5 DIY ideas with children

5 DIY ideas with children

DIY Idea n°1: garlands pennants

To achieve this deco garland, all you need is a few drops of fabric and ribbon.

Start by tracing the template of your pennants on a piece of cardboard. For example, a triangle 10 cm by 12 cm in height.

Fold your fabric in two falls, and trace around the template, base of the triangle against the fold. Cut the fabric according to the plot. Cut in this manner ten triangles.

Open triangles and place the tape on the inside. Paste both sides of the triangle so as to trap the lace. Do the same for all other triangles. Let dry and hang your garland wherever you like.

DIY Idea n° 2: box turtle eggs

Easy and economical, this DIY idea is perfect for children from 3 or 4 years, accompanied by parents.

Take an empty cardboard box of eggs. Cut one of the alveoli (it will make the shell of the turtle). Paint it and decorate.

Then cut a piece of cardboard head and pasta turtle. Paint them also. On the head, draw the eyes and mouth of the turtle. Glue pasta and head of the turtle around the shell and let dry several hours. Your turtle is ready. You can make many more with other cells of the egg box.

DIY Idea n° 3: the hedgehog salt dough

Easy to prepare and ideal to run his imagination, salt dough won all the votes. Here is an idea among many to achieve with your children.

Prepare salt dough by mixing flour 3 small glasses, 1 small glass salt and three quarters of a glass of water. Well knead the dough so as to obtain a homogeneous texture. If necessary, add a little water.

With salt to one part of the dough, form the body of the hedgehog: a ball with a touch on the front for nose. Place it on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Form the dough with both ears and attach them to the body of the hedgehog pressing firmly. Then train his eyes with two small salt dough balls.

For the prickles, use pasta (spaghetti or penne kind) and plant them regularly on the whole body of the hedgehog. Let dry for 12 hours hedgehog outdoors.

Bake the hedgehog warm oven (110 ° C maximum) for 2 to 3 hours. When cool, you can paint your hedgehog.

DIY Idea n°. 4: the bars to display

All conscious little girls will love this DIY idea. Some pieces of fabric, colorful ribbons ... and that's a very nice display for nipples!

Take a painter's canvas 30 x 40 cm. Cover it with a piece of fabric you choose, sticking the edges with glue to the back of the canvas. Let dry.

Then place several ribbons across the table and attach them to the back of the canvas with glue. Space them evenly. Let dry again. Your display is now ready: you can fix the strips in ribbons.

DIY Idea n°5: soaps house

You have lots of little soap leftovers home, and you do not know what to do? The good idea is to recycle them to make another soap color and aroma of your choice. Please note that this activity is reserved for older children (from 10 years under parental supervision). Here's how:

Gather 250 grams of soap residues and grate them. Let them melt in a double boiler over low heat.

Once the soap is melted, remove from heat add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 12.5 cl of hot water. Mix vigorously with a whisk.

Then add a dozen essential oil drops of your choice (for example, the essential oil of lavender, sweet orange, lemon ...) and mix.

Pour into small molds (muffin mold type, madeleine, to financial ...) and let stand at least 12 hours. Once the soap has hardened, unmold them.

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