What you need:
• Construction paper
• Black marker
• Scissors
What you do:
Paper Ladybug
March 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
3D Flower Art
March 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
What you need:
• Canvas
• Acrylic paint
• Egg carton
• Scissors
• Beads
• Green pipe cleaners
• Bow
• Tacky glue
What you do:
• Paint the egg carton white.
• Let it dry.
• Cut apart egg carton sections.
• Trim each “flower” to have petals.
• Paint the egg carton sections yellow and orange.
• Let them dry.
• Paint the canvas with any color of your choice.
• Let it dry.
• Trim pipe cleaners to the right length.
• Tie them together for a stem.
• Glue to the canvas with tacky glue.
• Glue a bead in the center of each flower.
• Glue the flowers to the canvas.
• Display!
DIY Hyacinthus
March 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
What you need:
• Paper
• Pencils
• Popcorn
• Tacky glue
What you do:
• Using pencils create a background.
• Draw a stem and leaves.
• Glue popcorn above the flower stem, in a Hyacinthus shape.
• Display!
Magazine Holder
April 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
What you need:
• Cereal Box
• Mod Podge
• Craft Knife
• Straight edge or ruler
• Pencil
• Gift wrap
What you do:
• Use the pencil and ruler to mark a line four inches from the bottom of the box.
• Draw a diagonal line from the four inch mark to the top opposite corner of the box.
• Repeat on the other side of the box.
• Use a sharp craft knife to cut away the top portion of the box, following the pencil lines.
• Cover the box with Mod Podge and gift wrap.
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Mushroom Patch
April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What you need:
• Foil
• Bamboo skewer
• Plastic Eggs
• Acrylic Paint
What you do:
• Take a square of aluminum foil and place the egg in the center.
• Pull the foil up around it, holding it like a little cup.
• Hold a bamboo skewer in the egg lid and scrunch the foil around it.
• Try to make a loose stem type shape and as the shape looks like it’s coming together, compress the foil to make it as sturdy as you can, but leave the area around the egg opening a little looser.
• Once you have shaped the stem, you can slide it up the skewer into the cup of the egg to make a finished mushroom shape.
• Paint your mushrooms.
• Let them dry.
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Rock Ladybugs
April 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What you need:
• Flat rock
• Acrylic Paint (Red, Black, White, Blue)
• Brush
What you do:
• Completely wash and dry all rocks.
• Paint the rock white. (Red color is brighter when painted on a white background).
• Paint the rock red (Apply two or three coats of paint until you have solid coverage).
• Paint the head area black.
• Apply black dots to the body. Paint them with a round brush, or use your finger.
• With black paint draw a line down the center of the body.
• Paint the mouth.
• Using white paint paint the eye circles
• Make smaller blue eyes inside the white circle.
• After the blue paint dried, make a black dot inside of the eye.
• Make white dots in the black part of the eyes with the end of a paintbrush handle.
• Do the same for making antennas.
• Your lady bug is now perfect.
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Bird in a Cage
April 12, 2012 By 1 Comment
What you need:
• An assortment of construction paper
• String or crochet thread
• Double-sided tape
• Plastic lids (Hummus container works great!)
• Small beads
• Double-faced tape
• Scissors
• Pencil
What you do:
• Cut 12″ x 1/4″ strips of paper .You will need four strips per bird cage.
• In the center of each paper strip, make a tiny hole .
• Draw a bird on one of papers.
• Cut out your bird, and make a hole in the center of it’s back.
• Accordion-fold a piece of paper to create wings.
• Make a hole in the body of the bird and insert the wings.
• Cut a 14″ length of string. Tie your bird to the end of the string, and the tie a not in the string 1.5″ above the bird.
• Thread the string through the holes in your four paper strips. Slide them down the string until they meet the knot.
• Secure the strips together (just above the knot) by running a small bead through the holes.
• Run a strip of double-faced tape around the edge of the lid.
• Take your bundled strips, and fan them out like a starburst. Stick the ends of the strips to the edge of the lid, keeping them evenly spaced.
• Cut a strip of card stock 1.5 inches wide and long enough to wrap around the lid diameter. If your lid diameter is greater than the width of your paper, cut two strips.
• Wrap the strip around the tape-covered edge of the lid. Press down and smooth with your fingers.
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Coffee “Fossils”
June 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
What you’ll need:
• 1 cup of used coffee grounds
• 1/2 cup of cold coffee
• 1 cup of flour
• 1/2 cup of salt
• Wax paper
• Mixing bowl
• Some small objects to make impressions in the dough (Twigs, Leaves(stiff bay leaves work well), dead, hard-shelled bugs like roly-polys, seashells, chicken bones, plastic dinosaur models for skin textures or footprints.)
• Empty can or a butter knife
• Toothpicks, optional
• String to hang your fossil, optional
What you need:
• Stir the together the coffee grounds, cold coffee, flour, and salt until well mixed.
• Knead the dough together and then flatten it out onto the waxed paper.
• Use the can to cut out circles of the dough or use the dull knife to cut slabs large enough to fit your “fossil” objects.
• Press your objects firmly into the dough. When you take the object out, you have your “fossil”. If you want to hang the fossil, poke holes into the edge to hold the string.
• Let the fossil dry overnight (and up to two days) and then hang it if you wish.
Tips: To reduce the drying time, bake the fossils for a short period of time to get the “dough” to harden.
Earth Day
April 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Earth Day is a name used for two different observances, both held worldwide annually. While some people celebrate Earth Day around the time of the vernal equinox, others observe the occasion on April 22 each year. Earth Day aims to inspire awareness of and appreciation for earth’s environment. It is currently observed in more than 140 countries around the world.
What do people do
The April 22 Earth Day is usually celebrated with outdoor performances, where individuals or groups perform acts of service to earth. Typical ways of observing Earth Day include planting trees, picking up roadside trash, conducting various programs for recycling and conservation, using recyclable containers for snacks and lunches. Some people are encouraged to sign petitions to governments, calling for stronger or immediate action to stop global warming and to reverse environmental destruction. Television stations frequently air programs dealing with environmental issues.
Public Life
Earth Day is not a public holiday and public life, with regard to transport schedules and opening hours for schools and businesses, is not affected.
Background
The April 22 Earth Day, founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson, was first organized in 1970 to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet as well as to encourage awareness of the growing problems of air, water and soil pollution.
Some people prefer to observe Earth Day around the time of the March equinox. In 1978, American anthropologist Margaret Mead added her support for the equinox Earth Day, founded by John McConnell. She stated that the selection of the March Equinox for Earth Day made planetary observance of a shared event possible.
Symbols
Symbols used by people to describe Earth Day include: an image or drawing of planet earth; a tree, a flower or leaves depicting growth; or the recycling symbol. Colors used for Earth Day include natural colors such as green, brown or blue.
The “Earth Flag”, which was designed by John McConnell, has been described as a “flag for all people”. It features a two-sided dye printed image of the Earth from space on a dark blue field, made from recyclable, weather-resistant polyester. Margaret Mead believed that a flag that showed the earth as seen from space was appropriate.
