Kids Crafts - Chinese New Year / Horse Year Crafts

Hi,

Today is Chinese New Year! If you are a Chinese, Happy New Year!!

I would like to wrap up ideas on making horse with eight different materials. Hope you like them!


Funny horses made with corks
(source: http://www.familyholiday.net/year-of-the-horse-2014-chinese-new-year-crafts)

You Can!!

'YOU CAN!! The only thing limits you is your imagination.'

 

 

Love this positive quote so much!

 

We always feel afraid before we try. We are afraid of failure, afraid of laughing by others, afraid of ....etc.

 

But all these fear are just our imagination. Imagination may not come true.

 

We have to try. If we try, there is chance of success. But if we do not try, we will never success!

 

 

 

 

Above photo was taken by Erik Johansson

 

http://www.ted.com/talks/erik_johansson_impossible_photography.html

More positive thinking ideas in my Pinterest:

http://www.pinterest.com/shinekidscrafts/positive-affirmations-thoughts/

 

Baby Laughing Hysterically at Ripping Paper

Love this baby, so lovely!

I think babies or children are simple. They feel happy easily.

Let us learn from them. Be simple and be happy easily!!

Have you smile today??

'Ball' Game Made by Small Boxes, Tissue Rolls and Carton Box

My son's school had a special assignment recently.

It required the students to make a toy with recycling materials. Parents could think and teach children how to do at home. But children had to make them at school. This assignment is important because the score will make up 10% of the General Studies exam marks.

Though my son is seven years old now, he cannot make complex crafts tidily. Thus, we have to prepare a toy that is funny and not too complex to make by himself.

Finally, we decided to make this. This was a 'ball' game.

Glass Decor Color Project - Photo Frame

I like the stained glass / windows in church so much. When sun shines on them, they are so colorful and pretty.

I always think that it is so good if I can make one by myself.

One day, when I walked around a craft shop, I discovered that there was glass décor color for making stained glass.

This one is special because you can draw your own picture on a plastic sheet, let it dry completely and then peel off your work and stick it on glass, mirror or tiles.

As I was afraid that my work could not be peeled off successfully, I also bought a photo frame too.

 

I  filled in colors on the photo frame with my son. That is so funny and the final work really looks good!

Giveaway 2013 (4) - Sterling Silver Wire Korean Jade Pendant

Hi,

Today is my birthday! I would like to give you a surprise!

This time, the giveaway is a ring made by sterling silver wire. This was made by me. It took me quite a lot of time to make it.  

I love handmade jewelry very much. It is my hobby. Before I set up ShineKidsCrafts, I sold jewelry at ebay, both handmade and non-handmade. Now, my ebay shop has 1990 positive feedback. About 90% of them come from selling jewelry.

I stop selling jewelry and changed to sell kids crafts because I want to nurture my son's interest in crafts. If I keep myself busy at making jewelry, I cannot have time to do that.

But I will not give up making handmade jewelry. I really love that. If time and money is allowed, I will continue to buy something to make it.

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Below are details of this giveaway, hope that you will like it!

Sterling Silver Korean Jade Ring Size 7.5 Wire Jewelry Wirework Handmade

Size: 7.5 (18mm diameter)

Material: 0.8mm. 0.6mm & 0.45mm sterling silver wires  and Korean jade (in yellowish green color)

Design: A bunch of flower.

For ring size, pls go to ebay ring sizing guide:

http://pages.ebay.com/buy/guides/ring-sizing-guide/

a Rafflecopter giveaway

2013 X'mas Crafts - Gift Wrapping

Besides growing the crystal X'mas, my son and I also did some special gift wrapping at Christmas.

Originally, I wanted to make some ornaments with paper with my son. But he did not want to make them.

Instead, he wanted to wrap the X'mas gifts with special designs.

Thus, we played gift wrapping this Christmas : )


The earliest Christmas party was held at his school. I gave him some color papers and he decided to wrap the gift in two different designs.

One side with stripes,




Another side with dots. It looked funny  : )