Thursday, August 16, 2012

Paper Bag Puppets

This craft is SO fun for the kids- and very satisfying once they're done and realize it's a puppet!

I made several styles, but here are three for this go-round.  A raccoon, Pig, and Elephant:




The elephant an the Pig are made completely from felt, but the Racoon I printed the eyes and ears so It's not too complicated. 


Elephant: 
2 Ears- kidney shapes, Gray
1 Trunk- arm shape, Gray
2 Eyes- half ellipse, White
2 Pupils- circles, black

Pig:
2 Ears- triangles, pink
2 Eyes- circles, white
2 Pupils- circles, black
1 Nose- flat oval, pink
2 Arms, long oval, pink


Racoon:
2 Eyes, overlapping blaxk and white ovals
2 Ears, overlapping tirangles
1 Nose Tip, circle, black
1 Nose, circle, white
2 Arms, long oval, black
1 Belly, long oval, white

I tried to add the patterns, but am having an issue with it on blogger.... grrrr- so if you would like them, please e-mail me JenGood.

Once all the pieces are cut out, just have the kid(s) apply with a glue stick... do not be shy with adding the glue!  Especially with the felt.  Be very generous.  I do not recommend using liquid glue on this project though.  Once all pieces are added, the pig just needs a couple little nostrils added with a sharpie.  We also let the kids color 'clothes' on the bags.  lso, for very litle ones I cut down the bags a couple inches so they fit on their arms.  One of the moms suggested it and it worked out great!



Thursday, August 9, 2012

Water Marbles

I know that we have all seen these on Pinterest... I finally gave in and bought some. Wow! They are SO fun!

These come as tiny little beads:

You put them in water for 4-6 hours. Here they are after about 2 hours:



Here they are at full "fill":










They are really squishy and bouncy! Even my teenager and his friends played with them! I highly recommend for some cool entertainment :)