My daughter is 8 years old. Keeping young kids engaged during weekend afternoons is a tough job. So we usually get into some easy DIY crafts.

This is what she (we) did this Saturday-Sunday.

Hand Puppet from a Toilet Paper Roll

We used,

• The inside round cardboard of a toilet tissue roll
• Paint, brush, sketch pens
• Bright colored paper
• Glue & scissor

What we did,

• Painted yellow-black strips on the cardboard roll
• Cut 2 out lines from the colored paper – one round and another butterfly shaped
• Glued together both cut outs on the cardboard roll
• Made eyes and a smiley with a pen
• Don’t forget to add cute little antennas!

Cute Card with a Pocket

We used

• Colourful paper of 2-3 colors
• Zig-zag scissor
• Glue

What we did,

• Cut small (4 x3 inches) cards and folded them horizontally
• Cut one more smaller piece of paper and glued it to the card from three sides only, creating a pocket
• Made few flowers and grass and inserted in the pocket
• Go on decorating as elaborate as you want

Viola!!

Now, there is a happy & smiling face, feeling proud of her creation and an even happier mamma to spot that little twinkle of accomplishment in her daughter’s eye.

Win, win!

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