Unusually we had a Sunday in this week so it was time to get the craft box out and start creating. We’ve been so busy the past few months we’ve not had a lot of time to sit down and create someone more than just the normal finger painting that is always requested in this house.
Numbers four’s nursery are fantastic at encouraging parents to follow on the nursery topic at home with the children; and as sea creatures is being covered for the next few weeks we couldn’t wait to think of something to create.
First up was a crab that was super easy to make. We took a paper bowl, painted it and left it until it was dry.
Once dry we added some wobbly eyes to the top of the bowl and cut three pipe cleaners in half and stuck to the underside of the bowl to make the legs. Lastly we made the pincers for the front by again cutting a pipe clear in half and twisting a small section onto the top to make the pincer itself.
Next we started on our octopus. Taking a toilet roll tube we cut eight tentacles by cutting about halfway up the tube and then curling up slightly to create the tentacle.
Number four picked bright orange to paint him. Again we left it to dry and then added some more wobbly eyes. I finished him off by adding a sweet smile!
I think this week we will have to go out and get some blue and green tissue paper to cut into strips and give them an ocean to play in.
Do you try to follow your little ones nursery theme at home?
Wow I absolutely love this idea! I love crafts that you actually hang in their room and enjoy minsters of stick in a drawer 🙂 totally trying this with my boy, thanks for the idea! Xx
Oh great in so glad you like it, he took them into nursery today and they were really impressed bless him x