How to Make Jewelry Storage Box Craft for Mom on Mother’s Day

Does your mom love jewelry? Well, Mother’s Day is coming up and today we will teach you to how to make a very special jewelry box for your Mom. Make this nice keepsake box for her to store her favorite jewelry. It will be a great gift for mother’s day. So find an old box and follow the instructions to make this gift.

How to Make Jewelry Storage Box Craft for Mom on Mother’s Day

Craft materials required:

A flat box as shown below

Colored paper

scissors

glue

Thick card paper

Step 1

Cover both the boxes with colored paper.

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Step 2

Cut out a piece of thick card paper approximately the same size as the base of the box. It should fit inside the box.

Step 3

Fold the paper as shown. The height of the middle fold should not be higher than the box. This entire piece should fit inside the box well even when it is closed.

Step 4

Cover the inside of the box as shown.

Step 5

Cover the top of the thick card piece.

Step 6

Fold the card and cut slits as shown.

Step 7

When you open it, it will look like this.

Step 8

Glue this card to the box as shown below.

Step 9

Your mom can now keep her jewelry in this box as shown below.

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Make Pull-Along Toy Snakes with Corks and String

Learn how to make your very own pull-along toy snake with the following instructions. It really turns out to be a really cool toy when finished. This is a great toy for boys…who tend to love to scare girls with these cork snakes. Find the directions below.

How to Make Pull-Along Toy Snakes with Corks and String Crafts Idea for Kids

Crafts Materials Needed:

– Corks (From 14 to 20 of Them)
– Strong String
– Large Mending Needle
– Sewing Pins
– Paint or Markers
– Need Mom or Dad to Cut a Mouth OR Paint on Face

There are harmless snakes on many farms, and you should have one in your collection. Make one from corks —from 14 to 20 of them if you want a long snake. The corks can be of different sizes, getting smaller towards the tail, or, if yours are all the same size, your Mom and Dad can cut some.

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Use a strong string and a large mending needle to put the snake together. Start at the head, and let some knotted string dangle, as in the picture. When all the corks are strung together, cut a mouth and make two eyes from pins. For the final touch, paint the snake some real snake color.

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Make Toy Windmills from Milk Containers Craft Idea for Kids

You have probably seen a windmills  before, whether you have seen them on TV, on a farm, or just passed by it when in the car. This is a very cool, working, toy windmill arts and crafts activity for kids. Mom or Dad might need to help the kids make it, especially since one of the steps is placing a knitting needle through a cork, so please don’t start this craft unless you are okay with this step. Please find the directions below to make the toy windmill. Have fun.

Make Toy Windmills from Milk Containers Craft Idea for Kids

Crafts Materials Needed

– Scotch Tape
– Milk Carton
– Cardboard
– Corks
– Knitting Needle

Toy Windmill Diagram Instructions

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Step 1

To make this windmill, use an empty milk container for the house.

Step 2

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Cut windows on the sides or paste colored paper on it.

Step 3

The roof is made from cardboard, attached with cellophane tape or Scotch tape.

Step 4

Cut the vanes or sails of the windmill from cardboard too, and fold it, following the pattern.

Step 5

Put a knitting needle through the house, with a cork on the back end to hold it in place. (MAKE SURE IT IS OKAY WITH YOUR PARENTS FIRST)

Step 6

Put another cork on the other end of the needle.

Step 7

Slip the sails on, and add a third cork in front. Leave enough space between the corks and the container, as in the picture, and the sails will turn in the wind.

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How to Make Toy Parachute Crafts Instructions for Boys and Girls

All kids that I know love playing with toy parachutes. You can make a parachute that will float down from the sky with its passenger. You can tie on toy soldiers or other toy figures, or even a little doll of some sort for girls who would prefer that. Throwing the toy parachutes into the air after they are made is really fun, as you will see. Follow the easy directions below.

How to Make Toy Parachute Crafts Instructions for Boys and Girls

Step 1

Tie four strong pieces of string, each about 9 inches long, to each corner of a handkerchief.

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Step 2

Fasten a tin soldier or small celluloid doll to the other ends of the strings.

Step 3

Roll it carefully in the parachute. When you throw it into the air it will drift to earth. Look at the images below to figure out how to roll it up…

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How to Weave Purses / Handbags for Mom’s Gift on Mothers Day

Here is a great Mother’s Day crafts project for kids to make for Mom or Grandma. Below, you can find out how to make a cardboard loom to weave beautiful handbags / purses to give as gifts or to keep for yourself. Either way, it is a lot of fun and the results are beautiful. This is a great crafts project for older kids and girls, as well as teens.

How to Weave Purses / Handbags for Mom’s Gift on Mothers Day

Crafts Materials Needed:

– Stiff Piece of Cardboard
– Scissors
– Heavy String
– Zipper
– Thread

(1) Notch both top and bottom of a thin stiff piece of cardboard.

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(2) Loop heavy string around top notches (A) and between bottom notches (B) around the cardboard. See Picture Below.

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(3) Weave yarn over and under strings (C).

(4) Skip a string at one end to keep the weave in proper sequence around the cardboard.

(5) Overlap new yarn (B).

(6) When weaving is finished, remove cardboard. Turn the purse inside out and sew in zipper.

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Make Silhouette Self-Portraits for Mom or Dad Gift Craft

Silhouette portraits make a wonderful gift for Mom and Dad for Birthdays or for Mother’s Day or for Father’s Day … and better yet,  they are very easy to make. This will make a wonderful keepsake craft for Mom and Dad as they watch you grow up and get to see how small your head used to be in comparison to how you look now (when they look back on it years later). Have fun with the easy instructions below.

Make Silhouette Portraits for Mom or Dad Gift Arts &  Crafts Project for Kids

Crafts Materials Needed

-Large sheet of wrapping paper (or large piece of other type of paper if you don’t have wrapping paper)
-Thumb tacks or Masking Tape
-Black crayons
-Lamp

Step 1

Find a friend or family member to help you make your self portrait.

Step 2

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Tack or Tape a large piece of wrapping paper to the wall (with permission from an adult).

Step 3

– Seat yourself sideways on a chair, close to the wall, directly in front of the paper.

Step 4

Now have your friend place a lighted lamp close behind you with the light shining on you, in such a way that his shadow is cast on the tacked-up paper.

Step 5

With your crayon, have your friend follow the outline of the shadow.

Step 6

Then take the paper off the wall and fill in the shape you have drawn with black crayon, as shown in the picture below.

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Make a Family Newspaper to Talk About Family News

Every family has news—lots of news—so why not make a family newspaper! This would be a great gift to make for Mom on Mother’s Day or Dad on Father’s Day or for birthdays. For gifts, you can put clever titles like ‘The Best Mom in the World Has Been Found’ … or The Sweetest Mother in the World Has Been Found to Be Timmy’s Mom (if your name is Timmy). This is a great crafts idea that will produce a keepsake to cherish in years to come. Find out how to make a Family Magazine or Newspaper below.

How to Make a Family Newspaper to Talk About Family News – Great Gift Idea for Kids to Make

Crafts Materials Needed

-Paper
-Pencil
-A ruler

Directions for Making This Arts and Crafts Project:

Step 1

Print the name across the top of a large sheet of paper.

Step 2

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Insert a dateline by drawing two parallel lines under the title and printing the date in this space.

Step 3

Divide the rest of the sheet into four columns.

More Instructions

The main news should be put under a two-column headline. Print headlines in pencil or ink. You can write the news itself in longhand.
What’s the main piece of news? Well, it might be a visit from a relative, someone’s graduation from school, a new business venture by some member of the family, a furlough visit of your older brother, a party, or any other event that makes that particular week memorable.

A joke column is always good. You can print the home schedules for washing dishes or doing other chores around the house.
Ask other members of the family to contribute. Father will be glad to offer a parental bit—perhaps some special announcement about a picnic that is being planned.

Maybe one of the other boys or girls will contribute a poem or a funny cartoon.

If the newspaper consists of two or more sheets, they can be bound together by running scotch tape down the edges of the left-hand side of the sheets. The newspaper will then open like a book.

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Make Bowls & Pottery & Hot Plates with Crepe Paper Streamers

This is a really neat arts and crafts project to make a real, usable bowl, hot plates,  or other type of pottery from normal crepe paper party streamers. You might even have these hanging around the house already. This would make a great crafts project to make a gift for Mom or Grandma on Mother’s Day or for a present for them on their birthdays. Follow the easy directions below.

Make Bowls & Pottery & Hot Plates with Crepe Paper Streamers Craft for Kids

Crafts Materials Needed:

-Crepe Paper Streamers
-Glue or Paste
-Scissors
-Waterproof Varnish or Shellac

Step 1

Obtain several rolls of serpentine crepe paper, each one a different color. Select a roll. Rewind it very, very tightly. To start the rewinding, fold 2 inches of the paper back upon itself to provide extra thickness. You can see this in Fig. 1 .

Step 2

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When you reach the end of the roll,select another roll of a different color. Glue the ends of the two rolls together by putting a dab of paste on the roll under the loose end and press the end down. Then place a second dab of paste on top and start the next colored streamer.

Step 3

Continue winding. Each new color is added in the same manner. Continue until you have a disk with a diameter large enough on which to set a hot dish, as you can see in Fig. 3.  Glue the tail of the last roll to the roll itself.

Step 4 – To Make a Hot Plate

Shellac the hotplate pad.

Step 5 – To Make a Bowl Instead

To make a bowl, wind a disk to measure from 4 to 5 inches in diameter. After the winding has been completed, hold the disk in one hand, carefully curve the sides with the thumb of one hand, keeping the bottom flat as you can see in  Fig. 4. It is at this point that you
may come to find out that the winding was not rolled tight enough.

After you are satisfied with the shape of the bowl give it 3 coats of white shellac.  Allow each coat to dry before another is added. Finish the bowl with 2 coats of very good waterproof varnish or shellac.

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Make Picture Frames Holder Gift for Mom on Mothers Day

Here is another gift idea to give to your Grandmother or Mom on Mother’s Day. This would also be great for Dads and Grandfathers for Father’s Day. Make a picture frame from cardboard and the instructions below. If you are looking for something to give Mother for her desk, a picture holder like the one shown here is certain to please. To make it follow the sketches and directions given here.

Make Picture Frames Holder Gift for Mom or Grandma on Mothers Day : Crafts Idea for Kids

Crafts Materials Needed:

-Card Stock or Cereal Box Cardboard
-Scissor
-ruler-
-Glue or Paste
-Picture
-Paint, Markers, or Crayons

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Make a Necklace Gift for Mom or Grandma on Mother’s Day

All Moms love jewelry made by hand from their babies (no matter how old you get, you will always be your Mother’s baby). Here is a necklace arts and crafts project for kids. This jewelry is made from colorful cardboard, stiff paper, or construction paper. This makes a great, colorful, and thoughtful gift to make for your Grandmother or Mother.

How to Make a Necklace for Mom or Grandma on Mother’s Day – From Construction Paper or Cardboard

Crafts Materials Needed

-Cardboard, Construction Paper, or Stiff Paper
-Paper punch (or use a darning needle)
-String or Yarn
-Scissor

Step 1

Cut diamond-shaped figures from pieces of colored construction paper. Fig. I . If you don’t want diamonds, you can also cut cardboard in the shape of squares, rectangles, and the like. They would also be folded over in the same fashion.

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Step 2

Double and paste over a string of yarn. Fig. 2.

Step 3

Tie to form a necklace.

Step 4

Lace together with yarn or string in the manner seen above. If you do not possess a paper punch use a darning needle to make the holes.

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Make Flower Holders Gift for Mom on Mothers Day

Make Flower Holders Gift for Mom on Mothers Day

Flowers make a great gift for Moms or Grandmothers on Mother’s Day…they are beautiful, just like she is, inside and out. How about making a pretty flower holder vase for the flowers that you pick for her (or buy for her). This beautiful flower holder in which you can place real flowers would make an especially nice Easter gift for someone you love.

To make it you will need the following materials:

-large cylindrical food container
-safety back razor blade (With Parental Supervision from Dad or Someone Other Than Mom)
-paints
-real or artificial flowers
-small jar
-scissors
-pencil
-magazine cut-outs
-glue or paste

Step 1

Remove the cover from the container.

Step 2

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Stand the container into the cover to give it a firmer base.

Step 3

With a pencil, draw an irregular shape on the container of the portion to be cut away.

Step 4

With a safety back razor blade, carefully cut away the portion to be discarded.

Step 5

Paint the flower holder a solid color and allow it to dry thoroughly.

Step 6

Either paint designs or decorations on the holder, or glue on colorful magazine cut-outs.

Step 7

Fill a small jar with water and stand it inside the holder.

Step 8

Place several real flowers in the jar. If you use artificial flowers you will not need to put water in the jar.

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Make Stationery Holder Crafts Gift for Mom on Mother’s Day

Make Stationery Holder Crafts Gift for Mom on Mother’s Day

Need ideas for gifts to make for your Moms for Mother’s Day? Every Mom I know has a box full of stationery for times when they need to write correspondence and other type of letters. This attractive and useful gift is made from a pressed paper package tray and cover from a super market.

To make it you will need the following crafts materials:

-pressed paper tray and cover
-stationery
-paints
-scissors
-brush
-ruler
-pencil
-glue or paste

Step 1

Remove the cover from the tray.

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Step 2

On the cover, make a line marking off about 1/3 the length of the cover with a ruler and pencil.

Step 3

Cut away 2/3 of the cover with a pair of scissors.

Step 4

Glue the remaining section of the cover to the tray.

Step 5

Paint designs or decorations on the holder, inside and out, and allow it to dry thoroughly.

Step 6

Paint a small decorative design, monogram, or initial in the upper left hand corner of the stationery sheets that will go into the holder, and allow them to dry.

Step 7

Place the stationery in the holder and your gift is ready to be presented.

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Make Letter Holders Box as Gift for Mom on Mother’s Day

Make Letter Holders Box as Gift for Mom on Mother’s Day

Make this cool letter holder as a gift for Mom  on Mother’s Day or Dad on Father’s Day or for someone else you love. You can  make this attractive and useful letter holder box gift in which to hold correspondence letters.

To make it you will need the following crafts materials:

-glue
-colorful greeting cards
-magazine cut-outs
-paints
-brush
-nail
-firm rectangular cereal box
-scissors
-needle
-wool
-colored paper

Step 1

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Cut the cereal box down to the height you want, with a pair of scissors.

Step 2

Cut a piece of colored paper to fit around the box, and glue it in place. Allow it to dry.

Step 3

With a nail, punch evenly-spaced holes at 1/2 inch intervals about 1/4 inch down from the top, all around the box.

Step 4

With a needle and wool, run an overcast stitch through the holes to make a decorative finish.

How to Make an Overcasting Stitch

Make a knot at the end of your piece of thread. Point the needle away from the hand with which you are working and toward the shoulder of the other hand. The stitches should be about 1/4 inch apart. End a row of overcasting stitches with a few little backstitches one over the other.

Step 5

Cut a colorful picture from a greeting card, and glue it to the front of the box.

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Origami Cups : How to Fold Paper Cups with Easy Instructions

Learn how to make and fold origami cups. If you practice making a lot of cups, you will become very good at working with your hands, folding paper and following the illustrations. Use wax paper for the cup, and fold it just as the sketches show. When you finish, of course you can use your cup for drinking. For a party, you might write the name of each guest on the outside of the cup, to give one to everyone.

Origami Cups : How to Fold Paper Cups with Easy Instructions

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Step 4 – Finished Origami Paper Cup

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Make an Easter Duck Sitting on Eggs in Nest Card Arts & Crafts for Kids

This is an adorable Easter Card Idea for kids. We have provided both a color and black and white coloring page printout version of this Easter Mother duck sitting on eggs in nest card. The duck can have an Easter card message and slip right into and out of the nest. It is a great idea for preschoolers, school aged children, and teens as well.

Make an Easter Duck Sitting on Eggs in Nest Card Arts & Crafts for Kids

Cut out duck, eggs, and the nest with tabs.

Paste the eggs in all different directions, on a gray piece of paper (if you have one)…otherwise paste it on any color paper. Cut this gray paper about the size of the nest.

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Now paste the nest’s flaps around the eggs (that are mounted on paper) that are behind it.

You can write an Easter message on the back of the duck or the front of the duck (or both). Now slip the duck in front of the eggs.

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Make Easter Baby Duck Paper Folding Craft for Kids

Do you want a baby duck chick arts and crafts activity for Easter time? This is a great paper folding crafts activity for kids to make an Easter duck.

Make Easter Baby Duck Paper Folding Craft for Kids

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