If your kids like Despicable Me or Despicable Me2, chances are they are fans of Dave the Minion!  This easy craft is perfect for them on a rainy day!

Toilet Paper Minions/Dave The Minion

Materials:

Toilet Paper Rolls
Construction Paper
Paint
Tape
Googly Eyes

Directions:

1.  Clean toilet paper rolls completely.
2.  To create Dave the Minion, you’ll need to paint the top part of the toilet paper roll yellow and the bottom part blue.  Allow to dry.
3.  To create an “Evil Minion”, paint the entire roll purple and then the bottom half black.  Allow to dry.
4.  Using black paint, create the details of the faces and add googly eye, or you can paint them on.
5.  Cut out construction paper strips to create hair and tape them into the inside of the rolls.

If you don’t have paint, you can easily use construction paper and tape or glue the minion details to the toilet paper rolls.

If crafts aren’t your thing, you can find these Minion items on sale right now!

Only $6.99

or

$29.99!

Is the Dave the Minion your favorite minion, or do you like the “evil” ones better?

 

Each week I bring you a kids craft that is fun, educational, and frugal. Happy 4th of July everyone!

If you’ve missed any previous crafts, check out Momondealz’s Kids Frugal Fun page.

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Materials:

Paper
Paint
Toilet Paper Roll
Scissors

Directions:
1.  Clean the toilet paper roll, ensuring all the paper is gone.
2.  Cut slits in on end of the roll (all the way around).

3.  Fold up the slits so the roll resembles an octopus.
4.  Squirt red and blue paint onto work area and dip the roll into the paint and then create your fireworks!

Educational Activities:

• Language Arts:  My son is working on his writing ability so I created a word bank of patriotic words and wrote them in dotted letters for him to practice writing.  There are also some wonderful books that are centered around 4th of July you can read with your child.  A couple I like are:

• Social Studies/History:  Revisit the true meaning and history behind the 4th of July.  Discuss with your child what they think the word independence means.

I asked on my Facebook page a couple of nights ago if you would like to see more recipes or crafts and the overwhelming response was crafts-so here is a roundup of fun easy crafts for kids-don’t worry, new ideas are coming soon!

Fun Activities For Kids

DIY Photo Cube

Sun Baked S’mores

How To Make Pen Flowers

Rainbow Rice

Toilet Paper Monsters

Edible Pirate Shiip

4th of July Party Decoration

 

 

Be sure to check out these Art and Craft Supplies to help you complete the fun activities for kids above!

 

Each week I bring you a craft that is fun and frugal. Mother’s Day is right around the corner so in the next month, I will be creating Mother’s Day personalized gifts for this very important holiday!

If you’ve missed any previous crafts, check out Momondealz’s Kids Frugal Fun page.

Just a side note, I as much as I can when doing crafts…it really helps to preserve them.

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Mother’s Day Personalized Gifts-Photo Cube

Materials:
Cube of Scrap Wood (or you can purchase some craft wood)
Paint of your choice

Pictures

Sponge or Paint Brush

Directions:
1.  If you use a scrap piece of wood, you will want to sand it to create a smooth working surface.  If you’re using craft wood, this step can be skipped.

2.  Paint the entire block with your paint choice.

3.  Print your desired pictures.  Make sure you print them as 4X6.  This size will work best for the cube shape.
4. Place the cube on your picture and using a pencil, trace the block so you have an outline of where to cut.  I didn’t want to forget what picture I measure for each side so I labeled them both with pencil.


5.  Cover one side of the cube with and lay a picture on top of the cube.  Allow to dry completely.


6.  Cover the picture with and allow to dry.  Repeat with a second coat.

7.  Repeat the process with all other pictures.

Don’t forget to check out my post on Mother’s Day Gifts for $25 or less for more ideas!

Each week I bring you a craft that is fun and frugal. With St. Patrick’s Day sneaking up quick, I will be focusing on easy St Patricks Day crafts and recipes for the next month!

If you’ve missed any previous crafts, check out Momondealz’s Kids Frugal Fun page.

Just a side note, I as much as I can when doing crafts…it really helps to preserve them.

Remember, if you love any of my crafts, be sure to t!

Easy St. Patrick’s Day Craft-Hand Print Leprechaun

 

Materials:
Paint (orange and yellow/tan)
Construction Paper (cut into hat shape and pot of gold shape)
Glue

Directions:

1.Using orange paint, color your child’s 4 fingers (not thumb) and the bottom part of the hand.
2. Use yellow/tan paint and paint the middle part of their hand. Allow paper to dry.
3.  Have you child glue the leprechaun’s hat onto the “head”.  I had each child also create a little hat buckle that had their initials on it.
4.  Glue the pot of gold on the bottom of the page.
5.  Add a face to your leprechaun and a rainbow to your pot of gold!

Educational Activities:

Science: Obviously this activity lends itself to discuss rainbow and how they are formed and the colors you find in them.

Language Arts: 1. Have your child create a story (you can write while they talk if they aren’t old enough) about a leprechaun finding a rainbow. Encourage them to add as many details as possible (where the rainbow was located, how he searched for it, what was the treasure at the end of it, etc). 2. Read the book and talk about St. Patrick’s Day and summarize the book. Pay close attention to pictures in the book and see how many rainbows you can spot.

I love creating crafts with my sons and love making more traditions as well!

Here is a great round up of  New Year’s Ever crafts and activities that can be done in under an hour (some just minutes) and are all frugal to help you bring in 2013!

 

New Year’s Eve Shakers

New Year’s Eve Rocket Boosters-Blast into the new year!

New Year’s Eve Bubbles

New Year’s Hand Print Comparison-Simply have your children leave their hand prints on paper labeled with the year and compare them each year!

 New Year’s Time Capsule (love this idea and will be doing it this year!)

Year in Review Sheet

Exercise/Go for a Run (what better way to help with your “Get Fit” resolutions than involving your kids?!