Alphabets using salt dough

Salt dough is super easy and versatile to make - Simply mix the fallowing ( Adding the water gradually )

All purpose flour (or) Maida - 2 cups

Salt - 1 cup

Water - up to 1 cup
Cinnamon powder : 1 Tbsp

My little baby enjoyed measuring the salt and flour into the cups , adding them into a bowl and giving them a good mix together , he is a preschooler , i like him being involved in preparations whenever possible .

Knead it until it forms a dough. don't tempt to add more water, knead it for some more time and you will get it like dough. Take the dough onto work surface and roll it half inch to one inch thickness. 

(i can say like a pizza it should be )

Then i used alphabet cookie cutter to cut the dough into these shapes.

If you have oven then, transfer them onto a baking tray and  put them in the oven at 200F for 2 to 3 hours. In the oven it needs to dry out rather than cook. Turn them once during the drying out process. If they are still doughy after 3 hours, turn off the oven and leave them in there for 3 hours or more until they harden.

If you don't have oven then, just leave them to air dry till they are rock hard. (put them in sun for 2 to 3 hours and its optional)

Once they were dry , it was time to set about painting them . I did this using acrylic paints.

(Or if you just want them single color , you can mix the color in the flour while making the dough)

As i added cinnamon powder to the dough they are giving really nice smell .....

In five simple steps and three ingredients you can create end less crafts , gifts and keep sakes for any occasion.

showel

I just cut a milk carton to get this showel.
The milk cartons are not so hard, you can just cut them using scissors.
I am now using this for my garden.

The idea is from this pic

Happy crafting :)

Disney play house

My baby loves this house that is made by me . 

We moved from one place to another, after movement i am just thinking what can i make with these package boxes and here is the outcome. :) :) :)

I used 

> one large size moving box or card board box .

> one ice cream box and a toilet roll for the chimni of the house .

> Packing tape .

> Acrylic colors and sponge brush.

Okay , first you need to cut one end of the box that is for bottom. Opened bottom for house.
Close the other end of the box - there will be four flaps cut two small ones and close the other two and stuck them to close the top of the house.
Now cut two windows on sides of the house.
Cut open front of the box to make the door.
With all small pieces you have, make two windows and stuck them at the window holes that we made earlier.
with remaining pieces make a roof of the house and stuck them too.
For the main door i made a small hole, so that he can see who is knocking the door :)
Now for chimni i cut an icecream box and stuck, on top of ice cream box i stuck toilet roll.
I just made a fan by sticking two rectangular pieces making a cross - using glue stuck a pen (top part) on back of the fan - bottom part of the pen is kept it the roof. You can rotate the fan (The pen refil will rotate while the pen body is constant)
Then i painted entire house with acrylic colors using a sponge brush.
I stuck some disney stickers around.
The house is ready to use.
It took me a day to make this.... but every day baby plays with it.
Happy crafting :)

Angel

For this Angel i used one toilet roll and i just covered with white paper cut from an A4 and then for the wings i just drew my baby's hands on paper , then cut them and stuck them to the roll at back.

i made a straw flower and stuck it in toothpick and kept them on top of  Angel.

My baby loved making this angel coz the wings are his hands .....
This is fun craft to do with your kids and it will be ready in just ten minutes.
Happy crafting :)

Angry birds

 My kid loves angry birds , so i made these cute little angry birds for him from toilet rolls . For white and black i just cut a paper and stuck it around the roll but for all others i colored them with water colors.... U can use your creativity too and the results are end less......  This will take maximum half an hour of time and kids will enjoy painting and making their own cartoon or toy :)

Happy crafting :) :)

Bunnies

We made these bunnies for easter. We just cut toilet paper rolls and colored them with sponge brush, and then stuck them with white glue. For ears i just gave a little shape by pressing the cut toilet rolls.

You can make theses cute bunnies in ten minutes, and you need one toilet roll for one bunny. 

Scrub

 I made this scrub from the lemon bags / garlic bags / onion bags. I just cut them in 3X6 strips and at the centre i kept one normal rubber band as tightly as i can ... that's all .. dish washing scrub is ready to use :)

You can even use this idea to make a plastic dish scrubbies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dFDPRKGYEo&list=LLn5jt6Zp72knrXa7e1kFCog&index=270


and  here is the video

Octopus

Paint toilet paper roll with your choice of colour in and out. Then cut them all the way around 2" in length . Roll them out side by using a pen . Mark the face with pen. You can make this in couple of minutes and for my kid its like a bangle. He always put his hand in octopus and says octopus caught me :) ;)

Cars

I made these adorable cars from toilet rolls . Take a toilet roll and paint them with your choice of colour. I just used acrylic colours. then take knife and make a square shaped hole in centre. I dint take the cut piece out, i just folded it to one end and stuck them together and it became a resting seat for the car. Made steering with thick sheets . For one car wheels i used bottle caps and for the other one i cut the thick sheets and made wheels , i just stuck them with white glue. I added more some decorations too...... 

These can be done in 10 to 15 minutes and are nice little toys for your kids :)
Thank you, do post your comments !!!

Wall decor butterflies

This is what i made for our light switch. I just took black paper in increasing sizes say from 2x2 to 6x6 and i folded it in half and then i just cut them in butterfly shape then on top of the black paper i stuck color paper, the color paper size is little lesser than the black one. I kept cello tap on back and then stuck them to the wall .

For grass i took green and cut them in irregular pattern in a L shape and then stuck them down to switch board . and with a black paper i cut stripes and then made a cube kind of appearance. 

You can stuck them with glue or cello tape .

This one is so simple to make , you can make this in 15 to 20 mins and adds nice color and craft to your wall :)
Thank you, do post your comments !!!

Salt dough baby foot prints and hand prints

DIY BABY KEEP SAKE 

Salt dough is super easy and versatile to make - Simply mix the fallowing ( Adding the water gradually )

All purpose flour (or) Maida - 2 cups

Salt - 1 cup

Water - upto 1 cup

My little baby enjoyed measuring the salt and flour into the cups , adding them into a bowl and giving them a good mix together , he is a preschooler , i like him being involved in preparations whenever possible .

Knead it until it forms a dough. don't tempt to add more water, knead it for some more time and you will get it like dough. Take the dough onto work surface and roll it half inch to one inch thickness. 

(i can say like a pizza it should be )

I got one hand print and one foot print for the above measurements . 

Once the dough is rolled out, cut it into which shape you want ...

I made hand print just round , so no cutting needed for this , but for the foot print after rolling it i cut it into heart shape .

Once you got your desired shape , its time to get the little baby's foot print or hand print onto the dough . Make really nice impression on the dough.

If you intend to hang it on the wall make holes using straw , you can thread some raffia or ribbon once it has hardened and use it to hang with it.

If you have oven then, transfer them onto a baking tray and  put them in the oven at 200F for 2 to 3 hours. In the oven it needs to dry out rather than cook. Turn them once during the drying out process. If they are still doughy after 3 hours, turn off the oven and leave them in there for 3 hours or more until they harden.

If you don't have oven then, just leave them to air dry till they are rock hard. (put them in sun for 2 to 3 hours and its optional)

Once they were dry , it was time to set about painting them . I did this using acrylic paints.

(Or if you just want them single color , you can mix the color in the flour while making the dough)

Then i threaded them through the holes and knotted it back at the back. Now it is hanging on the wall in our living room .

When the painting done you can use a marker and write anything you like , but i just made impression with toothpick after taking foot or hand print before drying them out.

I used mod podge to seal them , you can even coat them with clear varnish or PVA glue. 

In five simple steps and three ingredients you can create end less crafts , gifts and keep sakes for any occasion. 

This activity is good for :

Sensory : messy and tactile exploration
Motor skills : kneading / squishing / rolling / flattening / poking / squeezing / treading
Maths : Weighing quantities / counting / capacity ( full or empty )
PHSE : Working independently
Creativity : Painting / Modelling / Sculpting

Butterflies

Hi this is my first post in this blog !!!
I love crafting and mostly the ones that are done with paper like origami, paper mache , and so on .....
So ....
Many of us know that a beautiful and colorful butterfly comes from an unappealing worm!

Here are the butterflies that i made with paper. They are so damn easy to make and are very nice decoration to your wall

" You can make one butterfly in one minute  " - this is the most considerable part of making these adorable little butterflies....

I took 12cm x 12 cm colored craft paper
For more natural look i just rolled a black paper and curled them a bit and then glued them on top :)

I made these by seeing it in innova crafts youtube and here is the link for the video .....

https://youtu.be/7vktt9lCgCg

and the video is this one

HAPPY CRAFTING :)