Cardboard Craft

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:33:59 GMT

en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:33:59 GMT

Chief, chamonix. Aiyoooo...I'm joking too. I told ds about the comment asking him what witty reply we can post. He simply gave me a big grin. Must be flattered with the attention. Mummy also not witty enough, hence the \"here's my fish\" sign which he told me I'm so violent.

To all the parents who are interested in doing cardboard art work with their child/children, kudos to you.

Do keep on posting the good ideas and share picture of the final outcome.

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:11:10 GMT

autumnbronze — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:11:10 GMT

dimsum:
autumnbronze:
Hi all,

Am seeking suggestions on how to be creative with my 27 mth old son. I am totally hopeless in art and craft, but for the sake of intstilling some creativity in him (I want to be a positive role model ), I would like to pick up some pointers.

I have thus far collected:

1. 2 egg trays (cardboard type)

2. 3 shoe boxes

3. 1 box - L=31cm, B=31cm, H=41cm

4. 1 box - L=42, B=20, H=18

5. 1 box - L=81, B=10, H=10

TIA
Hi autumnbronze, I would like to recommend you this website which i relied heavily to do craftswork with my boy.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/media.shtml

There are other learning website which provides art & craft ideas too but I like this one because it categorises neatly by Materials and the subject. And most importanly, the crafts are the easy to do type (very suitable for kids less than 4yrs old). So for the materials you had collected so far, you can click on \"Egg Carton Crafts\" and \"Box Crafts\" to see their suggestions. My favourite materials are paper plates and toilet paper rolls

Hi dimsum,

:thankyou: Will check out the link soon.

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:46:04 GMT

dimsum — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:46:04 GMT

autumnbronze:
Hi all,

Am seeking suggestions on how to be creative with my 27 mth old son. I am totally hopeless in art and craft, but for the sake of intstilling some creativity in him (I want to be a positive role model ), I would like to pick up some pointers.

I have thus far collected:

1. 2 egg trays (cardboard type)

2. 3 shoe boxes

3. 1 box - L=31cm, B=31cm, H=41cm

4. 1 box - L=42, B=20, H=18

5. 1 box - L=81, B=10, H=10

TIA

Hi autumnbronze, I would like to recommend you this website which i relied heavily to do craftswork with my boy.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/media.shtml

There are other learning website which provides art & craft ideas too but I like this one because it categorises neatly by Materials and the subject. And most importanly, the crafts are the easy to do type (very suitable for kids less than 4yrs old). So for the materials you had collected so far, you can click on \"Egg Carton Crafts\" and \"Box Crafts\" to see their suggestions. My favourite materials are paper plates and toilet paper rolls

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:17:40 GMT

metz — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:17:40 GMT

ChiefKiasu:

To me... it looks like Optimus Prime having a bad day.

Chief, too many doses of Transformers this holidays? :evil:

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:13:37 GMT

metz — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:13:37 GMT

EN:

chamonix, I've got nothing to say to you except :heresmyfish:

*ouch!* sorry. I get it I get it, shouldn't have let my imagination run wild. But please excuse me cos I have 2 preschoolers with pretty hilarious imaginations, got infected by them...

Please tell your DS that auntie is sorry. But it is really meant as a compliment. It would leave no room for imagination if he had taken up his mother's suggestion to paint and decorate it with wheels. Auntie really like it. Ok, I better :siam: before the mommy :heresmyfish: me further.

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:27:57 GMT

buds — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:27:57 GMT

ChiefKiasu:
chamonix:
... I like your son's work without the wheels and paint. Cos it leaves room for imagination! I thought it was some sort of vehicle initially. Then something just flew across my mind - it could be a dragon head too!...

To me... it looks like Optimus Prime having a bad day.

:rotflmao:

You and your ideas. :roll:

But whooooah Chief! :?:

Dun think anyone would want to catch
Optimus Prime on a bad day at all! :!:

But your observation is somewhat close
if i may say so... and before EN smacks
me on the head, i'll do it myself hor. :heresmyfish:

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:02:29 GMT

ChiefKiasu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:02:29 GMT

EN:
[quote]To me... it looks like Optimus Prime having a bad day.

Sorry chief, on behalf on my ds, it's with my pleasure to :heresmyfish:

[/quote]Ouch. Sorry. My wife hates me too because I'm too honest sometimes

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:02:16 GMT

en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:02:16 GMT

[quote]To me... it looks like Optimus Prime having a bad day. [/quote]
Sorry chief, on behalf on my ds, it's with my pleasure to :heresmyfish:

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:00:06 GMT

en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:00:06 GMT

[quote]Guess what? I like your son's work without the wheels and paint. Cos it leaves room for imagination! I thought it was some sort of vehicle initially. Then something just flew across my mind - it could be a dragon head too! Hmm, son is more creative than mommy? [/quote]
chamonix, I've got nothing to say to you except :heresmyfish:

Btw, the silk ribbon sewing might be too difficult for your children to pick up & expensive too. I've just gotten the Spotlight brochure. The cross stich will be better for children.

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:53:23 GMT

ChiefKiasu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:53:23 GMT

chamonix:
... I like your son's work without the wheels and paint. Cos it leaves room for imagination! I thought it was some sort of vehicle initially. Then something just flew across my mind - it could be a dragon head too!...

To me... it looks like Optimus Prime having a bad day.

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:33:19 GMT

metz — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:33:19 GMT

Hi En,

Guess what? I like your son's work without the wheels and paint. Cos it leaves room for imagination! I thought it was some sort of vehicle initially. Then something just flew across my mind - it could be a dragon head too! Hmm, son is more creative than mommy?

Thanks for the tips on sewing. Used to comb through the Spotlight store while waiting DS to finish his JMC class. Good excuse to go back there again.

PS : we bought the acrylic paint from Popular Bookstore.

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:21:32 GMT

metz — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:21:32 GMT

Hi GreenQ,

Hope your kids have a fun time playing with the cardboards. Just don't mind the afterwards mess. :lol:

Hi autumnbronze,

Let your creativity juice run loose. I made a car and traffic lights few years back. With just that, we made pretend play that we were the pedestrians, passengers and driver. The kids have great fun! Another time, I cut slits and holes on the cardboards and imagined we were robots. But what they enjoyed most was hiding inside the boxes and giving me a big boo!

Ideas from some friends -
made a house for pretend play
turn the cardboard into a bed for dolls
changi airport
tin can
a shoal of fish in the ocean
vehicles like bus, train etc

Have fun!

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:10:12 GMT

GreenQ — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:10:12 GMT

Yes, cool idea, chamonix!

Thanks for sharing! Wow... I wanna make together with my sons today. A smaller one since we only have smaller box. They love it after I showed them your pictures... hehe.

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:38:43 GMT

autumnbronze — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:38:43 GMT

chamonix:
Cardboard can be fun too. Last week, DS's kindy asked them to construct something out of cardboard with parents at home.

And this is what we (yup, everybody chips in to help) came up with.

From just boxes, masking tapes, a pair of scissors and penknife , ...
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o125/serenade_bliss/DSC01819-1.jpg\">

Add on some painting work, and here's our effort
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o125/serenade_bliss/DSC01822-1.jpg\">

oh wow! this is really cool!!!

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:33:51 GMT

autumnbronze — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:33:51 GMT

Hi all,

Am seeking suggestions on how to be creative with my 27 mth old son. I am totally hopeless in art and craft, but for the sake of intstilling some creativity in him (I want to be a positive role model ), I would like to pick up some pointers.

I have thus far collected:

1. 2 egg trays (cardboard type)

2. 3 shoe boxes

3. 1 box - L=31cm, B=31cm, H=41cm

4. 1 box - L=42, B=20, H=18

5. 1 box - L=81, B=10, H=10

TIA

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:46:06 GMT

en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:46:06 GMT

Here's what ds done during his free time last year. He instructed the maid how much to cut and where to cut. I thought the artwork can be enhanced further by painting and add wheels to it. But I stop short when I looked at ds expression. (PS. I posted this one before in another thread, sorry for double posting for those who have seen it before).

http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVXJg2r

This one he was asked by school to do it. It was not required for handing up though. He did it on his own. I did have to zip up my dh mouth from giving unsolicited advise. :lol:

http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq1eZ0_i

As for sewing, you might want to try silk ribbon embroidery. The sewing kit, pictures and silk ribbon can be bought from Spot Light. If I can find my piece, I'll post the picture. Quite a big thing in Australia. An Aussie friend kind enough to share her hobby with me.

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:31:08 GMT

en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:31:08 GMT

Nice work Chamonix & kids. Do you use normal poster colour to paint the card box? Both dd & ds are impressed.

[quote]Thanks Nani. Wouldn't have done it if not for the school [/quote]Haha. I've helped dd to create a house for her school work. About 90% of the work I have got to do. She's not good with craft work. No picture though. She brought it to school and it came back in pieces.

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:23:29 GMT

metz — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:23:29 GMT

Thanks Nani. Wouldn't have done it if not for the school

Sewing sounds pretty fun. Do you sew using a sewing machine? Sewing maybe one area I can venture with my kids. Any simple sewing for a novice to share? TIA.

Reply to Cardboard Craft on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:59:21 GMT

nani — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:59:21 GMT

Really nice...wish I could get off my butt from sewing and do something like that with ds :oops: ..lazyyyyyy... :lol: