My wonderful Twitter friends came to the rescue when I asked about egg carton crafts. They had so many brilliant ideas, but what I discovered was, that with a little bit of instruction, kids' imaginations are the best at taking an idea and running with it.
Ladybug (2 years old) and I invited her cousins over for egg carton crafts last week. And we had a blast!
Our supplies were: egg carton, chenille stems (pipe cleaners), googly eyes, glue, crayons, and scissors. We could have used paint, but I am anti-mess when it comes to my toddler (I'm working on that!), so
The nieces made all kinds of bugs and creepy crawly things. Ladybug enjoyed pulling the legs off all the bugs. I just drew eyes and mouth on them for Ladybug, and the older girls used the googly eyes and chenille stems for mouths.
Little Mama showing off her creations
Drama Queen hard at work
Ladybug trying to be like the big girls
The final product! (Minus the ones Ladybug pulled apart)
Those little bugs are really cute!
ReplyDeleteCute, cute! I may be borrowing this idea today!
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This post was so blissful for me...I remember those days when my kids were young...decades ago!! Loved this post.
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What a cute idea! I'm going to have to try this.
ReplyDeleteSo cute. I might borrow this one too!
ReplyDeleteNote to self - buy some pipe cleaners! This is definitely something I could have both of my boys do.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like they had a lot of fun. Thanks for reminding me about this craft idea!
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Those turned out great and what an easy and inexpensive craft. I know we did these when I was a kid but you forget, you know?
ReplyDeleteTheir projects are adorable!
ReplyDeleteCute; I will have to share with my daughter. There is a highlights mag for young kids 2-4 or 3-4 that my grand daughter enjoys and that has lots ideas too ;-)
ReplyDeleteMy daughter tried this idea in making an addition to a mobile that she and her daughter have been working on ;-)
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Those are so cute! We did similar ones at the library craft hour. We are proudly displaying L's caterpillar on our bookshelf.
ReplyDeleteHi Heather, thanks for visiting my little blog! I hopped on over from Blog Hop and poked around a little. I have to say that I love love love the look of concentration on Ladybug's face as she works so hard to be like her big cousins. Too cute!
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