A colorful Shoe

What happens to all those shoes that don't fit anymore or one pair gets lost?? Why you turn them into art of course. This is a great activity to teach children about recycling and the loss of a shoe or some other toy that needs parts.

Supplies:
Shoe, straw/hay, tissue paper, & paint

Directions:
1)Find an old shoe and start painting it different colors or paint a pattern onto it.
2) Stuff the shoe full of some straw/hay
3) paint tissue paper or use colored paper
4) Pour glue into the bottom of the shoe and put in the straw and tissue paper.
5) Let Dry!

Your shoe can be used as a paper weight or a decoration. Just keep it away from the cats and dogs!!

3-D Painting

We made this 3-D piece of work with some glue and water color!

Supplies

Cardboard (we cut up a cereal box)

regular Glue

Watercolor Paint

Draw a picture with a pencil, crayon, or pen

Trace the picture with glue

Let Dry!

After about 10-20 minutes you can paint over the glue with different colors.

This creates a cool 3-D effect the kids will love!

what to do with all that candy

My niece came home with a bag of candy that she couldn't eat, she's allergic to corn syrup!

So we painted a small canvas and glued the candy on to make a work of art!

Supplies:

Small Canvas or Cardboard

Paint

Glue

Candy

Paint the Canvas and let dry.

Place candy in a design, then glue each piece on! After it dries you can hang it up.

You could also use small plastic toys or pieces of jewelry for a really unique work of art.

Magnetic Bug Clip

SUPPLIES:
Clothespins
Flat Magnets
Glue
Bug (or other shape) palain wood pieces
Paint

• Glue magnet to clothespin, let dry.
• Paint bug shape
• Glue bug to other side of clothespin and let dry 30 minutes.

After it dries you'll have a handy little clip to hold pictures or lists on your fridge.

Little People: A fun easy craft

The kids loved this one! We set them in the windowsill to greet our guests!

Supplies

• Toilet Paper Rolls
• Sraws
• Stryofoam
• Rubber bands or Glue
  
• Markers/paint

Draw or Paint faces and bodies on the rolls.
Glue on some eyelashes and yarn or ribbon for hair
Glue or Rubber band 2 straws to the roll!

Voila! A masterpiece indeed!