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Box of Love
To make a box of love all that you need is a small box (a jewelry box is usually a good size; you can usually buy these boxes from the jewelry store relatively inexpensively). Decorate your little box any way that you wish. When you are done decorating the box, blow lots of kisses into it. Wrap up the box and make sure to include a card that explains the valuable contents that are inside this gift box. This sweet craft is sure to fill your home and the hearts of those you give this gift to with the spirit of holiday cheer.
Let your kids brainstorm ideas for more crafts that they think they can make and that others will enjoy. Foster creativity by helping them find the materials around the house that they will need. By making their own Christmas craft gifts, your children will more fully appreciate the joy of giving to others.
Shoebox Aquarium
• Shoebox aquarium ( you can also make puppet theaters and other story telling designs out of this same kind of box, just choose different types of stickers)
• Materials
Shoebox
Construction paper
Scissors
Fish stickers
Bamboo skewers
Card stock
Scotch tape
Paint
Craft knife
• Instructions
Paint the shoebox. Wait to dry and set it on its side
Decorate the back of the shoebox (inside back) with two layers of wavy blue paper. Also decorate the foreground with a layer of wavy blue paper
Add small rocks and plants to the bottom of the shoebox
Place a bamboo skewer down on a piece of heavy paper and press a fish sticker onto the skewer and the paper. Repeat this process for all of your fish stickers
Cut out all of your fish stickers. Cut small rectangles of card stock
Take two of the rectangles of card stock and place them together so that they form an “X” shape and punch a hole through the middle of the “X” so that the skewer can fit through it. Repeat this process for all of your skewers.
Cut two slits down the length of the top of the shoebox, make sure that they are wide enough for the skewers to go through
Push the skewer end of the skewered fish up through the slits
Push the card “X”s down over the end of the skewers popping up through the box and tape them into place