Paper Bag Fishies (Ages 3+)

You will need:
Brown paper lunch bag
Coloured pencils, glitter/sequins stickers
Elastic Band or string
Newspaper
Ice Cream stick

What to do:

1. Draw the fish's mouth and eyes with a pencil.
2. Decorate paper bag using coloured pencils and glitter/sequins and/or stickers.
3. Using tape, stick the ice cream stick on the inside of the bag poking out the end
4. Scrunch up a piece of newspaper and place in inside brown paper bag.
5. Tie the end of the brown paper bag with elastic band or string.

Sand or Salt Pictures (Ages 3+)

You will need:
Sand or salt
Cardboard
Glue stick

What to do:

1. Using the glue stick draw a picture or pattern.
2. Pour sand or salt over the picture.
3. Shake off the excess sand or salt.
4. Place your picture somewhere to dry.

Icy Picture (Ages 3+)

You will need:
Ice Cube tray
Water
Food Colouring
Cardboard or thick paper
Freezer

What to do:

1. Fill ice cube tray with water.
2. Make a few different colours in the tray by dropping a different dye in each cube.
3. Place in freezer until the water has turned into ice.
4. Take out of freezer and empty cubes onto plastic plate.
5. Pick up ice cube and begin to draw on cardboard to make a colourful painting.
6. Hang your picture to dry.

Salty Jars (Ages 5+)

You will need:
Chalk
Salt
Chalk
Small Glass Jar
Newspaper

What to do:

1. Pour a small amount of salt onto newspaper.
2. Rub chalk into salt changing the colour of the salt.
3. Pour salt into bottom of empty jar.
4. Pour more salt onto the newspaper and use a different colour chalk.
5. Fill jar with 4 or 5 different layers.
6. Use skewer by poking down the sides of the glass jar to create marbled effect.
7. Place cotton wool the fill up any spare room in the jar.
8. Tighten lid onto jar.

Hint: you may wish to find some material and place it over the lid and tie it on with string or elastic band.

Handy Duck (Ages 5+)

You will need:
Colour pencils or textas
Paper Plate
Scissors
Glue

What to do:

1. Draw around both of your hands on a piece of paper and colour.
2. Draw a circle for head and a beak and colour.
3. Cut out the drawn hands, circle and beak.
4. Fold 1 paper plate in half and colour.
5. Using the glue, stick hands on one end of the paper plates.
6. Using glue, sick the beak on to the circle head and stick onto paper plate.
7. Draw eyes on the head of the duck.

Paper Plate Snake (Ages 5+)

You will need:
Paper Plate
Scissors
Textas and pencils
Red Ribbon or paper
Glue

What to do:

1. Colour the paper plate. (You may like to use glitter or sequins)
2. Cut the plate spiralling in to the middle.
3. Grab the end that is in the middle of plate and glue a small red strip for the tongue

Ice Cream Stick Picture frame (Ages 7+)

You will need:
At least 8 Ice cream sticks
PVA craft glue and glue stick
Photo or picture
Cardboard
Paint and sequins or glitter to decorate

What to do:

1. Cut out your photo or picture into a square no bigger than 10cmx10cm.
2. Place and glue onto Cardboard or thick paper using glue stick.
3. Place four ice cream sticks overlapping each other into the form of a square and onto cardboard and glue these together using the PVA craft glue.
4. Place another 4 Ice Cream sticks on top of the first 4 and glue together.
5. Trim the cardboard so it is not hanging out the sides of the Ice Cream sticks.
6. Decorate how you wish, popular choices are Sequins, Glitter, Paint and/or Seashells.
7. Now your Picture frame is ready to hang. (Blutack is a good idea!)

Paper Mache' (Ages 7+)

You will need:
Balloon
Newspaper
Water
Glue (Made from flour and Water)
Paint

What to do:

1. Blow up your balloon to desired size and tie the end.
2. Shred newspaper in to thin strips.
3. Place glue using hands or paint brush onto balloon.
4. Stick newspaper and press down using hands.
5. Continue to cover the balloon and continue to make another 3 or 4 layers.
6. Leave somewhere to dry over night.
7. Once thoroughly dry and hard continue to place another 3 or 4 layers and. leave to dry again.
8. When completely dry pop the balloon.
9. Paint over newspaper and decorate accordingly.

Hints: Good things to make are piggy banks which are well made with using cut up egg cartons for legs and nose and then cut a small slit on the top for the money to go or something special.

Little Felt Badges (Ages 7+)

You will need:
Paper
Pencil
Felt
Wool or string
Needle
Sequins
Safety pin
Cotton wool

What to do:

1. Draw and cut around the outline of a picture on paper. (animals are good!)
2. place picture on felt and draw around the picture, cut it out. (do this twice)
3. Place the two pieces of felt together and using a needle and wool or string, sew 3/4 around the edge of the shape.
4. stuff some cotton balls into the pocket you have formed.
5. Continue the sew around the rest of the shape and tie off the end.
6. Decorate to your desire.
7. Place safety pin in the back.
8. Pin onto clothes