carton (cleaned)
Markers or Crayons
Scissors
Glue
#1: Take a egg carton and cut three egg holders in a row out. These will be the body of your grasshopper
#2: Prepare your work environment by laying down newspaper or plastic
#3: Paint your egg carton green using a paint brush.
#4: Set aside and allow to dry.
#5: Turn the egg carton over so the egg holder part is face down.
#6: Glue your googly eyes on the front of the egg carton
#7: Draw a mouth and nose for your grasshopper under your eyes
#8: Bend a pipe cleaner in half
#9: Place the center of the bent pipe cleaner into the egg carton above the googly eyes. These will be the grasshoppers antennas
#10: Take 2 pipe cleaners and bend and twist them to make two loops. These will be the grasshoppers wings
#11: Insert the wings into the egg carton in the 2nd egg holder. These will be the grasshoppers wings
#12: Take 2 pipe cleaners and place them into the egg carton on either side. These will be the grasshoppers feet.
The Summer Butterfly Kids Craft uses recycled items from around your house. This is a great summer activity for any child.
Supplies Needed:
Toilet Paper Roll
Pipe Cleaners
Construction Paper
Printable Butterfly Wing Template:
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Googly Eyes
Crayons or Markers
#1: Print the Printable Butterfly Wing Template
#2: Cut out the printable butterfly wing template
#3: Trace the wing template on a piece of construction paper
#4: Cut out the wings you just traced on the construction paper
#5: Decorate your butterfly wings with markers or crayons
#6: Glue your butterfly wings to the toilet paper roll
#7: Bend the pipe cleaner in half
#8: Glue the pipe cleaner to the top of the toilet paper roll. These will be your butterfly antennas
#9: Glue Googly Eyes to your butterfly
#10: Draw a mouth and nose for your butterfly
Your children will have a blast creating an alien out of a paper towel roll. This is a great recycle craft for kids as well as a space craft for kids.
Supplies Needed:
Paper towel roll
Yarn
Goggly eyes
Pipe Cleaners
Crayons
#1: Create your own paper towel alien by glueing items to the paper towel roll.
#2: Glue the yarn on the inside of the roll for alien hair
#3: Glue on the googly eyes for your aliens eyes
#4: You can poke holes in the paper towel roll and insert pipe cleaners for alien arms.
#5: Get creative!
Don't throw away those paper towel rolls turn them into a fun, creative kids sword!
Supplies Needed:
2 Paper Towel Rolls
1 Toilet Paper Roll
Tape
Scissors
Markers, Crayons or Paint
#1: Take the 2 Paper Towel Rolls and interlock them by placing one roll inside the other. Then tape them.
#2: Cut the toilet paper roll in half
#3: Tape a half of the toilet paper roll on either side of the long paper towel rolls
#4: Decorate your sword using paint or markers
Keep the earth clean by reusing a baby formula can! Turn an unused baby formula can into a great place to store your craft supplies.
Formula Cans
Paint or Permanent Markers
Storage Items
#1: Wash and dry the container
#2: Prepare your work environment by laying down newspaper or plastic
#3: Decorate the outside of your plastic wipe container. Make sure to write the name of the items that will be stored in your container on the outside of the container.
#4: Store items in your plastic containers.
Items such as:
markers, crayons, pens, pencils, paint brushes, sidewalk chalk, pom poms, beads,glue sticks, hair clips, small toys, puzzle pieces, game pieces, office supplies (paper clips, rubber bands), the possibilities are endless!
*Could also use baby wipe containers!
What did you place in your containers? Any tips on helping to stay organized? Leave us a comment and let us know