This craft is easy! All you have to do is get some craft sticks and markers. (HINT use permanent markers.) Draw clothes, eyes, hair, and faces on your sticks.
You can write their names on the back.
You can use them as bookmarks. Or you can use them for dolls or puppets.
This week I looked at my Sculpey clay and realized that I had a whole bunch. I wanted to make something, but I didn't know what. I asked my mom if she could find some instructions for making Sculpey critters. She found this good website, but it didn't have many animals on it. Then something caught my eye; a nativity. I immediately ran back to my room and started sculpting.
This is the whole nativty.
Tips for how to make your animals--
Ears are very fragile. As you can see, my donkey's ear is broken. So when you make the ear, make it as thick as you can.
The shepherd gave me trouble. I had to redo his face about three times. But don't give up because you will get it right eventually. For the sheep, I only made horns because making the ears made me so frustrated. I should've followed my own tip -- keep trying.
Jesus was kind of tricky because I didn't know how to make the straw in his bed. First I tried a flat yellow oval in the manger. It did not work. It looked like a blanket, not straw. So I made little balls and flattened them for straw.
Overall I thought my nativty was pretty good. Have you ever made a nativity? If you have, please comment. I'd love to use your ideas.
I wanted to make my own Guess Who game because there were not enough girls in the game. This is how I did it.
First, I measured how big the cards inside the rack were. And then I made gridlines that same size on a piece of paper. Then I drew 24 faces inside my grid. I also wrote a name for each face. My mom scanned my pictures and printed out three color copies on cardstock. One was for the red game rack, one was for the blue game rack, and one set was for picking up the cards. We cut apart the squares and put them inside the game racks.
Tips -- Don't let there be a single person with a unique characteristic. For example, at first Brandon was bald. Then I realized there was no other bald person. So I quickly grabbed the black marker and gave him hair. But then I realized that he actually had a brown beard!
Tip -- Be sure to color clearly and dark so that the scanner can pick up everything. For example, Lily's red lips did not show up.
This pet shop diorama was very tricky to make because I needed a lot of toothpaste boxes (and one mooncake box). I had to do these things to the boxes in order to make animals:
cut the ends of the boxes
cover them with paper
color the paper
attach pieces together (like the head for example).
I cut up rafia to make the hamster's bedding.
The cat the hardest because I ran out of toothpaste box ends. I had to make my own shapes. That was not easy. I used a piece from the middle of the box and then used another piece of cardboard to cover up the open end. I first tried glue, but that did not work. Then I tried tape, and THAT worked.
I had another idea to make a turtle, but I totally ran out of boxes. So I decided to do that when I had more boxes.
This craft is fun and simple. And in the end, you can put the fish in a diorama or make a background or something else. I chose to make a background.
Watch this video and the second one to figure out how to do it. Don't worry. My video is simple. A special thanks to Emily. She is the one who sent me the tissue paper and gave me the link for this craft.
I had a kitten named Tildy. (She is the one in the picture.) Then I bought another white kitten named Louie. Louie got sick with feline leukemia. He was vomiting and having seizures, so we had to put him to sleep.
When Tildy started eating less and being less playful, I was afraid she caught the disease from Louie. Then she started to have seizures too. So we put her to sleep too.
I was very sad and it took me a while to get over it.
The vet who put my two kittens to sleep called my dad and said, "I have a free kitten for you." I was expecting a four month old kitten. But I had a big surprise in store for me. It was not even two weeks old! The vet said that she was found in an apartment complex with no mother cat. So he took her in and decided to find a home for her. Then he remembered us.
I was thinking, "This cat is too small. It will die without its mother!" It kept on meowing. When I picked it up, it stopped. So I felt that this was my kitty! We have been nursing her with a bottle. I hope when she grows up she is loyal because I gave her a lot of special treatment.
I went to Hong Kong Disney and decided to make a scrapbook. So I got out all my supplies and started.
Here are some of my finished pages. Stitch is my all time favorite as you can see because I wrote it.
Ariel is my favorite Disney princess. But she's not at Hong Kong Disney. She is on a float in the parade, but you can't get your picture with her or meet her.
Lillian is my Build a Bear. She wanted to have a blog, but I told her she couldn't. She asked me over and over, but I still told her no. Finally she asked if she could post on my blog. I said, "Okay, but just once." But I think I might let her do it a couple of times. What do you think? Should Lillian write more posts? Or should she only have this one chance?
Hi, everybody! I'm going to teach you how to make a necklace even though most of you already know. But before that, I want to show you what happens when you put your nose into a bag of ribbon.
Sprite went to a ribbon store and I found her bag of ribbon. I thought it was interesting, so I started nosing through it.
And then I "accidentally" fell into the ribbon bag. Oops!
As you can see, it wasn't a very pretty sight when I came back up! Well, I think it actually was pretty ribbon but all the tangles were not pretty.
And then I fell over. And that was a real mess!
Now for the necklace craft! First of all, you will need thread. You can use any kind -- stretchy or not stretchy, colored or clear. You need sharp scissors as well.
These are the kinds Sprite bought, so I used them.
I found a really awesome bead, and I threaded it onto the stretchy thread.
I couldn't decide whether I wanted another heart bead or a pink oval bead.
Once you get all the beads on like you like them, you have to tie a knot. I had to have Sprite help me because I don't have very many fingers.
I am being arrested by a necklace. Ha ha ha. Oh my, I think this necklace is little too tight.
Ahh.... lots better. It makes a perfect tiara!
This is my sister Snowy. She likes crafts. I taught her how to make the necklace just like I taught you. Gotta go now, Sprite just came home from the yarn shop. I think I see a bag left alone.
My mom and I went to Spotlight, a huge craft store. We found lots of things there. I found some Sculpey clay molds and some colored clay. Mom said I could choose five colors and one mold. But I decided I would need six colors to make the family. So my mom said, "Okay, one more. But no more after that."
The girl in this picture was a tricky one. I had to try to make her twice until I could make her this good. I learned the secret while I made the boy. You have to put the mold with the clay in it into the freezer for one minute and then the clay will come out easier.
The mom's feet are kind of deformed because the shoes are too big. The dad was probably the easiest because I didn't have to use too many colors for him.
I baked them and thank goodness Mommy didn't burn them. Last time I tried to make a little girl, Mommy accidentally burned it and it looked like a demon doll. Mommy says it does not, but I says it does too. I probably will put these dolls on my desk and show them to my friends instead of playing with them.
My mom, her friend, and I went to a craft market. And we bought a whole lot of ribbon. There were all types of ribbon. My favorite kinds were the rainbow and the pink.
Here is a picture of all the ribbon we bought. We will use some of this for a Disney scrapbook. Later I will post pictures of the scrapbook.
At the market, there were also beads and buttons. We bought two grab bags of beads. Inside we found all sorts of beads. We found a very very big, clear bead that was in the shape of an elephant.
There were also sequins and feathers. We could not find a grab bag of feathers, so we bought a few bags.
All these supplies mean more crafts for you to learn. So stay tuned!
I was playing with some blank business cards and designed these pretend business cards.
For this craft you will need:
blank business cards (or cardstock cut to size)
adhesive foam squares (or tape loops)
colored scrap paper
scissors
markers
stickers or rubber stamps
Step One
Write your imaginary business name and phone number on the card.
Step Two
Cut out shapes that represent your business. (For a bakery, you can cut out loaves of bread. For a dog kennel, you can cut out a dog's head.) Make 2-3 layers of each shape so you can make the card look 3-D. If you want to, you can make the bottom shape a little bit bigger. Or you can make them all the same. But try to make them all about the same size or else it will look wacky.
Step Three
Layer the shapes with the adhesive foam. For example, one flower, one square of adhesive foam, a flower, a piece of adhesive foam, etc. Use another piece of adhesive foam to stick your 3D shapes onto the business card.
Step Four
You can decorate your business card with stickers, rubber stamps, glitter.
This is craft is good for playing shopping with your friends.
We went to an animal museum where we saw the biggest dinosaur bones. I was very fascinated with the dinosaur bones. In fact, I was so engrossed that I didn't have time to pose for a picture.
We found a gi-mungous claw. Gi-mungous means gigantic. I thought the claw was very, very cool. My hand was as big as the claw.
Wow! That dinosaur sure has big feet! My whole body could fit into that footprint.
I thought this was very cool because the snake skeleton has so many ribs.
This is the second floor. There were a lot of butterflies on this floor. Mommy took a lot of pictures of these. But I will only show one. The white ones with the orange tips are my favorite.
I think the museum was not yet finished on the second floor because the stuffed animals were not in cases. I thought that this dog looked very freaky. Wherever I walked, it seemed to be looking at me.
I thought this dog was the freakiest because of its mouth being a little open.
I thought the lemurs were funny. I like lemurs, so I waited until no one was there and I petted them.
Then I started to get the courage to touch a bunch of other things like red pandas.
My favorite big cat is the tiger, so I immediately ran over to it and hugged it.
This turtle is very huge, but I think I've seen bigger.
This yak's fur was so coarse I didn't even like petting it.
Mommy noticed this little cub. I couldn't help but hug it and kiss it!
We went to the zoo! I think the cutest animal was the red panda. And I think that on my birthday, I want to go to the panda zoo. The reason I like red pandas so much is that they are so playful and adorable.
I like zebras. The only problem with these zebras is that they kept moving so I couldn't get a good shot of them. But this is the best shot.
The white tiger was even worse. He was pacing the whole entire time. My favorite big cat is the tiger, and especially a white tiger, so I took a thousand pictures. They weren't that good because he kept pacing. And it almost seemed that he was laughing at me.
The peacocks were very, very pretty. They were very still, not like the white tiger and the zebra. It's almost like they were posing. They would stop and spread out their feathers and then wait. Then they would walk a little farther and get a good background and pose again. That's why I like the peacocks.
I had to zoom in real close for this one because the lion was staying in the very back of his cage. I could never get a picture of the lioness. She was basically running back and forth.
Don't be fooled. This isn't a leaf. It's a very, very interesting butterfly. I said, "Mom, look there's a butterfly." My mom said, "That's just a leaf sticking up." Then I said, "No it isn't." So she looked at it and said, "That is a butterfly!" So that's why I told you not to be fooled.
The kangaroos were very good; they didn't move. The only problem was their backs were facing me. So I just took a picture of their backs.
I thought this picture of the kangaroo upside down with his legs straight up was so cute.
My mom and I were walking in the butterfly garden when my mom found a dead butterfly. But it was very pretty, so we took some shots.
The poor deer looked like they were very hungry. As soon as I came up to them, they mobbed me and almost said by nodding their heads, "Do you have food? Do you have food? I'm very hungry!"
This butterfly was very pretty. I like this one the best. The thing about the butterflies is that some of them are scared of you and some are not. This one was not, so we took a lot of pictures.
I think I got a picture of a female peacock and a white male peacock. But I don't know. The white one might be a female.
This is another gorgeous butterfly. I think I like it second best.
These pictures are from a few weeks ago. I got to go to Disney!! I think the leaky tikis were very fun because they constantly squirted water at you.
The tea cup ride was the best! Daddy spun the teacup until we were about to throw up. I was so dizzy when I got out.
The Orbiter was fun because it spun around and around, and you can go very high. It's kind of like the Dumbo ride but a little bit higher. And we didn't have to wait long. The longest wait we ever waited was 15 minutes.
The robot was the most tempting. I kept wanting to push the buttons, but when I did, it would spray water on me. There were a lot of fun things at this water place like the big space ship that squirted water every ten minutes.
I'm a big fan of Stitch. It's too bad that I had to leave that early. We had done everything, and Mommy and Daddy were getting tired. I'll put more pictures of Disney on my blog the next time we go.
This is a craft I did in Hong Kong. My mom and I went to the night market and found some little punches. I chose a frog and a pegasus. Then I used them to make stationery.
These are the thing you will need -- craft punches or hole punches (either one makes beautiful stationery), paper (lined or unlined), and markers.
This is a video of me teaching you how to do this stationery craft.
I went to the science museum. It was really, really fun.
This was my favorite part of the museum -- running the switchboard.
My mom and I must have played this game a thousand times. First my mom would call the operator (me). I would ask what number she needed. Then I would put a wire into the switchboard and connect the call. Then that phone would ring. Then I would run to answer it and talk to my mom.
This brain buster was a really hard one. But I got it!
This part of the museum was pretty cool. It's about electricity and batteries.
Mommy made me do a little homework while I was there. So I had to write notes and draw pictures.
Boy oh boy! I got to go to Disney! And I've gone three different days too. I begged and begged and begged my dad to buy me these Stitch hands. So he said, "ok." Then the next day, he bought a hat for me. So now I can look like Stitch.
This is the Stitch Encounter ride. In the Florida Disney, it's a thing where you have Stitch run away. He climbs on your shoulders, burps in your face and says "Wanna be friends?" I personally thought it was dumb. But this one was different. Two of my friends played it and they said it was not like one in Florida. You could ask Stitch questions and he would answer you. Next time we go to Disney, I will do it.
So excited! I got Stitch's autograph!
This is day 2 at Disney. I just had to get Stitch's photo one more time!
When Stitch saw me, he was happy because I had two Stitch hands like his.
Today I'm going to teach you how to make a flip book. You need three sheets of paper, scissors, and markers or crayons or pencils. The first thing you do is lay the paper in a stack. Then fold the whole stack into thirds. Then cut two slits to make three equal flaps in the left side and the right side. Cut all the way down to the crease.
The top flaps are always going to be the head. The middle flap is the torso. And the bottom flap is the legs and feet. You are going to draw seven people or animals. Make sure that the head does not go past the top flap. Make sure the torso does not go past the second flap, and so on. The idea is that when you turn the pages you can make a crazy person like these:
I don't know why mom did this. She put a skirt with a boy's head. This is an example of a crazy person you will make.
This craft was a little bit tricky. I love this book. It has the greatest crafts in it. They are all about Indians, and I love Indians.
This is a Navaho diorama. It took me a while to make the whole thing. But the trickiest part was attaching the house to the ground.
I like this picture the most. It's a woman sewing and she has a child beside her. In the background there is a woman weaving. She has a baby beside her. You're supposed to put everything except the weaver inside the hogan, but I decided it would be way too tight for that. So I put almost the people outside the hogan.
This lady is warming her hands at the fire. But I think she's supposed to be working. Woe to her if the chief finds out!
I got to go to Disney!! I think the leaky tikis were very fun because they constantly squirted water at you.
