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Purim can be a really fun holiday for kids.  I some areas there are carnivals where kids dress up and play games.  They also have noisemakers called Grogers.  Here is a fun purim craft you can make on your own, your very own groger.

Supplies

• 2 Paper plates
• Stapler
• Rice, dried beans, dried pasta
• Crayons
• Glitter
• Glue
• Stickers

Steps:

1. Put in dry rice, pasta or beans in one plate
2. Place other plate on top and staple around the edges, making sure to staple closely together so there is not room for the rice to slide out.  Also make sure the staples close all the way, so there are no pointy edges.
3. Decorate the outside of the plate with your imagination, the more the better!!  Let any glue dry then get ready to play!

Enjoy!

My daughter made this at preschool and I thought is was so cute I wanted to share it.  It’s a fun decoration that is pretty easy for a kindergarten or preschool child to make.  It makes a great gift for kids to make.  I love Kindergarten crafts that can  be gifts too!!

Supplies:

• 2 Bells
• Ribbon
• Shiny string
• Pipe cleaner
• Glue
• Scissors
• Decorative Leaf or Flower

Steps:

1. Shape Pipe cleaner into circle
2. Cut Ribbon and String to equal lengths
3. Tie one end of string through bell (do this for each bell)
4. Tie other end of string to Pipe Cleaner Circle
5. Glue Ribbon to Pipe Cleaner
6. Glue Decorative leaf or flower over spot where you glued ribbon on pipe cleaner
7. Let it dry.

This can also double as a noise maker for the new year!!  Happy New Year!!  Have fun!!

Happy Fourth of July!!

In keeping with our Fouth of July theme, we made another Fourth of July Craft. We made a Rainstick/Noisemaker.

This one can actually be made at any time, you would just decorate it differently! It’s fun and easy and your kids can play with it after! Best of all, you probably have most of the supplies handy.

Supplies:

• Paper towel Holder
• Saran Wrap
• Tape
• Rice/pasta
• Glue Stick
• Red/White or Blue Construction paper
• Red/white/Blue Paint
• Star Sponge (you can cut this out of a regular sponge if you don’t have one)

Steps:

1. Stamp Blue and White stars on Red construction paper
2. Let it Dry
3. On bottom of papertowel roll hold saran wrap and tape around it to make a bottom to the Paper towel holder
4. Fill Paper Towel 1/4 way with rice/pasta
5. Put Saran Wrap on top, tape around to seal
6. Take Dried Star Print Construction paper, and tape end of it to Paper towel roll
7. Cut off Extra that goes above Paper Towel Roll
8. Glue Print construction paper to paper towel roll

Your done!! You now have a fun music maker and noise maker for the Fourth of July. You can do this activity at anytime.  Just change how you decorate the paper!!