Making Pony Puppet

Text and Image by POPPY 

The craft of the month is about Pony.

Materials needed:

1. Children Socks

2. Cotton

3. Eye

4. String

5. Straw or Sticks

6. Hot glue gun

Step 1: Stuff the cotton into the socks

Step 2: Insert the straw into the socks. Then use hot glue gun to fix the position.

 Step 3: Tie the string on the socks and straw to create the lead rope

 Step 4: Use hot glue gun to stick the eyes. 

Then, glue the string together to create horsehair.

Horsy puppet show is ready to go! :)

DIY Photo Booth Props

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Photobooth moustache and photo booth props are hot right now.

To DIY your own photo booth is really easy peasy.

Material need: Black foam, red shinny paper, hair band, satay sticks, hot glue gun and scissor.

Step 1: Cut out the shape of lips or moustache you like.

To make both sides symmetrical, I drew half of the design 

and then folded the foam over and cut them out.

Step 2: I can also cut out the shape I want for my create headdress, 

such as mickey mouse ear or magician hat.

Step 3: Use hot glue gun to glue the stay stick to the cut-out-shaped.

Photo booth is ready to rock up the party!!

DIY your own place mat

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How to make your Valentine feel special?

The secret is DIY something special, 

such as DIY the place mat for your candlelight dinner.

Step 1: Select the paper you like, and cut into 30cm X 45 cm.

I used ziczac cutter to create the special ziczac pattern at the sides.

Step 2: Create your stamp using potato. 

Heart shape for your valentine of course!

 Step 3: Stamp the potato on the white paint

Step 4: Done! Isn't it special?

DIY Paper Windmill

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Today's tutorial is about making paper windmill.

I would say this is the fastest way to create beautiful backdrop.

Step 1: Select the paper which has design on both sides.

Step 2: Cut diagonally from the four corners.

Step 3: Fold each corner to the center point.

Step 4: Staple it. 

And it's done! :)

Paper Rosette for Chinese New Year Decor

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Chinese New Year 

is such an important festival for chinese in Malaysia.

It will be a time for reunion dinner, 

house visiting, CNY movie marathon,

Angpao collecting/givings and of course CNY decoration.

We can easily get CNY decor such as Lanton and red packets in a local shop or supermarket.

But if you would like to have something different, 

you probably can try this colour paper rosette.

I forgot to take some photos while I was making them. 

So here are a few pictures I took while I was making a paper rosette with the magazine pages.

Step 1: Choose a paper based on the colour and the size you want

Step 2: Fold it back to back 

 Step 3: Fold the paper into half, so that it looks like a fan

Step 4: Repeat the process to make another 2 fans

 Step 5: Glue or tape the borders to join all fans together.

Ta-da, here are the matching colours of paper rosettes!

Gong-Xi-Fatt-Cai

Happy Chinese New Year!

The Making of A Cardboard Train

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Cardboards are magical. 

You can transform them into many things 

such as a farmhouse, a Ferrari or a ferry.

Here is the cardboard train making tutorial.

Step 1: Select the cardboards according to the size

Step 2: Cut out the windows & doors with blade.

Step 3: You can wrap the box with colourful paper. 

Or like me, you can just paint it.

Step 4: Last but least, 

don't forget about the wheels, exhausts, curtain, sign, food tray, steering, bell, carpet and a doggy. 

The more details you put in, the more exciting kids you will find...  

Just like this one. :)

Choo-choo Train Themed Birthday Invites

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"I am having so much fun making my birthday invite envelopes"

"Look, I am stamping the envelope with my white fingers, 

and then I draw the little rabbit's ears and eyes and feet"

"Haha, they look too cute!"

"Ta-da, my birthday invites are ready to be sent out."

"My grandpa, grandma, gonggong and popo are loving these invites."

"When I turn 30, I am going to dig out these cards again.

Hmmm, I wonder how it would feel like."

This image by Veronica Photography

This image by Veronica Photography