Use Different Kinds of Paper
Rough paper or bumpy paper will make your paintings look different. Try painting on a rough paper towel, or on the ripply side of a cardboard carton, or on the scratchy side of an old piece of sandpaper.
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Paint ideas kids
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Free pictures for kids
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Free pictures for kids
Materials
i cup of dry detergent, or a capful of liquid detergent
2 tablespoons of liquid starch
brown wrapping paper
poster paints or food coloring
an egg beater
a mixing bowl
an old newspaper
a spoon
Beat the detergent and the liquid starch with an egg beater in a mixing bowl. When it is like thick niarshmallow frosting, yon have beaten it enough. Now you have enough soapsuds for painting three or lour pictures.
II you want soapsuds of several different colors, put the mixture into different jars. Then add just a lew drops of color to the different jars and stir.
Put down a newspaper to work on.
Nature crafts
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Cut out the ends of cartons 1 and 2 where thev come together. These two cardboard pieces together with the cardboard you cut out to make the passagewax into the conning tower, will make a bow and stern.
Draw a cigar-shaped pattern on one piece ol cardboard. Cut it out. See Picture.
Trace around this pattern on the other three pieces ol cardboard. Cut them out.
Tape two pieces to the front for a bow. Tape points together.
Tape the other two pieces to Carton 4 for the stern. Tape [joints together.
Cut pieces ol heavy paper to cover the empty spaces at the bow and the stern. Tape the pieces of paper to the cardboard.
Tape all the cartons together, and you’ve built your submarine. The next page will tell you how to install a real periscope in the conning tower.
Paper crafts for kids
Saturday, July 11th, 2009
How To Make a Nose and Tail
To make a doorway into the conning tower, push Carton 4 against Carton 3. Draw a line where the top of 4 comes. That’s how high the doorway should be. Saw out or cut nut the part of Carton 3 below this line. Save this cardboard.
To make a hatch, or door, open top Haps of Carton 4.
To make a passageway into the conning tower, enl out the end ol Carton 1, next to Carton 3. Save this cardboard. See Picture.
fi. You now have a submarine. II von want to make it more streamlined like a real submarine, yon can add a cigar-shaped bow and stern. See the steps below.
Houses crafts
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Houses crafts
How To Make Windows and Doors
Draw windows and doors on separate pieces of thin cardboard or stiff paper. The windows and doors can be any size you wish. They can be plain or fancy.
Cut out the windows and doors.
Trace around the cutout windows and doors on other pieces of stiff paper to make a second set exactly like the first.
Decide where you wish to have a door on your house. Pick up a pair ol doors thai arc exactly alike. Put one ol them inside the box, and the other one directly behind it on the outside of the box. Push one or two thumbtacks through the box to hold the door in place.
Do the same with the other windows and doors. The windows and doors can be moved if you wish.
Craft house
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Craft house
Materials
5 cardboard cartons, all the same size
thin cardboard or stiff paper
tempera or poster paint
tape
thumbtacks
You can change the style of this Add-a-Room House whenever vou wish.
1. Cut out the top from each carton.
2. Cover the rough edges with tape.
3. Arrange the cartons to form the kind of building you want. Arrange them one way to make a
town house with a two-car garage. Pile them up to make a skyscraper. Spread them out to make a rambling ranch house. If the cartons slip out of place, you can tack pieces of cardboard over the seams.
