Kelsey and Abbi's Crafty Corner
Join the fun in creating crafts for every holiday!

St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold
Great Job to four year old, Lakai, winner of the St. Patrick's Day Craft Challenge! He submitted the fantastic tutorial below.
What you will need:
- Black construction paper for Pot
- White construction paper for Cloud
- Blue construction paper for Sky
- Yellow or Gold construction paper for Coins (Kelsey uses sequins)
- Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple construction paper for Rainbow
- Glue
- Cotton Balls (optional)
1. Cut out Pot from black paper.
2. Cut out a Cloud from white paper
3. Cut out Coins from yellow/gold paper
4. Cut ½ to ¾ inch wide strips of red, orange, yellow, green blue and purple paper
Glue rainbow strips on the back of the pot. Next glue the other end of the strips to one side of the cloud. Glue your pot onto the blue piece of paper with the strips under the pot. Next bring the rainbow over to form a bridge and glue the cloud about half way down the paper. Lastly, glue your coins on your pot.
Lakai's Submission:

Coffee Filter Butterfly
What you will need:
♥ Coffee Filter
♥ Clothes Pin
♥ Pipe Cleaner
♥ Marker
Valentine's Day Picture Frames
What you will need:
♥ 8 Popsicle Sticks
♥ Glue
♥ Markers
♥ Decorations; can include any of the following:
- Wood Cutouts
- Stickers
- Pom Poms
- Buttons
- Get Creative!

CANDY CANE WREATHS
What you will need:
- 10 Candy canes
- Tape
- Center of choice (Abbi twisted pipe cleaners into a spiral)
CANDY CANE DECORATIONS
Supplies:
- Pipe cleaners
CLOTHESPIN REINDEER CRAFT
What you need:
- Clothespins
- Pipe cleaners (for antlers)
- Googly eyes
- Small red poof ball for nose
- A marker
- Pencil
- OPTIONAL:
- Sticky magnet
- String/wire (for hanging on the tree)

THANKSGIVING PLACEMAT
Kelsey shows us how to make fun and decorative Thanksgiving Placemats to liven up your table settings! Personalize yours with your family's names, what you're thankful for, or drawings.
You'll need:
• Cardstock or Construction Paper
• Ruler
• Pencil or Pen
• Scissors
• Tape
TURKEY CUP
You'll need:
• A Brown Paper Cup (or cover a cup with brown construction paper)
• Leaves cut out of construction paper OR real leaves gathered from outside
• Glue
• Sharpie or Black Marker
TURKEY ROCK
You'll need:
• A rock
• Paint (Abbi chose Yellow, Orange, and Brown)
• Googly Eyes
• Red Glitter
Join the fun!
Be sure to check back as we'll post more Thanksgiving Crafts in the coming days.

LIGHT UP JACK O'LANTERN CUPS
Supplies:
- Clear plastic cups
- Orange tissue paper or construction paper
- Glow sticks
- Black marker and or scissors
GLITTER SPIDERWEB CRAFT
Supplies:
- Glue
- Glitter (the more colors, the better!)
- Paper of your choice
SPOOKY JAR CRAFT
Supplies:
- Clear container (jar, cut-off water bottle, cup, etc.)
- Cotton balls
- Glow sticks
- Spooky spiders (or creepy-crawly of your choice)
HALLOWEEN EDIBLE TRANSFORMATIONS
Ingredients Needed:
- Monster Mouths
- Apples (cut into slices, with a sprinkle of lemon juice to keep from browning)
- Mini-marshmallows
- Peanut Butter
- Candy Corns (or anything that looks like teeth)
2. Boo-nanas
- Bananas (cut in 1/2 or 1/3s)
- Chocolate chips (we used mini-chocolate chips)
3. Orange-kins
- Small oranges (clementines, mandarines, tangerines, etc.)
- Sour Punch Straws (cut into 1/3s)
4. Witches' Brooms
- String Cheese (cut into 1/2, then scored into 1/4s)
- Pretzel sticks
- Pull-apart Twizzlers