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Crafty Characters: 3 Children’s Book Character Crafts
Experience some of your child’s favorite storybooks with them in a new way with these book-inspired crafts. Whether they prefer a classic story or something new to the library shelves, these crafts can be easily customized to fit every story. BY AMANDA MILLER
DIY FROZEN SNOW GLOBE Courtesy of Natural Beach Living Materials Distilled Water Glycerin
Glitter and Sequins (white and silver) Waterproof Characters (LEGO figurines work well!) Snow Globe (can be found on Amazon!) Glue Directions 1. Glue your character onto the snow globe stopper. 2. Fill your snow globe about half full of distilled water. 3. Add your glitter and sequins into the snow globe. 4. Pour in glycerin (about a teaspoon is fine) and stir. 5. Fill your snow globe the rest of the way with distilled water. 6. Hold your snow globe over the sink while you add the character that is glued to the stopper. Twist on the lid and tighten.
cut out two thin green rectangles for his overalls. Finally, cut out four arms, rounding them at the ends, from the brown construction paper. 3. Using the heart punch, punch out a small heart from the black construction paper. 4. On your dried, regular-sized paper plate, cut a triangle slit at the bottom of the green end. 5. Then, glue the two overall straps onto the regular paper plate. Next, glue the arms and legs onto the regular paper plate. 6. Glue the muzzle onto your dessert paper plate. Add some glue to the back of your small black heart and glue it onto the muzzle for the bear’s nose. Then, glue on the two bear’s ears and googly eyes. 7. Finally, glue the dessert paper plate to the regular paper plate. Add a white button to one of the overall straps. Draw a mouth under his nose, and draw a small slit on the second overall strap to show the missing button.
CORDUROY PAPER PLATE CRAFT Courtesy of I Heart Crafty Things Materials
Regular-Sized Paper Plate Dessert-Sized Paper Plate Paint (brown and green) Cardstock or Construction Paper (brown, green, light brown, and black) Heart Punch Googly Eyes White Button Black Marker Scissors Glue Directions 1. Start by painting your two paper plates. Paint the small plate brown and paint the regular plate one-third brown and the rest green. Let them dry. 2. Cut out two brown circles for ears from the construction paper and one light brown circle for the muzzle. Then,
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