Posts Tagged ‘coffee filter’
Butterfly Kites
Posted on: June 5, 2009
(I got this idea off of Family Fun. But I decided to do it using coffee filters, which was more fun and messy. The boys loved building these and playing with them. It makes walking to get the mail more fun.)
Things you need:
- Smock
- 2 coffee filters
- Markers
- Bowl of water
- Paint brush
- Scissors
- Pipe cleaner
- Yarn
Have the child color the coffee filters with markers. The more color, the more fun.
Colored coffee filters
After the child is done decorating the filters, have the child paint them with water, making the colors run.
Water painting filters
Let the filters dry. Fold the filters in half to cut out half a butterfly making the wings even on both sides. (I wish I could have found a template.) Do not make a head or tail because the pipe cleaner will do that.
Butterfly cutouts
Have the child fold the pipe cleaner in half and slip the butterfly wings between it.
The bodies are forming
Cross the ends of the pipe cleaner to form antenna. You can bend them into little nubs if you like.
Almost done. Now where's that yarn?
Tie a piece of yarn to the pipe cleaner, long enough to fly the kite behind the child. If the child wants to flutter the kite, tie two short pieces of yarn to the pipe cleaner.
Coffee Filter Carnations
Posted on: May 4, 2009
(I warned you that I love staining coffee filters. My mom is quite fond of carnations, so I had the boys make a few. This is easy. Evan preferred to make white carnations, so all his hard work on staining them was for nothing. Of course, the flowers still looked pretty and made it a no mess project.)
Things you need:
- Coffee filters
- Markers
- A bowl of water
- Paint brush
- Smock
- Green pipe cleaners
Have the child color the filters with markers.
Coloring the coffee filters
Have the child paint the filters with water.
Painting the filters
Let the filters dry.
Hey, haven't I seen that picture before?
When the filters are dry, take three and fold them in thirds.
Ok, thirds or fourths
Put the filters together, fluffing them and arranging them to look like a carnation.
Doesn't it look like a real carnation?
Twist a pipe cleaner around the bottom, leaving a good length for the stem.
The carnation
Coffee Filter Jelly Fish
Posted on: April 30, 2009
(This is one of Evan’s favorite crafts. He loves animals, especially sea animals. Any craft he can play with, he just loves to do. I love stain glass coffee filters. There are so easy and fun. I also know tons of crafts to do with them. Sean enjoys coloring with markers and the water painting. Both boys love playing with their jelly fish. When they run with the jelly fish, it looks like the jelly fish are flying.)
Things you need:
Smock
Coffee filters
Markers
Paint brushes
Bowl
Water
Hole punch
Streamers
Stapler
Scissors
Yarn or string
You can flatten the coffee filter if you like. Have the child color the coffee filter with markers.
Coloring the coffee filters
After the child is done decorating the coffee filter, let the child paint the coffee filter with water. (If you want a few lighter colored filters, press some on the wet, painted coffee filter.)
Painting the filters
Let the coffee filter dry.
Filters drying in the sun (Look, there's my foot)
Have the child punch a hole or two in the middle of the coffee filter.
A couple of holes that aren't in the middle
Have the child cut eight streamers of about two feet long. Staple the streamers onto the filter.
Stappling streamers
Tie and tape a piece of yarn about two feet long through the hole.
Jelly fish!
