Craft Activities for Kids

Blue Fairy – Face Painting – With this design you can enter the magical world of fairyland – where all your wishes can come true!

Bottle Lamp – Practically all kinds of bottles can be utilized for making the base for a table lamp. Most shapes and sizes are suitable and they really do make the most effective bases for artistic lamps. The illustration shows a typical bottle base, having a cap. To turn this bottle into a lamp, drill two ½ in. holes in …

Bookbinders Press – This is the most useful piece of equipment to the young bookbinder and the press can be made very cheaply and quite easily. Its uses are many; pressing, gumming, backing; to mention a few. The diagram gives a very good idea as to how this press can be built and this is the procedure. Make the frame …

Binding A Book – The illustration shows how a book will appear when bound and it also gives the technical terms in use among the professional bookbinders. Books are made up from sections of folded paper, fastened together and then bound. The sections of the folded paper are known as folios and these are made on the following simple plan. …

Bath Shower and Spray – Boys are usually very handy round the house so here is a fine tip to help the easy working of the bathroom. Let us make a shower spray attached to the ordinary tap of the bath, which can be used for both hot and cold water. The diagram is almost self explanatory but a few …

After Face Painting – Now Tidy Up! Your face painting is finished, but before you can admire yourself you must tidy up. Like all artists, you must take care of your tools. It is important to rinse brushes and sponges, and to clean color blocks when you’ve been mixing them. Put all your make-up and paints back in their box, …

A Model Billiard Tournament – The diagram shows how this billiard table and the players will appear when completed. It is a fascinating little model and will certainly give you great pleasure to construct. It is made from white cardboard, paper, screws, matchsticks and tiny coloured balls. Make the green baize cloth to measure 2 in. wide by 4 in. …

A Leather Gun Holster – How would you like to make a gun holster, similar to the illustration, for your little brother? This is all made from leather and is a very good imitation of the real thing and will also make a splendid finish for a fancy dress. Naturally the holster must fit the gun, so trace an outline …

A Decorative Bowl – Perhaps you have an old wooden or china bowl about the house that you can use as a basis for your papier mache design. Lay a piece of cardboard flat on to the table to be used as a working surface and put the bowl, face downwards, on this. Cover the whole of the outside surface …

A Cherry Wood Pipe – Since the pastime of smoking was first brought to this country by Sir Walter Raeigh, cherry wood pipes have been in much use for enjoying the pleasure of tobacco. Nowadays they are very expensive to buy and if you are considering giving your father or uncle a present, why not make him one of these …