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You're parents will love these Santa Stars! 

Santa Stars!

This is perfect for a little Christmas at the last minute for your classroom, Even easier if you have a die-cut machine! The picture is not one of my bests, but at the time I first wrote this blog post, it was one of my best efforts! 🙄

Step By Step Directions

Materials:

12 X 9 piece of red construction paper
Scrap pieces of black and yellow
Six cotton balls 
Scissors
Glue 
Ribbon or String scrap
Crayons or Makers for details if desired

Directions:

1. Depending on the child's age, have an adult or the child cut out a red star as large as the paper.
{OR Use a Die Cutter Machine.}
2. Have the student stretch out five cotton balls and glue them on the five points.
3. Next have the child or an adult draw Santa's face.
4. Glue the last cotton ball on as Santa's beard, see photo.
5. Cut a thin, black strip as the belt. Glue at waist area.
6. Cut out a square of the yellow, then cut out the inside with another square, see photo. {May require adult help.}
7. Glue at center of black strip as the belt buckle.
8. Make a loop and glue it to the back as a hanger for the tree.
9. Student name and date on back!

If you look at my picture, you can tell the three years difference in my own children. The left Santa my daughter made, while the right Santa was made by my son. He is 3 years younger, but had just as much fun making his Santa. AND...I drag them out every year and place them together on the tree...12 years later! 

I ♥love how they all turn out with different personalities!

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An Easter Bunny for Today's Quick and Easy Art Project!

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Today's QUICK AND EASY ART is an Easter Bunny!

Directions:

Use any color construction paper other than white.

Paint the palm of the child's hand white, but only paint the thumb up to the first knuckle {For the cottontail.}

Have them press their palm down on the paper, helping them spread their fingers into a V to form the two ears.

When dry, glue on two wiggle eyes or just draw them on.

Draw a nose, mouth and whiskers!  

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Quick and Easy Christmas Santa Ornament

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Today's Quick and Easy Christmas Craft - Santa Stars!

This is perfect for a little Christmas joy during the month of December!

Step By Step Directions

Materials:

12 X 9 piece of red construction paper
Scrap pieces of black and yellow
Six cotton balls 
Scissors
Glue 
Ribbon or String scrap
Crayons or Makers for details if desired

Directions:

1. Depending on the child's age, have an adult or the child cut out a red star as large as the paper.
{OR Use an Ellison Die Cutter Machine.}
2. Have the student stretch out five cotton balls and glue them on the five points.
3. Next have the child or an adult draw Santa's face.
4. Glue the last cotton ball on as Santa's beard, see photo.
5. Cut a thin, black strip as the belt. Glue at waist area.
6. Cut out a square of the yellow, then cut out the inside with another square, see photo. {May require adult help.}
7. Glue at center of black strip as the belt buckle.
8. Make a loop and glue it to the back as a hanger for the tree.
9. Student name and date on back!

If you look at my picture, you can tell the three years difference in my own children. The left Santa my daughter made, while the right Santa was made by my son. He is 3 years younger, but had just as much fun making his Santa. AND...I drag them out every year and place them together on the tree...12 years later! 

I ♥love how they all turn out with different personalities!

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Bull's Eye Hangers for Today's Quick and Easy Art Project!

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Today's QUICK AND EASY ART ~ Yarn Bull's Eye Project!

This is perfect for a Summer Camp or VBS. Once you teach the children how to make them, they can make quite a few and work on it during those few free minutes in between activities.

My children made these when they were little and like them so much they turned them into Christmas tree ornaments!  

Materials:
Two craft sticks, any size, any color
Any color yarn, but multi-color makes the bull's eye effect 
Scissors
Glue
Directions:

Glue the two craft sticks together to form a cross.
Wrap the yarn over and around one of the sides of the craft stick. Then wrap it over and around the next 'leg' turning the cross 90 degrees.
Each time pull the yarn tight and push it towards the center so none of the stick is showing.
Keep wrapping and turning until most of the sticks are covered. 
Cut the yarn and tuck the end under, adding a dab of glue.  

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Christmas Santa for Some Summer Fun in Today's Quick and Easy Art Project

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Today's QUICK AND EASY ART ~ Santa Stars!

This is perfect for a little Christmas joy during summer school, summer camp or just one of those LONG, HOT, SUMMER AFTERNOONS!

Step By Step Directions

Materials:

12 X 9 piece of red construction paper
Scrap pieces of black and yellow
Six cotton balls 
Scissors
Glue 
Ribbon or String scrap
Crayons or Makers for details if desired

Directions:

1. Depending on the child's age, have an adult or the child cut out a red star as large as the paper.
{OR Use an Ellison Die Cutter Machine.}
2. Have the student stretch out five cotton balls and glue them on the five points.
3. Next have the child or an adult draw Santa's face.
4. Glue the last cotton ball on as Santa's beard, see photo.
5. Cut a thin, black strip as the belt. Glue at waist area.
6. Cut out a square of the yellow, then cut out the inside with another square, see photo. {May require adult help.}
7. Glue at center of black strip as the belt buckle.
8. Make a loop and glue it to the back as a hanger for the tree.
9. Student name and date on back!

If you look at my picture, you can tell the three years difference in my own children. The left Santa my daughter made, while the right Santa was made by my son. He is 3 years younger, but had just as much fun making his Santa. AND...I drag them out every year and place them together on the tree...12 years later! 

I ♥love how they all turn out with different personalities!

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Quick and Easy Christmas Santa Ornament

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Today's Quick and Easy Christmas Craft - Santa Stars!

This is perfect for a little Christmas joy during the month of December!

Step By Step Directions

Materials:

12 X 9 piece of red construction paper
Scrap pieces of black and yellow
Six cotton balls 
Scissors
Glue 
Ribbon or String scrap
Crayons or Makers for details if desired

Directions:

1. Depending on the child's age, have an adult or the child cut out a red star as large as the paper.
{OR Use an Ellison Die Cutter Machine.}
2. Have the student stretch out five cotton balls and glue them on the five points.
3. Next have the child or an adult draw Santa's face.
4. Glue the last cotton ball on as Santa's beard, see photo.
5. Cut a thin, black strip as the belt. Glue at waist area.
6. Cut out a square of the yellow, then cut out the inside with another square, see photo. {May require adult help.}
7. Glue at center of black strip as the belt buckle.
8. Make a loop and glue it to the back as a hanger for the tree.
9. Student name and date on back!

If you look at my picture, you can tell the three years difference in my own children. The left Santa my daughter made, while the right Santa was made by my son. He is 3 years younger, but had just as much fun making his Santa. AND...I drag them out every year and place them together on the tree...12 years later! 

I ♥love how they all turn out with different personalities!

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A Gator Puppet for Today's Quick and Easy Art Project Including a FREEBIE!

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Today's QUICK AND EASY ART ~ Gator Puppets!

This is perfect for the End of the School Year or for a Summer Camp. Once you teach the children how to make the basic body of the puppet, they can make it in a variety of color for different animals.
Step By Step Photo Directions with My Pudgie, Little Hands 

Materials:
12 X 18 piece of green construction paper
12 X 9 piece of white construction paper
Scissors
Glue 
Crayons or Makers for details if desired
Scraps of other colored construction paper
Directions:

1. Fold the basic puppet share {directions here}
2. Let the students cut out 2 white "house shapes" with a rounded roof. Fold the bottom a little bit and when you glue it down on the fold, it makes easy-cheesy 3-D eyes!
3. Using scrapbooking scissors, or drawing triangular shapes, cut out two rows of white teeth. Glue on the inside of the mouth part. {See picture.}
4. If you have a scrapbox of leftover construction paper in your classroom, it is fun to let them use that and markers to add extra details. Bow ties, hair bows, tongues, etc.

I ♥love how they all turn out with different personalities! 
FREE PRINTABLE DIRECTIONS! 

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A Lion for Today's Quick and Easy Art Project!

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Today's QUICK AND EASY ART is a lion!
This is perfect to use on a bulletin board for March on Idioms "In like a lion, out like a lamb!"

Directions:

Best on white construction paper.

Paint the fingers of the child's hand orange, but only paint the four fingers.

Have them press their hand down on the paper.
Turn the paper 90 degrees for them, repaint and repress!
Turn again, repaint, repress.
Turn one last time, repaint their hand again, press one last time. 

When dry, glue on a yellow circle for the lion's face.
Then draw two eyes or use two wiggle eyes.
Use a little brown triangle with one side rounded for the nose and then draw the mouth.
Glue on the whiskers, depending on the age, these are best precut by a volunteer or classroom paraprofessional.  

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