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Below you will find many crafts activities for kids with projects that use cellophane. Here are Ideas for Creative Arts and Crafts Projects with Cellophane with the following crafts ideas, instructions, patterns, and printables for Children.

Making a Moving Picture Theater with Cellophane

This is a new type of theater with which to entertain your friends. All you have to do to put on a "Moving Picture" show, is to move the shadow strips back and forth through the slots in the theater in front of a table lamp. Remove the cover from the shoe box and throw away the bottom as you will only need the cover. Cut a window in the shoe box cover, leaving a 1 inch border all around as a frame. Cut a piece of cellophane paper to fit, and glue it inside the frame. Make 2 two-inch slots, one near the top and one near the bottom, at each end of the cover close to the front of the frame, as in illustration A. To make the theater stand firmly, cut a wide strip of cardboard the length of the cover, and glue it to the bottom. To make the shadow pictures, cut out narrow strips of magazine or Internet illustrations with irregular skylines, and glue them to strips of construction paper. Make three separate strips. On one strip glue a sky scene showing a moon, stars, clouds, airplanes and birds. On the second strip glue a street scene showing buildings, trees, fences and lamp posts. On the third strip glue an action scene showing people and animals walking, running, jumping and playing, as in the three illustrations in B. Slide the sky scene strip into the top slots of the theater. Then, slide the two other scene strips into the bottom slots; the street scene strip as the background, and the action strip in front of it, as in illustration C. To make the shadow pictures move, place the theater in front of a table lamp, and with your hand, move the action strip back and forth.

Miniature Stage Peep Show Box with Cellophane Color Wheel

A peep show is a miniature stage setting inside a box. The scene is viewed by one person at a time through a pair of peep holes. We aren't going to tell you what to put on the stage, you will need to use your creativity to make your own show or diorama. Fig. I. In order to let the one-person-audience see the show there must be an opening through which light can fall upon the stage setting. Fig. I . To add beauty to the scene make a color wheel. Fig. 2. Attach to the side of the box so that it may be rotated over the light hole. Fig. 3.

Line the inside of the box with paper, the color of which is appropriate for the scene. Use toy dolls and animals to represent characters, or small pictures of animals and persons cut from magazines and mounted upon cardboard bases, such as the Pilgrim figure shown here. Scenes from other lands, from favorite stories, or from history make excellent stage settings for peep shows. The one given here depicts the Pilgrims going to church.

How to Make Cellophane Icicle Hangers

To make Winter icicles that really look like ice, cut a strip of cellophane that is about 9" x 2.5". Start rolling the piece of cellphane at the lower right hand corner, as seen in figure 1. Keep rolling the piece until it looks like the picture seen in figure 2. Glue the top end with Scotch tape. Use string or thread to hang these icicles from the ceiling or on an Xmas tree as pretty ornaments.

Make Noisy Cellophane Gloves

Gloves can easily be made from cellophane. The edges must be turned inwards and seamed together to prevent them from tearing. Cut two pieces out for each glove, using your hand for a pattern and making it a bit bigger than your hands. You can then use these cellophane gloves to make a lot of noise....and to be quite annoying. They make great gloves for costumes.

More Cellophane Crafts Ideas Below

How to Make Stained Glass Valentines Day Heart with Cellophane - Today we will show you how to make a faux (fake) stained glass window heart. It is so easy that I bet if you try one, you won’t want to stop. When you tape these on your window, the beautiful sun shines through them and they look so beautiful. This is a wonderful decoration to celebrate the ones you love for Valentine’s Day.

Alien Costume Making Cellophane Craft - This cosmic costume - complete with Ping-Pong tentacles and a third eye - is literally out of this world!

Beautiful Heart Cellophane Sun Satcher - This craft seemed like a simple idea when I dreamed it up but in reality it was quite fiddly, thus the high difficulty rating. The results are spectacular but young kids will need plenty of supervision.

Birthday Door Cellophane Wreath - - What a unique way to announce one’s birthday! Creativity and thoughtfulness is merged into one with this craft project.

Blue Butterfly Costume - This costume's hat, boots and plump belly are just right for those cool autumn nights when most little creatures prefer to stay safely tucked into their cocoons.

Bubble Gum Cellophane Bouquet to Make - Here's a sweet bouquet of bubble gum to be enjoyed by your sweet someone on Valentine's Day or any special occasion.

Bulb Planter Craft Activity - Give the gift of flowers with a hand-painted clay pot filled with little stones and bulbs.

Butterfly Mobile making Activities - Create colorful butterflies with colored cellophane. String them together and make a mobile in a jiffy.

Candy Kiss Roses Cellophane Making Instructions - Valentine's Day is a wonderful time of year when people tell those special to them how much they love them. gifts of candy, flowers such as roses and jewelry are often exchanged. Beautiful Valentine's Day cards are purchased for that special saying we want to share.

Candy Necklace Making Directions - This is a Christmas craft where kids of all ages would explore their creativity and would be able to give it as Christmas present to their mother or father.

Candy Ornaments - This simple candy cane ornament craft project is a great for children as young as 4 years old to teenagers.

Cellophane Candles - You can make eight of these lovely candles, one for each day of Hanukkah, to hang in a sunny window or door.

Cellophane Leadlight - - These pretty little window crafts made from cellophane are easy to make by kids. It’s more gorgeous to look at during the morning when the sun shines through the window and through the leadlight craft.

Chanukah Menorah - Families use a special nine-pronged candelabrum called a menorah or hanukkiah, to light candles every night for the eight nights of Hanukkah. The ninth candle, which stands higher than the others, is the shammash or servant candle.

Christmas Countdown - What is Christmas without some sort of countdown craft in anticipation for the exciting holiday? Here are instructions for a tasty and decorative Christmas countdown craft!

Christmas Star Lantern - A Christmas star lantern are ornamental star-like Christmas lanterns from the Philippines. They are traditionally made out of bamboo and paper and come in various sizes, shapes and designs, however its star-shape facade remains dominant.

Color Garden - Discover the possibilities of painting with plastic wrap! This is a perfect activity to learn and practice color mixing.

Color Wheel - Teach your kids all about primary and secondary colors with this fun cellophane paper craft that's educational, too. Turn it into a peacock with one simple step.

Come-Clean Washing Machine Costume - Kids can't resist airing their family's dirty laundry in a cool appliance that's loads of fun to wear.

Conversation Heart Fudge - If your child's tongue-tied when it comes to expressing his feelings, let this microwave fudge do the talking. The recipe's simple enough for older kids to make themselves and yields 64 bite-size pieces--plenty for a classroom party.

Crayon Streamer Necklace - For a real jewel of an activity, encourage your children make these necklaces. Besides silver and gold, a box of Crayola® Crayons has every color your kids need to create one-of-a-kind jewelry to match any wardrobe.

Dog Bed - – This is a thrifty way to create a bed for your favorite dog with the use of materials that can be found around the house.

Dragon Kite - Constructed of bags, a hanger, and a dowel, this friendly dragon is cheaper but is just as durable as its store-bought cousins. And its acrobatics would make a Chinese warrior proud.

Easy Plastic Bag Rabbit - This easy rabbit is a great quick craft for kids of all ages. Have plenty of bags handy as your enthusiastic crafter won't want to stop at one!

Fabric Sit-Upons - Any heavy-duty fabric can be used for this project, but the best fabric to use for this item is an old tablecloth - the kind that has plastic on one side and material on the other.

Fabulous Foil Crown - This spectacular foil crown can be easily made from materials that you're likely to have on hand. Children under five years old will need help with the folding and cutting, but will enjoy gluing on the 'jewels' and wearing the crown with pride! 

Fire-breathing Dragon Costume - Amazing to look at yet surprisingly easy to put together, this disguise has a magical appeal for kids who love fairy tales.

Floating Phantom - Simple but really effective when it comes to scaring the locals…

Garbage Bag Garland - – If you are looking to recycle your cellophane bags, this project just might be helpful.

Garbage Bag Ghost - Find out how to make a ghost decoration or prop using a plastic garbage bag and a few other supplies.

Garbage Bag Gremlin - Leave garbage bag gremlin nestling on your front step in charge of a supply of sweets for anyone who calls when you’re out trick-or-treating…

Garbage Bag Kite - This is a simple project to do with kids. All you need are two sticks, a bag, string and scissors and you have a kite!

Garbage Bag Spider Craft - – This is a great Halloween decoration that is easy to make and would not be too costly in the materials.

Garbage Bag Vampire Craft - Make this spooky vampire to decorate your home for Halloween. Made with construction paper and a trash bag; this craft costs almost nothing to put together. It's also an excellent craft project for kids to do along with their parents. The garbage bag vampire looks good displayed in a window, on the refrigerator or just sitting atop a carved pumpkin. You could also use him to create a ventriloquist vampire costume.

Ghost Windsock - This ghost windsock makes a hauntingly good decoration.  It's an easy kids craft so why not make several to hang from your trees to help haunt your yard this Halloween.

Gift Clay Craft wtih Cellophane- - Presents that can handle being tugged, squished and pounded are always welcomed gifts -- by kids and parents alike.

Giggling, Glowing Ghoulies - Greet trick-or-treaters and fall guests with pumpkins, monsters, spiders, and bats that feature glowing eyes and shining smiles!

Glass Block Pumpkin - A nice craft for Halloween great for display and amaze the trick or treaters as they pass along your house for a little trick or treating.

Glue Batik Eagle T-Shirt - If that old white T-shirt is just too boring, turn it into a great creation just in time for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July with this easy glue batik project.

Grocery Bag Flying Ghost Craft - Make several to hang around the house or on the trees outside as yard decorations!

Grocery Bag Ghost - Give trick or treaters a fun fright with this plastic lid ghost craft. With a couple of white plastic bags and some other household items, kids can create an unusual Halloween toy that 'flies'.

Grocery Bag Pumpkin - This craft shows you how to transform a handful of plastic grocery bags into a great pumpkin.

Halloween Sucker Crafts - These are fun to make and take for a school, preschool or daycare Halloween party.

Ham and Cheese Costume - We're not sure if it was because we polled all our advisers right before lunchtime, but something inspired our Halloween enthusiasts to pick food-themed costumes.

Hanukah Window Decoration - Hanukah window decorations are fun, beautiful, and look just like stained-glass. Children making this one of our Hanukah crafts for kids will need adult help.

Harry Potter Glasses - Make glasses to look like Harry's or use the pattern to make up your own style.

Heart Shaped Glasses - Celebrate Valentines day with a cool kids craft - heart shaped glasses. Once the poster board frames and colored cellophane lenses are together kids can decorate the glasses however they see fit.

Hugs and Kisses from the Mr.& Mrs. - Sweet treats for the sweet person who will receive this craft.

Incredible Iceboats - In this miniature boat activity, make incredible iceboats, and see how long your boat can last. This is a summer activity for kids that are cool as ice.

Iridescent Dragonfly - These flying creatures will look great around the house or in the classroom. Incorporate it with your next class on insects, the rainforest, or even as a multimedia art project.

Jar Decorations - How many ways can you fill a jar? As many as your creativity will allow with this Jar Decorations craft designed to make your child's gift-in-a-jar look irresistible.

Kids' Kaleidoscope - – It truly is a wonderful world to see when you make your own Kids Kaleidoscope with recycled film canisters--a fun summer or scouting craft.

Lazy Homemade Easter Egg Decorating Craft - - Wrap eggs in the plastic wrap and tie at the top with a ribbon. This makes for a very attractive centerpiece for Easter Breakfast Table.

Lollipop Ornament - Have fun painting lollipop Christmas ornaments for your holiday tree!

Marshmallow Snowman - Here's how to make a snowman on a stick, using marshmallows and candy. Kids can make three and package them in cellophane for a fun snowman gift to give at Christmas time.

Magnificent Building - Design a building with it's very own fountain! Make a realistic replica of a stately government building with steps and statues or your own dream structure with terraces and towering columns.

Multi-Colored Binoculars - Your child will be in amazement at all the things they can look at through their new binoculars.

No-Cal Lollipop Treats - They are great for birthday parties or to decorate a child's room.

Paperclip insect mobile - Has your little one made paperclip chains before? This craft makes them even more fun! Kids under three may find the paperclip element too challenging. If so, try slipping the wings into a clothes peg, or taping them onto a popstick.

Parting of the Red Sea - Make this recreation of the biblical story where Moses parts the Red Sea to allow the freed Jewish slaves to escape from Egypt. What a fun way to teach children about this story of faith. 

Peppermint Mail Post - Sweeten your street this holiday season with a larger-than-life mailbox decoration.

Picture Postcards - Send news and photos from the home-front with these simple homemade postcards.

Plastic Bag Paratroopers - Who says only birds fly? Create your own playthings such as these paratroopers and see them float in the air.

Plastic Bag Snowman - Isn't he gorgeous? Kids will love creating their own "snowman" from the recycling basket!

Play Clay Hearts - You'll love this two-in-one project: a highly original valentine that moonlights as a usable ball of clay.

“Pot of Gold” - St Patrick’s Day craft – an easy candy craft project for the little ones.

Puffy-jewelled tiara - - This colorful tiara is fun to make and looks great too. Preschoolers will enjoy wrapping up the cotton balls to make puffy jewels but may need some assistance with technique. Provided the holes are large enough, there should have no problem attaching them to the tiara without assistance. 

Putty in Your Hands - Dough you want to be mine? When Autumn Gates of Indianapolis, Indiana, offers up these lovable, squashable valentines, the answer is always a resounding, "Yes!"

Ramadan Craft - - Here is a date chain for the kids for Ramadan. A little piece is placed at the top that said something about the blessing of feeding a fasting person (since there is a date for each child and one for them to give away).

Red-nosed Reindeer Lollipops - With its lollipop head, pipe cleaner antlers, and googly eyes, this treat is part craft project, part holiday sweet. Kids can easily make a whole herd for classmates and teachers.

Relief Map - Unleash the explorer in you.

Rice Krispie Carrots - Why not make your rice Krispie treats shaped like carrots this Easter? It’s easy to do!

Roaring Rockets - Channel kids' excitement into creativity with these colorful rockets. Children use problem solving skills to construct rockets, and then practice coordination to fly them.

Rocket Windsock - Catch the wind with a windsock. Perfect for a breath of spring!

Simple ladybugs - - These ladybugs make a great project for young kids because they don't require sophisticated cutting skills or precision gluing, but they do involve scissors and lots of sticky stuff!

Spooky Garbage Bag Cats - Make this adorable and spooky cat from plain old garbage bags to display at your front door this Halloween. You can make this fun craft from items you have laying around the house!

Super Sailboat - This pint-size -- or, more precisely, liter-size -- craft offers a decent approximation of a high-seas sailboat. And since it's constructed from common household items, it's a lot cheaper than the real thing! Unsinkable thanks to its Styrofoam float, the boat also features a handy screw eye on the bow to which you can attach a fishing line for easy maneuvering or reeling in. Are you ready to make sail?

Sky Riders - The classic toy parachute with a surprising twist -- the chute's cords are attached with a fishing swivel that all but eliminates those annoying tangles.

So Sweet Centerpiece - Aside from flowers gracing the center table, why not add sweets especially colored lollipops as centerpiece to adorn the tables for a festive gathering.

"Stained Glass" Christmas Ornaments - Craft foam and plastic wrap are the secret ingredients in these colorful, light-catching Christmas ornaments. Because the colors come from kid-friendly markers, almost any age child can participate in the making.

Stained Glass Oil Lamp - This easy Hanukkah craft for kids lets you display a holiday scene from every window!

Stained Glass Window - It's a Hanukkah tradition to display a lighted menorah in a window of your home. Black construction paper, colored cellophane, glue and scissors are all you'll need....and a bit of imagination won't hurt, either!

Stained Glass Windows "Light Up" Your Home - Make a memorable Hanukkah decoration this year. Stained-glass window decorations will "light up" your home this holiday season and help create a festive mood.

Star Brightness Detector - Some stars appear to be brighter than others, but how bright are they? This simple star brightness detector will give you a way to measure and categorize the brightness of stars. Overlapping cellophane strips are the key to this science project for kids: the incredible universe.

Star Of David Window Ornament - - Make a Star of David to display in your window using recycled plastic cellophane.

Summer Yarn Bug - With visor and sunglasses this Yarn Bug really "Hangs Loose".

Sunset Moth - The large day-flying Sunset moth is marked with iridescent colors on its wings.

Sweet Frisbee Treats - Put grounded Frisbees to work sprucing up your house this winter. Wrapped in colorful cellophane, they're the ultimate in cool candy.

Sweets for the Sweet -- Naturally - - Kids can use their favorite fruits for this project, wrapped up a collection of vitamin-rich valentines -- apples, oranges, and bananas -- each with a juicy pun attached. 

The Witch and Her Cauldron - This menacing matriarch, with her bubbling cauldron, is guaranteed to give your Halloween visitors an unhealthy dose of spook juice.

The ultimate sticky canvas - It was an absolute joy to watch my son enthusiastically work on this craft with no assistance from me. It works really well as a first craft because if you set it up correctly the child cannot fail or become frustrated. It just works so well – I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner. If you have a young child please try this craft, you will not regret it!

The Sugar Chalet - As any builder will tell you, gingerbread house construction is traditionally tricky- but not so with this Alpine chalet. Made from a revolutionary new building material - Graham crackers - it's a cinch for even first-time home builders.

Tissue Paper Star - Hang a colorful suncatcher in your window all year round! Get creative with different shapes and colors.

Tote Bag Sit-Upons - Tote bags are easy to make and the materials used can be found inside the house. One of the easiest projects to make and can help in saving the environment.

Trash Bag Tarantula - Invoke this dread weaver yard decoration from lawn bags and leaves.

Trash bag Wreath - This homemade Christmas wreath is a craft project that recycles. It can be made from plastic shopping bags. New trash bags may also be used. Since it’s made from plastic, this Christmas wreath is weatherproof. If you decide to use trash bags, you can choose either white or dark green for a more traditional homemade Christmas wreath.

“Under The Sea” Mural - – With this project, students will develop a lifelong interest and appreciation for the beauty of life under the sea.

Valentine's Day Candy Rose - Wrap up a couple of candy kisses to make them look like a rose for your valentine.

Vampire - This vampire craft is made from plastic garbage bag, place it outside your house or by the tree during Halloween to give kids quite a scare during trick or treating.

Window Sparklers - Children will enjoy making these art projects, while they learn about the Hanukkah miracle. These Hanukkah craft ideas can be made at home, in the classroom, Hanukkah celebrations or for Scout Troop activities.

Wind Toy - This toy, with its long, rustle-in-the-breeze tail, will make any kid feel like he's sprouted wings.