How to make a Paper Plate Monster

Hi,everyone!!!

Today we will do an activity that little ones in home will love very much!
We'll craft a monster with a paper plate.

With this activity our children will develop their ability to cut and paint with brush.

• For this activity we'll need the following:

Materials:

• Paper plate 
• 6 chenille stripes (orange)
• Acrylic paint (blue)
• Bond paper
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Paintbrush
• Permanent marker
• EVA foam (purple, white & black) 
• Hot glue gun

How to do it:

• First we'll cut the plate in half. 
• Next, we'll trace on the bond paper, the horns, smile & eyes of our monster. Doing this we'll get our templates.

• We'll paint the paper plate with the acrylic paint (blue or any colour you like). Other option is to use a blue paper plate.

• Now, we will trace and cut out on the EVA foam (foamy) the eyes (as it is a monster, it is going to need 3 eyes) and the 2 horns.
• With chenille strips we'll make our friend's hair. For this we'll screw each chenille strip in a pencil.

• When we have all the pieces cut out, we'll begin to glue them all together with the hot glue.
• First we glue the monster's hair and then the horns.

• Then we glue the eyes,and we add some little teeth. Also we draw a beautiful smile. 
• We can add some details to the horns with the permanent marker, (as shown in the picture). 

And voila!!! We have finished a cute little blue monster!!!

Here I show my daughter's monster (which she named MOSI) I hope you like it.

Thanks for reading my blog and until next time!!!

Corazón de Cartulina con Lápiz para Día de los Enamorados * San Valentín*

Hola a todos!!!
En esta ocasion vamos a hacer una manualidad super sencilla la cual puede sacar de apuros a culquier papá o mamá en el Día de los Enamorados o Día de San Valentín.

Es tan facil porque solo necesitas imprimir una plantilla de corazón con la frase que desees y con la cual vas a expresar todo lo que sientes por una persona especial.

Para esta actividad vas a necesitar lo siguiente:

Materiales:

• Impresora
• Cartulina rosa, roja o morada.
• Lapices decorados de San Valentín
• Perforadora
• Tijeras

• Primero vas a imprimir la plantilla de corazón de tu elección con la frase adentro de ella. (ejemplo: "Gracias por tu amistad")

• Luego vas a recortar los corazones y les vas a hacer 2 perforaciones con el perforador, las cuales te van a servir para introducir el lápiz (flecha) en el corazón.

• Y recuerda!!! No olvides escribir la dedicatoria en el reverso de la tarjetita de corazón antes de poner el lápiz.

• Y listo!!!! Ya tenemos un lindo detalle para regalar este Día de los Enamorados.

Gracias por visitar mi blog y hasta la próxima!!! Besos!!!

How to Make Valentine's Cards

Hello everyone!

Soon it will be February and therefore Valentine's Day.
And a good option is to give away little cards as a sign of our love for others.
This time we will make our own cards in which can participate our little ones.

For this activity we will need the following:

Materials:

• Construction paper (red & pink)
• White paper (bond)
• Stickers (or any embellishment we have at home)
• Hot glue gun
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Glue or glue stick
• Scissors

How to do it:

• First thing we need to do is print any image we like on bond paper. (I printed the phrase "Happy Valentine's Day", but can be whatever you like it more).

• We will draw and cut a rectangle on the construction paper (pink or red)  with a card measures. (I cut different sizes of cards. 4 x 6, 3 x 5, & 3 x 3).But this depends on the size you want your cards to be. 
• You're going to cut the phrases you printed on the bond paper, (as shown in the picture).

• Now we will fold in half the construction paper to make our Valentine's card.
• Then, we'll glue the white paper (with the printed phrase) on our card.

• Then we'll start decorating our card with stickers or any paper embellishment that we find at home. I used a paper trim that I had bought last year at the dollar store.

•  For the stickers to have a 3D effect, you can put a little piece of foamy before you attach the sticker to the card.

• And presto! When you finish adding all the details you want, you'll have a beautiful Valentine's card!

• Here I leave other cards that my little daughter and I made, to her classmates and the teacher. 
• And remember!!! The imagination is endless; you just have to dare to create a new project!!!

Happy Valentine's Day in company of your loved ones!

Kisses and more kisses from Julieta!!!

Thanks for visiting my blog and until next time!

How to make a chick with construction paper

Today you will learn how to make a cute chick with construction paper.

It is a very simple and fun craft for our little ones. With this activity they will learn and have fun at the same time.

It is perfect to decorate their bedrooms or to comply with any homework. It can also serve as a birthday invitation or as decoration in any children's party. This is a great project for everyone in the family, or school group.

Supplies needed

·   Construction paper (red, yellow and black

·        Scissor 

·        Color pencils (red and orange)

·        Hot glue gun

How to make it:

• Trace every pattern on white paper and cut out all the pieces. Then trace every piece on its appropriate construction paper color. (Body, beak, legs, eyes and crest).

•  If you want you can highlight all the parts of the chick’s body with  the colored pencils (red and orange), coloring the contour of each piece.

•  When you have all the parts ready, the next step is to glue all the pieces together with hot glue.

• To give a 3D effect put some small pieces of paper before gluing the wings of the chick.

•   The next step is to glue the beak, eyes, legs and crest of the chick.

•    Now add some details to our craft using some white paint as is show in the picture.

 And that it, you’re done!!!! Thanks for whatch my post and see you next time!!!!

How to make a sun with a paper plate

Hi friends,
This time we will make a sun with a paper plate.

One advantage of this activity is that it is very simple and our little ones can participate in the development of our sun , besides that is a very economic activity.

Supplies needed:
* A Paper Plate
* Yellow paint
* Brush
* Yellow construction paper
* Pencil
* Scissors
* Googly eyes
* Black marker
* Glue
* Hot glue gun

How to make it:
1.- Paint the paper plate with yellow paint and let it dry .

2.- Draw and cut the rays of sunlight of our sun on a yellow construction paper . I cut two different sizes of beams, one large and one small.

3.- When you finish cutting all the rays and the yellow paint which you used to paint the sun has dried, we proceed to build our sun.

4.- You will then paste the rays of our sun to the back of our plate, first placing the big rays with the same distance between eachother.

5.- Now you will paste the smaller beams to the plate, which will be in the spaces left between the large rays.

6.- Finally we will form our sun face with googly eyes and a beautiful smile.

If you want you can add some nice red cheeks using a pink colored powder.

Como hacer un sol con un plato desechable.

Hola amigos,
En esta ocasión vamos a realizar un sol con un plato de papel desechable.

Una de las ventajas de esta actividad es que es muy sencilla y pueden participar nuestros pequeñines en la elaboración de nuestro sol, ademas de ser una actividad de muy bajo costo.

Materiales:
* Plato desechable de papel.
* Pintura de color amarillo.
* Pincel.
* Cartulina de color amarillo para los rayos de nuestro "amiguito".
* Lápiz.
* Tijeras.
* Dos ojos grandes móviles.
* Marcador negro.
* Pegamento.
* Pistola de silicon.

Elaboración:
1.- Pintar el plato de papel con la pintura de color amarillo y dejarlo secar.

2.- Trazar y cortar los rayos de nuestro "amiguito" en la cartulina amarilla. Yo corte dos medidas diferentes de rayos, una grande y una mas pequeña.

3.- Ya que tengamos todos los rayos cortados y la pintura amarilla con la que pintaste el sol se haya secado, vamos a proceder a armar nuestro sol.

4.-  Pegaremos los rayos de nuestro sol por la parte posterior de nuestro plato, pegando primero los rayos grandes con la misma distancia de separación.

5.- Ahora llego el turno de pegar nuestros rayos mas pequeños, los cuales van a quedar en los espacios que quedaron entre los rayos grandes.

6.- Por ultimo formaremos la cara de nuestro sol con los ojos móviles y le pintaremos una hermosa sonrisa.

Si deseas puedes añadir unas lindas mejillas sonrojadas utilizando un color en polvo rosa.