Scratch and Sniff Finger Tip Pictures Frosty Snowmen Snow Family Puppets Tambourines Snowflake Mobiles View All Crafts Main Craft Page WQLN.org Back to WQLN Kids Thursday, January 10 Scratch and Sniff Painting with Clifford You'll Need: Watercolor paints Craft Glue Fruit Flavored Gelatin Paper Paintbrush Directions: Draw a picture. (You can trace a picture from a coloring book or click and print this clifford picture.) Paint the picture with watercolors. After the picture is dry, spread craft glue a little at a time over the colored parts of the picture. Sprinkle fruit flavored gelatin over the wet glue. Let your picture dry. The craft glue dries clear and you have a sweet smelling picture. Back to Top Finger Tip Pictures You’ll Need: Ink Pad Paper Colored Pencils or markers Directions: Firmly press finger tip onto an ink pad Immediately press on paper Using markers add arms, legs, etc to the creation Kids may want to make animals or shapes as well Back to Top Frosty Snowmen You'll Need: Styrofoam balls in two or three sizes Small black pom-poms Felt Scissors Styrofoam glue White tempera paint Glitter Toothpicks Floral Foam Directions: Decide which ball will be the "base" of your snowman and cut about 1/2" off the bottom so your creation can stand. Paint and glitter Styrofoam balls using the technique outlined below. When paint is dry, stack balls with toothpicks, using Styrofoam glue to hold them together. Dress the snowmen with hats, scarves, earmuffs, and other winter gear cut from felt. Add black pom-poms for eyes and mouth. Back to Top Snow Family Finger Puppets You'll Need: 1 white knit glove Glue Pom Poms Paint Paint brush Scissors Directions: Glue on chenille stems and pom poms for ear muffs or hats Dip the handle end of a small paint brush into black acrylic paint. Carefully dot on eyes and mouths. (Practice this step on the thumb first if you plan to discard it the way that we did. Allow everything to dry. Back to Top Tambourines No celebration is complete without tambourine music! You'll Need: Paper or Plastic Plates Jingle Bells Curling Ribbon Scissors Hole Punch String or Yarn Directions: Punch holes all around a paper plate. Push the base of a jingle bell through each hole stringing a piece of yarn through each and tieing in place. Tie on curling ribbon and curl with scissors. Cut long pieces of curling ribbon. and tie to the core of the spool. Curl with scissors. Back to Top Snowflake Mobiles You'll Need: White Paper Scissors 2 Craft Sticks White paint Glitter (if you choose) White String/silver ribbon Paintbrush Glue Directions: Cut paper snowflakes out of the white paper. Paint the craft sticks white and let drive completely Cut the string or ribbon into 4 different lengths and glue one on the back of each snowflake. Tie a ribbon at the top of the craft sticks leaving enough to hang. Then tie the snowflakes onto the mobile, one string on each end of the craft sticks. Back to Top