Piper and Austen learn from Mandisa how to make a portrait of a cat whose eyes move from side to side. The first step is drawing the cat’s body on paper, then cutting out holes where the eyes will go. After painting the portraits with water colour, the pair each attach a strip of paper with eyes on the back, creating the sly, moving eye effect.
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3D Faces
Have you ever made a craft of your own face? Mandisa shows Emma and Travis the ropes of how to create a 3D self-portrait. After each painting a colourful background, the kids make their faces with paper that matches their skin tone, then folding it so it pops out of the page. After adding a few o...
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Holiday Tree Centrepiece
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 w...
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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...
