Sculpting with Fimo: The Goldfish Crafts Project for Kids

My husband is a toy sculptor and he can do some pretty amazing things with his sculpting medium and at times it can be rather depressing when my sculpting abilities are very basic. I mean, I can create with paper but I have a bit of a hard time creating anything that is three dimensional, which is why I always delight when I can create something that is worthy of even a little bit of praise.  For this reason, I love working with fimo or clay and I enjoy the time spent with my kids as we make little critters that can be hardened into masterpieces that I can enjoy for a lifetime.

Sculpting is a wonderful activity for children and most have some experience with it through playdough.  While I love playdough, I find that not being able to really keep the finished product can be disheartening at times so I find that giving children an opportunity to make some lasting pieces is worth the extra expense that clay or fimo can present (although fimo isn’t that expensive, usually around 5 dollars for a small block that goes a long way).

In this craft, I will teach you how to create a very basic fimo sculpture fish that most children will enjoy making again and again.

Sculpting with Fimo: The Goldfish : How to Make a Goldfish with basic supplies

Gather all the materials you need:

• Fimo (you can use any color, in the step by step I use grey so I can paint it later but in the finished product I used orange, white and black.)
• Toothpicks
• Paint Brush or a round chopstick (if you have any)
• Paint (optional)

1.  Remove a 2 or 3 inch piece of the Fimo from the block and knead it until it softens.  Usually this doesn’t take too long but if the Fimo is harder, you should expect about 5 minutes of kneading to soften it enough.

2.  Take a small piece from the softened Fimo and roll it into the a ball to form the body of your goldfish. This will be the biggest piece and the size you take will depend on how big you want your goldfish to be. Once you have rolled it into a ball, flatten the bottom slightly so it will rest on the table without falling over.

3.  Now that you have the body, it is time to make the fins of your goldfish.  To do this, create a small triangle with the Fimo.

4.  When the triangle is formed, cut away a small “v” in the largest part or base of the triangle and then cut away the excess from the top of the triangle.

5.  Using the toothpick, carve a small “v” design into the tail and then attach it to the end of the ball by gently pressing it into

6.  Once the tail is attached, it is time to work on the fins.  To do this, create two small tear drop shapes with the Fimo and then draw a few lines on your fins before you attach them.

7.  Attach the fins to the ball and smooth the Fimo with the flat side of the toothpick.  Fix any of the lines that were erased.

8.  Roll a small ball with the Fimo for the mouth and place it onto the front of the ball.

9.  Using the rounded tip of a paint brush or chopstick, gently press it into the small ball until you have an indent that looks like fish lips.

10. Roll two more small balls, smaller than the mouth, and carefully press them into the large ball above the mouth. These are the eyes.  Finish them off with a smaller ball that works as the pupil.  If you are painting, you can do all of this in one color but if you don’t want to paint the finished piece, use white Fimo for the eyes and black Fimo for the pupils.

11.  Bake in the oven according to the package until the sculpture hardens.

12.  At this point you will be done, unless you used all one color.  If you did, take the time to paint the sculpture with acrylic paints.

Fimo is an excellent craft for children that are 8 and up but I have seen children as young as 4 make some truly spectacular sculptures with this medium.  One word of advice; however, is to make sure that the children wash their hands after they are finished using it.

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Keep Kids Entertained Making Stained Glass Pictures Craft

How You & Your Kids Can Make This Faux Stained Glass Art Crafts Project

This “stained glass” picture is perfect for keeping kids entertained at a fun and safe activity on a rainy day. It is a bit messy so a newspaper-lined workspace is recommended, but cutting pictures from magazines and making crayon shavings will have children happily occupied for a while.

Crafts Materials That You Will Need:

Wax paper
Scissors
Crayons with a built in or separate crayon sharpener
Magazine pictures, cards, flowers, leaves – anything small and flat
Newspaper
Iron (and a grown up to use it)

1. Cut out two pieces of wax paper in the same shape. If you’d like to incorporate an outting with this craft, take children around to look at local churches and draw the shapes of stained-glass windows they see on the trip. They can later cut out their wax paper to match one of the shapes. It’s easiest to fold a large piece of wax paper in half and cut through two pieces at once to make sure the shapes match up.

2. Have children gather flat objects like flowers or leaves in the yard or cut up magazines or cards with pretty pictures. Place on one piece of wax paper.

3. Begin making crayon shavings by using the crayon sharpener and/or breaking up crayons. Children can choose colors that coordinate with their picture or object, or whatever strikes their fancy. This is likely to ruin crayons for further use, so you might want to buy cheap ones for the purpose.

4. This is where the grown up steps in. Place the piece of wax paper with pictures and shavings on top of a layer of newspaper on your covered ironing board. Place second sheet of wax paper on top, and another layer of newspaper on top of that.

5. On a medium heat setting, lightly iron over wax paper and newspaper, checking often to make sure you’re not burning anything. It should only take about a minute for all the crayon shavings to melt and the pieces of wax paper to bond together.

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Homemade Easter Egg Dye: How to Make Easter Egg Dye from Things in your Cupboards

Homemade Easter Egg Dye: How to Make Easter Egg Dye from Things in your Cupboards

Obviously, I like to dye Easter Eggs, I mean, I go to the painstaking effort of blowing out each shell and I spend several hours decorating eggs to place around the house the night before Easter morning.  I’m not sure why I like the eggs, since I don’t eat them but I do.  For this reason, I am always looking for new ways to do the eggs and new ways to create wonderful dyes for the eggs.  Usually, I will purchase a nice kit from the store and I have done them all; neon, pastels, glow in the dark, speckled, you name it, I have probably used the product.

One thing that I had never done, was make my own dyes so I finally decided that I would gather a few things together and create some homemade dyes.  It does take a little more effort but the effect can be some truly beautiful eggs that are unique and truly yours.

The best point about this craft is it brings your children’s crafts into the kitchen, and as any chef or baker knows, you can create some true masterpieces on a stove.

Homemade Easter Egg Dye: How to Make Easter Egg Dye from Things in your Cupboards

Crafts Materials That You Will Need:

• Saucepan
• 1 cup of water
• Measuring Cup
• Measuring Spoons 1tsp and 1 tbsp
• Item for Dye (see the list below)
• Stove

Dye Colors:

Orange:  Paprika

Green: Spinach

Blue: Blueberries

Red: Red Onions

Pink: Raspberries

Yellow: Orange peels

1.   The first thing that you should do before you start making your own dyes is talk to your child about kitchen safety.  Depending on the age, your child may not be able to help with the stove portion of this craft but there are other things that your child can do, such as measure out ingredients.

2.   Measure out 1 cup of water and have your child pour it into the saucepan.

3.   Place the saucepan on the stove and set the temperature to medium-high.

4.  While the water is beginning to heat, have your child measure out the ingredients.  Usually, you will want about 2 or 3 tablespoons of the ingredient.  Sometimes you may need more, especially if you are trying to leach the color from a fruit or vegetable.

5.   Add the ingredients to the water.  In this case, I am using a paprika to create orange dye.

6.   Bring the water and ingredients to a slow boil.

7.  Lower heat to a low-medium and simmer.  Usually it can take about 15 minutes but for vibrant colors, you will want to simmer for about an hour.  Lower the heat if your water is evaporating too quickly.  Make sure you occasionally stir the mixture.

8.  Once the simmering time has passed, remove from the heat and pour into a small container or bowl for dying the eggs.

9.  Add two to three teaspoons of vinegar to the dye and stir until it is blended in.

10.  Take out the eggs you will be dying out of the fridge, or blow them out if you want them hollow, and place them into the bowl.

11.  Allow the eggs to sit in the dye until you get the desired color.  If you want dark, full color, let the eggs sit in the dye overnight.  Make sure you put it in the fridge or close the container to prevent the dye from spilling.

12.  Remove the eggs from the dye and wipe off the excess dye.

The eggs that are produced from these types of dyes are flat and do not produce a shiny finish.  If you want to have a shiny finish, coat the eggs with a spray sealer that you can pick up at most craft stores in the ceramics section.

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Easy Easter Basket Craft for Kids to Fill with Treats

If you’ve had a new addition to the family, are having an unexpected guest, or just don’t have enough Easter baskets around the house, here is a simple an inexpensive way to create your own Easter basket to fill with goodies and put on display.

Easy Easter Basket Craft for Young Kids, Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, and Moms

CRAFTS MATERIALS THAT YOU WILL NEED:

A box – a shoebox or milk or orange juice carton would work nicely

Pipe cleaners

Construction paper

Scissors

Hole Punch

Glue

Stapler

Crayons or googly eyes

1. First,  cut off or remove the top of your box or one side of your carton. If using a carton, staple the open end closed. Save this discarded piece for your basket handle if desired.

2. Choose one color of construction paper and make sure you have enough for all sides of your box. Cut the construction paper to fit the box and glue to all sides of the outside.

3. Punch a hole in the front of your box. Bend four pipe cleaners in half and stick through the hole, half on the inside of the box, half on the outside. Position the pipe cleaners so they are in place on the outside, and then staple the pipe cleaners into place on the inside. Trim pipe cleaners inside if needed.

4. Draw on eyes, or glue on googly eyes if you have them on hand.

5. For ears, cut out ear shapes from the original color construction paper you used to cover the box. Then cut smaller ear shapes out of pink contruction paper and glue them to the center of the larger ear shapes. Staple ears to the box so they stand up. (Hint: staple pipe cleaner scraps vertically behind the ears to help keep them upright.)

6. If your discarded box top is large enough cut out a 1″ strip and cover it with construction paper to form a handle. Or, simply use construction paper for a decorative handle.

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Easy Origami Heart Paper Folding Origami Craft for Kids

This is an easy paperfolding craft to make with your kids before visiting a grandparent or loved-one who would surely love this *heartfelt* keepsake. It’s also easy to include in a card or letter, since it’s flat. One of the best parts about origami and paper folding projects is that all you need for this crafts project is paper and tape.  Not only will this be a fun arts and crafts activity, but it can also be given to someone that you love as a gift (such as Mom on Mother’s Day or Dad on Father’s Day).

Easy Origami Heart Paper Folding Origami Craft for Kids

Crafts Materials That You Will Need:

A regular piece of rectangular paper, like construction paper
Tape, if desired

1. Create creases by folding your paper in half one way, and then the other, and unfolding again. (There is a lot of folding and unfolding in origami. The crease is the thing, so make sure yours are sharp.)

2. Holding your paper horizontally, fold in the upper left and upper right corners so that the point meets the vertical middle crease. The points will extend just past the horizontal middle crease.

3. Now fold the bottom left and bottom right corners up so that the point meets the verticle middle crease. This should form your paper into a square shape with points facing north, south, east and west.

4. Turn your paper over, and fold the top point down to meet the bottom point. This should leave about a 1″ unfolded section at the top. You should be left with a diamond-like shape as seen above.

5. Fold in the outer left and outer right points so that they appear as small, folded-in triangles, as seen above.

6. Fold in the two top, center points to form a shape as seen above.

7. Tape down folds, if desired, and turn over – you have a lovely paper heart!

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How to Make a Spring Easter Bonnet, Hat, or Flower Crown with Your Kids

An Easter bonnet is a longstanding tradition for little girls in many families – and calling it a flower crown will make any little boy excited to be the king of spring! Explain the history of the Easter bonnet to your children and even teach them the song from Irvin Berlin’s “Easter Parade.” Then, get started!

Easter Bonnet or Flower Crown Craft for Kids : How to Make an Easter Bonnet, Hat, or Flower Crown with Your Children

What you’ll need:

Paper plate – I used one with flowers for a pretty inside trim to my bonnet

Construction paper

Crayons, markers or paint

Ribbon, glitter or tissue paper for embellishments

Scissors

Glue

Step 1: Turn paper plate upside down and color or paint it green.

Step 2: Cut three slits from edge to edge of paper plate, leaving about 1″ margins.

Step 3: Bend the points created by slits upward.

Step 4: Cut out some flowers out of contruction paper or tissue paper. Have your child identify flowers that grow in your yard or you typically see around Easter and draw them, or just be creative and create your own spring foliage!

Step 5: Glue your flowers to the points and add any other decorations you want – like glitter or stickers. I added ribbons down the back of my bonnet.

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Keepsake Easter Eggs Decorating Craft for Kids

Every year, there are a hundred celebrations and events that I want to keep something from.  Sometimes my keepsakes are countless photographs, while at other times, those keepsakes are little toys, pieces of artwork, or a dozen other little things. The main point is that I have something to remember the event by.  Easter, while filled with many photographs, has always been something that I could never keep something from.  Every year, a few days before Easter Sunday, I would break out the eggs and boil them up for dying.  Then my children and I would spend a few hours creating small masterpieces on the eggs.  Unfortunately, hard boiled eggs never last and I would have to throw away everything that had taken so long to make.

That was until I realized that there was a way to keep the eggs without any worry of them becoming rotten and that is what I will share with you today; making your own keepsake Easter eggs.

Keepsake Easter Eggs Decorating Craft for Kids : How to Make These Decorated Easter Eggs with Your Children

Gather all the crafts materials you need:

• Eggs (about a dozen and I prefer to use the large sized eggs)
• Easter Egg Dye Kit
• Bowl
• Needle
• Stickers (optional)
• Vinegar (for the dye)

1.     Before you begin, take a few minutes to wash the eggs since you will need to put your mouth on the shell. This cuts down on any risk of salmonella.

2.    This stage of the project will need to be done by an adult to prevent any injuries.  Once the eggs are washed, take the needle and carefully push it through the tip (or top) of the egg.  Carefully remove a few pieces of shell so you have a small whole in one end of the egg.  Repeat the process with the other end so that you have a hole on both ends of the egg. (Note: This should be the top and bottom of the oval and not the sides of the egg.)

3.   When you have a hole in both sides, insert a long needle into the hole and swirl it around the inside of the egg.  The goal is to break the yolk and remove the membrane from the sides of the egg.  If you miss this stage you won’t be able to clean out the egg.

4.   Wipe off the egg white that has leaked out of the top of the egg and then place your lips around the hole.  Firmly blow into the egg while you have the egg resting over a bowl.  The egg should pour out of the other hole but if it doesn’t, repeat the swirling with needle until you are sure that the yolk has broken.  Continue to blow until all the yolk and egg white is removed from the inside of the shell.

5.    Now that the eggs are ready, wipe off any excess egg white or yolk and set aside.  Prepare the egg dye according to the directions on the package.  (Most egg dyes use vinegar but not all of them do.)

6.   Have your child dye the eggs.  If you want to add layers to the design, you can actually use wax (or crayons) to draw on designs before you dye the eggs.  Once the egg is dyed, you can wipe off the wax to display the design.  When you remove the eggs from the dye, make sure that you allow them to drain completely since the shells will fill up with the dye.

7.   Dry the eggs completely and then finish decorating them with stickers (optional)

On Easter, the eggs can be used for the egg hunt or they can be used to make beautiful decorations.  One of the best things about blowing the eggs before you dye them is that you can use them for crafts, ornaments or you can simply pack them into an egg carton (with your child’s name and the year on each egg) and place them into your keepsake box.

So if you are looking for a way to decorate eggs that you can keep, then this is definitely the way to do it.

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