Abstract Art Using Marbles

Art is truly fun and exciting.  Make your own abstract art using marbles and paint.  Do something fun with family and friends.

How To Make a Christmas Star from Drinking Straws

Make your own Christmas Decor to hang on your Christmas Tree. Why not use drinking straws to make your own Christmas Stars.

Staining Glass Bottles Using Vitrail Glass Paint

Staining Glass Bottles is relatively a simple and fun way to recycle your empty bottles and turn them into something useful and nice to look at.

Make Your Own Desktop Pen Holder from used tape carton rolls

Don't just throw away  the left over carton rolls from used tapes, you can use them to make something useful like a Desktop Pen Holder.

How To Color Glass Bottles Using Correction Fluid

Don't just throw away your glass bottles.  There's a ton of cool stuff you can make with your old glass bottles.  Why not recycle your glass bottles into cool containers or flower vases.  Here's an easy way to color your glass bottles using correction fluid and colored markers.

Make Your Own Family Tree Collage

Make a Collage to show your family tree...

Tissue Paper Roll Christmas Lantern

A useful project for Tissue Paper Rolls.  Create Christmas Lanterns using Tissue Paper Rolls.

How to make a boat out of Sipping Straws

Play around and create your own toy boat using Sipping Straws.

String Art

Create your own work of art using a piece of string and a lot of imagination.

Abstract Art 1

A fun and messy way of creating Abstract Art using poster paint, a piece of straw and a lot of imagination.

Make your own robot from Pet Bottles and recycled materials

Make your own robot from discarded and recycled materials. Make use of ordinary items found inside your house and  turn them into something new and exciting...

Name Plate popsicle sticks

Immortalize your name in Popsicle sticks. Popsicle stick which comes relatively cheap and practically easy to find and accessible can be used for a variety of applications and uses. For this project we will be using Popsicle sticks to literally spell out your name.

Materials needed

Popsicle sticks
Crafts Glue
Poster paint
Ribbons
Yarn
Scrap booking materials
Card Board
Double sided tape

1. Spell-out your name using the Popsicle sticks. Just remember to control the size of
   your Popsicle sticks as they tend to become very big.
2. Once you've spelled-out your name. You can now stick them together using your crafts glue.
   Just remember to allow your Popsicle stick enough time to dry properly.
3. Decorate your Popsicle sticks using poster paint, or you can use scrap booking shapes as
   they are a good source of decorative items,or wrap the Popsicle sticks with yarn or ribbons.
4. Attached the decorated Popsicle sticks onto a piece of card board to hold them all together.
   Just remember that the Popsicle sticks become heavier once you add on the decorations.
5. Congratulations your done...

Create Your Own Monster Truck from Recycled Toy Parts

Make use of broken and old Toys parts. Reinvent broken and old toys parts into a new and creative toy. This guide will show you how you can turn broken and old toy parts into an awesome monster truck.

Materials Needed:

Glue Gun
Glue Sticks
Crafts Glue
Old and Broken-off toy pieces
Tissue paper carton rolls
Colored Markers
Poster Paint
Tape

Procedure:

1. Decide on the look of your Monster Truck.
2. You can build the body of your Truck using a Tissue paper carton roll and a plastic
   Easter egg. Fasten the each halve of the plastic Easter egg at the end of the Tissue
   paper carton roll with tape.
3. Look for broken-off wheels and attach it to the bottom of your Tissue paper carton roll
   using your glue gun.
4. Attach a broken-off car seat on the top of your tissue paper carton roll using your glue
   gun to produce the cockpit.
5. Attach a spoiler on top and small guns at both sides using your glue gun for that wham bam
   effect.
6. If you like you could also color your monster truck with poster paint or add some stickers
   for effect.
7. Congratulations your done...

Bean Art

Have lots of fun creating works of art using different kinds of beans. Use different colored beans to produce wonderful and exciting effects. 

Materials Needed:

A Piece of Card board (You may use paper, but you must consider that the more beans you use the heavier your project becomes)

Beans (lots and lots of beans. For this project I used a combination of green mongo beans and white kidney beans. However, you could use other varieties such as red beans and even corn.)

Crafts glue

Yarn

Shaped Rubber bands

Markers

Procedure:

1. Design  a pattern for your artwork. You could used shaped rubber bands, draw shapes and use yarns as borders. I suggest you use borders to keep the seeds in place. However, you could just draw the shapes and highlight the borders using markers.

2. Populate the shapes using your beans and glue. Experiment with different colored and shaped beans for effect. Just remember the more beans you use the heavier your artwork becomes.

3. Let your glue dry and settle. You could also color beans to produce a more colorful effect.

4. Congratulations your done...

Rocket ship from recycled Materials

Make something new with old and discarded house hold materials. There are a lot of things you could make with your old stuff.  Instead of throwing away your house hold junk, why not reinvent them and turn them into something fun and exciting, like a rocket ship.

Sandpaper Art Using Crayons

A fun and simple way to create artworks using sandpaper and crayons as medium. Experiment with different sand paper textures and create a masterpiece.

Materials Needed:

Sandpaper (different textures produces different effects)
A Box of Crayons (Try Glow in the dark Crayons for effect)

Procedure:

1. Decide on the pattern or illustration you are going to create.
2. Using yourbox of crayons draw like crazy and produce the art work you desire.
                     3. Congratulations your done...

Spray Bottle Art

A messy, fun and creative way of making an Abstract piece of art using spray bottles.

Materials Needed:

Spray Bottles
Poster Paints
A piece of Oslo paper

Procedure:

1. Dilute your poster paints with water a 1:1 ratio should be enough, and place them inside the spray bottles. The more colors you have the merrier.

2. Spray the diluted Poster Paint into your Oslo Paper. Be adventurous and experiment with different color combinations.

3. Sprinkle with a dash of glitters for effect and allow to dry.
4. Congratulations your done...

Make Your Own Chocolate Cake

Make Your Own Chocolate Cake from some art supplies, a paper plate and a lot of imagination. Have lots of fun with your child designing your own chocolate cake.

Materials Needed:

A Small Paper Plate
Brown Poster Paint
Crafts Glue
Glitters
Colored Paper
Cotton Balls
Brush

Procedure:

1. Turn your Paper Plate upside down and attach it to your Colored Paper using your Crafts Glue.
2. Using your Brown Poster Paint and Brush, color the center of your Paper Plate.
3. Attach your cotton balls to the top of your paper plate with glue. This will serve as the  marsh mallow effect for your cake.
4. Sprinkle some Glitters on top for effect.
5. Congratulations your done...

Create an Abstract Art using Marbles

A messy and creative way of making an Abstract piece of art using some paint and marbles.

Materials Needed:

Poster Paint
A piece of paper
A small bowl
A plastic container (enough to fit a sheet of paper)
Marbles or Ball bearings (different sizes)
Glitter

Procedure:

1. Place a piece of paper inside a plastic container.
2. Pour the poster paints into the small bowls.
3. Dip the Marbles or Ball Bearings into the bowls of paint.
4. Place the dipped Marbles or Ball Bearings into the plastic container with the piece of paper.
5. Shake like crazy and see what figures you can make. Experiment with different color
   combinations and different sizes of Marbles and Ball bearings.
6. Sprinkle a dash of Glitter for effect.
7. Congratulations your done...

Make your own necklace

With common art supplies and tools you and your child could create your own necklace out of scratch...

Materials Needed:

Colored papers
Card Board
Pencil
Scissor
Puncher
Yarn
Crafts glue
Foam shapes
Glitters
Glitter Shapes

Procedure:

1. From a piece of card board draw and cut the desired shape of your necklace.
2. Decorate your cut-out necklace with your Foam Shapes and Crafts Glue. Go crazy and
   stick the Foam Shapes on your Crafts Glue in any arrangement you want...
3. Be more adventurous and add some glitter shapes or cut-out more figures using your colored paper. 4. Sprinkle some glitters for effect.
5. Punch a hole and put a piece of yarn for a chain.
6. Congratulations your done...