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What You’ll Need:

• 25 Corks
• Orange paint
• Green Paint
• Floral Wire
• Felt or Silk Leaves
• Paint Brush
• Glue

We’ll start with 24 of the corks. Start by pouring some orange paint onto a plate or dish and then dip the end of each cork into the paint. Dab excess paint onto a paper towel. Repeat for all 24 corks and then let dry. Repeat the same again on the opposite sides of the corks.

Paint the remaining cork green to make the stem.

Glue the orange painted corks together in rows, which should make five rows. The first and fifth row and have four corks, the second and forth rows have five corks and the middle row has six corks.

Attach all the rows together to form a pumpkin.

Add a stem to the top of the pumpkin, curling the floral wire around a thick paint brush or dowel to create a curly Q vine. Attach the vine, stem and then leaves to the pumpkin.

To make the pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern, use some black paint to make eyes and then a mouth.

We hope you had fun making a jack-o-lantern cork pumpkin, Happy Crafting!

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What You’ll Need:

• Wood blocks
• Acrylic paints
• Small plastic skulls
• Paint pen
• Sandpaper
• Paint brushes
• Glue

Paint two square blocks in a solid colour and then set aside to dry completely. We chose a bright green as it gives a fabulous pop of colour underneath the black overlay.

Paint three small plastic skulls black and then let dry.

While the skulls are drying, paint black on the two blocks to cover the green and let dry.

Paint the base block black and then set aside to dry.

Use some gold paint to dry brush over the skulls. Dry brushing is a painting technique where a dry paint brush is used with a minimal amount of paint. The result is brush strokes that have a scratchy look that lacks the smooth appearance regular painting commonly has.

Use sandpaper or a sanding block to remove some of the black paint to reveal the green underneath, therefore giving them a distressed look.

Stencil numbers onto the Halloween blocks. One block should have numbers 0 through 5 and the second should have 1,2,3 and 0, so every day in the calendar can be read.

On the base block, write ‘Days Til Halloween’ with the paint pen or stencil.

Lastly, glue the skulls to the side of the base in a tower.

Let the countdown begin – we hope you have fun making these Halloween Advent Blocks – happy crafting!

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What do need to make a Father’s Day Handprint Craft?

• Canvas
• Free printable
• Cardstock
• Water based paint
• Brushes – sponge and paint
• Mod Podge
• Scissors

How to make a Father’s Day Handprint Craft:

• Paint the canvas in Dad’s favourite colours.
• Print the free printable World’s Greatest Dad record onto cardstock and cut it out.
• Use a thin coat of Mod Podge to glue the record onto the cardstock. Then, add another thin layer of Mod Podge over the top of the record to seal the cardstock in place.
• Add a bright coloured handprint to the record for an extra touch of love!

Easy World’s Greatest Dad Handprint Craft Tutorial:

Paint the canvas in Dad’s favourite colours. Use a paintbrush, sponge or even finger paint! Set the canvas side to dry completely.

Print the free printable record onto card stock and cut it out.

Using a sponge brush, place a thin (too much on the back will create wrinkles) layer of Mod Podge onto the back of the record and press it onto the canvas.

Spread another layer of Mod Podge over the top of the record to seal the cardstock to the canvas. Set it aside to dry completely.

Once dry, add a handprint to the record to create a fun and meaningful memory.

We hope you loved this World’s Greatest Dad Handprint Craft as much as we do! If you’re looking for more Father’s Day ideas, certainly check out our other crafts and recieps!

More Father’s Day Crafts:

• Papa Bear Handprint Craft with Free Printable
• “Rawr the Best” Father’s Day Kids Craft
• Fun Father’s Day Craft That Kids Can Make
• Easy Garden Markers

Father’s Day Receipes:

• Whiskey Bacon Chocolate Cookies
• Father’s Day Espresso Martini
• Over 40 Father’s Day Recipe Ideas
• The Best Homemade Meatball Recipe

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What do you need to make a Beautiful Egg Carton Wreath for Mother’s Day?

• Egg Carton
• Wood circle
• Scissors
• Paint
• Pom-poms
• Glue gun

How to Make a Beautiful Spring Door Wreath?

First, paint the wooden circle blue, or any colour you prefer! Set the circle aside to dry.

While the circle is drying, cut the cups out of an egg carton, separating them all. Use the lid of the egg carton to make leaves. Cut a leaf shape, then set them aside for later.

Once they are all cut out, cut the cups into flower shapes. We suggest cutting the tops of the cups with deep V’s and others with waves.

Next, paint the cups in bright, lively colours. Set them aside to dry completely.

Once dry, paint contrasting colours on the bottom of each “flower” cup. Set them aside to dry again.

Next, glue colourful pom-poms into each flower.

Then, glue the flowers to the hoop, grouping them onto one side.

Grab the leaves that were set aside and paint them green. Set them aside to dry, then attach them at the end of your flowers and peaking out between the flowers.

Beautiful!

We hope you loved this Egg Carton Wreath as much as we do! If you’re looking for more ways to spoil mom this Mother’s Day, certainly check out our other Mother’s Day crafts, DIY’s and recipes below!

More Mother’s Day Kids Crafts and DIY:

• Nail Polish Marble Mugs
• Easy Garden Markers for Kids to Make
• How to Make a Pea Pod Necklace

Mother’s Day Recipes:

• Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
• Pink Whitney Limeade Drink
• Mother’s Day Tea Sandwiches

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What you’ll need to make Handprint Christmas Art for Kids:

• Canvas
• Paint – gray, white, yellow, black, green, red
• Paint brushes
• Wood circle
• Glue

Start by painting the canvas in light gray. Bigger kids can do this step themselves, but smaller hands may need your help. We painted Baby M’s canvas for him.

Set the canvas aside to dry,

and then paint the wooden or paper circle red.

Now let your little ones get creative! Let them paint with their fingers in white and yellow paint – creating random dots all over the canvas.

You may end up with more splotches than dots – but that’s perfectly ok!

Add your little ones handprint to the red circle, and then let it dry.

Paint a tree branch onto the canvas,

and then paint many small green needles along the branch.

Add black lowlights to some – but not all – of the needles,

and then add some highlights.

Glue the wooden circle to the canvas, underneath your branch.

Paint on an ornament top,

and then a string,

and you’re done! A beautiful holiday keepsake you and your child created together.

We hope you love your Handprint Christmas Art for Kids as much as we do! For more kids Christmas activities, check out our List of the Best Christmas Crafts for Kids, Kids Handprint Ideas, and How to Make Ice Globes.

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What you’ll need to make our Toddler Turkey Art:

• A canvas – we used an 8 x 10
• Painter’s tape
• Water based acrylic paints – we used red, yellow, orange, gold and brown
• Paper in white and yellow
• Sharpie
• Sealer
• Sponge brush or paint brush
• Paper plate or reusable paint palette
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Craft knife

Begin by lightly drawing out a semi-circle in the center of the canvas – this will be the turkey’s head. Next, use a ruler to mark radiating lines out from the center of the canvas to the outer edge.

Cover the turkey’s head with painters tape, trimming the curved edge with a sharp craft knife.

Cut the painters tape into thin stripes and then add the stripes to the canvas where the pencil lines were drawn.

Add more thin stripes of painters tape opposite to the pencil lines – creating a grid like pattern. Uneven lines are perfectly okay!

Create and paint! Lay out paint on a plate and then let your little go wild.

Baby M even got his feet involved!

Let the paint fully dry and then pull the tape off of the canvas.

Use some brown paint to colour in the turkey’s head.

Once this is dry, glue some eyes and a beak cut out from paper (add pupils with a sharpie) onto the turkey’s head.

Cover the canvas with a sealer (like Mod Podge) and then your little masterpiece is done!

We hope you and your littles love our Toddler Turkey Art! For more Thanksgiving fun for kids – check out our Wood Turkey Craft , Thanksgiving Rock Painting Frame, and our Paper Bag Tree Craft. Please share you creations with us on Facebook, Instagram or in the comment section. Happy crafting!

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What You’ll Need:

• Eggs
• Spray paint
• Gold, white and navy paint
• Brushes
• Stamps
• Ink pad

Spray paint some eggs in blue and leave some white. The blue will take a few coats so patience is key here, be sure to let them dry completely between layers. We have a lot of snow right now (and it wasn’t too cold out, spray paint doesn’t like the cold) so we used it as a stand to hold up our eggs, but a block of Styrofoam will work too.

Use an ink pad to stamp multiple pictures all over the some of the eggs. When stamping, gently roll the stamp onto the egg, this will help leave a full image and stop the stamp from slipping. Do half the egg, let dry, and then do the other side.

Paint colour blocks in white or blue onto the eggs and let dry.

Add gold to the eggs in various shapes and stripes.

Display the Easter eggs in a vase, terrarium, or bowl and then let your modern Easter decorating begin. Happy Crafting!

For more modern Easter inspiration certainly check out our Carrot door hanger or find inspiration with Easter decorating ideas here.

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What you’ll need:         

• Orange felt – the thicker the better
• Burlap ribbon
• Coloured thread and needle
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Green paint and sponge

Draw three carrots onto some orange felt and then cut them out.

Use the embroidery thread to make lines through the carrot, add as many lines as you like.

Glue the carrots together at the tops, overlapping slightly, so the carrots spread out. Add some burlap ribbon by piling it on top of itself to create volume.

Add a green bow.

If you like, sponge some light and dark green paint onto the burlap ribbon and let dry, in order to create some depth to the plain ribbon.

Enjoy your new Easter door decoration and Happy Crafting!

Be sure to check out some more of our Easter recipes and tutorials here.

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These little keepsakes are priceless, handprint, footprint and fingerprint art is ALWAYS a great idea.  This print art has it all, the chick is a handprint, the carrot a footprint and finally the bunny is a heal print with fingerprint ears! You really can’t go wrong with these cute Easter critters. Since our carrot was only five weeks old and siblings three and five years, the canvas’s didn’t need to be very big. Certainly use your judgement when selecting the canvas size, you could also have all three characters on one canvas.

Cute Easter Handprint and Footprint Craft Ideas

What you’ll need:

For the Bunny:

• a 4″x 4″ canvas
• yellow, light pink, dark pink and black paint
• child safe white paint
• *optional – pink glitter and glue*

For the Chick:

• a 4″x 4″ canvas
• light green, orange, white and black paint
• child safe yellow paint
• *optional – orange glitter and glue*

For the carrot:

• a 4″x 4″ canvas
• light blue, dark orange, green paint
• child safe orange paint
• *optional – green and orange glitter and glue*

Step 1 – The base coat.   Firstly, using the indicated colours, apply a base coat to your canvas.  You may need to apply two coats, if so allow the paint to dry completely between each coat and once again when thoroughly painted.

Step 2 – The hand/foot/finger print.  Above all, be sure to have plenty of wipes or paper towel handy for clean-up!!  The bunny requires a painted heal and two (or one) painted finger.  The heel should be painted in white paint and then pressed onto the canvas, this will create the bunny’s head/upper body.  Allow this to dry before adding the finger print ears.  Painting one finger is a little easier to maneuver then two.  To create the chick, apply a generous amount of paint to the hand and press onto the canvas, set aside to dry.  The carrot is created by applying a generous amount of paint to the foot and pressing it onto the canvas. Once again, set aside to dry.

Easter Critter Keepsakes.  Fun Kids Craft!

Step 3 – The Details.   Now for the sightly tricky part.  The bunny requires eyes, a nose, a mouth and some whiskers painted in.  Also some pink on the ears to give the bunny some character.  The Chick needs eyes, eyelashes and a beak.  Finally, the carrot needs some darker orange lines painted in to represent the gradations seen on a real carrot and some green on top for the stem.  Paint these details as you see here or create your own character features!

*Step 4 – Optional glitter*   We love everything that sparkles so it was a must to add sparkle to these cute critters.  To create some sparkle, we used some all purpose glue and crafting glitter.  The bunny has pink glitter added to accent the ears and nose, the chick has orange glitter on its beak and finally the carrot has orange glitter along the dark orange gradations and green glitter for the stem.

In short, you will never tire of these Cute Easter Handprint and Footprint Craft Ideas!  If you’re looking for some more Easter critters check out our Cute Critter Treat Jars or if your looking for a beautiful decor piece see these Modern Easter Eggs in a Graphic Pattern. Happy Crafting!

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What You’ll Need:

• Pine cones and acorns
• Paint in cream, light blue and gold
• Gold leafing and adhesive
• Paint brush
• Foam brush

Paint some of the pine cones with the cream paint. Don’t worry about covering the entire cone with paint, we want them to have a rustic look so you can let parts of the wood show though. Paint both the inside and outside of the cones. At the same time, paint the acorns cream.

Repeat with the blue and then gold paint.

Cover the gold pine cones and acorns with the gilding adhesive.

Using a foam brush apply gold leafing.

Whether you hang them on a door or lay them in a bowl, these painted pine cones and acorns are a perfect way to welcome the Thanksgiving season. Happy crafting! For more Thanksgiving decorations certainly check out our Stamped Thanksgiving Napkin Rings.

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