This Winter activity is quick, easy and a lot of fun.  It helps the little ones to develop their hand eye co-ordination skills and, if you’re so inclined, you can use it to teach older children about symmetry.  Or you can just have fun making pretty Winter  snowflakes to hang around the house! You can hang snowflakes on your windows, doors, or walls to decorate for Winter time fun.

Easy to Make Paper Snowflakes for Winter That You Cut Out of Paper

Easy to Make Paper Snowflakes Arts and Crafts Activities for Kids for Kids, Teens, Preschoolers

Craft materials required:

• Squares of paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Glitters, sequins, etc

1.  Fold your square of paper in half, and then in half again. Rinse and repeat. Be sure you leave the square thin enough to cut.

I like to round off the corners; it gives the final product a more snowflake-y look.

2. Cut out different and interesting shapes and designs.  Be careful about cutting too much from the joins.  Unfold… oooh, pretty!

3. Use your glitter and sequins to decorate your snowflake.

These look great grouped together on black cardboard – or, you could thread some ribbon through the top corner and hang it on your tree:

Experiment with different shapes and colours.  Before long, you’ll be walking in a winter wonderland!

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No Christmas tree is complete without a beautiful angel placed on top.  This craft gives your children the opportunity to make their own Christmas angel ornament / Christmas tree topper.

Easy Angel Christmas Tree Topper to Make : Arts & Crafts Ideas for Kids

Easy Angel Christmas Tree Topper to Make : Arts & Crafts Ideas for Kids, Teens, Preschoolers

Craft materials required:

• 1 large clothespin
• 1 toilet roll
• Wrapping paper or material
• White cardboard
• Magic Markers
• Glitter, sequins, etc (for decoration)

1.  Cut vertical slits (a couple of inches long) along the bottom of your toilet roll.  This will help the angel to stay in place once you’ve put her on the tree.

2.  Using the toilet roll as a guide, cut a rectangle from your wrapping paper or material that is a little longer than the roll, and that will wrap around it easily.  This will be the angels dress. Then, spread glue along the inside of the top of the toilet roll (the end that hasn’t been cut) and attach the paper or material.

You may need to leave a gap at the back (otherwise, the ‘dress’ will not sit right.)

3.  Next, we will make the angels body. Use your Magic Markers to draw a face and hair on the top part of the clothespin (everything from the split down will be hidden, as you will soon see.) I’ve given mine long brown hair and bangs, just like me!

4. Attach the clothespin to the inside of your toilet roll.

5. The only thing missing now are her wings. If you’re planning on using a lot of glue or paint, it’s usually a good idea to do this part first and work on the rest of the angel while the wings dry.

Fold your cardboard in half and draw one half of the wings (a quick Google search will bring up templates for this if you’re not much of a drawer!)

6.  Cut out, unfold and decorate.

(That green blob is supposed to be a star – it’s been awhile since I’ve used glitter glue!)

7. Attach your wings to the angel’s body and voila! A beautiful angel for your Christmas tree:

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How to Make Spooky Halloween Eyeballs – I’ve Got My Eye On You!

Cobwebs and spiders are okay, but if you’re looking for really scary Halloween decorations, try leaving some of these eyeballs around the place! Today we will be making these creepy eyeballs that will gross all of your friends out. The easy arts and crafts instructions for making these gross eyeballs can be found below. Have fun!

Crafts Materials Needed:

• Ping pong balls
• Balloons in red, purple and dark blue
• Permanent markers
• Glue
• Scissors

1.) Draw a large circle on your ping pong ball (you may find it easier to use a circular template about one inch in diameter.)  In the middle of this circle, make a large black dot.  This will mark the eye and pupil.

2.) Color in your eye. Encourage children to use their imagination! The best thing about this craft is that it’s quick and simple, so they can make several different colored eyes.

3.) Cut your balloon horizontally to make two pieces. Trim the ends.

4.) Next, cut those pieces into short, thin strips. Don’t worry about neatness or uniformity – the rougher they are, the more realistic the final product will look!

5.) Attach the balloon strips randomly to the back of your eyeball.

6.) Finally, using a red marker, draw squiggly lines leading from the iris to the ‘veins’ at the back to make your eyeball look bloodshot.

Here’s one I prepared earlier:

Try leaving these creepy eyeballs around your house at Halloween to really freak out your guests!

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