Quilling

I really enjoy quilling and was thinking how I could help little Boo to do this. The normal quilling tool and paper are really small to use.  I then had an idea to make a quilling tool.  This could be easily made with wood or a dolly peg (if you have them) however, I did not.  I did have a few toilet rolls though and then got to thinking how I could make a quilling tool with the toilet roll.  I was really pleased with the outcome it was really simple to make.

How to make the quilling tool 

• Cut open the toilet roll then re roll this as tight as possible.

• Tape this with sellotape all the way around  
• Cut two slots at the top
• wrap tape around the slots 
• Place paper around the card at the bottom to make it look nicer 

• All done! 

Due to the size of the quilling tool being bigger the paper works better if it is longer.  We have recently wall papered a room in the house so this was a great opportunity to use up some of our left over wall paper! I also save wrapping up paper which has worked well.

This is the result Little Boo keeps on adding to this.

Quilling is really simple to do.  All that you do is wrap the paper around the tool. Pull it off let it slightly unspiral then glue the end.  You can then shape this with your fingers.  There are loads of shapes that can be made 

I hope that you enjoy this idea.  It may be a good idea for mothers day?

I have shared this idea on
kids co op linky 
Make it Love it 
No Time for Flash Cards

Minion Craft ideas

All I can say is that I know I have not been on here for ages!! I am sorry and I hope that people enjoy reading the blog still.  I intend to update this at least once a week all I can do is apologise.

Today's idea has been inspired by Despicable me 2 the first film that Little Boo has watched all the way through as she loved the Minions so much. 

We have made pebble Minions

With these all you need is some pebbles, we had ours left over from when we went on a beach. We then just painted them using Acrylics.  It is important to use Acrylics as ordinary poster paint does not show up as well.  The only problem was that the yellow base colour needs time to dry before you apply the detail.  A suggestion may be to do the base colour first then choose another activity to do whilst the base colour is drying.

Another idea we did was bookmarks.  All we did was cut the corner off a used envelope. This was then decorated to look like a minion using card and fun foam.  This can then be used as they can be popped over the corner of your book to mark your place.  Little Boo is using hers to mark the page on her encyclopedia where the dinosaurs are, which I thought was a really good idea.

Finally my favourite the toilet roll Minions! I love the purple one best :)

I hope that you like the ideas I thought they may be useful for any Minion Themed Parties.  I will continue to write on a weekly basis and have loads of ideas that I want to share with you all.  As always please leave any comments and questions about the activity.  Happy crafting :)