Mandisa has a craft idea for Ben and Kiyari who love watching Autumn leaves turn colour – it’s a Fall tree in a box! The kids use pencil erasers to make Fall-coloured paint dots in recycled shoe boxes. They each cut out a tree shape from construction paper and then use a puncher to make tissue paper leaves. When the boxes are sealed and a straw is inserted, the crafters can blow air into their box to create a windy Fall scene!
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Tissue Box Monsters
Mandisa helps Emma and Arjay turn basic tissue boxes into monster crafts in a few steps. Starting with a coat of paint, the kids decorate the outsides of their boxes and then attach paper teeth to create big smiling jaws. After adding styrofoam eyeballs and feathers, these monsters are ready to s...
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Bug Hotel
Mandisa unveils to Olivia and Emerson a comfortable place for critters, also know as a bug hotel craft. After decorating the outside of a milk carton, they create a bug-friendly habitat by filling carboard tubes with sticks, pinecones, rocks, and moss. All that’s left to do is fill it with plasti...
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Pinwheel
Today in the crafting zone, Mandisa shows Zahra and Austen the fun of making a spinning pinwheel craft. The two crafters fold out paper wheels, then decorate them with marker and paint. Once the pinwheel is fastened with a screw and mounted to a stick, the kids give their pinwheels a spin.
