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Easy "Nutcracker" Themed Hanging Paper Wall Christmas Tree: Christmas DIY Using Simple & Recycled Materials + Links To FREE Resources!

Last year I tried making a paper "Wall Christmas Tree", I've seen a couple of wall Christmas Trees in the past but it was only last year that I finally go ahead and do one myself. I'm glad I went through with it, that tree ended up nice and for Christmas this year I decided to make another paper wall Christmas tree in a different style and theme with "Nutcracker" as its elements and decorations. DISCLOSURE:   T his blog and post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you chose to sign up for a program or make a purchase using my link. It’s okay – I love all of these companies and you will too! The elements of this paper Christmas tree was inspired from "The Nutcracker Prince" animated movie and "The Nutcracker Ballet". I had clara , some  ballerinas , the  sugarplum fairy , the  nutcracker  soldiers, assorted colors of  lollipops  (from palace of sweets) along with other traditional Christmas candies such as c...
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Plastic Egg Carton Frog / Frog Craft

10-27-2016 -- In this post, I will be showing how to make use of a plastic egg container to create a "frog" craft. This was a craft project that Lauren did in Brightly Beaming Resources' (Step 3: Sound of the Week) homeschool curriculum for the "fr" sound as in "frog".  This is the most fun part of the curriculum, making the art projects. Lauren is going to make a "frog",  I thought about doing our frog out of an empty egg container sitting on a lotus pad made out of styro plate.


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* empty plastic egg container * acrylic paints * paint brush * paint mixing tray * liquid glue * small googly eyes * small styro plate * scissors * hot glue stick * glue gun * ruler * black permanent marker * construction paper * hole puncher

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READY FOR KID BEFORE STARTING ACTIVITY ALONG WITH OTHER MATERIALS: 
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 * cut and trimmed egg containers 

 * cut eye circle patterns 

 * cut frog feet pattern 

 * cut lotus pad pattern 

 * cut egg containers for lotus flowers

* hole punched paper (for dots on frog)

================================================================= DONE BY ADULT OR PARENT:
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* Frog Head & Body: Cut 2 egg holders from an empty plastic egg container. Trim the edges to make them even. 

 * Frog Feet: Draw a frog feet with size just enough for the frogs your child will make. 

 * Frog Eye Circles: Cut a piece of the plastic egg container and trace a round object on it such as a coin, make 2 circles for the googly eyes to be glued on it.

* Lotus Pad: Trace a round object that is a bit bigger than the frog on a styro plate, then make a triangle pattern on the side using a ruler.

* Lotus Flowers: Create some lotus flowers with the lotus pad, cut another 2 egg cups from the plastic egg container, trim edges in a zig zag resembling a lotus flower.

 * Frog Dots: Punched construction papers in any color of choice for dots to be glued around body and face of frog.

 ================================================================= DONE BY CHILD:
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 * cut feet, eye circles, and lotus pad patterns

 * paint egg containers, eye circles, frog feet, lotus pad, and lotus flower(s)

 * glue frog pieces together

 * draw / add details on frog

================================================================= STEPS IN DOING THIS FROG CRAFT:
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1. First, let child paint egg cartons (frog head & body), eye circles, and feet with any color of their choice. There are different kinds of frogs and they come in different colors and appearance, let child paint their frog with any color aside from what is shown. Set aside to dry.


2. Next, let child paint lotus pad with green acrylic paint and the egg cartons (lotus flowers) with any color of their choice. Set aside to dry.


3. Once all the painted pieces are dry, let child glue googly eyes on eye circles using hot glue. Put hot glue on the spot and let child glue googly eyes on it. Next, let child glue eyes on the egg carton head and the head on egg carton body using hot glue (with supervision).


4. Next, let child draw a mouth below eyes using black permanent marker, then glue some paper dots all over frog face and body.


5. Next, let child glue feet below frog body and the whole frog onto lotus pad using hot glue (with supervision).


6. And there you go, the "egg container frog" is DONE. Add some egg carton lotus flowers on the side as accessories. Below is Lauren's version of doing the frog. 


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