Monday, September 19, 2011

Kiddo Project 9-19-11

This weeks kiddo project is really simple and you can do it with stuff you have already!

"Metal" Wind Chimes

For this really easy project you will need:

- Disposable baking pans
- Sharpies
- Duct tape
- Yarn (or string or fishing line or whatever)

Cut out the flat bottom of your baking pans.

Cut each bottom in half.  Duct tape all of the edges to keep the kids from slicing their fingers off. It takes a little bit of time, but worth it to avoid an ER trip.

 Let the kids start coloring to make the top part of the wind chimes.  Using the sharpies on the tin makes the colors pop!

Cut the edging left over into shapes to hang down as the "chimes". I used the shapes with the top rolled part of the pan at the bottom of the chimes because they are heaver and they make more noise. (Since you can't cover the edges of these with the tape, this is the "mom part" of the project.) While kids are coloring their pieces, you can color some of the shapes too.  Or don't.  The craft police won't show up at your house or anything.

Once everyone is done coloring, use a hole punch to punch all of the pieces top and bottom. I let the 4 yr old hold the punch and squeeze while I positioned the pieces.

 I used three strands hanging down, you can do as many as you want. Again, no craft police.

Tie them all together and hang it up!  Yay for crafts!