Christmas crafts

Christmas is always been my favorite in terms of crafting and displaying them. Its the time of the year where we can display all the crafts  - specially the Christmas tree ornaments. I always like to decorate my home with the crafts I make instead of the store bought plastics.

So I plan to add the Christmas crafts here - and I promised myself to add at least one post a day. So lets see.

The most used items of crafting are the colored papers and clay.

I have learned different way to make clay at home. And I would add posts on how to make different clay with the materials that is easily available at home.

I have some easy card making ideas that I would love to add to the website. It would also help me as a one stop reference for the card making idea.

Till my next post.. happy crafting

Sea Urchin wall decor - diy home decor

Now this one is an amazingly less time consuming diy craft for home decor. It gives a modern look to any wall it is in.. be it living room, family room, entry way. Our friends and family will be definitely taken back with the exciting wall craft.

Sea Urchin diy wall decor

All you need is:

• Styrofoam ball - size depends upon how big or small urchin we need to make
• Wooden skewers
• Spray Paint - golden and black
• A knife
• Scissors
• Glue

How to do:

• Cut the Styrofoam ball into half.
• Cut all the skewers to the desired length using the scissors or wire cutters
• Stick the skewers into the base of the Styrofoam ball - in a circular pattern for a uniform look. The trick here is that insert the skewers into the foam ball to make a hole and then take it out. Apply some glue into the hole and insert the skewers back. This helps in the skewers to stick strongly to the foam.
• Keep inserting the skewers until the look of sea urchin is got.
• More skewers when added, the better it looks. This covers the Styrofoam ball at the base to give a rich look. 
• Paint it using spray paint.

        Suggestion: we can either paint the entire craft with a silver or golden paint.
        Or paint the middle part with black and towards the end of the skewers                  paint it with golden color to give that antique look!

• Add the double sided tape at the base of the Styrofoam ball to be stuck to the wall or even on the table.

The classic wall decor is ready!

And add-on: In case you want to know how the real sea urchin looks like, please check the below picture:

Diya painting workshop

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Fingerprint Art - Easy to do painting with kids

Its holiday for Aadya today and she sat down with the fingerprint pad and a paper. Mama is this one good..? and this one? is all she had in the morning. Mama and Aadya had a good time together creating funny images of animals today.

Trust me it is another craft to make with the kids, it helps in connecting with the little one and understanding more of their thoughts. My experience today morning.

Materials needed:

Fingerprint pad

A4 sheet

Color pens

And lot of imaginations that the little one have... :)

How to: 

Simple press the finger on the ink pad and transfer on the paper. Let the imagination roll and make the creative animals that the kids can think of.

Not just the animals..but a lot of other stuffs like.. insects, flowers, creative arts patterns.. and what not... 100% garuntee that you will enjoy making this one with kids.

Much love!

Vegetable/Fruits stamping art

And its time for a new craft.. How about yet another easy craft with kids involved.
I promise.. like all other crafts, kids will enjoy doing this one too... because it involves colors...and mess.. :)

Materials needed to make vegetable stamping are:
Vegetable of your choice
Knife
Different colors of acrylic paints
Paper/Cloth..based on your preference of what the ultimate product is to be made (greeting card/ a simple drawing/bag.. anything)

How to?:
Cut the vegetable using the knife
Dip the cut vegetable on the paint
Press the colored vegetable on the paper/cloth

Done!
But ensure a newspaper is spread on the surface where the craft is done so that after making the craft, cleaning will be easier. I hope you will have a memorable time spend with the kids making one of the below stamps.

Samples: