Simple yet amazing crafts: craft ideas that elementary school students will want to make

Simple animation

Easy and Fun! Craft Workshop: Simple Animation — "This is the Motosu City Information Bureau" From March 1, 2022

A flipbook is that thing where you draw sequential images in the corner of a notebook and flip through the pages so it looks like it’s moving.

Here’s a craft idea that turns that into a simple 3D-style animation.

Cut off the bottom part of a milk carton and make a hole for a straw to pass through; also make a hole at the top for a bamboo skewer.

Attach a piece of drawing paper with sequential illustrations to the bamboo skewer.

The illustrated section is shaped like a pinwheel so it catches the air; when you blow through the straw, it spins and the illustrations move, creating the appearance of animation.

How about preparing various sets of illustrations just for the animation part?

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Easy Ice Bazooka

Let’s make an Ice Bazooka that everyone can play with after making it! First, take a sheet of origami cut in half and draw your favorite ice cream on it.

Wrap it around a rolled piece of paper, grip it together, and secure it with tape.

That completes the bazooka ammo.

Next, cut out the bottom of a brown paper cup and draw a cone pattern on it.

Take a balloon with the tip of the part that inflates slightly trimmed, stretch it over the bottom of the paper cup, and tape it in place.

Finally, make a target using a paper cup and construction paper, and you’re done! Pull the balloon to launch your Ice Bazooka and aim for a high score!

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A pen stand in a woodworking project

Let's make a pen stand and coasters in a woodworking project [Wooden set of pen stand and coaster]

A pen holder is a familiar craft project.

How about making one that looks like parquetry, using cut pieces of wood? Plan your design and create pixel art using light-colored and dark-colored wood.

If some parts stick out a bit or feel uneven when you’re done, smooth them with fine-grit sandpaper.

Applying a clear varnish at the end will give it a beautiful finish!

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Butter Slime

[Experiment] Ultra-Realistic! I Tried Making Butter Slime! How to Make Butter Slime

A slime so buttery you’ll want to spread it on bread without thinking! Mix glue with water thoroughly, then add yellow paint and mix again until it looks close to butter.

Next, add shaving foam—something you don’t often see in crafts! After mixing well, add a solution of borax dissolved in warm water and stir.

Finally, knead in some polymer clay, and you’ll have fluffy, stretchy, and satisfyingly strange butter slime.

It looks so delicious that you should take extra care to prevent small children from putting it in their mouths!

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Let’s try mixing water and oil

[Independent Research by a Former Tutor and Cram School Instructor Mom] Let’s Try Mixing Water and Oil!

This is an experiment to see what happens when you mix water and oil.

First, make colored water by adding food coloring to a glass of water.

In a separate glass, pour in some oil, then carefully pour the colored water on top.

Strangely, the colored water you added last will settle at the bottom of the glass, and the oil will form a layer on top.

Even if you stir it with a stick, they won’t mix at all.

It’s a fun experiment that overturns the common belief that liquids mix with each other.

Give it a try! The non-mixing liquid you make can also be put into a bottle to create a playful decorative piece.

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