Pumpkin Seeds And Paper Plate Mandala Art For Kids

Rangoli (or Mandala) is an art form in which patterns are created on the floor using materials such as colored rice, dry flour, colored sand or flower petals. Rangoli is usually made to decorate the home on festivals like Diwali and other special occasions. It is said that the Goddess of wealth "Lakshmi" visits people's homes during Diwali. To welcome her, people clean their homes, illuminate their houses with diya or lanterns, set-up colorful garlands on doors, and make colorful rangolis.

This easy paper plate rangoli craft is a great way to involve young children in Diwali decoration traditions.  So, save the pumpkin seeds after carving on Halloween to make this pretty mandala art :)

May this Diwali fill your home with happiness,joy and prosperity! Happy Diwali!

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HOW TO MAKE EASY RANGOLI ART FOR KIDS?

MATERIALS

Paper Plate
Pumpkin Seeds - Save the seeds after carving Pumpkins on Halloween :)
Black Paint
Chalk Markers
Pom-poms

Glue

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Wash and dry the pumpkin seeds.

2. Paint the seeds black using acrylic or water colors.

3. Make the patterns on the dyed seed using colorful chalk markers.

4. Draw four circles on the paper plate as shown and glue the decorated pumpkin seeds around those circle as shown in the pictures.

5. Finish it by glueing colorful pom-poms around the paper plates.

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15 Best Arts and Crafts Gifts for Kids

A good activity for kids is one they will happily do. And, kids are born artists. They love colors, they love scribbling with anything they can mark with, and they love making a mess by cutting paper.

We introduced our kid to arts and craft very early and it has been such a joy see her develop since. She has developed her own sense of colors, shapes, scenarios to capture and stories to tell at a young age.

One of the best things you can do as a parent to initiate a child into arts and crafts is to give them the right tools and some guidance and let them go at it. To help you out, we collated this list of top arts and crafts toy gifts you can gift to a young child and see the gift pay off manyfold over years to come.

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2018 HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR KIDS - ARTS AND CRAFTS

Crayola Inspiration Art Case

This portable and organized storage for 140 Crayola art supplies make a perfect holiday gift for age 3 & up.

Melissa & Doug Easel Accessory Set

This is a perfect art-supplies set to complement an easel or start off a home art studio. Great gift idea to promotes creativity and fine motor skills in kids.

Kid Made Modern Modern House Craft Kit

Perfect craft kit for kids who are inspired by buildings, architecture and design.  This art project contains everything you need to build a modern home. Great way to encourage creativity and imagination for ages 6 and up.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Play Sand Combo Pack

Let your kids be creative with this kinetic play sand. With 6 different molds, kids can build castles, pyramids, and more.

Melissa & Doug Scratch Art Kit

This scratch art kit is fun to jot notes, etch doodles, or make cool illustrations and designs.
Bright colors hide beneath the matte coating will surely amaze your little artist.

Klutz String Art Book Kit

This is a great gift to introduce your kids to String Art. See your kids transform string and pins into works of art. It comes with 500+ pins, 80 yards string, corrugate boards, tracing paper, decorative backing paper, pin pushing tool. Perfect for age 10+ 

Crayola Light-up Tracing Pad

A fun holiday gift that you can rely on for big smiles and hours of imaginative fun. Over 100 traceable images are sure to keep young artists engaged and excited.

Darice 80-Piece Deluxe Art Set

This deluxe art set with compact and portable design includes a wide variety of art supplies for drawing, painting and more – it’s a great gift choice for beginners and serious artists alike.

ALEX Toys Little Hands Pop Stick Art

Kids can create cute animal and flower puppets with this pop stick art kit. These a great holiday gift idea for kids age 3+ to develops hand-eye coordination and helps to improve fine motor skills.

KidZone Stencil Drawing Kit w/ Carry Case

Perfect kids gift that comes with a great variety different drawing stencils from animal, alphabet, numbers and shapes to cupcake, car, truck, boat, spaceship, shark and more!

Crayola Super Art Kit

This all-in-one arts and crafts set for kids is sure to keep kids entertained for hours. Also great for keeping the crafting materials organized and all together in the included craft storage tub.

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Rocking Santa Claus Sleigh Paper Plate Craft

As Christmas is approaching, we thought it would be fun to make this Santa Claus Sleigh paper plate craft and have some early celebration kick-off. It is super easy to make, educational for kids on the myth of Santa Claus and a fun rocking toy after complete to play with.

Did you check this fun Balloon Santa Claus craft we made last year and these shiny little Christmas Tree Ornaments made using aluminum foil?

Looking forward to Christmas and Santa!

Head over to HelloWonderful.co, where we have shared the tutorial for -

HOW TO MAKE SANTA CLAUS AND SLEIGH PAPER PLATE CRAFT?

Don't forget to follow our Christmas Board on Pinterest for more fun Christmas crafts for kids.

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DIY Pete The Cat Costume For Kids

“Buttons come and buttons go. Does Pete Cry? Goodness no!”

This year our daughter was old enough to decide about her own Halloween costume. So when asked, she immediately shouted “Pete the Cat”. No surprise, Pete The Cat is one of the cooler animated characters going around in her circles. We knew she had a special affection for Pete when we visited comic con in our local library and the only masked character she clicked a photo with was Pete the Cat!

As parents, we love Pete the Cat too. His stories are funny yet all about useful life-skills such as playing with everyone, taking it easy in life and enjoying life. Those are probably the most important lessons we can impart to our children. Happiness should come first.

So, now, how do you make our kid look like Pete? We decided to get her in yellow and blue covers (jeans, cardigan and t-shirt), craft four groovy buttons and a simple mask cut-out for Pete’s face and eyes. The result turned out to be cool. This quickly became the new favorite toy for some days to go.

Enjoy making this costume craft with your little one and see them pick up some life skills on the side.

Happy Crafting!

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HOW TO MAKE PETE THE CAT COSTUME?

MATERIALS

Yellow Cardigan
Blue Full Sleeve Top
Blue Jeans
Barbed Elastic Cord
Velro Sticky Fasteners
Paint
Cardstock Paper
Construction Paper
Black Sharpie Marker
Scissor

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cut out four circles from an empty cereal box or white cardstock paper to make the buttons.

2. Color one side of the circle with green, red, blue and teal color. One color on each circular cutout. Let it dry.

3. After the color on the button is dried, outline the buttons and draw four holes on each button.

4. Trace and cut out the shape of Pete's mask from a white cardstock paper. Color the mask (we mixed blue and black color for our mask) and let it dry. Outline the make using a black marker.

5. Cut out the shape of eyes and nose from a construction paper. Color the eyes orange and outline it with black marker.

6. Place the orange section of the eyes on the mask and trace the semi-circle on the mask.

7. Cut out the semi-circle you traced making an opening for your kid's eye. Tip: Measure and adjust the size and positioning of eyes based on your child's face.

8. Make two small holes on the side of the mask. Insert a barbed elastic cord and the mask is all set.

9. Now it's time to place the button on the cardigan. Stick the one part of the velcro sticker on the back of the cardboard buttons and the other part on the buttons of the cardigan (after your child wears it).

10. Place the cardboard button on the cardigan using velcro fastener.

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11 Easy Diwali Crafts for Kids

End-of-year is festive season and the amazing Indian festival of lights (Diwali) is almost here. Diwali is celebrated to honor and celebrate the return of the beloved hero (Lord Rama) and the triumph of good over evil. It is also said that the Goddess of prosperity "Lakshmi" visits people's homes during Diwali. To welcome her, people clean their homes, light up charming light lamps and set-up colourful garlands on doors.

We have curated the best Diwali crafts for kids that can be made by preschoolers and toddlers. Here you will find fun Diwali craft ideas for tweens and teens as well. We have a range of crafts and activities for kids that can be a beautiful DIY Diwali decoration idea or a great handmade Diwali gift for loved ones. So, go ahead and celebrate the festival of lights with your kids by making these cute and easy Diwali crafts.

Beautiful Diwali Crafts for kids

1. PAPER & CRAFT STICK LANTERN

Paper Lantern | The Joy of Sharing

2. ACCORDION FOLD PAPER DIYA

Accordion Fold Paper Diya | Artsy Crafty Mom

3. PAPER PLATE RANGOLI

Paper Plate Rangoli | Red Ted Art

4. CARDBOARD TUBE FLOWER LAMP

Cardboard Tube Flower Lamps | The Joy of Sharing

5. FIRECRACKER CRAFT

Fire Cracker Craft | Artsy Craftsy Mom

6. BANGLES CANDLE HOLDER

Bangles Candle Holder | Red Ted Art

7. PAPER PUNCH OUT LANTERN

Paper Punch-Out Lantern | Kids Activities Blog

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8. PAPER DIYA

Paper Diya | The Crafty Angels

9. PAPER LEAF TORAN

Paper Leaf Garland | The Joy of Sharing

10. PLAY-DOH RANGOLI

Playdoh Rangoli | Putti's World

11. PAPER PLEATS AND STITCHED CANDLE CARD

Candle Card | Handmade with Love

Look for more? Check out our Diwali Crafts Board on Pinterest!

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How To Make Paper Lantern Craft

Fall kicks off the festival season. We got thinking about how to welcome the festivals and create crafts to celebrate them. We thought “what’s common across the two big festivals - Christmas and Diwali”? And, the answer came back “lights”! Interesting isn’t it? Lights are such a huge part of celebrating major festivals. So, we made the paper lantern craft or paper luminaries using paper, popsicle sticks and some mandala art.

Learning about festivals and celebrating them with your kids is so much fun. These are days that kids look forward and form long-term happy memories around. Making a craft that can symbolize festivals helps them develop an understanding of customs, culture and tradition. While, also exercising their creative neurons for visualizing, conceiving and implementing ideas.

Happy Festival Season! May the light be with you.

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HOW TO MAKE LANTERN CRAFT?

MATERIALS

Mandala Pattern --> Download the Printable Template
Popsicle Craft Sticks - US | INDIA
Tracing Paper - US | INDIA
Metallic Washi Tape - US | INDIA
Color Markers - US | INDIA
Glue - US | INDIA
Hot Glue - US | INDIA
Pencil
LED Tealight Candle - US | INDIA

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Glue four craft sticks together to make the sides of the lantern. If you want to add the base to the lantern, make one more craft stick square.

2. Cut 4 square pieces of tracing paper.

3. Trace and color the mandala pattern on one of the tracing papers.

4. Glue the tracing papers to the wood stick squares.

5. Glue the sides together using a hot glue gun. You can also regular white glue - It just takes little extra time to dry. 

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50+ Halloween Crafts for Kids

Halloween is a time for so much fun for kids. So many fun activities can be done, where do you start? Well, if craft decor and DIY is on your mind, we have curated 50+ best Halloween kids crafts just for you.

Halloween crafts can be made with such a great diversity, it can get overwhelming to decide. There are monsters, spiders, cats, bats, witches and pumpkins.  The best way is to just go ahead and make one of each kind!

We selected easy Halloween crafts for preschoolers and toddlers to make. We think that these are equally fun Halloween crafts for teens and tweens too! Each Halloween arts and crafts project is accompanied with detailed step-by-step instructions so you can get started straight away.

So go ahead! Browse through our selection of quick and easy DIY Halloween craft ideas and pick your favourite projects for this holiday season to make at home or classroom.

CUTE AND EASY HALLOWEEN CRAFTS FOR KIDS

MONSTER CRAFTS FOR KIDS

1. Rock Stone Monsters
2. Pumpkin Monsters
3. Cardboard Tube Monsters
4. Paper Bag Monsters 
5. Egg Carton Monsters
6. Ping Pong Ball Monster
7. Big Hand Paper Monsters
8. Candy Corn Monster
9. Monster Bookmarks

BAT CRAFTS FOR KIDS

1. Spoon Bats
2. Dixie Cup Bobble Head Bat
3. Flying Bat Straw Rocket
4. Shape Bats Paper Craft
5. Rainbow Paper Tube Bats
6. Paper Bats
7. Paper Plate Bat Puppet
8. Pinecone Bat
9. Clothespin Button Bat

SPIDER CRAFTS FOR KIDS

1. Paper Quilled Spider
2. Paper Spider Craft 
3. Paper Plate Spider Web
4. Aluminum Foil Spider
5. Pom Pom Spider
6. Craft Stick Spider Web
7. Cardboard Box Spider
8. Yarn Spider 
9. Rock Spider Craft

PUMPKIN CRAFT FOR KIDS

1. Pumpkin Emotions Craft
2. Plastic Lid Pumpkin Sewing Craft
3. Jack-o-lanterns Nighlight Jars
4. Paper Pumpkin Finger Puppet
5. Folded Paper Pumpkin Craft
6. Yarn Pumpkin
7. Candy Filled Balloon Pumpkin
8. Paper Pumpkins
9. Popsicle Stick Pumpkin

BLACK CATS CRAFTS FOR KIDS

1. Black Cats in Mystical Night
2. Handprint Black Cats
3. Paper Bobble Head Black Cat 
4. Paper Plate Black Cat
5. Folk Painted Black Cat
6. Paper Quilling Black Cat
7. Paper Roll Black Cat
8. Toilet Roll Cats
9. Popsicle Stick Black Cat in Window

WITCH CRAFTS FOR KIDS

1. Paper Plate Flying Witch
2. Paper Cup Witch with Glowing Nose
3. Footprint Witch Puppet
4. Craft Stick Witch
5. Craft Stick and Cupcake Liner Witch Puppet
6. Paper Cone Witch
7. Flying Paper Cup Witch
8. Witch Handprint Craft
9. Popsicle Stick Witch

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Looking for more ideas?  Check out our Halloween crafts board on Pinterest for more inspirations - where we have tonnes of Halloween arts, Halloween crafts, Halloween costumes, Halloween treats and Halloween party ideas. Happy Halloween!

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Pumpkin Emotions Halloween Craft for Kids

Nothing is more synonymous with Halloween than the super expressive pumpkins. With their cut-out eyes, nose and mouth, they convey the fun yet scary emotions understandable by even the youngest children. We thought it would be educational to focus on how small shape variations in eyes and mouth can convey emotions as wide as smiling and scary. So, we made this Pumpkin Emotions Craft with a twisted personality! Be careful folks - one second it’s smiling & cute and in the other menacing & scary!

Head over to HelloWonderful.co, where we have shared the tutorial for -  HOW TO MAKE THIS PUMPKIN EMOTIONS CRAFT? 

Looking for more pumpkin ideas? Love this Squeeze Paint Pumpkin Art from Hello Wonderful. This is such a fun and easy no-carve pumpkin decoration idea for kids. Also, check these cute little Paper Pumpkin Finger Puppet I made with my daughter. 

For more Halloween ideas, don't forget to follow our Halloween Ideas board on Pinterest.

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RELATED FALL & HALLOWEEN CRAFTS

Magnetic Squirrel & Acorn	Handprint Apple Tree	Magnetic Fall Leaves
Monsters	Spoon Bats	Halloween Witch
Halloween Spider	Black Cats	Leaf Garland

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Magnetic Squirrel and Acorn Fall Craft

Our house has a few large trees close to the balcony deck. The trees are home to a few squirrels and our toddler has come to adore their cute antics. Her favourite is when the squirrel grabs an acorn and nibbles away at it with her teeth and hands. So cute!

In fall, Acorns fall to the ground and squirrels pick them up burying them for use in the winter hibernation season. Often, not all the acorns get consumed leading to the birth of new oak trees in a few months. And, these natural cycles continue.

For this fall season, we decided to craft this interesting and ecological critical activity using our special magnetic craft technique. The falling acorn, the squirrel grabbing it and then nibbling away it never fails to put a smile on our toddler's face. And, serves as an important lesson on the cycle of life for little kids to remember.

This is a fun school project to talk about the vital role squirrel plays in sustaining plant communities in our ecosystem. This also makes a perfect STEM fall project idea for kids.

Parents and Teachers can make this craft with toddler, preschool and kindergarten kids. This is a fun DIY toy and sure to amuse young children.

If you like this magnetic craft project, I'm sure you will also enjoy making this Magnetic Fall Leaf craft.  For more fall craft ideas, don't forget to follow our Pinterest board - Fall Crafts & Activities.

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HOW TO MAKE ACORN AND SQUIRREL FALL CRAFT FOR KIDS?

SUPPLIES

Squirrel and Acorn ---> Download the PRINTABLE TEMPLATE
Paper Plate
Construction Paper
Stapler
Pencil Colors
Sharpie Markers
Glue Stick
Magnet (We used the magnet that comes with Dry Erase White Board)
Scissor

BEHIND THE SCENE STEPS

1. Draw the tree stem and branches on a paper plate.

2. Draw the leaves on the tree.

3.  Color the tree using pencil colors. We colored the stem and branches brown first but later decided to change them to black to make brown acorns and squirrel stand out.

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4. Outline the leaves using a black sharpie marker.

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Magnetic Fall Leaf Craft

‘Fall’ brings some of the most contrasting and beautiful images in nature. The different colors that leaves take, the eventual falling and the beautiful mosaics on the ground make fall an artist’s playground. Equally importantly, fall plays such a huge role in keeping nature healthy by completing the circle of life for plants where the fallen leaves become nurturing food for the tree’s future growth.

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