Indian Corn Bubble Wrap Printmaking

The girls and I made these bubble wrap

corn cards last year

to send to family and friends

that wouldn't be with us to celebrate

Thanksgiving. 

I thought I'd re-post this craft

in case you want to recreate it 

with your own children

or in your classroom this year. 

Start with some scraps of plastic bubble wrap.

Paint with layers of orange,

yellow, and red washable tempera or acrylic craft paint.

Press your painted bubble wrap 

onto sheets of brown, orange, yellow

construction paper. 

(Brown paper grocery bags would be cool too!)  

Keep some baby wipes or a wet rag handy

to clean up painty fingers and hands as you work!

After the paint has dried, 

trace your child's feet to make the corn cobs

and let them cut them out. 

Happy Bubble Wrap Printing! 

Fondly,

pink and green mama,

Mod-Podge and Decorative Napkin Votive Lanterns

As a variation on a theme

to our Mod-Podge Pressed Leaf Lanterns,

the girls and I made these 

Decorative Napkin 

Mod-Podge Lanterns. 

"C" made this beautiful little flower

and butterfly lantern. 

First we cut up 

decorative paper napkins

with flower and butterfly designs

(you could use any kind of napkin 

to match your theme/decor).

Most of these napkins,

(and paper finger tip towels)

have three layers of paper -- 

you will want to separate them down to the 

last (thinnest) top layer

and recycle/discard the rest. 

She coated the outside of her glass bowl

with a thick layer of Mod-Podge

(applied with a foam craft brush)

We added a few

  "real" pressed flowers and leaves 

to add more color and texture

(and... because her sister was using 

real leaves/flowers so she wanted to too!) 

After the Mod-Podge is completely dry,

add a real votive 

(or battery operated votive)

and enjoy your beautiful lantern. 

These would make beautiful 

Homemade Holiday Gifts! 




In fact, you can find this project (and many more) 

in my newest craft lesson e-book, 

"Homemade Gifts Kids Can Make From The heART"

Fondly,

pink and green mama,

Coffee Filter Snowflake Art

Remember this little guy from my favorite things post last week?

The girls and I have been having fun with coffee filters all week. 

I bought a package at the grocery store specifically for craft-usage.

We don't use this kind in our coffee maker-

we having boring brown #4 cone shaped filters

that aren't really good for much when it comes to crafting. 

(They are, however, great for composting in our kitchen vermicomposter!)

"E" decided to make a color wheel with hers.

She said the window in my art studio, over my sewing machine,

is/was boring and needed some color. 

She cut out the center of the filter,

then, carefully drew black lines with a marker

to divide each section. Then, she carefully painted

this little spectrum/color wheel. 

I love it and it looks great with the sunlight streaming through it. 

AND...

I love that she came up with the project completely on her own!

We also cut out snow flakes,

laid them on newspapers,

and carefully painted them with watercolor. 

I like cutting them out first, 

because the watercolor paint flattens them out

and stiffens them up a bit.  

They display really beautifully 

on windows, mirrors, and bulletin boards

when they're dry. 

My new view from my sewing machine --

Thanks "E"!

Fondly,

pink and green mama,