Craft collages

Here is the second part of the crafts tried by kids between 28th March to 5th April. 

For First part of collages click here : Part 1

Link to make these with step by step instructions : DIY Kids crafts

DIY Agamograph - Craft 15

Materials required

A-4 size sheets- 2

Pencil

Any Colours- Sketchpens, crayons, colour pencils or water colours

Brush (in case of water colours)

Scissors

Glue

  Take one sheet and cut it into half.

Now paint each of them with different background colours. Like Day and night or any 2 different design with different colour combinations. 

Fold the painted sheets in 4,6 or 8 parts. On the backside mark as A1, A2 etc depending on number of pieces for one painting and B1, B2 etc for second painting. Both of them should have equal pieces. I divided into 6 pieces each. So my pieces are A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 and for the second painting B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6. Use same direction for folding these 2 parts and the big sheet also..else it will not match and you cannot complete this craft.

Cut them into strips.

In the second A 4 sheet which is plain as of now, we should make folds (total of A + B) like fan..One fold up, one fold down. My total was 6 +6 =12...so the sheet will have 12 equal folds. Write A and B alternatively in the folds.

Another example for 4+4 = 8 folds

Place the A pieces now to arrange the design in proper order. Start sticking them on alternate folds wherever there is A. Similarly arrange the B pieces in proper order and stick them in the B places marked in the paper folds.

Let it dry for 5 minutes. Your Agamograph is ready..Front view and 2 side views of finished Agamograph. Check the video at the start to use it. Have fun.

DIY Simple Zentangle - Craft 14

Zentangle art requires some patience. To make it simple for kids to finish, I suggest using just half of an A4 size paper. Also let the alphabet or word be in bigger font to cover atleast 60-70% of the page used. This will help in finishing the art faster without losing patience and leaving it midway.

Materials required

Paper

Scale

Pencil

Pointed pen in any colour.

Draw 1 cm or 2 cm outline in all sides of the sheet. Use a pencil to draw an alphabet ( First alphabet of your name) or a nickname that would fit in the sheet. Once satisfied that it looks neat, use the pen to draw a thick outline for that. Erase any pencil marks if visible.

Start drawing these design in little areas of the empty space. You can easily fit in minimum 6 different designs. If you have patience, you can try more patterns.  A video is also attached..hope it helps.

Video link

DIY Flower vase - Craft 13

Anushya (12 yrs) tried this flower vase from a waste juice bottle using simple things available at home.

Materials required

Any old/waste water/ juice bottle

Glue

Scissors

Blade/Cutter for cutting the bottle

Glitter tubes, stickers, satin ribbons and any decorative material

Mark a round a little below the neck of the bottle. Now, we have to cut this- TO BE DONE BY PARENTS ONLY . Cut it with a blade/cutter neatly on the marked round.

Start decorating it using glitter tubes, satin ribbons, stickers or any decorative material which you have at home. 

Your flower vase from waste materials is ready.

DIY Mandala Art - Craft 12

Mandalas are a very colourful and satisfying art form. I tried it for the first time too..

Materials required

Any plain paper

Pencil

Compass to draw circles - I used box lids of different sizes.

Sketchpens or pencil colours or crayons or water colours- Your choice

Sharp pointed pen.

If you are using a compass, just draw circles of different sizes to cover the sheet. But since everyone maynot have it or not know how to use it, I am sharing pics of how I did using different lids like small paint bottle, medicine bottle cover, small and medium steel box lids.

 When we use compass, you can start with smallest circle or biggest one- whichever you like.

When using lids, it is ideal to start from biggest to get the other circles at even distance between each other.

So, this is the biggest circle which I drew first. Then I kept the second biggest inside that circle and ensured there is even space on all sides. 

Similarly repeat for the rest. You can draw any number of circle. No restrictions on the gaps between circles too.

 I suggest that using a pencil and scale, draw lines to divide the circles into 6 or 8 or 12 or 16 equal parts depending on size of the circles drawn. Then it would be easier to get even shapes all over the circle.

Now, you can draw the designs between the lines. Use a pencil to draw these lines so that you can erase them later after you finish drawing. 

Colour them in vibrant colours..preferably one or two colours per circle will make the design look good.

Lastly use a sharp point pen to draw strokes inside the coloured patterns. 

DIY Magic Scratch Painting - Craft idea 11

Fun idea contributed by Anushya (12 years)

Materials required

Wax Crayons

Chart paper

Brush

Black water colour.

Toothpick or we can use end of brush.

Cut the chart paper into required size and randomly paint it with multiple colour wax crayons. Paint covering every area.

Now paint the entire sheet with black crayons covering all the other colours without gaps.

Finally paint it again on the black layer with black poster/water colour. Note that you shouldn't use even a bit of water..just use it thick and directly on the paper. Allow it to dry well.

Now your magic scratch sheet is ready. Use a toothpick or a pencil or end of the brush to draw a design of your choice or write some quote which you like.

DIY Dot painting on CD - Craft 10

A simple style of painting only dots of different sizes, but when done slowly, patiently and in a planned way it looks amazing. This is the first one I made. So it has some mistakes and not very neat. Also, there are many techniques to do this. This one is easy for kids to do. 

The one in the picture is made on a old CD - we can use it as a coaster or a hanging. If you dont have a CD, you can make it as a painting or greeting card too. 

Materials required

Old CD or plain paper

Paints - Thick Poster colours without mixing water like normal painting or Acrylic/Fabric colours

Scale

Pencil

Any or all of these -to make dots of different sizes

Brush of 2 ,3 sizes whichever you have

Pencil that comes with a rubber behind

Ear bud

Unwanted pencil -to use the tip.

First spread a newspaper so that paint doesn't fall on the floor.

In the shining side of the CD or paper, draw lines- first divide into 4 parts. Next divide each part into 2. Now, we have 8 portions. The lines will be slightly visible on CD. Dont make it very dark as we cannot rub it later.

Dip each brush / pencil /rubber /earbud in paint slightly and press on a rough sheet to see what size they are, so that it is easy to decide where to put which size dots.

The rubber pencil will give biggest dot and pencil will be smallest. Choose some 4-5 colours to paint and start by dipping the pencil slightly in the paint in 1st colour. Gently press on CD. All big dots will look nice when you do it on those lines which we did. If you want to use the same pencil for another colour also, clean it nicely first to remove 1st paint and then use for second. Dont mix colours.

Keep using the other brush/ earbuds /pencil in different colours to completely cover the CD/paper.

Allow it to dry. If it is a CD, you can stick some sticker in the center and a satin ribbon at the back for making it hang. If it is a coaster it will be empty to keep the cup or you are doing it on paper you can cover all areas with dots without leaving gap..