Curious Crafting

Curious Crafting

40 Episodes

Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. Host Mandisa Watts leads a rotating cast of young kids making magic out of common household objects.

Curious Crafting
  • Water Bottle Piggy Bank

    Episode 15

    With a piggy bank made from a recycled plastic water bottle, Mandisa introduces a craft that helps us save money and the environment! She uses pink construction paper, beads for hooves, and a curly pipe cleaner tail.

  • Glowing Firefly

    Episode 16

    Mandisa lights up the craft room with a fun firefly craft. It may be as simple as putting a glow stick in a recycled water bottle, but the real shine comes from the crafters’ decorating skills.

  • Puffy Paint Cupcake

    Episode 14

    Mandisa shows how we can make a rainbow cupcake with “puffy paint” – fun paint made from shaving cream, glue and food colouring that jumps off the page. The puffy paint and bead sprinkles make for cupcake crafts that look almost good enough to eat.

  • Cardboard Box Firetruck

    Episode 13

    Fire truck craft to the rescue! Mandisa shows us how to make a cardboard box can make a good Fire truck with a coat of red paint and some bottle caps for sirens and paper ladders stuck to the side!

  • Rocking Shark

    Episode 12

    Mandisa makes a Rocking Shark – a folded paper plate that rocks back and forth, making it look like it’s swimming in the ocean. After a bit of painting, it will need fins and some sharp-looking teeth!

  • Paper Plate Ice Cream Cone

    Episode 11

    Mandisa creates crafted cones that are made from paper plates and all sorts of fun toppings, including cherry pom poms and cardboard waffle cones painted using a potato masher.

  • Teddy Bear Bag

    Episode 10

    Mandisa shows us that some crafts can be worn! She makes her own fashionable Teddy Bear bags with a single paper plate, supplies to create a face, and a bit of string to use as a strap.

  • Paper Bag House

    Episode 9

    Mandisa shows us how to make your own dream house craft with a paper bag using construction paper!

  • Cardboard Tube Giraffe

    Episode 7

    What zoo animal has spots and a looooong neck? Mandisa shows you how to fashion a giraffe craft with a paper towel roll neck, yellow construction paper, and brown paint for spots.

  • Torn Paper Bee

    Episode 6

    Today in the crafting room Mandisa reveals a super fun bee craft. This bee is made with torn pieces of black and yellow construction paper, which give it a fun texture. That and the cupcake liner wings!

  • Unicorn Hand Puppet

    Episode 8

    Unicorns are mythological creatures that make fun hand puppets to play with. Mandisa shows us how to make their own with purple construction paper, rainbow yarn for the mane, and most importantly a sparkly golden horn!

  • Jumping Frog

    Episode 5

    Have you ever seen a craft that jumps? Mandisa shows us how to make a frog craft that can leap right off the table! With the power of some cups and elastic bands, our green, amphibian friends achieve major lift off.

  • Paper Plate Dinosaur

    Episode 1

    Mandisa brings a dinosaur to life as a paper plate craft, and shows you how to make it in a few fun easy steps. Roar!

  • Cardboard Tube Owls

    Episode 3

    Hoot hoot! Mandisa shows the fun of using recycled items by turning a toilet paper roll into a new owl friend. With some coloured yarn, big googly eyes and feathers for wings, the owls are ready to take flight!

  • Milk Carton School Bus

    Episode 4

    Mandisa shows us what you can do with an empty milk carton – paint it yellow and turn it into a school bus! You will need to add wheels, construction paper windows and a red stop sign for safety.

  • Waddling Penguin

    Episode 2

    Penguins get around by waddling, so Mandisa has made a penguin craft from a paper plate that does just that.