Just in time for the holiday season, Mandisa suggests to River and Claire that they all make a winter holiday tree centrepiece. Recycled cardboard scraps and tubes get stacked to form a tree shape, before the kids paint them green. They add little decorations, strings of beads, and top them off with big paper stars.
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Bubble Machine
Everyone loves blowing bubbles! In this episode, Mandisa helps crafters Kiyari and Sebastian make their own bubble machines from recycled plastic bottles and a pair of socks. The crafters decorate their machines to look like different sea creatures and are amazed by the long stream of bubbles the...
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Ring Toss Game
Mandisa introduces Luke and Olivia to a craft that’s both a DIY ring toss game, and a bear’s face. After tracing, cutting and painting their paper plate rings with watercolours, the kids attach a recycled paper towel roll to act as the pole. When the paint is dry, the kids see how many rings they...
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Jumping Bunnies
Sukruti and Ben hop into action to learn Mandisa’s Bunny Craft that has the ability to jump. The craft involves two cups – the first cup becomes the bunny’s face, complete with ears, googly eyes, pipecleaner whiskers, and yarn for hair. The kids fashion elastics to the top cup so it leaps off the...
