Easter Bunny Container

Supplies:
· Google Eyes ¾”
· Gray Construction Paper
· Empty Oatmeal Container
· Pink Construction Paper
· Cotton Balls
· Glue
· Craft Foam (White and Green)
· Black and White Crayons
· Tape
· Empty Cracker Box
· 2 Round-Head Brass Fasteners
Tools:
· Scissors
· Knife (adult only)
· Hole Punch
· Stapler
Directions:
1. Cut two rabbit ears out of the pink construction paper, about 6” long and 2” wide. With the white crayon color the middle of the ears. Staple the ears onto the top of the container about 2 ½” apart.
2. Cut gray construction paper to cover the oatmeal container. Tape the gray paper onto the container.
3. To make the handle: Adults only, with a knife make a slit about 1” below the top of the oatmeal container on each side. Cut a 12” by 1” green piece of craft foam. Punch a hole on each end of the craft foam with your hole punch. Insert your round-head brass fastener into the slit you made with a knife on the outside of the container. Then insert it into the hole you punched into the craft foam. Open the ends of the round-head brass fastener to keep the handle in place. Repeat on the other side.
4. Feet: Cut a 5” heart out of the empty cracker box. Cover and glue with gray construction paper. Trim the excess paper. Glue and tape the feet to the bottom of the container.
5. Face: Glue two goggle eyes below the ears. Cut a 1” triangle out of the pink construction paper and glue under the eyes for the nose. Cut out six 3-3 ½” x 1/8” pieces of white foam craft for the whiskers. Glue three on each side beside the nose. Glue cotton balls on both sides of the nose. With a black crayon draw a mouth.
6. Tail: Glue a cotton ball onto the back of the container for a tail.
7. You did it!! Great job!!!
Tips** It works best to lay the container down when gluing on items for the face.
I made it for my daughter’s first grade class and had everything cut out, so all they had to do was to tape and glue.

May Day Flower

Supplies:

Tissue Paper
· Green Construction Paper
· Egg Carton
· Popsicle Sticks
· Green Paint, Paint Brush and Water
· Glue
· Paint Brush
· Scissors
· Knife (adult use only)

Directions:

1. Cut the egg carton into twelve cup shapes containers with the scissors.
2. Cut a slit in the bottom of the egg carton cup shapes, with the knife. (adults only)
3. Paint the popsicle sticks green. Let them dry and insert about ½” of the popsicle stick into the egg carton cup shapes.
4. Cut tissue paper into 4” x 4” squares. (4 per flower)
5. Put some glue in the base of the egg carton cup shape. Find the center of the 4” x 4” tissue paper square and pinch it with your fingers. The corners of the tissue paper should stand up to look like a flower. Repeat and glue the tissue paper in the base of the egg carton cup shape.
6. Fold the other two 4” x 4” pieces of tissue paper so that the corners meet to make a triangle. Glue both on the outside of the egg carton across from each other.
7. Cut out two leaves from the green constructions paper and glue to the popsicle stick.
8. You did a great job!! You have made a beautiful flower!

Valentine's Day Fairy

Supplies

· Plastic Water Bottle
· Apple Sauce Individual Container
· Toilet Paper Tube
· Pink Paper
· Pink Tissue Paper
· Yarn
· Glitter or Plastic Bags
· Water
· Hot Glue Gun
· Glue
· Markers
· Scissors
· Ruler
· Stamps and Ink Pad

Directions

1. Put 1 tablespoon of glitter or any other material that will keep its shape in water into the water bottle. Ex. Cut up a plastic bag that is red and white.
2. Fill the container ½” from the top with cold water. (warm/hot water my make the water look cloudy)
3. Glue the lid on with the hot glue gun. (Adults only)
4. Cut the toilet paper roll at an angle with your scissors. Mark one side 1 ½” and the other side 2 ½”. Draw a line to connect the two sides and cut along the line. Glue onto the top of the bottle with hot glue. (Adult Only)
5. Cut a piece of tissue paper 6” x 6”, crumble, open and glue onto the outside of the apple sauce container. Glue the apple sauce container onto the top of the toilet paper roll with the hot glue gun. (adults only)
6. Cut a pink piece of paper 8 ½” x 1 ¼”. Fold like an accordion every inch. Cut out a heart shape with your scissors, not cutting the folds on the sides. Unfold and glue to the middle of the water bottle.
7. Cut a pink piece of paper 8 ½”x ¾”. Glue onto the hearts, one will be on the left side and the other on the right side of the water bottle. Glue in the middle. These will be the arms.
8. From the pink paper cut out a 2” heart. With your markers write, “I Love You!” or “Happy Valentines Day,” on it. Cut a 2 ½” heart out of the pink tissue paper and glue on the back of the 2” heart. Glue where the arms meet in the middle front of the water bottle.
9. Cut the yarn into 3- 24” pieces and tie in the middle and on each side. Tie the yarn around the water bottle where the toilet paper roll and water bottle meet.
10. Cut a 6” heart out of pink paper and stamp with the stamps and ink pad. Glue onto the back of the water bottle.
11. Add a face on the toilet paper roll with your markers.
12. You are done! Shake it up and watch the glitter! Great Job!!!

Valentine's Day Mail Box

Supplies

· Empty Cereal Box
· Construction Paper
· Scissors
· Hot Glue Gun
· Tape
· White School Glue or Glue Stick
· Marker

Directions

1. Mark 4” down from the top of the box on the two sides of the box. This is where the smile will end on each side. Draw a smile from the sides of the box onto the front, with your marker. Make sure that it is 4” on both sides so that the mouth will be able to open properly.
2. Gently open up the box and lay it flat. Cut the mouth opening with your scissors.
3. Fold the back piece of the box, 4” from the top, to match up with both sides of the smile. This will enable the mouth to open, to take out Valentine Day cards.
4. Reassemble the box inside out. The writing will be in the inside of the box and the cardboard will be on the outside of the box. Use the hot glue gun to glue the side seam. Next glue and tape the top and bottom seams. (adults only)
5. Decorate your box with constructions paper. Be creative. Use only hearts, or make an animal. The sky is the limit.
6. Have fun!!!

Valentine's Day Box

Supplies
· Empty Cracker or Granola Bar Box
· Ribbon (about 2 feet)
· Tissue Paper
· Scraps of Construction Paper
· Stapler
· White Glue or Glue Stick
· Pen or Pencil
· Scissors
· Hole Punch

Directions
1. Cut the front of the box along three sides with your scissors.
2. Staple the sides of the box, in order to hold the box together.
3. Cover the box by using the glue and construction paper. This is where the fun comes in. You can tear the paper or use large pieces of paper, be creative. Decorate the box with hearts, buttons, or ribbon.
4. Draw a heart with your pen or pencil on the inside of the box.
5. Cut the tissue paper into 2”x2” squares.
6. Wrap the tissue paper around the flat end of a pen or pencil and dip into your glue. Gently place the pen/pencil with the tissue paper onto the heart, which you drew in your box. Remove the pen/pencil. Repeat this process until your heart is complete. (It was easier using a glue stick for this process.)
7. Add any hearts, notes, pictures or decorations inside the box.
8. With your hole punch, punch two holes in the middle front of the lid, about ½” apart and two holes on the front of the box ½” apart. Make sure the holes lines up with each other.
9. Cut two 12” pieces of ribbon. Lace one piece of ribbon into the two holes on the lid and tie in a knot in the middle of the ribbon. Lace the other piece of ribbon into the two holes on the front of the box and knot in the middle of the ribbon.
10. To keep the box closed, tie the ribbons together.
11. Great Job! You did it!!

Supplies

Empty Oatmeal Container (42 ounces)
4 Pieces Pink Paper (50 lb weight)
Pink Tissue Paper
Markers
Valentines Day/Heart Stamp and Ink
Scissors
Glue
Stapler
Tape

Directions

1. On two pieces of pink paper, stamp hearts/Valentine’s Day stamps or decorate with markers.
2. Tape onto the oatmeal container to cover it. Trim off the extra paper.
3. Bend the lid and cut out half of the middle of the lid for an opening to insert Valentine’s Day cards. (adults only)
4. Trace or print the heart cut-out onto pink paper and cut out with scissors.
5. Glue the heart onto pink piece of tissue paper one inch larger than the heart. Cut out around the heart, so that you can see the pink tissue paper on the back of the heart. Write “Happy Valentine’s Day” on the heart. (Set aside)
6. Trace or print on pink paper the two pieces for the mouth and head. Cut out the shapes.
7. Staple the mouth onto the lid on each side and the back. (The opening in the lid should be in the front.)
8. Staple the face onto the sides and back of the lid.
9. Cut out two 6” x 1” strips of pink paper. Fold in an accordion manner every inch. Glue one on each eye.
10. Cut two 2” tissue paper hearts and glue to the paper accordion on the eyes.
11. Cut two 8” x 1” strips of pink paper. Fold one side under 1” and glue to the side of the container for arms. Do the same to the other side and glue to the center of the container where the two meet.
12. Glue the heart that you set aside in Step #5 in the middle of the container where the arms meet.
13. Cut out a 3” x 8” piece of tissue paper and round one end off to make a tongue. Roll the tongue around a pencil so it will curl up. Tape the tongue to the inside of the opening of the lid.
14. Great Job!! Your Valentine’s Day container is ready to eat up lots of Valentine’s Day cards.

Valentine's Day Container

Supplies


Empty Oatmeal Container (42 ounces)
4 Pieces Pink Paper (50 lb weight)
Pink Tissue Paper
Markers
Valentines Day/Heart Stamp and Ink
Scissors
Glue
Stapler
Tape



Directions


1. On two pieces of pink paper, stamp hearts/Valentine’s Day stamps or decorate with markers.
2. Tape onto the oatmeal container to cover it. Trim off the extra paper.
3. Bend the lid and cut out half of the middle of the lid for an opening to insert Valentine’s Day cards. (adults only)
4. Trace or print the heart cut-out onto pink paper and cut out with scissors.
5. Glue the heart onto pink piece of tissue paper one inch larger than the heart. Cut out around the heart, so that you can see the pink tissue paper on the back of the heart. Write “Happy Valentine’s Day” on the heart. (Set aside)
6. Trace or print on pink paper the two pieces for the mouth and head. Cut out the shapes.
7. Staple the mouth onto the lid on each side and the back. (The opening in the lid should be in the front.)
8. Staple the face onto the sides and back of the lid.
9. Cut out two 6” x 1” strips of pink paper. Fold in an accordion manner every inch. Glue one on each eye.
10. Cut two 2” tissue paper hearts and glue to the paper accordion on the eyes.
11. Cut two 8” x 1” strips of pink paper. Fold one side under 1” and glue to the side of the container for arms. Do the same to the other side and glue to the center of the container where the two meet.
12. Glue the heart that you set aside in Step #5 in the middle of the container where the arms meet.
13. Cut out a 3” x 8” piece of tissue paper and round one end off to make a tongue. Roll the tongue around a pencil so it will curl up. Tape the tongue to the inside of the opening of the lid.
14. Great Job!! Your Valentine’s Day container is ready to eat up lots of Valentine’s Day cards.