In this post, I will be sharing a "muffin" craft. This was a craft project that Lauren did in Brightly Beaming Resources' (Step 3: Sound of the Week) home school curriculum for the "ff" sound as in "muffin". I thought about doing our muffin using foam balls with frosting made of powder paint, sprinkled with paper sprinkles on top using construction papers.
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READY FOR KID BEFORE STARTING ACTIVITY ALONG WITH OTHER MATERIALS
* cut muffin wrapper pattern
* punched paper or cut strips of construction papers (for paper sprinkles)
DONE BY ADULT OR PARENT
NOTE: This craft is a collaboration between parent or caregiver and child and is suitable for kids about 6 and above, you may adapt the process to the skill or ability of the child.
* Muffin Wrapper: Print a "cupcake wrapper template", Click Here To Download FREE Printable Large Cupcake Wrapper Template, choose the template with the design seen in the image below. Download template to your computer, locate saved image and right-click on it, choose "print" in the pop-up that comes out. In the printing settings, select PAPER SIZE: Letter, choose thumbnail FULL PAGE PHOTO. Make sure the "fit picture to frame" is checked, depending on the number of foam ball muffins your child will create, type a number in the "copies of each picture" box then click on "print". Print template on any light colored heavy weight paper.
printable cupcake wrapper template, image by printablee.com
* Paper Sprinkles: Punch different colors of construction papers using plain hole puncher or shape puncher (star, heart, etc.), you may also cut very tiny thin strips of construction papers as paper sprinkles. Create a variety of shapes and colors for your paper sprinkles to make your muffins even more fun and colorful.
DONE BY CHILD
* cut and draw designs on muffin wrapper
* paint foam ball
* glue wrapper around foam muffin
* decorate muffin with paper sprinkles
STEPS IN DOING THIS MUFFIN CRAFT
STEP #1: First, let child draw some designs on the muffin wrapper using pencil, then let child trace drawing with coloring marker then color the drawings with crayons.
STEP #2: Next, let child paint foam balls with any color of their choice, in shades similar to a muffin (such as yellow, orange, or brown). The foam balls we used here were cut from a spare large foam ball from a previous project we did but you can purchase 3 inch size foam balls for your version of this project. Set painted foam balls aside to dry for a couple of minutes.
STEP #3: Next, make the muffin frosting mixture. Create frosting in any color of choice. Take some powder paint and mixed it with a little water, make sure the mixture is more thick and less watery resembling texture of a real frosting.
You can also create your own powder paint using sidewalk colored chalks, Click Here For The DIY Powdered Paint Recipe. Once the foam balls are dry, let child pour some of the frosting mixture on top of the foam balls then let child spread frosting apart using a plastic spoon.
STEP #4: Next, let child spread liquid glue on the muffin wrappers then attach wrapper around foam balls.
STEP #5: Finally, let child decorate muffins with paper sprinkles of their choice on top of each muffin frosting.
And there goes your "FOAM BALL MUFFINS", Lauren's muffins came out colorful and looking yummy like real muffins, makes you want to go and eat them! Get the kids creating their own version of this muffin craft today!
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POST UPDATED: June 2023
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