Other Crafts

Leis
supplies:plastic lacing, colored straws cut up in 1” sections or pony beads.
artificial flowers - Hydrangeas are perfect since the hole is already there.
-Disassemble flowers. Only keep petals. Punch or poke holes in the center of all flower petals. Alternate threading flower petals with straw sections (or 2-3 pony beads.)Tie when finished.
Garbage bag Hula Skirt
supplies: plastic garbage bags with cinch handle (2 per child) no gathers at bottom, needs to lay flat. Kirkland bags from Costco work great, permanent markers to decorate.
-Color tropical designs, verses, themes, truths, etc… on bags.
Cut bottom off both bags. Cut 1”-2” strips up to cinch tie with out cutting it.
Wear both bags at the same time. The static cling can get pretty out-of-control. I haven’t tried it yet, but was thinking that some spray starch or static spray would probably help.
Sand art paper
supplies: Colored sand (make by shaking light colored craft sand with few drops of food coloring,)Preprinted coloring pages on cardstock (use clipart from Lifeway website,)Paint-able glue (make by watering down Elmer’s or Tacky glue,)Old paint brushes, Markers
-Children color the picture first. Paint small amounts of glue and apply desired sand color. Shake and repeat for each new color.
Lacing canvas
supplies: plastic canvas any size, mine is about 5x6, plastic lacing various colors
Cut off 12-18” sections of lacing and thread through canvas to create desired designs.
Class Photo Frame – Best for last day, to have time to print photos
supplies: cardboard frames (this craft was inspired by the 60 leftover frames from several years ago,)Enough class photos for each child take at the beginning of the week, markers, tropical stickers
-Have children decorate frame, Attach photo