This is a great craft to make along with your toddler. Some pieces and steps are included which require an adult to complete and look over. Do not leave your young child unattended with this craft. It is designed to be a gift for someone else, made with love by you and your child.
Supplies needed:
1 open topped, small plastic container
1 brown paper bag
2 small rocks
1 paintbrush
4 safety pins
8 small bells
4 google eyes
2 small pom poms
tempura paint
handful of cotton
white glue
colored sand and/or glitter
hot glue gun and glue
paint pens
Directions:
Step 1: Set your child up with some different colors of tempura paint, paint safe clothing, a paint brush, and an opened and flattened brown paper bag. Instruct them to paint whatever they wish all over the brown paper bag on one side.
Step 2: While they are busy painting the paper bag, you can paint a decorative name of your recipient on the front of the container with the paint pens, and the name of your child and date on the back. Add any art or decor you wish to the container.
OPTIONAL Step: Do this if your container has holes on the sides, as shown in the pictures. While their artwork is drying, have your child hand you one bell at a time and attach two bells to each safety pin. You can do this with either small jumprings, or just by stringing them onto the point of the safety pin and then close it. Attach two safety pins to either side of the container through the handles.
Step 3: Have your child place a handful of cotton into the container. Then have them crumple their brown paper bag artwork and arrange it in the container to look like bedding. (Semi flat surface for two rocks to sit on) Depending on the size of your container, you may not need the cotton.
Now that the bed is finished, you can create your rock buddies.
Step 4: Paint white glue all over each rock (or help your child to do so) Roll each one in either sand or glitter and let dry.
Step 5: When they are dry, glue on two eyes and one nose to each pet rock. Their happy faces will help let your child see the progress of their hard work.
Step 6: FOR PARENTS: Use the hot glue gun to glue both rocks into their bed and help keep them from flying around.
Your pet rocks are ready for gifting.
If you are going to allow these to be your child's pets, please make sure to entirely skip the safety pin step.
You may also wish to not glue down the rocks if your child keeps them, so they can be taken out and played with. In that case, make sure the rocks are not small enough to be swallowed.
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Supplies needed:
1 open topped, small plastic container
1 brown paper bag
2 small rocks
1 paintbrush
4 safety pins
8 small bells
4 google eyes
2 small pom poms
tempura paint
handful of cotton
white glue
colored sand and/or glitter
hot glue gun and glue
paint pens
Directions:
Step 1: Set your child up with some different colors of tempura paint, paint safe clothing, a paint brush, and an opened and flattened brown paper bag. Instruct them to paint whatever they wish all over the brown paper bag on one side.
Step 2: While they are busy painting the paper bag, you can paint a decorative name of your recipient on the front of the container with the paint pens, and the name of your child and date on the back. Add any art or decor you wish to the container.
OPTIONAL Step: Do this if your container has holes on the sides, as shown in the pictures. While their artwork is drying, have your child hand you one bell at a time and attach two bells to each safety pin. You can do this with either small jumprings, or just by stringing them onto the point of the safety pin and then close it. Attach two safety pins to either side of the container through the handles.
Step 3: Have your child place a handful of cotton into the container. Then have them crumple their brown paper bag artwork and arrange it in the container to look like bedding. (Semi flat surface for two rocks to sit on) Depending on the size of your container, you may not need the cotton.
Now that the bed is finished, you can create your rock buddies.
Step 4: Paint white glue all over each rock (or help your child to do so) Roll each one in either sand or glitter and let dry.
Step 5: When they are dry, glue on two eyes and one nose to each pet rock. Their happy faces will help let your child see the progress of their hard work.
Step 6: FOR PARENTS: Use the hot glue gun to glue both rocks into their bed and help keep them from flying around.
Your pet rocks are ready for gifting.
If you are going to allow these to be your child's pets, please make sure to entirely skip the safety pin step.
You may also wish to not glue down the rocks if your child keeps them, so they can be taken out and played with. In that case, make sure the rocks are not small enough to be swallowed.
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