I have a really special craft for you today.  I am going to show you how to make an All Colors are Beautiful Martin Luther King Craft.  This craft is meant to remind all of us how no matter the color of the skin that people are the same and should be treated equally.  That is what Martin Luther King represented.  In this craft you will draw a picture of yourself, copy it and color each picture with different colors.   The craft turns out beautifully…. and should be hung up this Martin Luther King Day.  So, let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

Large piece of Cardboard, Paper or Poster Board

Paper

Pencil

Photocopier

Glue

Crayons or Markers

Step 1

Draw a picture of yourself.

Step 2

Make 3 photocopies of the picture and glue them on a big piece of cardboard or paper…. like this.

Step 3

Now color each picture with different colored skin, hair, background, shirt…

…. like this.

Doesn’t this Martin Luther King Craft turn out just amazing?!  It really gets the idea across that you are beautiful no matter what color skin, hair or clothes you wear.  You still are the same person inside.  Please let me know how your Martin Luther King craft turned out by posting your picture in the comments below.  I would love to see it.

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This is a really cool toy idea…one that can be changed for a lot of different variations of moving toys. This is an air ship / space ship zip line moving toy. Find out how to make this zip line toy that zips and moves, by reading the step by step, illustrated instructions below in our crafts project tutorial. Have fun.

How to Make a Mini Zip Line Moving Toy Crafts Idea for Kids

Crafts Materials Needed

-Poster Board
– Paper Clips
– Sewing Bobbin
– Paste
– Staples (optional)
– Balloons (optional)
– Tape (Optional)

This is a labeled image of the craft that we are going to be making today. Find the more detailed instructions below.

Step 1

The dimensions of the poster board are just a suggestion…use any size that you have. Roll poster board into a tube shape and glue and staple. If you don’t have staples…just use glue.

Step 2

For the cone shapes at the end of our air ship, use a paper plate (or any type of disposable plate). All you have to do is cut a triangle in the plate and the fold like you see in the image below. You can also cut out triangles on the ends of the plate … but not necessary if you are in a hurry.

Step 3

Fold the paper plates into cones and paste them to the poster board. At the top of the poster board I start showing you how to make the wheels for the zip line. Detailed instructions are below.

Step 4

Take a paper clip, thread it through one side of the bobbin and then bend it OVER the bobbin and around it to form a letter ‘J’ like you see in the illustration above.

Step 5

Now take the ‘J’ part of the paper clip and thread it through the poster board and bend it over to make sure that they stay fastened to the air space ship.

Step 6

If you have balloons, tape them to the top of the airship. Now just take string / cord and attach it to two different places….one of the attachments should be higher than the other attachment. Make sure that the string is taught (tight). Now just put the bobbins on top of the string and let it go for a lot of fun!

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