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I regularly come up with my own ideas on things to make and bake with the Mini Mes but when I need inspiration Pinterest is the perfect place to find it!
I've made Rock Pets and Egg Box Bugs before and with a love of the great outdoors as a family this Stone Pet idea, complete with home and inspired by RedTed Art, looked like a simple yet fun craft to make.
Having checked what was required, and after a short trip to ELC to stock up on materials, we made this rather cute butterfly.
What you will need:
Smooth stone (that will fit inside a matchbox)
Matchbox
Felt
Wobbly/sticker eyes
Glue
Pen
(You can add pom poms, glitter, sequins etc if you wish to decorate)
- Attach felt to the outside of the matchbox using glue to create a home for the pet. We used green felt cut into points to represent grass and brown felt to represent mud. Allow to dry.
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- Add eyes to your stone using the glue and attach felt for other body parts if you wish. We made wings from 4 small pieces of pink felt and antennae using red felt. Allow to dry.
- Draw on a mouth
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You can now store your pet in its new home!
This is a very quick and easy craft and ideal for pre-schoolers. We had great fun creating it and using it to play - we intend to make some other creatures too over the summer.
You can find lots of great craft ideas on Pinterest here: http://www.pinterest.com
You can view our photo album relating to this craft idea here: Google Album
Awww, very cute!
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A lovely idea thank you!
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable! My son is only 9 months old but I'm already thinking of crafts we can do together. This is definitely going on my list!
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These look fab!
ReplyDeleteThese are adorable! When I was little I can remember finding stones on the beach and drawing faces on them to make them into my friends :-)
ReplyDeleteI love it! I think I need to make one, best wait until my son is at school though then I can make it look nice, he'll only ruin it ;-)
ReplyDeleteSo cute, and so simple :)
ReplyDeleteThese are so insanely CUTE! And I adore their little box home too!
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I love these, they are so cute
ReplyDeleteLove these - we live by the beach so have plenty of pebbles and stones close by!
ReplyDeleteWhat a really good idea! My children are going to love making these in the school holidays :)
ReplyDeleteThese look great,great fun for children to make.
ReplyDeleteThis would be a fun activity on a rainy day (coming soon lol) :)
ReplyDeleteSooooo cute!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea and cute to boot
ReplyDeleteThis looks so cute definitely want to try this with my 2
ReplyDeleteGreat idea
ReplyDeleteThese I have to try
ReplyDeletethese look fab!
ReplyDeleteohh I think my teen would still love them, thanks for the idea
ReplyDeleteAww, how cute/
ReplyDeleteoh wow, how good are these and so easy. Many thanks. Can't wait to try them. I've lots of bits of felt hanging around in my sewing box.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute and our kids still, at the grand old age of 8 and 6 love making this kind of thing! I'll show them this later!
ReplyDeleteOh that's fantastic! So glad I found your blog! I love doing crafts with my favourite girl and she is going to love this! Thank you again!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet make - Pinned!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely craft make idea.
ReplyDeleteaw so sweet, i must do this with my grandson
ReplyDeleteLove these, so cute.
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute, what a great idea!
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