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Print or draw some bug outlines/silhouettes
Cut them out
Tape to the inside of a lamp
Wait until an unsuspecting person turns on that lamp!
Newspaper
Brushes
Paint
Paper
Cup of water
Paper towel
Lay the paper on newspaper
Dip a clean brush into the cup of water
Lightly coat the paper with water
Grab another brush to start painting
Use the paper towel to clean the brush
Markers or colored pencils
Access to a printer
Google Docs
Tape
Open Google docs and follow along
Print your pages
Color your pages
Tape them together
Send to friends and family!
Inanimate props
Moldable props like clay or dough
Adhesives to help keep props together like tape or fishing wire
Plan out your scene with props and movement
Prop up a stationary camera that won’t move around.
Use grids on camera to help guide movement
Come up with movement for your props and incrementally move and take pictures.
Come up with “cheats” or cuts to skip harder movement.
Yarn
Crochet Hook
Yarn Needle
Accordion fold a piece of paper on the short side into half inch pleats
Cut the piece of paper in half on the short side so you can tape together the pleats into one long strip.
Make sure the pleats line up, trim if necessary
Tape together pairs on one side of the pleats to gather the pleats into a fan shape.
Repeat, taping together taped pairs to hold the shape.
If the paper is curling towards one side, flip the fan over and tape together pairs of pleats on the other side to balance out the fan.
Optionally, tape the bottom together to hold the fan more open or closed.
Make a square piece of paper
Fold the paper into 8ths (folding in half lengthways, vertically and diagonally)
Fold in all four corners to the center to make a smaller square
Fold this smaller square into thirds on both axis to create lines that separate the square into 9 tiny squares.
Open up one of the corners of the smaller square, then fold in the left and right tiny squares in the top row until it brings in one of the walls of the boxes. There will be a little triangle sticking up. Tuck that in.
Repeat on the other side.
paper (colored construction paper was used in the video)
scissors
pencil/pen
tape and/or glue
Choose paper and fold in half
Mark out slits to cut out (for the “pop” part)
Cut and crease the pop-out sections
Measure, trace, and cut out the symbols or letters you want
Attach them to the pop outs
Adhere the inner paper to the outer cover
Crease where necessary and make sure it opens and closes well, without being folded incorrectly
Decorate the outside cover of your card
Write a message inside and send it off!
Soak candles in hot but not boiling water for 10 minutes or until pliable
Slowly mold candles, adding more hot water as needed to keep candles soft.
Make sure the candle can be balanced on a surface.
Board (corkboard/paperboard/cardboard)
Adhesives (tape, push pins, putt)
Decoration (magazine cutouts, stickers, drawings, ornaments, written goals)
Create a collage to inspire you through 2021!
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