Tin Foil Card

(card by Thomas, 2 years old)

What You Will Need

glue
handful of uncooked rice
tin foil
scissors
string, about 20 inches long
heavy paper, card stock if possible, about 12" x 7"
construction paper, about 6" x 6"



Instructions

1. Cut a piece of tin foil and the construction paper to be the exact same size. In this example they are 6"x6".



2. Fold the heavy paper in half. Crease the fold well.



3. Draw a simple pattern on the construction paper. In this example we made a square.



4. Smear glue over the entire surface of the construction paper. (Kid Buckaroo Craft Tip: Tape the construction paper to the table. This will stop the paper from moving about as your child is working with it. A loop of tape, or two, on the back of the paper works perfectly.)



5. Place the string over the lines of the object that you have drawn. Trim string as necessary.



6. Pour the rice inside the string lines of the object.



7. Spread the rice out evenly and remove any rice grains that may have fell outside of the stringed lines.



8. Carefully place the tin foil over the construction paper and press down. Smooth over the tinfoil pressing and rubbing the tin foil into the shape below. Gently run your fingernail along the outside edge of the string, to give more emphases to the shape.







9. Glue the tin foil art onto the centre-front of your card.



10. Sign the inside and give this card to someone you care about.

Additional Details

If the tinfoil gets ruptured by a piece of rice, during step 8, simply cut another piece of tin foil and glue it over the ruptured piece.

Simple shapes are the best to work with in this project - circles, hearts, triangles, etc.

Fruits Toots

What You Will Need

3 cups of vanilla yogurt
1 banana, sliced
8 strawberries, sliced
1 cup of milk
2 kiwis, skinned and cubed
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
blender



Instructions

1. Place the banana, kiwi and strawberries together in the blender.



2. Blend well.



3. Add the milk and lemon juice. Blend well.



4. Add the frozen yogurt.



5. Blend just enough to smooth about half of the yogurt, leaving some chunks of yogurt.



6. Serve immediately or chilled.



Additional Details

This makes about 5.5 cups of Fruits Toots goodness.

This drink is rich and filling, best not to serve it to kids too close to mealtime!

STAR Buckaroo

Cutie Patootie Yanic, age 3, from NS, Canada, paints "circles and hearts for Daddy". Thanks for your photo, Yanic! Look for your gift of appreciation in the mail!

Would your child like to see their art posted here? Any type of art. If so, please submit the photo here: kidbuckaroo@gmail.com. Please include your child's first name and your mailing address (only your province will be printed). Each submit gets your child a little craft gift!

For ideas about painting please check out these sections: Painting and Paper Projects.

Comb Painting

What You Will Need

thick coloured construction paper (or cardboard)
2.5 tablespoons of flour
3 tablespoons of water
about 10 drops of food colouring
comb (flat, not curved, along exposed end of teeth)
mixing bowl and spoon



Instructions

1. Mix flour and water well, smoothing out bumps.



2. Add food colouring to mixture. Mix well.



3. Spread the paste on the paper.



4. Drag the comb through the paint for different effects.


Additional Details

Use combs with assorted spaced and sized teeth for different effects.

This recipe makes about 6 tablespoons of comb paint.

Chocolate Monkey

What You Need

3 cups of vanilla ice cream
1 banana
1/2 cup chocolate sundae sauce
1 cup of milk
sprinkles (optional)
blender



Instructions

1. Cut up the banana and place in the blender.



2. Mash or blend the banana, well.



3. Add the ice cream, milk, and chocolate sauce.



4. Blend. The drink will have the consistency of thick chocolate milk.



5. Pour sprinkles on top, if desired.





Additional Details

This makes 4.5+ cups of Chocolate Monkey.

If you want your Chocolate Monkey thicker, add more ice cream. Thinner, add more milk.

STAR Buckaroo

Cutie Patootie Grace, age 3, from NS, Canada, paints a "friend bowling".

Thanks for your photo, Grace! Look for your gift of appreciation in the mail!

Would your child like to see their art posted here? Any type of art. If so, please submit the photo here: kidbuckaroo@gmail.com. Please include your child's first name and your mailing address (only your province will be printed). Each submit gets your child a little craft gift!

For ideas about painting please check out these sections: Painting and Paper Projects.

Mr See and Mr Soar

Take a long breath before trying this one...

Mr. See owned a saw.
And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.

Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw
Before Soar saw See,
Which made Soar sore.

Had Soar seen See's saw
Before See sawed Soar's seesaw,
See's saw would not have sawed
Soar's seesaw.

So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.
But it was sad to see Soar so sore
Just because See's saw sawed
Soar's seesaw!

Toilet Tag

How To Play

The oldest child is selected to be 'it'.

If you get tagged you become a toilet- squat with your hands out in front of you.

You must be 'flushed' to be untagged. To be 'flushed' your hands must be pushed down, by someone who is free, and both children must make a flushing sound together.

Kids think this is hilarious... especially boys.

Puffy Paint Recipe

What You Will Need

1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup salt
1/3 cup water
about 12 drops of food colouring
squeeze bottle
thick paper or cardboard
bowl and spoon for mixing



Instructions

1. Mix the flour, salt and water.



2. Add the food colouring.



3. Fill the squeeze bottle with the paint.



4. Repeat this entire procedure for each paint colour that you want.




(Puffy paint picture of "a shiny day" by Thomas, age 2)

Additional Details

This recipe makes 1 cup of paint.

Depending on how thickly you have painted, it may take many hours to completely dry.

The paint will be puffy with a slight sparkle when dry.

To transfer your paint easily into the bottle (step 3), choose a bottle with a wide opening. Here we have used an old mustard container.

The cardboard we used in this project was the inside of an old cereal box.

Betty Botter

Have fun with this tongue twister!

Betty Botter had some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,
it would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter--
that would make my batter better."

So she bought a bit of butter,
better than her bitter butter,
and she baked it in her batter,
and the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.

Chocolate Caterpillar

What You Will Need

20 oatmeal cookies
1 tub of chocolate frosting (or homemade)
5 pieces of black licorice (fresh and pliable)
1 large marshmallow
sharp knife
spreader
serving tray



Instructions

1. Cut each piece of licorice in half.



2. Slice each piece of licorice in half length-wise.



3. Spread one cookie with about 1 teaspoon of frosting. Place a piece of licorice across the middle of the cookie.



4. Place a cookie, with its underside frosted, on top.



5. Frost the cookie's top and place another licorice piece.



6. Repeat until the column is 5 cookies high. Make 3 additional columns, like this one, with the remaining cookies.



7. Place all 4 cookie-columns on a serving tray end to end, on their side



8. Slide the cookies at an angle, so they are slightly laying on top of one another. Cut little round eyes and a smiling mouth from the marshmallow.



Additional Details

Make sure the licorice for this project is fresh and soft. Hard and stale licorice is difficult to cut.

For variation, use candies instead of a marshmallow for the eyes and mouth.