Crafting at Home

 

Bring out your creative side

but on a budget

A range of crafts for anyone to try, supplied by ‘Crafts from Kate’. Video links will be added and available via our YouTube channel. Please note that the Lava lamp should only be done with adult supervision.

crafts

  • Hanging Earth Decoration - 2 paper plates, scissors, green/blue paint, wool, pencil and blue tac. Video link here

  • Recycled Robots - toilet roll tube, scissors, tin foil, pen, glue, pencil, stickers or sequins, pipe cleaners, coloured paper. Video link here

  • Salt Dough Fossils - 250g plain flour, 125g table salt, approx 125ml water, toy dinosaurs and shells. Vidoe link here

  • Hot air balloon - 5 pieces of card, some wool/string, glue, toilet roll tube, sellotape, scissors, felt tip pens, stickers or things to decorate with. Video link here

  • Butterfly - glue, glue spreader, glitter, scissors, pencil, 4 pieces of card, pipe cleaner, sellotape, sequins. Video link here

  • Dragon - yellow/red/orange tissue paper, scissors, glue, paint, paintbrush, glue spreader, toilet roll tube, 2 eyes, 2 small Pom poms, 2 large Pom Poms. Video link here

  • Dreamcatcher - pencil, blue tac, wool/string, glue, paper plate, pens, things to decorate with, scissors. Video link here

  • Lava lamp: ONLY TO BE DONE WITH ADULT SUPERVISION - empty bottle, food colouring, water, vegetable oil, alka seltzer tablets. Video link here

  • Raised salt painting - card/paper, pencil, pva glue, salt, paintbrush, water, watercolours (if you don’t have watercolours you can use food colouring mixed with water). Video link here

  • Rocket - toilet roll tube, tin foil, small bowl or plate, glue, pencil, scissors, tissue paper for flames, paint, paintbrush, sellotape. Video link here

  • Paper spinners - wool/string/cotton, a sheet of white paper, a box, colouring pens, pencil, glue, blob of blue tac. Video link here.

  • Rainbow toast - bread, a plate, milk, food colouring, an ice tray or small pots, a cup of water, kitchen roll, a very clean brush and an adult who can toast it when you are done! Video link here.

  • Minion pencil pot holders - 3x toilet roll tubes, yellow and black paint, eyes, black pen or marker, blue card, sellotape, glue, glue pot, paint pot, paint brush, glue spreader. Video link here.

upcycling

Grab some clean tin cans for these craft projects