Barnyard Babies – May Kids Craft Club

Spring is full of new life, which means the barn yard will be full of wobbly legs and new little voices. Use this month’s craft supplies to fashion your own baby barn yard animals – whether it be a calf, a lamb, or even a little foal, your pretend barn yard will soon be full of little animals learning to walk under the watchful eye of their proud owner – you!

Subscribe by April 23^rd to receive this craft package at the beginning of May

Just Arrived! Our New Website!

We’ve updated our website to make it easier for you to use, and we’re excited to know what you think! Take a look at our new site here. Leave us a comment, and also visit our new blog to stay connected with new crafts and activity ideas more regularly! (Note – we updated our newsletter format as well)

Some things we hope you’ll enjoy on the new website:

dedicated Kids Craft Club and Card Kit sections with information about upcoming projects and how the kids craft club works
a new partnerships area for groups, fundraising, and preschools
a resource section for craft videos, articles, FAQ and other info
links to our new blog, facebook, and twitter
a map illustrating the cities that have Kids Craft Club members – you live from coast to coast!!
new pictures of us in our About Us page, thanks to our Crafty Girl and Crafty Boy

Crafty Idea – Twiggy Blossoms

Make a Twig blossom with tissue flowers!

Supplies: twig or branch (found on the ground), small tissue squares in pink or white, glue

Directions:

Make sure that the twig you’re using is dry
Dab a drop of glue onto the twig. Pinch tissue together around the twig, gluing it together and scrunching to make it look like a blossom.
If wrapping the tissue around the twig is too difficult, simply scrunch tissue and stick into the glue on the twig
Repeat with tissue squares up and down the length of your twig branches so that your twig is now in full bloom
Display in a vase or bottle

Crafty Idea – Name That Monster

If you met a monster with the same name as you, what would it look like? Make your monster to find out! Thanks to our Crafty Girl’s school teacher for this fun idea!

Supplies: construction paper or other paper, pencil crayons, crayons, or markers, decorating supplies such as googly eyes, pompoms, yarn, fabric pieces

Directions:

Fold your paper in half, lengthwise
Print or write your name across the entire length of the paper, making sure that the folded edge is at the bottom of your name
Cut the paper around the tops of the letters of your name
Open the paper up, and turn it over so that your name is underneath. Now you have your monster body (see photo)
Decorate your monster by adding a face, colouring, and/or using decorating supplies.
Just like you, every monster will be unique!