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Puffy Paint Starfish Craft

August 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

Parenting OC presents "Summer Crafts with The Little Red Schoolhouse," an educational craft series that you can do at home with you kids!

Craft Supplies

  1. Cardboard, or cereal box
  2. Scissors
  3. Glue
  4. Shaving cream
  5. Paint, variety of colors
  6. Paint brush
  7. Sand or Pastina pasta

Instructions

Step 1: Trace a sea star with five rays onto a piece of cardboard or cereal box.
Step 2: Cut the sea star out.
Step 3: Put equal parts shaving cream and glue into a bowl and mix about 1/4 cup of each.
Step 4: Add one good squirt of your choice of acrylic paint and mix color.
Step 5: With a paint brush, paint your sea star!
Step 6: Sprinkle with coarse sand or Pastina pasta to add texture


To see the full mini lesson, visit adventuresintheschoolhouse.com and follow The Little Red Schoolhouse on Instagram and Youtube!


More Summer Fun Crafts with The Little Red Schoolhouse

“O” is for Octopus
Puffy Paint Starfish Craft
Marcus Pfister’s “The Rainbow Fish”
Betsy Ross: Flag-Making
Henri Matisse: Drawing w/Scissors
Georgia O’Keeffe Inspired Flowers
Find out more about The Little Red Schoolhouse

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