MAKE A BIRDBATH
Gallon milk jug
Sand
Small trash can lid
Pour sand into the milk jug
Insert handle of lid into the jug
Fill with water
MAKE ASQUIRT GUN FUN
Place some bottle caps on a wall or fence.
Try squirting the caps off
Bubble Wands
turkey baster
Cookie cutters
A SPORTS SEAT
3 bubble-padded envelopes
duct tape
plastic tablecloth
Stack envelopes together.
Wrap tablecloth around them, cut to fit
Tape all sides together
Now sit upon!
A SQUISH BALL
A baloon
A funnel
Cornstarch or other soft ingredient
Blow up the balloon
Insert funnel
Pour in the ingredients
Tie up the balloon
Now squish!
SPRING CRAFTS
LITTLE GREENHOUSE
small planter
2 liter bottle
popsicle stick
soil
flower seeds
Cut the top off the bottle (ask for help)
Fill planter with soil
Spread seeds, water
Use stick to write on which seed is being planted
Top with bottle, upside down into soil.
Place in sunny spot, water when necessary
Now watch your seeds sprout
CANDLE HOLDER
small glass container
Napkins (only one layer)
Glue
small brush
Cover container with glue
Tear a small design from napkin
Place onto glued container
Continue gluing pieces all around
With brush cover the napkins with glue all around..this is called Decoupage
MAKE A SPRINKLER
Take a 2 liter soda bottle, poke holes in it. Attach to a garden hose. Toss over a tree branch and let hang for a kids water sprinkler
MAKE YOUR OWN BUBBLES
1 Cup + 2 Tablespoons of water
2 Tablespoons of dish detergent
2 Tablespoons glycerin (from craft or drug stores)
Now for some extra fun! Color your bubbles with some food coloring....Then catch them on sheets of white paper for beautiful paintings!
BIRD FEEDER
2 Liter plastic bottle
pencil for punching hole
small twig about 3"
heavy string
Have someone help you cut a hole in the center of the bottle.
Punch a hole under the opening you just cut
Put 3" twig into the hole
Hang with heavy string from top of bottle onto tree
Colorful Summer Napkin rings
Cut some rings from toilet paper rolls.
Glue on a piece of colorful paper
Then glue on multi colored cereal rounds