Falling Back…

Turn back time tonight, as today is the day most people change their clocks to ‘fall back’ for daylight savings time.  The shorter days, together with cooler weather are sure signs that winter is just around the corner.  Use the themes of time and winter for a couple of fun crafts with the kids:

It’s About Time for a Clock

Supplies:  Cardboard, old magazines and newspapers, aluminum foil, 2 buttons, string, scissors, glue, crayons, hole punch

Directions:  Make clock face- cut circle from cardboard and cover with aluminum foil.  Find newspaper or magazine clippings of the numbers 1 through 12.  Glue each number to the clock face. 

Cut a big hand and a small hand from cardboard.  Colour the hands with crayon, or cover with magazine clippings.  Punch a hole at the end of each hand, where they will be connected to the centre of the clock.  Make a hole in the centre of the clock using scissors (a job for the caregiver!) 

Assemble clock: feed string through hole of first button, then through clock face, then clock hands, then second button.  Loop back around through second hole of top button, then through hands and face, then through final button-hole, tying string together on underside of clock

Handprint Mitten Mobile

Supplies: construction paper, glue, scissors, hole punch, string or ribbon, pencil, decorating supplies such as pompoms, glitter glue, sparkles, stickers, etc

Directions:  trace your child’s hand on construction paper with fingers together and thumb out.  Instead of individual fingers, trace around all fingers like a mitten.  Make 4 or 5 tracings.  Cut out tracings, decorate, and punch a hole at the top or ‘wrist’ part of each mitten.  Cut various lengths of string for hanging mittens on mobile.  Tie one end of each string through each of the mittens, and tie the other end around the pencil.  Loop another string around the pencil, in centre, for hanging.

 

Kitchen With Kids –  Grilled Banana Nutella Sandwich

An easy, yummy, warm sandwich treat for cool days!

1 Banana
Nutella spread
2 pieces of bread
butter or margarine

Spread one piece of bread with Nutella.  The kids can cover the Nutella with banana slices.  Close sandwich and lightly butter outside.  Place in sandwich grill for about 5 minutes.  Let cool until warm, and serve.  

Getting Crafty for Christmas

If you’re sending out Christmas cards this year, check our website for Christmas and Season’s Greetings Card making kits .  You can also subscribe to the Kids Craft Club – a great gift idea for pint sized friends and relatives!

 

Come Get Crafty with Us!

Craft Caravan is sponsoring the ‘Creative Corner’ at Vancouver’s Baby & Family Fair this weekend.  Drop by for some colouring and crafts when you visit Canada place tomorrow!

 

Five Minute Fun – Hibernation Hideout (Cave)

A simple way to pass a few minutes, throw a blanket over a chair or table for an instant cave or tent.  Though not quite a ‘craft’, we just had to remind everyone about this age old game, as our kids get endless amounts of joy out of hiding in their makeshift cave!