What does the writer do when she can’t write? She gets crafty!
Expect that I am not crafty in the least bit, which is rather embarrassing to admit as the daughter of an elementary school teacher. Growing up our living room was always riddled with colored construction paper clippings, we saved toilet paper rolls for God’s knows what and I got roped into tracing letters for bulletin board displays all the time.
And yet, for no apparent reason, I found myself in Michael’s arts and crafts store today, where I spent the better part of an hour walking up and down the aisles filling an entire shopping cart. I bought all kinds of stuff I never thought would enter my home…. pipe cleaners, glitter glue and googly eyes.
I have been feeling like I should be doing more arts and crafts projects with Lucas at home and with the holidays approaching and my severe addiction to Pinterest, I have been running across so many cute ideas.
There are literally hundreds of things I’d like to try, but today we stuck with this simple little gem:
Okay, to be fair, I made it and Lucas made this (he’s only two, people), but he thoroughly enjoyed sampling the candy corn!
To make candy corn collage, you will need:
- Card stock paper
- Glue
- White, orange and yellow tissue paper
Instructions:
- Draw a large triangle on card stock and divide into three parts (use an actual piece of candy corn for inspiration).
- Rip tissue paper into 1/2″ x 1/2″ square pieces and use eraser side of pencil to glue to triangle making the stripes of the candy corn.
We are turning our candy corn collages into greeting cards. Fun and easy, just not quite easy enough for two year olds.
For more candy corn craft ideas, visit Pinterest.
