Puppet Master – February Kids Craft Club
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Chinese New Year Crafts, Valentine’s Day Crafts from the Kids Craft Club! If you’re not already in the club, there’s ten days left to subscribe for this craft package.
In China, the lunar new year will be celebrated with Chinese New Year on February 3rd. Dragon dances and lion dances are often part of Chinese New Year celebrations. Make your own dancing puppet this month with the Kids Craft Club . Just like the ones you see on parade, make your brightly coloured puppet shake and shimmy from head to tail! Then make a ‘hearty’ Valentine’s box that will be just what you need to collect Valentines from friends and family! |
Subscribe by January 23rd to receive this craft package at the beginning of January.
Make Valentines Cards – It’s only a Month Away!
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Yes it’s true, the next exciting kids ‘holiday’ is a mere month away. Instead of getting caught at the last minute, scribbling names onto Valentine’s cards, choose one of our Valentine Card Making kits for immediate shipping, so that your kids can work on their one of a kind Valentines well in advance of the big day! Choose ‘Critters’ or ‘Construction‘ themed cards in packages of 8 cards with matching envelopes, or 24 mini cards for the whole class. |
Simple Party Planning with Themed Party Crafts
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Planning a party in winter can often seem burdensome – the Christmas holidays have just ended and are usually exhausting for parents and caregivers. Make your winter party planning a little easier by choosing one of Craft Caravan’s New party crafts. Whether you’re planning for a houseful of super heros or a palace of princesses, our party crafts will make your party a little more simple to plan, and a lot more fun for the kids!
**Your party crafts can be personalized with bright letters to spell the name of each child! Your party guests will love decorating a craft with their name on it
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Crafty Idea – Message in a Bottle
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This is a fun craft idea for a special Valentine or just ‘because’, and it’s a great way to repurpose your recyclables too!
Supplies: clean jar or bottle from the recycle bin, coloured tissue paper, glue, scissors, piece of writing paper, something to write with, ribbon, sponge or cotton swab To prepare: Make sure your jar is clean and dry before starting. Pour a small amount of glue into a shallow bowl or old plastic lid. You may want to thin the glue by mixing 2 parts glue with 1 part water, for easier application. Cut tissue into squares that measure about 5cm x 5cm (2” x 2”). |
Decorate your bottle: Dip your sponge or cotton swab into glue and dab onto a small area of the bottle. Cover glue with tissue. Dab another area with more glue, and add new tissue squares. Continue covering small patches of the bottle with glue and then tissue until the bottle is entirely covered with tissue. If there are any dry corners of tissue that are not entirely stuck to the bottle, simply dab a little glue on top and press into place.
Tip: Your finished bottle doesn’t have to be perfectly smooth! You can give your bottle more texture by placing tissue onto the glued area and then pushing tissue onto itself, creating some bumps.
Write your Message: put a special message on your writing paper, roll up the paper, and tie it with a ribbon. Carefully insert the message into your bottle so that it’s possible to pull the message out again. Give your message in a bottle to someone special
Crafty Idea – Heart Book Mark
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Here’s a simple craft idea that your kids can make for their favourite bookworm. Pop it in an envelope and put it in the mail as a special Valentines surprise!
Supplies: red, pink, or other construction paper, decorating supplies, scissors, glue, ribbon of any width and ~15 cm in length |
Cut two medium sized hearts from the construction paper and decorate the hearts. If you’re giving the bookmark to someone, you may want to write a special message on the hearts. Once the hearts are decorated, put the end of the ribbon at the point of one heart so that it hangs down from the heart. Glue the second heart on top of the first, so it catches the end of the ribbon in place. Cut two small sized hearts and sandwich them at the end of your bookmark. You’re finished!
Card Kit Giveaway – Construction Valentines Card Making Kit
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Congratulations to Visakha, who won this month’s card making kit draw from our homepage! We’ll be contacting Visakha by email to get shipping information for your Valentines Card Making Kit! You can enter next month’s draw here.
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