This time of year it's still cold outside and the evenings draw in fast it's hard to entertain the little ones without going bonkers watching multiple repeats of Cbeebies, so looking for new things to do and try are an inspiration and a break from the norm and gives little hands something to be busy with.
Luckily it happens to be Chinese New year, so a quick surf on the Internet I found these very cute Chinese New year ribbon dragons to craft with Sophie my daughter of 18 months and I invited my good friend and her son who is of the same age to join in as more sticky fingers would be more fun.
After a quick trip to our local Hobby craft to gather craft foam, glitter glue pens, googly eyes, wire ribbon and tacky glue, we got on with the task at hand. Mums at the ready with the scissors set about at chopping up the craft foam into 5 simple shapes of a square face a big spiky mane, muzzle, feet and tail, while the little ones set about unravelling ribbon, throwing googly eyes about and of course mouthing the glitter glue pens which were suitable squishy for teething, so they thought until we removed them. The mums set about creating all the bits for the children to eventually ensemble, after cutting the foam and drawing on the glitter we set them in the oven on a low temperature and enjoyed a well earned tea break.
Luckily it happens to be Chinese New year, so a quick surf on the Internet I found these very cute Chinese New year ribbon dragons to craft with Sophie my daughter of 18 months and I invited my good friend and her son who is of the same age to join in as more sticky fingers would be more fun.
After a quick trip to our local Hobby craft to gather craft foam, glitter glue pens, googly eyes, wire ribbon and tacky glue, we got on with the task at hand. Mums at the ready with the scissors set about at chopping up the craft foam into 5 simple shapes of a square face a big spiky mane, muzzle, feet and tail, while the little ones set about unravelling ribbon, throwing googly eyes about and of course mouthing the glitter glue pens which were suitable squishy for teething, so they thought until we removed them. The mums set about creating all the bits for the children to eventually ensemble, after cutting the foam and drawing on the glitter we set them in the oven on a low temperature and enjoyed a well earned tea break.
When the glue set we sat with the children and prepared to show them all the pieces and the glue, trying to control excited fingers with sticky glue about is no mean feat. But we got a few feet and parts of the head attached before they decide that was enough and run around the house hooting and playing leaving the mums to finish off, who didn't actually mind at all as it was all good fun and the finished dragons, I think they look really sweet as for the children and the mess well that’s another story. Happy Chinese New Year!
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