Craft Activities for Kids

Mango Shaped Picture Frame – Items required: Orange thick fluorescent paper Green glazed paper Any Picture Pencil Paper cutter Scissors Silver sparkle Adhesive    

Making a Model Theatre – Most boys love making a model theatre so that they can produce a play with cut out characters performing the parts. These model theaters give endless entertainment at parties and a great deal of pleasure can be had even by the making of the model. The actual framework of the theatre is best constructed with …

Miss Mouse – Face Painting – Come out of your hole Miss Mouse and show us how to look like you!    

Orange Bar – Items required: Rectangular piece of orange fluorescent paper Cotton Wool Ice cream stick Adhesive Scissors Pencil    

Owl Face Make up – The owl is a night bird with big round eyes. This outfit will certainly surprise your friends!    

Model Shoveha Penny Board – This is a game that has been in vogue for a great number of years and is usually played in the country inn. It is a most fascinating game and can be played by any number of players. Let us make a shoveha’s penny board so that it can be used at your next party. …

Model Theatre Scenery – One of the most essential features of a model theatre is, of course, the scenery. This will make the appearance and form a background and frame for the players and also add very considerably to the entertainment of your audiences. Make all the scenery from white cardboard, not too thick, with the design painted on the …

Making The Case – The next step is to make a cover for the bindings. Take a look at the diagrams and cut two pieces of thick cardboard, about ¼ in. longer than the page and about the same width, B. Now lay both boards on old newspapers and cut a piece of cloth material for the hinge. Make the length …

Making Arrows – The bow you have just made is not much use without the arrows, so here is a description of the manner in which these useful weapons are constructed. Very good arrows can be made from ash or pine wood and should be about 3/8 in. in diameter and measure some 2 ft. in length. You can either …

Making a Stencil – Before you can start printing, you must prepare a stencil to hold the paint back from the parts of the print that are blank. Use ordinary tracing paper of the kind draftsmen favour, not the waxed type. Cut the overall size of the stencil a little smaller than the area of your screen. Now lay the …