January Crafts for the Kids

Here are some easy (and fun!) crafts for the kids to help keep the cabin fever away!

Crystal Snowflake

Materials:

• Borax Laundry Booster
• boiling water
• jars or glasses
• pencils
• pipecleaners

- Create a shape out of your pipecleaners and attach it to the pencil {either with the pipecleaner or some yarn/string}

- Boil water and dissolve Borax into the water - I used about 4-5 tablespoons of Borax per glass.

- Put your pipecleaner shape into the glass being sure that it does not touch the sides of the glass.

- Let the pipecleaners sit in the solution for 24 hours or longer to reach desired effect.

Note - while Borax is a natural product, it should not be consumed or inhaled so be careful and follow the precautions on the box.

Snowman Slam

This game is fun for the whole family, and you likely have most of the materials to make it already on hand.

Materials:       

• White cups
• Black & orange craft foam or construction paper
• White socks
• Glue 
• Scissors

To make our snowmen, I decorated six white cups using black and orange craft foam.  To make the snowballs, just tightly ball up three white socks.  That's it!  The idea of the game is simple; toss the snowballs to knock down the snowmen!

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