Archive for the ‘Styrofoam’ Category
Seder tray
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Craft supplies
Styrofoam tray
Acrylic paint – purple, green, brown; paintbrush
Cotton ball
Varnish or transparent adhesive paper
Directions
Crumple cotton ball tight
Dip it into purple paint and stamp onto tray, making bunches of grapes
Paint brown stems and green leaves
Let the paint dry
Varnish or cover with transparent adhesive paper
Halloween styrofoam spider (s)
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Create a couple so they could be friends! Because of long legs they are so funny movable!
Craft supplies (for 1)
Styrofoam ball
Acrylic paint, brush
Awl
4 chenilles (pipe cleaners)
8 pony beads to secure ‘feet’
2 googly eyes
Red marker
Loaded glue gun
Directions
Paint styrofoam ball desirable color
Make 4 reach-through holes in the ball by sides
Extend chenilles through the holes so you (well, not you but spider) has 4 pairs = 8 legs
Thread beads on the chenilles and curl the ends so they are secured
Curve the legs so your spider has ‘knees’ and ‘ankles’
Hotglue eyes
Draw smile with red marker
Now try to drop him on the table from about 2 feet height and see how funny he can squat!
Airplane
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Craft supplies
1 kitchen towel roll
0.5 white foam sheet
1 styrofoam ball or white pom-pom
White acrylic paint
brush
Craft knife
scissors
black marker
stickers – American (or any other!) flags, round faces
Glue gun and glue stick, or craft glue – optional
Directions
Paint kitchen towel roll white
While it dries draw wings on foam sheet and cut it out (you can use our template here)
Make 2 through cuts for wings with craft knife (adult help needed!) and 1 cut for tail
Draw windows and stick faces stickers over there
Pull the wings through the cuts, settle
Insert tail into the tail cut
Put flags stickers on the wings and tail
Insert styrofoam ball or pom-pom into the ‘nose’ (you may want to secure it with glue)
Now you are ready to take off! Where to?