Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Enchanted Kingdom


Enchanted Kingdom

Ages: 4 and up
Parental supervision recommended
Difficulty *****
Time 20-30 minutes

Create your own enchanted kingdom from everyday items, a few craft supplies, and a dash of imagination. A suggested supply list can be found below.

Materials Needed (located at your favorite craft store):
  • Empty paper towel tubes
  • Transparent tape or glue
  • Pencil for tracing a circle
  • Pretty wrapping paper
  • Scissors
  • Construction Paper
  • Yarn, string, fishing line, streamers (any or all of these)
  • Clip art or cut outs of animals and people you would like to have in your kingdom
  • Clip art or cut outs of small flags, banners, Pom Poms, pipe cleaners, stars, stickers, or other decorations for your kingdom
  • Cardboard or poster board to use as a foundation for your kingdom

How-to Steps:
  1. Measure and cut paper of your choice to cover the outside of your paper towel tubes.
  2. Secure the paper to the tube with glue and or tape. These tubes will be the towers in your kingdom.
  3. Use construction paper for your tower roofs by tracing a circle onto construction paper, then cutting a single line to the center of the circle. Fold into a cone shape. Glue paper cone to the top of your decorated tube.
  4. Repeat these steps until you have as many towers as you want in your kingdom. Glue the base of your towers to a large piece of cardboard or poster paper, then decorate with clip art, stickers, pom -poms and other items of your choice. This craft was inspired by the book 123 I Can Build! by Irene Luxbacher.




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