Monday, February 11, 2013

HOW TO MAKE A HEART STAMPER OUT OF A TOLIET PAPER TUBE



I am always looking for new things for my 2 little ones to do while I homeschool my older 2 boys. I scour Pinterest a lot of times to get some ideas. I stumbled across this idea and thought my kids would enjoy it, sure enough they did!
 
 
Materials:
Toilet paper rolls
Paint
Paper
 
Take your toilet paper roll and manipulate it into a heart, it does take some working with and one end may look more like a heart then the other side, that's OK.


Once you have your hearts made then put out Valentine's colored paint - reds, pinks. I put ours on a paper plate.


Then have have the child start stamping their hearts on paper! My daughter made her Valentine's for her friends in her Bible study class using this toilet paper stamper and about 4 pages just stamping away!
 
At times when you place the toilet paper tube in the paint the whole heart will be filled completely giving a full heart!
 
 
Thrifty, recycled, fun craft!
 
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13 comments:

  1. I'm going to do this with my kids tomorrow :D x

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  2. This is a great idea! I would have never thought of something like this. Thanks =D

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  3. What another cute idea!!! Love it!

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  4. Wow! What wonderful hearts!

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  5. I saw this idea on Pinterest too. We had a play date this weekend and were going to try it out, but with all the other things we were doing we didn't get to it. Looks like they had fun with it!

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  6. This is certainly a great way to re-use those toilet paper rolls. Great way to keep young ones occupied as well (and some of us older people as well)

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  7. Cute ideas!!!! What a great way to reuse!

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  8. This is a brilliant way to reuse old paper rolls!

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  9. How cute! I used to do similar activities when I taught pre-school. It is amazing what you can use for artistic activities that cost very little money!

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  10. What a cute idea! I love crafts that teach children to re-use! I think it encourages creativity as well.

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  11. I love this idea... I will have to try this with my niece and nephew..

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  12. This is a great idea. I do art masterpiece at my kinder's school and this would be a perfect fit!

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Nicole, the mama behind the Mama to 5 Blessings blog, is a mom to 5 children. Three boys: ages 8 years, 5 years, 2 years, a daughter 4 years and a new baby girl born April 19th 2013. She has been married to her husband Fritz for 11 years. Here at Mama to 5 Blessings you will find quite a variety of topics: recipes, crafts for moms and children, homeschooling, parenting, reviews and giveaways, thrifty tips and much more! Mama to 5 Blessings can also be found on Twitter @mamato3blessing, Facebook and Pinterest.