Paper And Scissors!
Grab some paper and some scissors for these crafts. (And maybe some glue and markers too.) Also check out the arts and crafts area, construction projects area, and be an artist area for more craft and project ideas.
Enjoy!
Paper and Scissor activities with a link have been featured on the It's All Kid's Play blog. These activities may have a photo on the blog as well as more detailed instructions than are shown here.
P.S. Wondering where a favourite activity went? The site is undergoing some changes and some of the activities have been temporarily shelved. Check back to see what's in the works.
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Fancy Folding
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Fan
Materials needed: paper, stapler
Fold one edge of the paper up about 3 cm (1 inch), turn the paper over and fold the folded end up another 3 cm (1 inch), flip it over and repeat until you have no more paper to fold. Staple one end of the fan to keep the folds together. Voila! You now have a fan.
You can decorate your fan by painting or colouring the paper before folding it. You can also cut small pieces out of the folded fan to make it delicate and dainty.
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Fortune square
Materials needed: paper, pen or markers
Fold the four corners of a square piece of paper into the centre of the piece of paper so the corners just touch each other but do not overlap. (Your paper will be a square piece again when you are done.) Fold the new corners in one more time like you did before. Turn the piece of paper over so your folded-in corners face down. Fold the new side’s four corners into the middle like you did on the other side. On this side, write down eight different numbers on the four folded-in triangles (there should be a fold down the middle of each triangle–write on a number on each side of the fold). On the underside of these folds write eight different fortunes or sayings about people. For example: “you look nice today”, “you will marry a rich person”, “you will sail around the world”.
Flip your fortune square over and write or colour four different colours on the flaps. Now put your pointer finger and thumb of each hand under each coloured flap. This part is tricky: you have to fold or bend the paper so you can touch all four corners up together while keeping your fingers and thumbs inside the flaps.
Find a friend and ask them to pick a colour. Spell out the colour as you move the flaps open forwards or sideways for each letter. Then have them pick a number from the inside that is open when you are done spelling. Count out that number while opening and closing the flaps like before. Have them pick a number from inside and look underneath for their fortune!
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Origami
Look for instructions and supplies at a craft store. Also check out how to make a origami dog by following the link.
- Paper airplanes
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Cut and Paste
- Create your future house
Materials needed: paper, pictures, scissors, glue.
Cut pictures of things like yards and furniture out of a newspaper, magazine or catalogue. Glue them onto a blank sheet of paper to make your future house. If you can’t find what you need, you can draw it in.
- Stained glass
Materials needed: tissue paper, black construction paper, glue and scissors.
Your construction paper will be the window 'frame' for your stained glass. Cut different shaped holes in your window. Make sure you leave spaces of black paper between your window holes as this is where you will glue your tissue paper.
Cut pieces of tissue paper a bit bigger than the window's holes. Gently glue the tissue paper in place. Hang your stained glass in a window so light will shine through the tissue paper.
- Paper cutouts
To make paper cut out pictures, you will need two pieces of different coloured or different textured paper. Cut shapes and pieces out of the one sheet of paper and glue them over the other, uncut piece of paper like below. You can also colour and draw on the paper like in the example below.
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Mini-boomerang
Materials needed: thin cardboard (like from a cereal box), scissors, markers or paint.
Cut out a boomerang shape (sort of like a stretched out, fat 'U') from thin cardboard. You can colour or paint your boomerang to make it fancy.
To fly your boomerang, hang the edge of your boomerang over the edge of a book. Tip the book up to give your boomerang some lift. Flick the edge of your boomerang with your finger. Ta-da!
Did it come back to you? Did it spin a lot? Fly 2 at once! Change the shape of your boomerang and see if it changes the way it flies.
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Paper snowflakes
Materials needed: paper, scissors.
Take a piece of square paper and fold it in half. Then fold it in half again. Then fold it at an angle so you make a triangle instead of a square. You can fold it one more time to make a skinny triangle. Now cut little notches or holes and other neat shapes out of the folded paper. The more holes you make, the more delicate your snowflake will be. When you are done, carefully unfold it to see your snowflake.
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Make your your own placemat or coaster
Materials needed: paper and pens or markers.
You can make a placemat from ordinary paper by decorating it using crayons, paints, pens or pencil crayons. You can also glue pictures or other thin things to your placemat. When you are done, have it laminated (sealed in plastic) at an office supply store. That way, your placemat will be protected by see-through plastic so if you spill on it, you can wipe it off.
(HINT: Keep your placemat 'skinny'. If it is too thick, you won’t be able to laminate it.)
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