Some fun craft ideas! Wise Old Owl This wise old owl uses up some recycled waste materials to create a loveable character! Draw an owl shaped outline onto card. An old brown envelope ripped up creates feathers – glue on to body. Some newspaper rolled up for two big bright eyes. Add a yellow paper triangle for the beak and two drinking straws for legs!!

Check out YouTube ‘One Little Owl’ – Family Sing Along – Muffin Songs

Beautiful Butterfly Fold a long pipe-cleaner in half and curl over the top sections to make antennae. Fold a sheet of kitchen paper like a fan. Put the pipe-cleaner on top of the middle of the kitchen paper and fold over to hold in place. Add two stick-on google eyes. Kitchen paper is available in patterns and coloured sheets or add some felt tip splodges and dotty patterns! X-ray Hand Draw around a Squirrel’s hand with white chalk onto a piece of black paper. Stick on all white cotton buds to make bones! – phalanges & metacarpals! If you want to have some fun finding out about bones check out Super Simple Songs ‘The Skeleton Dance’ on YouTube or Kid’s Health Topics – ‘Your Wonderful Hands’ on www.cyh.com Why not make a skeleton on an A4 sheet of black card using all white cotton buds and a ‘skull’ cut from white paper!! Some spooky fun for Hallowe’en!! Bring your skeletons to life by reading some of the FunnyBones stories by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. A Wee Cup of Tea Fun to make and a delicious sweet treat! Place a marshmallow (narrow end downwards for the cup) on top of a party ring (this is the saucer). Put a big size chocolate button (represents the tea) on top of marshmallow. Stick everything together with icing (ready made in a tube is handy) or blobs of melted chocolate. Make a cut in the side of the mallow and push in a polo mint or fruit polo (the cup’s handle). Enjoy your cuppa!!

Glitter and Glue Decorate paper plates with feathers, cut-outs, stick-on jewels and collage materials to make masks or wall decorations. Cover a polystyrene egg shape with glue and roll in sparkly glitter – insert a bamboo stick into the base to make a pretty decoration for a springtime plant pot! Cover a polystyrene ball shape with stick-on gems, attach some pretty ribbon for a unique Christmas bauble! Polystyrene shapes are available from craft departments or mail order from BakerRoss – www.bakerross.co.uk Christmas Napkin Holder Cut out the 3 templates in coloured felt, foam sheet or strong paper. Cut ‘slit’ in both star petal shapes – place the two stars on top of each other – opposite ways – ensure that the ‘slits’ are above each other. Cut out the ‘bone’ shape, fold in half and push the folded end backwards through the slit. Open the ‘bone’ ends at the front of the flower, like the wings of a butterfly. Decorate the petals with stick-on jewels for a little bit of Christmas glitz! The loop of the ‘bone’ behind the star petal shapes can be secured to the back of the petals with a piece of tape. Roll a dinner napkin and pop through the loop. Bon apetit!

Christmas Napkin Holder Templates

Funny Bunny Mask Create this bunny mask for Easter time or use with rabbit themed stories!

ü I Want a Cuddle – Malorie Blackman – Orchard Picture Books ü Babbity’s Big Bad Mood – M Christina Butler – Little Tiger Press ü Carrot Soup – Oakley Graham – Top Hat Publishing

Farmyard Friends Masks Leaders can cut out the eyeholes with small sharp curved blade craft scissors or leave the eyes intact and stick a large sized lolly stick on the back with a sticky fixer!