Time spent inside on a rainy or cold day can quickly become very frustrating especially if you have bored children in the house. Fortunately there are a wide variety of crafts and activities that you can do with your children …[Continue]
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Paper Clip Animals
Even simpler an idea is to simply mold paper clips into animal shapes. You can do this in a number of different ways but one suggestion is to use a coloring book picture (or any simple picture) as a template …[Continue]
Stuffed Animals
Only slightly more advanced than making paper bag puppets, making stuffed animals is simple to do but can have a big impact if you chose to use the stuffed animals in your home or if you plan on giving an …[Continue]
Country Puppets
When you think of the country there are a few things that come to mind. For many people, country life includes animal life. The country lifestyle is one that typically includes such things as farm animals, barns and fresh food …[Continue]
Bat Shapes
You can use these same principles of how to make a basic bat shape and apply them to a number of different crafts. For example, you can cut the bat shape out of felt and adhere it to a sweatshirt. …[Continue]
Bat Treat Cups
Everyone loves to get and give treats on Halloween, this bat craft provides a new way of distributing treats in a hand-made bat cup. To make this treat cup all you will need is a cup (you could also use …[Continue]
Bat FInger Puppets
Bat crafts make for a fun activity all year round but most people are drawn to the bat during the month of October. Undoubtedly, Halloween celebrations throw bats into the spotlight. You too can benefit from the diversity of bat …[Continue]
Puppets (Bag and Finger)
Paper bag puppets are probably the simplest type of puppet that you can make. To start, you will need a paper bag and some construction paper or crayons/markers. Cut out facial features and attach them to the face (the bottom …[Continue]
Sacky Hats
Grocery paper bags can make great hats. Depending on the size of the bag and the size of the head that you are fitting it for, you can either fit the bag on your head as it is or you …[Continue]
Puppets
What could be more classic than the paper bag puppet? Paper bag puppets are easy and fun to do. You can enhance your paper bag puppets by also using construction paper to add more detail to the figures that you …[Continue]
Party Favors: In The Bag!
Paper lunch sacks are great party favor bags. Just use some fun ribbon to close the bag with all your treasures inside. It is inexpensive and kids don’t really care about how decorative their bag is anyway, it is what’s …[Continue]
Stuffed Characters
You can add dimension to a flat paper bag by stuffing it and using the shape to create a character. One character that you can make by stuffing a paper bag is a whale. All that you do is paint …[Continue]
