Cold as Ice

Brrrr!!! It certainly has turned cold today, so our craft is reflecting how we feel - Frozen.

Frozen themes only need two colours - blue, and white to give different shades of blue.

With one piece of blue paper I used masking tape to make snowflake shapes. For the other piece I cut a toilet roll to make a snowflake printer.

Despite having lots of different brushes, the Zebra insisted on painting her hands and feet. She would then stamp and pat the paper to cover it white...

Once it dried, I peeled off the masking tape to give lovely blue snowflakes against a snowy white sky 

Next, the Zebra had blue paint mixed into the bowl and was given the toilet roll stamper. Things started well and she made some snow prints, but it wasn't long before the toes got in on the action and the piece became a big blue smear! 

We did have a bit of artist temper half way through as the Zebra was clearly not happy with the direction her work was going, and demanded a clean sheet of paper...

The way things are feeling here, we may have some real snow in the next couple days! 

Glitter snowflakes

Another easy craft we attempted while home with the pox, was these lollypop-stick snowflakes!

Although we attempted a variety of textures, only the glitter would stick to the sticks!

I simply coated the sticks in PVA glue,

Before letting the Zebra loose with "shake-shake" glitter pots!

While the Zebra got her glitter on, I put some blue paint in a pot and mixed in some string. 

The string and sticks then had to be left for a few hours to dry. 

Using PVA glue I stuck the sticks together in a snowflake shape and attached the string to the top so they could be hung up. 

Easy peasy and a great addition to our Christmas display!