Sea Shell Turtle Craft

We still have a box full of sea shells from our trip to Florida over a year ago, so I've been hunting for fun ways to use those shells. My kids loved making their own little turtles out of some of them!

Recycled Turtle Craft

My boys got a pet turtle last fall, so turtles have been a popular topic here. One day, my 4 year old asked if we could make a turtle craft so I looked through my stash and we made these:

Here's what you'll need to make your own cute little turtles: applesauce cups (washed and dried), green craft foam (or construction paper), googly eyes, scissors, permanent markers, glue sticks.

L is for Lion

I think our letter L turned out to be quite a cute little lion, though his long neck makes it look like he’s half giraffe :).

The alphabet fun continues with the letter L. We cut out a head, tail and legs to add to our letter L, then we glued a bunch of yarn to the back of the head for the mane.

Thanks Totally Tots for the inspiration!

K is for Kangaroo

My 4 year old still loves making special letters to add to his wall as we learn about the alphabet. Since my mom is from Australia, I thought a kangaroo for the letter K was quite appropriate!

I got the idea from Totally Tots, but we did add a pouch and a baby kangaroo, due to the insistence of my 4 year old that a kangaroo just wouldn’t be complete without the baby.

Alphabet: G

Inspired by Help! Mama Remote’s letter G, I give you our G for giraffe:

Cut out a yellow G, curving the head of the giraffe. Have your kid(s) cut out brown spots. Glue them all over. Add some horns, or whatever those are called and some googly eyes.

My 3 year old is SO proud of learning his alphabet and this is a fun way to spend time together while my 5 year old is at school.

Popsicle Stick Farm Animals

We go to our local library every week for story time, and one of my favorite parts about our library is that they include a cute craft each week. A while ago, the theme was “On the Farm” and the craft afterwards was these adorable farm animals from popsicle sticks…
I couldn’t believe how simple these were to make! Just have your little one color the popsicle stick the appropriate colors, glue on some googly eyes, and some shapes for the other facial features:

• Triangles behind the head for ears
• Circles for snouts
• Triangles for beaks
• A rectangle for the horse's mane (just cut a little fringe after it’s glued on)

SO CUTE and so simple!

I’m linking up to Look What We Did, Kids Get Crafty, Mom’s Library, What are Little Boys Made of?