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Dream Catcher

January 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

What you need:
• Paper plate
• Hole puncher
• Yarn
• Beads
• Feathers
• Scissors
• Tape

What yo do:
• Cut out the center of the paper plate.
• Punch holes around the ring.
• Optional: paint or color the ring.
• Tape one end of yarn.
• Starting at the top, leave 3 inches for hanging, then string holes around the ring, crossing the yarn.
• At the bottom, on the remainder of the yarn, string on beads.
• Finish by tying it off with feathers.
• Hang the dream catcher above your bed.

Native Americans believe that the night air is filled with dreams both good and bad. The dream catcher when hung over or near your bed swinging freely in the air, catches the dreams as they flow by. The good dreams know how to pass through the dream catcher, slipping through the outer holes and slide down the soft feathers so gently that many times the sleeper does not know that he/she is dreaming. The bad dreams not knowing the way get tangled in the dream catcher and perish with the first light of the new day.

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DIY Tee Pee

January 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

What you need:
• Paper plate
• Scissors
• Stapler
• Markers

What you do:
• Cut the paper plate in half.
• Make a cone out of one half.
• Staple the sides together.
• Cut a vertical slit 2/3 of the length of the tee pee.
• Fold flaps up.
• Decorate your tee pee.

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Paper Plate Bat

October 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

What you need:
• 2 paper plates
• acrylic paint: black and white
• scissors
• glue

What you do:
• Paint the paper plates black and let dry.
• Paint circle eyes and mouth with teeth on one of the plates. Let dry.
• Cut one of the paper plates in half for the wings. Shape them as wings of a bat.
• Make ears out of the second plate scrapes.
• Glue the wings and the ears to the back of the body plate.
• Display.

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Paper Plate Owl

October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

What you need:
• 2 paper plates
• acrylic paint: brown, yellow, white, black, orange
• glue
• scissors

What you do:
• Paint the paper plates brown and let dry.
• Paint circle eyes on one of the plates. Let dry.
• Paint orange triangle for a nose. Let dry.
• Cut one of the paper plates in half for the wings.
• Trim the top of the remaining paper plate to form two ears at the top.
• Glue the wings to the back of the body plate.
• Display.

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Wind Spinner

May 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

What You Need:
• Paper plate
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Acrylic Paint
• Brush
• Water
• String

What You Do:
 • Start at the outer edge, and use a pencil to draw a two-inch wide spiral inwards toward the center of the plate. This marks where the plate will be cut after it is decorated.
• Paint the plate with the acrylic paint
•When the decorations are complete, cut along the pencil line.
• Make a hole in the center of the plate.
• Put the string through the hole.
• Finally, select the perfect spot to hang the spinner!

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Flower Basket

April 29, 2012 By 1 Comment

What you need:
• Two paper plates
• Watercolor
• Brush
• Glue
• Scissors
• Paper flowers

What you do:
• Color one plate with watercolor.
• Let it dry.
• Cut it in half.
• Keep one half for the front of the basket. (Recycle the other half, or save it for another basket.)
• Place the half-plate face up, as if you were going to eat from it.
• Cut away half of the inner part of the other paper plate, leaving the outer edge for a handle.
• Glue the lower edges of the paper plates together.
• Insert the paper flowers.
• This makes a basket full of flowers.

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Kids Clock Craft

February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

What you need:
• Paper plate
• Craft foam
• Metal fastener or scrapbook brat
• Watercolor
• Black Sharpie marker
• Paint brush
• White craft glue
• Scissors

What you do:
• Color the paper plate with watercolor.
• Let it dry.
• Use scissors to cut out clock arms from craft foam.
• Poke a small hole in the ends of the clock arms to insert the fastener through.
• Poke a small hole in the center of the paper plate.
• Use the marker to write on the clock numbers.
• Insert fastener through the clock arms and then through the hole in the center of the plate.
• Close back of fastener loose enough so that clock arms will move.

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Curled Trees

December 20, 2011 By 2 Comments

What you need:
• Cone
• Construction Paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencil

What you do:
• Cut your construction paper into strips approximately 3/4″ wide and 3″ long.
• Using your pencil curl the paper strips about 3/4 of the way to the end. 
• Start gluing your paper curls to the bottom of the cone in a ring.
• Continue to glue on paper curls in layers or rings moving up the cone. 
• Once you get to the top of the cone, you can add an embellishment to the top.

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Making Cones

December 20, 2011 By 3 Comments

What you need:
• Paper
• Scissors
• Glue

What you do:
• Cut a circle out of a piece of paper
• Cut a triangle by making two cuts to the center of the circle.
• Fold the circle, overlapping the edges a little, and glue together.

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Turkey Craft

November 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

What you need:
• Paper Plate 
• Paint
• Paint Brush
• Construction Paper
• Pen
• Scissors
• Craft Glue
• Wiggle Eyes
What you do:
• Paint the back of the paper plate brown.
• Trace your hand on one half of 3 or 4 sheets of paper. Fold the paper in half.
• Cut out the handprint through both thicknesses of paper. This will leave you with 6 to 8 handprints. Set them aside.
• Trace your foot on a brown piece of construction paper.
•  Cut out the footprint. Set it aside.
• Using scrap construction paper, cut out a beak and a waddle for your turkey. Set these aside.
• Glue the handprints onto the unpainted side of the paper plate, poking up over the top edge.Your fingers will look like the turkey’s feathers.
• Glue your footprint/shoe print toe side down onto the front, center of the painted plate.
• Glue on the beak and waddle that you cut out.
• Glue on a pair of wiggle eyes.
• Your turkey is now done!

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