Friday, June 2, 2017

Recycle yogurt containers to make beautiful crafts

Yogurt containers are perfect for creating a myriad of crafts for children. Due to their small size and tough plastic, they are ideal for creating toys and all kinds of decorations that children will love. Look at all these nice ideas:

Some useful tips:

*** To create some objects or toys you can use foamy eva instead of cardboard as it is more resistant
*** Take advantage of some of the packages that come in colorful presentations and so You will not have to paint them
*** To glue use hot silicone .



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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Use plastic lids to create fun crafts

Lids that come in plastic bottles can be used in countless ways to create fun projects and crafts especially for children.



















Funny creations using paper hands

Simply cut figures of hands on any kind of paper or cardboard to start creating beautiful ornaments in this activity especially made for children.
The procedure is quite simple: cut out the silhouette of the hands on any kind of paper. You can use it from cards, to tissue paper or sheets of magazines. Once you have cut many of these hands, glue them on a cardboard base until completely cover the part that you want to fill. Use white glue or adhesive pencil to glue.








Create beautiful souvenirs in the shape of a shoe.

With this template you can create beautiful boxes with the shape of baby shoe that you can use as a small gift or souvenir in a baby shower or christening.

Materials: Plain or printed cardboard, sticky glue or adhesive pencil. Optional to decorate: ribbons, bows, buttons, fabric flowers, etc.

Process:
1.- Save the included template at the end of this post. Enlarge it, print and cut.
2.- Use the template to draw it on the cardboard. Cut out all the pieces (the base of the shoe is cut twice)
3.- Assemble the shoe folding and gluing all around the edge of one of the bases.
4. Once the shoe is ready, insert the other base and stick it on the other,
5.- Close the shoe and decorate to your liking using slats, buttons, flowers, etc.