Hands On Crafts for Kids

By Mary Ayres

Main supplies:

6” Square cork sheet – ¼” thick
4 Forster® jumbo craft sticks
Pacon® foam sheet – green
10 Pacon® 5mm wiggly eyes
Delta Ceramcoat® acrylic paint – black, brown

Optional supplies:

Fiskars® KidZors™ shark paper edgers
Magnetic strip

Basics supplies:

Paintbrushes
Fine tip black marker
Glue
Scissors

Instructions:

1. Paint jumbo crafts sticks brown. Let dry.
2. Draw wood grain lines on sticks with black marker.
3. Glue sticks around edges of corkboard square, placing 2 sticks on opposite sides first and then place remaining 2 sticks on top of ends of previous sticks.
4. Draw five bugs on green craft foam sheet with black paint or marker, leaving enough space between them to cut leaf shapes out around them. Let dry.
5. Cut out leaf shapes around bugs, using paper edgers. Glue 2 wiggly eyes to the head of each bug. Glue craft foam leaves randomly on top of jumbo crafts sticks.

Optional:
1. Adhere magnetic strips to the back of the cork board and hang on a refrigerator or school locker. Or, glue a saw tooth hanger to the center top back and hang on the wall.