Fall Crafts

Looking for some fun and creative crafts to do with your child?
Here are a few we have tried this month and recommend.
Enjoy!

Pumpkin Softies

            Create your own pumpkin with these fun, fabric pumpkins that will last for years!
We really enjoyed making these little pumpkins :)

 Taken from: www.familyfun.go.com/crafts

                 

                    

• Materials Needed: Fake fur, fleece or other material material. Scissors, dental floss, scissors, needle, short stick, and a shopping bag.

• Instructions: Cut a circle 8 inches in diameter from a piece of fake fur, fleece, or other fabric. Thread a needle with dental floss and make a knot several inches from the end (you'll use this tail to tie the floss together). Make wide stitches around the circle about a half-inch from the outer edge. Pull the floss to gather the edges, and stuff the resulting pouch with a plastic shopping bag. Place a short stick into the hole for a stem, then pull and knot the floss so that the fabric is cinched around the stick.                      

 Keepsake Crafts for Thanksgiving

 Here are a couple cute classic hand print turkey crafts to try with your children. Make them every year with you child and track his or her growth and see how much they've grown!      

                                   

Painted Hand Print Turkey

• Materials:          
•  1 sheet of white paper, 1 small wiggle eye, paint brush, glue, washable paint in red, orange, yellow, green and brown, and red, orange & brown marker or colored pencil/crayon 

• Instructions:     
•  Have your child hold his or her hand straight up and paint each finger with a different color. Then paint the thumb and palm with brown paint. Have your child press palm and all fingers firmly down onto the paper. Gently press down on child's hand to make sure all of the paint transfers to the paper. Gently lift hand straight up and off the paper. Allow the paint to dry completely. Glue on a wiggle eye and draw on a beak and gobbler using orange and red markers. Draw on legs with brown marker.

Family Hand Print Turkey

•  Materials: Red, yellow, orange & brown paper, 2 medium wiggle eyes & glue.                                                                                                                      

•  Instructions: Have mom and dad trace around one of their hands on two different colored pieces of construction paper and cut out. Trace the hands of each child in the family onto different colors of construction paper and cut out. Starting with the largest hands, layer smallest on top of largest, glue together. Cut out a plump circle for the body and an oval for the head from brown construction paper. Glue on top of the smallest hand. Cut out a small red heart for the gobbler and orange triangle for the beak, glue in place. Glue on wiggle eyes.