Isn’t it great when you’re wanting to make something and it turns out that you have everything you need already at home? I love using common household items in our crafts, it adds a new aspect to it and we don’t have to leave the house to buy new supplies. A win win!
Before we get started, follow these tips for creating adorable cotton ball crafts for kids.
few quick tips for painting on cotton balls:
1. put a lot of paint on your paint brush
2. paint gently and slowly
3. paint in one direction, lift brush completely before painting again
4. regular glue isn’t super secure and it takes a while to dry; try using a hot glue gun instead so that the cotton ball is secure to its surface so it wont move around while it’s being painted
Do these things and you’ll avoid the cotton ball stretching apart and becoming a big mess.
Lovely Rainbow
What you need:
-cotton balls
-acrylic paints in rainbow colors
-paint brush
-construction paper
-glue
Oink Oink!
What you need:
–paper plate
-glue
-paint brush
-pink and black paint
-googly eyes
-construction paper
-scissors
April Showers Bring May Flowers
Tip for this craft: cut the cotton balls in half and glue the middle part to the construction paper. This is the best way to go about this craft because a full cotton ball crowds the page and the half cotton ball looks more like a flower petal shape than a full one. Plus, having the flat middle part glued down to the paper is more secure than an uncut cotton ball.
What you need:
-acrylic paints
-construction paper
-paint brush
-glye
cotton balls
-scissors
Ice Cream Cones
What you need:
-construction paper
-paint brush
-cotton balls
-acrylic paints
-glue
-scissors
Chubby Bumble Bee
What you need:
-paper plate
-glue
-paint brush
-yellow and black paints
-googly eyes
-black construction paper
-cotton balls
-scissors
Thunder Storm
What you need:
-construction paper
-scissors
-cotton balls
-markers
-glue
Butter-y Popcorn
What you need:
-cotton balls
-glue
-scissors
-construction paper
-white and yellow paint
Fly a Kite
What you need:
-construction paper
-scissors
-glue
-cotton balls
-yarn
-acrylic paints
-paint brush
Rain Showers
What you need:
-construction paper
-blue paint
-cotton balls
-glue
Suzy Sheep
What you need:
-paper plate
-glue
-scissors
-black construction paper
-black and white paints
-paint brush
-cotton balls
Perfect Rainbow
What you need:
-paper plate
-acrylic paints
-glue
-scissors
-cotton balls
-paint brush
Spring Sheep
What you need:
-a cupcake liner
-black, green, and blue construction paper
-scissors
-glue
-googly eyes
-cotton balls
Rainy Day
What you need:
-construction paper or paper plate for base
-yarn
-blue construction paper
-blue glitter glue pen
-tape
-glue
-scissors
I hope you enjoyed these cotton ball crafts for kids. If you make one of them with your little one(s), leave me a comment below– I’d love to see it!
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