There is something wonderful about pompom crafts. They are bright and there is so much you can do with them. This post is how to make a snowman out of pompoms for fridge magnets. This is such an easy winter craft-perfect for a snow day or winter break!
Let me tell you about my inspiration….introducing Henry and Henrietta!
I was brainstorming winter craft ideas when I suddenly had a childhood flashback to my Grandmother’s fridge magnets. I texted my sister to ask if she could remember them. Ten minutes later she texted this photo of them. These scruffy fridge magnets are a sight of beauty to a few of us with childhood memories of when they were in our grandparents camper fridge and later on their home fridge. I love my Grandma and Grampa memories…..sigh…
My eldest sister tells me the story that Grandma had Henry a lonely fridge magnet on her camper fridge over the years possibly going back to the late 1970’s. At some point in the 80’s the family went on a camping trip waaaaaay up north near Kirkland Lake, Ontario. While at this Provincial Park my sister remembers spotting Henrietta lying on the ground! Can you imagine finding a pompom fridge magnet in the dirt, the exact female version of Grandma’s pompom Henry. Well they were soon introduced back at the campsite and they have been a happy couple ever since…..ahhh amour….
Well that was a nostalgic walk down memory lane. Now back to the craft!
This is really fun to make! Go grab your supplies.
You will need:
- googly eyes
- pompoms
- felt
- hot glue gun
- magnets
- scissors
- tiny buttons (optional)
Cut a piece of white felt for the backing for the 3 white pompoms. Try to co-ordinate the back with what ever color pompoms you are using for the project.
Hot glue the 3 pompoms onto the backing piece of felt.
Add very small buttons to the top of the lower 2 pompoms.
Add your googly eyes and then a little orange pompom nose. If you don’t have an orange one you could use a piece of orange felt instead.
This is optional but I added ear muffs. Just a thin strip of felt with a dab of glue on each side and stick a pompom on each side to cover the end of the felt cut into a triangle carrot shape. I personally like the pompom nose on Henry and Henrietta so I’m sticking with a pompom nose on my snowman.
Gently bend back the felt behind the top pompoms and add a few dabs of glue to attach branch arms. Put a big dollop of glue between the pompoms so that they won’t flip backwards anymore.
Add 2 dabs of hot glue to the backing and add magnets to the top and bottom.
While you have your pompoms handy why not make some other winter friends to go on the fridge. I would like to figure out how to make a little toboggan out of felt.
Check out these other projects that we used pompoms and hot glue!
Fall Leaf Rubbing – Super Easy Kids Craft!
Remember doing Leaf Rubbings in the Fall when you were a kid? Well, Autumn is here again and its time for a nature walk to collect some leaves for this wonderful classic nature craft.
On your nature walk give the children (even young toddlers) a paper bag or large zip lock to collect their treasures.
Just in case they should ask the question…. Why do the leaves change color and fall off the trees?
Here is a quick answer….The leaves collect sunlight to feed the tree in the spring and summer. During the fall the tree goes into resting mode for the Winter. So the leaves turning color is the their way of getting ready for Winter.
There is much more to learn about it but that is the toddler explanation. If the kids are older why not do a research project to learn more. It’s quite interesting. For example, an oak tree’s leaves turn brown for a different reason then a maple tree’s leaves turning red. Chlorophyll and photosynthesis, glucose, oxygen and carbon dioxide-there is a whole factory in every tree we haven’t even noticed. Have a read through this website for a little lesson my 8 year old could handle..
https://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html
For this project you will need:
- Crayons…green, brown, orange, red, yellow
- Leaves
- Plain paper
Grab your crayons and paper and leaves. Peel the paper off your green, brown, orange and red crayons.
We have a nice collection of treasures from our nature hike-including stones, sticks and petals from my mums. For today’s project we just used the larger leaves. I’m setting the rest of the little treasures aside for another project.
Take your leaf and turn it face down. Lay a blank page on top of the leaf. Turn your crayon on its side and rub on the leaf.
Yellow was one of my favorite colors to do rubbing but it doesn’t show up quite as well on photos.
On this one we tried to layer red after the yellow but the leaf had moved a bit. It still looks cool though.
Were you able to collect a variety of leaves? If the weather didn’t work out for a proper nature hike in the woods, look around your yard and take a leaf sample of nearby shrubs and garden plants. They definitely have interesting leaves worth doing a leaf rubbing with too.
Here we tried all the crayon colors on each leaf.
For this lovely art piece, we used only one colour on the leaf and then moved the leaf over and tried the next colour.
This is such a quick and easy autumn activity-it could be part of a yearly autumn tradition. If you have little ones in your life, I hope you can find a few moments to enjoy the Autumn changes of season and make some Fall art together.
Check out this post for a great nature craft using inexpensive clay!
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Easy Fall Kids Craft – Rope and Pompom Trees
Today I was rolling through the dollar store….I only needed to pick up one item…but my shopping cart was full of crafts. As I perused the craft aisle, I stopped in my tracks when I saw the pompoms. Gasp! Packages of all sorts of colours! I got 6 packages…some for now and some for later. When I saw the package of multicoloured orange and yellow pompoms… I thought Fall Tree Craft! Whooohoo Start the Car!
I have neglected the kids crafts in favor of my DIY projects over the summer. So I’m brainstorming some kids projects for autumn before you know it winter will be here!
After my 8 year old got home from school we worked together on this easy kids craft. This is perfect for this time of year. Autumn colours of greens, browns, oranges and yellow.
You will need:
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- rope or natural jute
- small pompoms in fall colours
- white glue
- cardstock or a blank white canvas
I mention using cardstock or a white canvas because this ends up being quite heavy and regular paper will be floppy from the weight.
Start by cutting a piece of rope the length of your page or canvas.
Make a line of glue starting from the middle bottom of your page or canvas running upwards and to the right to begin a branch.
The ends of the rope seemed to pop up at first so I rested my glue and scissors for a few minutes until it began to stay flat.
Add a second piece of rope that is the same length. Have that one turn to the left for another branch.
Begin cutting a few pieces to fill in some additional branches. Fill in the top of the tree by adding more 1 inch pieces of rope as smaller branches.
Next add small pieces of rope to thicken the bottom of the tree trunk.
We were pretty happy with our tree trunk so we moved on to the pompoms.
Add a few dabs of glue on the rope and around the rope. Then add orange, yellow, brown and green pompoms.
Is it just me or do the colours of these pompoms make you think of Reese’s Pieces….is anyone else getting wondering if they have any chocolate hiding anywhere? Maybe its just me…focus on the craft…
I suggested we put some on the bottom of the trunk and on the ground. Miss M didn’t understand why we would want to do that. Um, darling look out the window. The wind has picked up and the leaves are swirling. By tomorrow the wind will have moved all the leaves from our lawn onto our neighbours lawn. Sorry about that sir.
Mother/Daughter craft time is good fun! This girl is always crafting something out of our recycling bin. She is just like me…always planning a project.
So there you have it! A super easy autumn craft perfect for this season. Beautiful fall colours in your tree art. Now maybe we should grab our rakes and head out to deal with the real leaves.
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How to Make a Paper Tulip Flower with Your Hand-Easy Spring Craft!
Here is an easy spring craft! TULIP FLOWER made with your child’s hand print, paper, pipe cleaners. It’s so simple!
In a few days our school has a Spring Party where we like to have several stations for the youngsters to work on. Each year we need a craft table with a an easy project. To make it easy for the children to do and take with the project home immediately we avoid things that have white craft glue or paint. I’m happy to say I have found an idea that will be Spring themed, with just a few supplies and no drying time. Whoohoo!
This is what you will need:
- Colored paper (red, yellow, pink, orange, purple)
- Green and yellow (or orange) pipe cleaners
- Pencil, tape, scissors
Trace the child’s hand on colored construction paper. Cut the hand shape out.
Use a round pencil to form a curl each finger outwards. Wrap the bottom of the hand around itself so you have a tiny hole at the bottom. Add a piece of clear tape to hold it in place.
Pipe cleaners usually come 12 inches long (30 cms), so cut the pipe cleaners in half.
Bend the end of the 6 inch (15 cms) green pipe cleaner so you have a hook shape. Bend your orange or yellow 6 inch pipe cleaner in half to make a V shape. Twist the orange pieces together, then bend in half and twist again. Then twist 4 or 5 more times so the orange piece is tight. Next we need to twist the green hook end to secure it.
Slide the pipe cleaner stem in through the gap at the bottom of the flower so the green part is below the flower and the orange part is sticking up through the centre of the flower.
Add a ribbon if you make a few for a bouquet of flowers. That is all there is to it.
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