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Home > Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids > Silhouettes Ideas Crafts for Kids
Below you will find many Silhouettes crafts ideas and projects for kids. Find out how to make your own Silhouettes with the following decorations, instructions, patterns, and activities for children
Make Silhouette Self-Portraits for Mom or Dad Gift Craft - Silhouette portraits make a wonderful gift for Mom and Dad for Birthdays or for Mother’s Day or for Father’s Day … and better yet, they are very easy to make. This will make a wonderful keepsake craft for Mom and Dad as they watch you grow up and get to see how small your head used to be in comparison to how you look now (when they look back on it years later).
Camel Silhouettes Portraits : - and scenes cut from paper date back to ancient Greece.
Cameo Brooches : - Here is a really inspirational and unusual Gift idea which kids can make - perfect for Mother's Day or a favorite grandmother! You could also make a key ring or perhaps even a small pair of cufflinks so that Dads and grandfathers could be the lucky recipients, too!
Fingerprint Bright Silhouettes : - Use shadow and light to fingerprint bright silhouettes. What fun with a friend!
Obama Stencil Silhouette : - This fun craft will help you remember this monumental time in U.S. history.
Praying Hands Silhouettes : - Portraits and scenes cut from paper date back to ancient Greece.
Silhouette : - Cut out a special Gift for friends and relatives with this Silhouette craft. Kids can have fun creating silhouettes of one another or grown-ups may choose to craft one for a grandparent or family member.
Silhouette Garland : - When visitors see this garland, they'll recognize the silhouettes as your children and feel special knowing that their names are included as important links in your holiday chain.
Silhouette Picture : - H. Marie explains how to make this shadow picture.
Silhouettes : - These are a really super keepsake Gift kids can make for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Grandparent's Day - or any time, just for fun!
Sweet Silhouettes : - FamilyFun intern Jessye Siciak of Bernardston, Massachusetts, introduced the age-old craft of creating silhouette portraits to her family last Christmas. "It's kind of neat to see where your features came from. I saw that I have my mom's nose!" said Jessye.