Those of you that know me already or follow me on social
media will know that I have two wonderful boys, Ethan and Rory, that mean the
world to me. Yes, they can be a handful and often they make me want to scream
and pull my hair out but I wouldn’t have them any other way. Ethan loves to
join me with one of my other passions, crafting, whenever he can. He always prefers
using my craft supplies as he thinks they’re special, this is probably to do
with the fact that I have so much he always manages to find something new to
try. So when Ethan came home from school with homework to make a dinosaur I
thought this was a perfect opportunity for us to craft together.
This is a fun and simple project to make, Ethan took longer
choosing which colours he wanted to use than actually making the dinosaur! If
you would like to have a go at making your own dinosaur at home you will need
some paper plates, a cardboard tube, inks, double sided tape, sponge brayers
and a pattern based stamp set (we used Playful Backgrounds from Stampin’ Up!) I
would also recommend covering your surface with a table cloth as the fun could
get a bit messy!
To start with Ethan used the sponge brayers to transfer blue
ink onto one of the paper plates, covering the entire surface. He then used the
same ink to colour the cardboard tube. In a different ink colour, Ethan chose
yellow, he sponged the edge of the second paper plate.
Ethan then chose which of the pattern stamps he wanted to
use and in orange and green ink he stamped the images onto the blue plate. When
he was happy with his design, Ethan used his scissors to carefully cut out a
head, tail and some spikes from the yellow plate. At this point I was allowed
to help! I cut the cardboard tube in half and then in each half I cut two slits,
one opposite the other - this is to slide the paper plate into once done so
they need to be roughly the same depth on each tube half.
Using the double-sided tape Ethan stuck on the head, tail
and spikes ensuring they were all on one half of the plate and sticking out
from the edge. He also placed a piece of tape across the middle and around the
edge of one half of the plate. With the back of the tape removed he folded the
plate in half and pressed down to make sure his dinosaur stayed stuck together.
I then helped Ethan to slide the paper plate into the cuts in the cardboard
tube. To finish him off Ethan used a felt tip pen to draw on a cheeky face and
some toes.
Ethan was really pleased with his finished dinosaur and it
was lovely to see him proudly carrying it to school the next day.
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