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Father’s Day Apron

You will need:

Designer paper, colourful paper, ribbon, a pencil, an eraser, scissor, glue, scale and colourful sketch pens.

1. For the apron, draw two curves on a square designer paper.

2. Cut out the two curves.

3. For the pocket of the apron, cut a rectangle from another designer paper and apply glue on 3 sides of it.

4. Stick the rectangular paper on the bottom of the apron cut-out.

5. Use colourful papers to make cut-outs of a spatula, a knife, a fork and a heart.

6. Insert the paper spatula, knife, fork and heart inside the apron pocket.

7. Take a ribbon of the length that can go around the neck and cut it. Stick the ends, forming a neckband.

8. Stick the neckband on the backside of the apron.

Your Father’s Day Apron is ready!

Veggie Art

You will need: • Vegetables (a Potato, a Lady’s Finger, a Carrot, some Coriander• Knife • Glue • Acrylic Paints • Paper

Cut and Colour Cut the vegetables in half and paint over the exposed portion. You are ready to Potato paint!

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1. Take a sheet of paper and divide it to two equal parts. Leave room for a small flap.

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2. Fold the ‘A’ to ‘C’ along ‘B’ like shown in the image.

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3. Glue the left and right edges. Don’t apply glue on the flap.

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4. Shape the flap like shown in the image.

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Your envelope is ready. Use the vegetables to create colourful patterns on the cover.

 

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3-D Art

You will need:

Mount board, tinted coloured papers, pencil, glue, scale, scissors, marker, double sided foam tape, textured paper, straws.

Tip: Stick the background coloured paper on the mount board to give it support.

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1. Draw the scene that you want on the coloured background paper using pencil. Here we have drawn a bridge.

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2. Draw the other parts of the scene on coloured paper, cut them out, and glue them on the background

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3. Cut straws in varying lengths according to where they have to be pasted and paste them there.

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4. Paste other parts of the scene by putting one, two or more layers of tape under it for the 3-D effect.

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5. Make sure you use different layers of tape to give each component a unique look.

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Use 4 layers of tape for the outer frame, and your 3D artwork is ready to hang on your wall!

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Make your own 3D art and send us photos at writetochampak@delhipress.in

Spring Terrarium

You will need: Transparent jar with a lid, colored tissue paper, small twigs, scissors, glue

How to make:

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1. Tear off tiny pieces of green tissue paper and scrunch them into crumpled balls.

 

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2. Glue the tiny tissue paper balls to the inside of the jar lid.

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3. Next, tear off tiny pieces of colored tissue paper and glue them to the branches of the twig.

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4. Glue the bottom of the twig to the inside of the jar lid with green paper

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5. Carefully place the jar over the tiny tree you have created and screw the lid on.

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Your Spring Terrarium is ready!

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Try making this yourself at home! Send your creations to us at writetochampak@delhipress.in

Christmas Tree Gift Box

You will need:

Green paper, a pencil, a pair of scissors, glue, ribbon and red decorative leaves.

How to make:

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1. Fold the green paper into half. Draw a Christmas tree with a base as shown in the picture. Cut it out.

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2. Take another sheet of green paper. Place the cutout on it, trace its outline and cut it.

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3. Fold the edges of the Christmas tree cutouts as shown.

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4. Cut the edges of one of the cutouts and stick it onto the other.

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5. Make holes at the top of the Christmas tree. Put a ribbon through this hole.

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Your Christmas tree gift-box is ready!

Try making this yourself at home! Send your creations to us or take a photo and send it to us at writetochampak@delhipress.in

Meander book

The meander motif is named after the river Meander, a river with many twists, mentioned by Homer in Iliad.This motif is also known as the Greek key or Greek fret.

To make your own meander book-

You will need:

A 4 size paper, thick coloured paper, scissors and glue

Method:

1. Fold the paper into half along the dotted line from left to right.

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2. Unfold and bring both the edges of the paper to the center.

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3. Now repeat the steps 1 and 2, this time by folding the paper from top to bottom. You should have 16 rectangles like these.

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4. Cut along the red lines as shown in the picture. We have marked the rectangles of the first row as a, b, c, d. Fold each rectangle forward like a fan till you reach the end of the first row. So ‘a’ goes over ‘b’ and keep folding forward till you reach ‘e’. Now fold d’ behind ‘e’ and keep going forward.

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5. Cut two rectangles 6 x 8 cms and stick on either sides of your meander book as covers.

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Fill your meander book

You can write a story, poem or use it as a scrapbook. Cut out! pictures you like from old newspapers and magazines. Write down interesting facts you learn or quotes you read. Carry it to school or keep it on your desk, there’s so much you can do.