This is a great craft for littler hands but before we start with the instructions we want to make sure that grandparents and parents use an empty Tide PODS tub, and to always keep liquid laundry packets up, closed and safely out of the reach of children and vulnerable family members.  Taking these steps is the most effective way to prevent accidents with a liquid laundry detergent.

Ok! To make this Tide Pods Turkey, you will need the following:

1 empty Tide laundry pods container

Turkey Template printed out on printer paper or 8.5 x 11 blank adhesive label

Liquid glue or Glue Dots

Scissors (if not using a cutting machine)

Craft foam sheets in red, green, yellow, and orange

Instructions:

1. Remove the top from the container and discard.

2.Wash the container then remove the label from the laundry pods container by soaking in hot water, scraping, and then using GooGone to remove completely. You can also use a heat gun to warm the label but the ease of this option varies based on the brand. For instance, I found using a heat gun to be easy on Gain containers but difficult on Tide containers.

3. Print template and cut.

4. Apply the template to the side of the container with the liquid glue or the glue dots.

5. Cut foam sheets into strips that are 2 inches wide by approximately 8 inches long. Attach the strips to the back of the container in a fan shape.

And there you go!  A Tide Pod Turkey Craft that is bright and festive that your kids can also enjoy playing with. 

And YOU can also feel good that you are recycling and helping the environment.  I love these kinds of crafts!

Wait!  You need a few more turkey ideas for Thanksgiving?  Here you go!

Thanksgiving Wreath

Oreo Turkey Cupcakes

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Before we start the tutorial, let me share Grammy’s Rules for Slime!

1.  Wherever we make the slime, it cannot be over carpet. Kids need to sit on the floor or on a chair that has no carpet underneath.

2. Any cute little child with long hair, must have it back in a pony tail.

3. And lastly, slime can only be played with in a room without carpet! (There’s that carpet again)  No taking slime into a bedroom. 

As long as those rules can be followed, then this Grammy is ready to make slime!  Let’s start with the ingredients.  The ingredients listed below will make ONE batch.  So if you want all three colors, you’ll need to adjust quantities.

6 ounces of white Elmer’s glue, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 1/2 tablespoons contact lens solution (this solution must have boric acid in it for the slime to work).  Lastly you can add 2 tablespoons of water to your glue before the baking powder if you’d like your slime to be a little stretchier.

For the green slime, you’ll need 6 ounces of Elmer’s green glitter glue

For the orange slime, you will need some orange food coloring.

Also needed will be some small glass jars, googley eyes, a sheet of black felt, scissors and some type of adhesive – glue dots, tacky glue or a glue gun (Use glue gun only with adult supervision)

Now we are ready to start!  Squeeze all of the 6 ounces of glue into a small bowl.  We are showing the green glitter as our example.

If you are adding water, do that step now. Mix well. 

NOTE:  If you are making the orange slime, add the food coloring now to the white glue mix to make it orange.

Then add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda into the glue.

Next it is time to add the contact lens solution

Start to mix everything together.   This part may be challenging for some kids and adult supervision might be required.  If the mixture is too sticky add a little more contact lens solution. When the mixture is looking fairly solid, let your kids knead it until everything is thoroughly blended and it is looking like slime!

Next cut out the jar’s facial features out of the black felt.

We just eyeballed what we wanted and then cut those shapes out. Then with whatever kind of glue you are using, glue them on along with the googley eyes.  If using a glue gun, we recommend adult supervision.

After playing with the slime, place slime in your Halloween Slim Jar for easy storage.

See?  Making this Halloween Slime is not so bad!

If you still aren’t up to making slime, try these fun Halloween Crafts!

Salt Art Spider Web Craft

Coffee Filter Halloween Bats

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I love making any kind of craft with my grandkids with items that I already have around in my house.   These Cat and Pumpkin Halloween Masks are perfect for that. 

Using paper plates and either construction or cardstock paper, I can have these ready for my grandkids to make in a jiffy.  Here is what you will need:

Paper plates, some colorful cardstock paper, pen or pencil, scissors, a hole punch, tacky glue or gluestick, orange and black acrylic paint, and a foam brush.  Also needed is a straw, dowel or pipe cleaner to help hold up the mask. We used a dowel.  You will also need this free template compliments of Oh Happy Day!   Click HERE for template.

Start by painting the back of the paper plate with the orange and black paint.

While the paint is drying, cut out the shapes from the template.

With your pen or pencil, trace the shapes on to the back of the colored paper as desired.

Cut out the shapes that you just traced.

Trace two circles for the eyes and then cut them out.

Glue the shapes on to the front of your mask.

Using the hole punch, punch some holes for the cat’s whiskers. Then glue them on.

Because we used a dowel for our support, we glued them on with a glue gun.  A straw or pipe cleaner will also work.  If you choose to use a dowel, make sure any children who use a glue gun uses it with adult supervision.

And now it’s time to play!  These Cat and Pumpkin Halloween Masks will provide HOURS of entertainment and play for your kids and grandkids.

Happy Halloween!

We’ve got some more super fun Halloween Crafts for you.  Take a look!

Sparkle Spiders

Coffee Filter Bats

Salt Art Spider Web Craft

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To get started with this craft you will need the following:  Shrinky Dink paper, embossing powder, a rainbow ink pad,  hand hole puncher, foam brush, black marker, mod podge and a key chain.  We chose softer ink colors because these were two granddaughters but you can get a bolder look with a bolder ink pad.

Taking a foam brush, get it full with the color ink that you would like and paint on your child’s hand.  Work quickly so that your ink doesn’t dry.  Completely cover your childs hand.

Lay your hand down on the Shrinky Dink paper.  Press firmly on each little finger to get a full hand print. 

Carefully lift the hand off the paper and then sprinkle embossing powder over the wet ink.  Shake off any excess powder.

Cut around the hand print making sure to leave a little room to write on and to punch a hole between the thumb and pointer finger.

Write your child’s name and the year and then make a hole with the hole puncher. Don’t forget to do this before you bake.  It will be too hard to punch if you forget until after it’s baked!

Carefully lay the hands on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.  Bake according to the package instructions.  We baked ours at 325 degrees for 1 to 3 minutes.

Watching them cook is so fun to see!

Shrinky Dinks do curl while they are baking and then they will flatten out.  Every once in a while they will curl on top of each other so we made several just in case!

When cool, apply a small layer of mod podge over the hand prints and let it dry. 

Attach a key chain ring and your Handprint Key Chain is ready to go!

Whomever is the lucky recipient of this darling gift will love it!

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Let’s get started with the items that you will need to make these:

Terra Cotta Pot (any size), foam paint brushes, small paint brush and then some acrylic craft paint in pink, light green, kelly green and black.  Red paint would also be a great choice if you like that look better instead of pink.

Start by taking a foam brush and painting the bottom part of the pot with the pink paint.  Let completely dry.  Paint another coat if needed.

Paint the rim of your pot with the Kelly green paint and let dry again.

Add some light green paint on the rim to make it look like a watermelon rind. 

Last but not least, it’s time to make the watermelon seeds.  Use your small paintbrush and black paint and dot away!

Let all paint completely dry and then you are ready to plant.  You can plant flowers but we love the look that the succulents make in these Watermelon Flower Pots.

These are fun to  put in kids bedrooms because succulents are so easy to take care of but they also make great gifts!

More fun crafts:

Clothes Pin Bird Craft

Coffee Filter Butterflies

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Hello TGIF Readers! We’ve got a fun printable for you today with this Patriotic Paper Chain.  A paper chain is one of the most easiest craft that a child can do.  At Christmas time, they are a favorite to decorate a homemade Christmas tree.  Why not for a patriotic holiday?

For the best quality, print this printable at a copy store on photo paper.  Your colors will be much more bright like in these photos.

Grab some kids scissors and a stapler.  You can also use a glue stick but that will take a little time to dry.  Cut out all of your strips.

Start making your loops and alternate between the stars and the stripes.  Staple or glue together.

Now you have a darling paper chain that you can hang up as a garland around the house.  I love the red, white and blue that makes it look so festive! 

Download Patriotic Paper Chain Down HERE

More patriotic craft ideas:

Bomb Pop Cookies

4th of July Firecrackers

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I love this state in the Spring because it has the most beautiful flowering trees.  There is even somewhat of a state song that is called “Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Trees” and it truly does looks like popcorn all over our trees in the spring. What better time to make a Tissue Paper Flower Bracelet for the little girls in your life.  My granddaughters loved them!

To get started you will need tissue paper in a bunch of different colors, pipe cleaners, a single hole punch, some beads and baubles with a big enough hole that a pipe cleaner can be pushed through and some scissors.

Instructions:

1.  Stack a bunch of small tissue paper sheets together. The order of your colors will determine how your flower will look.  We recommend stacking 15-20 layers.  More layers make for a fuller flower.

2. Cut out a circle about 3″ in diameter.  You can make them smaller or bigger depending on the size of your child’s wrist.

3.  Punch two holes in the middle of the circles and line up the punches as close as possible.

4.  Take the pipe cleaner and thread it through the two holes. Have the same length of pipe cleaner on each side.

5.  Twist the pipe cleaner in the back.

6.  Now it is time to make your flower bloom!  Take the top layer of tissue paper and give it a little crumple.  Follow this process with every layer.

7.  Thread your beads onto each side of the pipe cleaner. Put on enough for the size that you need but leave some room at the end so you can twist the pipe cleaner to close your bracelet. Snip the ends off and your kids are ready to have a fashion show to show off their creation!

Happy Spring Everyone!

Flowers and butterflies just go together don’t they?  Here is a super fun and easy Butterfly Craft.

Coffee Filter Butterflies

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For this craft, you will need:

Square clothes pins, ceramic paints in your desired colors, colored feathers, googly eyes, paint brushes, a sheet of yellow foam or felt and some Tacky Glue.

Let the kids go to town and paint their wooden clothes pins.  If they want to do polka dots, a q-tip works great for this.

Let paint completely dry. Then with the tacky glue, glue on the colored feathers on to the back of the clothes pin.  Regular glue can also be used.  Just make sure it gets completely dry.

Turn over to the front and finish your creation by gluing on the googly eyes.  Cut a triangle out of the foam or felt and glue that on as the beak. 

We didn’t do it in these pictures, but you can also glue a magnet onto the back of the bird and then they can be put on your refrigerator to greet you every morning!  What did I tell you? Isn’t this Clothes Pin Birds Craft easy and fun?  

Create your own aviary today.  Your kids will love it!

Are you needing another easy kids craft?  Check this one out!

Coffee Filter Butterflies

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