Cheng and 3 Kids

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Paper Bag Puppet

This post is not about something I made. This one is about a paper bag puppet that my little boy crafted all by himself. Okay, okay, I may have helped him a little but he made most of it by himself. Seriously.

Just look at that happy little face. Doesn't he look so proud of himself?

He got this idea when he was looking through this book of mine. It's full of fun craft ideas for kids. You know what I love best about this book? I got it for free. A couple of months ago, Martha Stewart Living on Twitter had a tweet that said if you're one of the first 15 people who retweeted their message, you're going to get a free Crafts For Kids book. So I clicked retweet, and sure enough, a few weeks later, my book came in the mail. Oh boy, how I love free stuff!

It even has templates that you can copy for the projects but there was just no way that my little boy is going to make those cute animals. Nope! His puppet has to look scary, which is okay since Halloween is just around the corner. But if you have a kid like mine, it's pretty much Halloween the entire year.

All he had to do was to cut the shapes for the hair, eyes, nose, ears, teeth and hands (I made the hands, don't tell anybody, okay?) and glue them onto the bottom of the paper bag. And presto! He's got himself a puppet! Now if only I can convince him not too play too rough with it so it would not rip. Hmmm... Oh well, I guess he's just gonna have to make himself another one when it starts falling apart. LOL

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Saturday, September 7, 2013

Halloween Pumpkin Treat Jar at chengand3kids.blogspot.com

Halloween is coming up soon so I'm sharing these Halloween treat jars that I made for my little boy's teachers last year.

I used Jif Hazelnut spread jars that I ~~hoarded~~ saved for projects such as these. I peeled off the label and scrubbed it to remove the adhesive marks on it.

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Then I measured the height of the inside of the jar, and cut my orange card stock paper according to the measurements.

Next, I rolled up the cardstock and inserted it into the jar.

Since the upper part of the jar is narrower than the lower portion, it kind of helps keep the paper in place. But you can also secure it with scotch tape if you want.

For the pumpkin face I used my Silhouette Cameo cutting machine to cut black vinyl. But you can also

cut black cardstock paper with scissors and use double sided tape to adhere it to the jar.

Halloween Pumpkin Treat Jars at chengand3kids.blogspot.com

For the jar lid, I used the Silhouette machine again to cut the orange cardstock in a circle shape, and black

cardstock for the word boo! and also for the bat shape. Then I used Elmer's spray adhesive to adhere them to the lid. Next, I applied a coat of Mod Podge on the lid with a foam brush and waited for it to dry.

The last thing I did was put some candies inside the jar and I'm done! They turned out pretty cute, don't you think?

Here are some Halloween ideas you might like: