Seashell Mobile
After a trip to the ocean we had found about 50 Limpet shells ( other shells will work, too).
Since we had so many we decided to make something with them. Use your imagination.
We have also made mobiles from pine cones and chili peppers.
This project is rated EASY to do.
What You Need
How To Make It
Use string to make dowels into an 'X' shape.
Glue shells onto several different lengths of string.
Let dry about a day.
Tie string with shells to dowel rods at all four corners and some between.
Hang somewhere you, your friends, and neighbours can all see it and enjoy it.
It will also give you a chance to tell everyone about your adventures in collecting your treasures.
Wash and dry an empty cardboard juice carton and cut off the top. Using bits and pieces of masking tape, tape up the entire carton, covering all sides, the more tape the better.Decorate the box and cover the masking tape. The tape makes the box sturdier and will make a great crayon holder for their desk or dresser.
Paint an empty and rinsed out tuna can with spray or acrylic paint. Ask an adult to help ensure the tin does not have any sharp edges. Decorate with glitter and glue, pom poms, buttons, lace, or stickers. These make nice holders for hair clips, paper clips, rubber bands, keys, jewelry, or other small items. Using the same ideas, paint a soup or vegetable can to make a pen or pencil holder.
Cut pictures from old magazines or draw pictures of something you would like to have. Decorate the cans with glitter, pictures, stickers or anything else you have around. Cut a hole in the plastic top of the can to deposit money. Each time you add money to the can, you are contributing a little bit more to the "wish" item. A great way to help you learn how to save money!
Save the stubs of candles. When you have several saved, melt them together in a double boiler (one saucepan inside another saucepan). Colour the wax by adding bits of crayon to the mixture. Pour the wax into a suitable container, e.g. a glass jam jar or metal can. Use cotton yarn for wicks, or you can purchase a roll of wick at a craft store. Decorate the outside of the candle holder with acrylic paints if necessary - if you use a jam jar however, you would see all the colours of the wax through the glass.
Using an old catalogue or magazine, cut out pictures of chairs, tables, curtains, bathroom fixtures and other furnishings. Spread out a newspaper or large sheet of drawing paper. Sketch an "open sided" house. Place the pictures of the furnishings in the rooms of their choice. You can cut out more pictures to redecorate your house, cut out pictures of people, toys, pets, anything you like!
This could also be used as a noisy music maker. Colour, paint, and decorate paper towel rolls. Cover one end of a paper towel roll with waxed paper and close it off with a rubber band. Pour a handful or two of dried beans (split peas work well) in the open end, close open end the same as the other. Poke cocktail sticks through the rolls at different intervals to add a "rain shaker" sound.
Decorate a paper towel tube with paint, markers, glitter, stickers, construction paper and crayons. This becomes a colourful carrying tube. Roll your pictures up and put inside to take to your Brownie meeting, your teacher, grandparents, friends, or relatives. Some special pictures could be for your Grandparents, a special aunt or uncle, or even for a brother or sister.
Using two paper plates, cut one plate in half and place on top of the other plate (turn the half plate to form a pocket over the whole plate). Use a paper punch to make holes going around the outside of the plate. Use scraps of yarn and "sew" through the holes of the plate. Start and end at the top of the plate so that it can be extended about 15cm and tied. Colour, paint or decorate the plates. Now you have a place to keep stationery such as crayons or pencils, special pictures, notes from Mum and Dad (or Brown Owl!!) and more.
Colour an underwater scene on the "eating" side of a paper plate. Glue goldfish crackers to the scene, a couple pieces of plastic plant for seaweed, and using glue and a little sand or soft dirt, make the sea floor. Using a second paper plate, cut a circle in the middle. Cut a circle of blue plastic wrap 2.5cm in diameter larger than your hole in the plate. On the "eating" side of this plate, glue the blue plastic wrap so that it covers and overlaps the hole on the plate. Glue or staple both plates together with "eating" side toward the inside. Punch a hole in the top and string a piece of yarn through the hole to hang your aquarium from the ceiling.
Decorate an old shoe box and lid with construction paper, markers, paint, glue and glitter, crayons, googly eyes, stickers, lace, doilies, or whatever else you can find. Be sure to put your name inside the lid. This box makes a great box for treasures.
Paint the inside of a shoebox with black or dark blue poster or acrylic paint. Alternatively, you can glue black construction paper inside the box. Using white crayons or stickers, make a night scene with stars and the moon on the black background. Get creative, use small plastic toys to create a scene inside your shadowbox, or make your own with construction paper and glue. Cut out small pictures from colouring books and colour and glue your scene. Hang a spaceship or shooting star with a piece of string and glue.
Find smooth, flat or round rocks. Be sure to clean off any dirt or sand and dry completely before starting. Paint with acrylic paints. Decorate faces by using google eyes, yarn for hair, markers, glitter, and any other tidbits you like.
Great for back to school or as a gift . Make fun bookmarks with construction paper, markers, paints, and stickers. You can also use glitter, sequins, lace, doilies, buttons, and any other little bric-a-brac you have laying about.
Cut strips from construction paper, painting the construction paper will make it sturdier, or you can visit the local library or office supply to have them laminated for longer lasting use. To complete the bookmark, attach a tassle make from strands of yarn.
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