![]() ![]() Dave had indicated as early as 1988 in the. Then cut out your monster shape, when your done though you may need to tape some of the edges to keep it more secure. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers.Tape down the corners of your contact paper to a table with the sticky side facing up.Because this is a monster craft the kids can be super creative so use any color or shape you can think of! Take different colored cardstock and cut out different shapes that you’ll be using for the monster bodies.Take your tissue paper and cut it into small squares.Take a glue stick and then decorate your monsters with a mouth and some googly eyes.Not all monsters are scary! These cute monster suncatchers are a grrrrrreat way to add some fun to a window! Click here to listen to a book about some fun and friendly monsters.įor this activity you will need the following items: My son stuffed his monster with a ton of tissue paper so it needed a little extra tape around the edges.įinally I took black and white construction paper and cut out different shapes for the mouth. Place your monster shape for the body onto the sticky side of your contact paper. Tip: place wax paper over the book, and load books on top while it's drying.Cut out your monster shape, when you are finished, you may need to tape some of the edges to keep it more secure.Once your child’s finished filling in the bodies of their monsters you’ll take another piece of contact paper and place it directly over the monster to seal it.Grab your tissue paper and start decorating, you could even add in some glitter in this step.Paper Monsters is a hands- on collage studio for young children. Open your book gently to let it dry overnight. Place it on top of your assembly, gluing it to the ribbon, and felt and teeth. Glue the back of the eye part of the book. Glue your teeth on to the front edge of the felt, leaving the jagged part hang over. Glue the ribbons to the top of the red felt. Wrap the ribbons, over the top and cut them about 1/2 an inch shy of the front edge. On top of th post it notes place the red felt for the top part of the monster book Place the post-it notes on the bottom pf your book (don't stick it down yet, we just need it to measure our ribbons. Gather all your pieces, and some glue together to do the assembly. Using my cut out scrap piece of paper, I cut teeth out of the white felt, I added about 1/4 - 1/2 an inch of felt behind the teeth, so I could glue my teeth on to my book. Use you felt, as an indicator as to how wide you want your teeth, just a bit shy of the width of your red felt is a good idea. To make the back smooth, and so it won't try and come through your felt, sand the back of the eyes a bit, with some sand paper.īefore we glue it all together, you're going to want to make some teeth. ![]() A little saw made quick work of this, just don't cut so close that the fastening washer comes back off. Once both eyes, are securely fastened you want to cut off the excess shank at the back. I tried to make sure I pushed the washer on the back as tight as I possibly could. I would cut away the excess fur, so i could get my eye to sit a little more flush with the bookboard, making for a tighter fit. I also found it was easiest, when I pushed as much of the fur out of the way as possible. ![]() Bee sure the hole is big enough to let the back of the eye through. Using a hole punch tool, punch a hole through the bookboard, where you want your eyes to be. I've noticed a lot of monster eyes are different sizes these days. You'll need to make 2 of these for each monster, One for the top, where the face will go, the other is the bottom cover, that you will attach your post it notes to.Īll monsters need fun eyes, and this is what gives your monster a lot of it's character, experiment with different shape, and color eyes. ![]() Glue the other 2 sidesĪgain once it's dry, cut off the excess fur. Let it dry a little, then you will want to cut off as much of the fur as possible to reduce bulk. Put the Glue side down in the middle of your fur fabric piece (glue side down, back of fabric up) Glue 2 sides of your fur, and the edges of the bookboard. Put some waxpaper down, or an old magazine, and "paint" glue all over one side of the bookboard. Cut your diagonal maybe a little over an 1/8of an inch away. You don't want to cut them off right up against the bookboard though, or it won't cover the corner of the bookboard. You will need to cut off the corrners off the fur fabric. Cut the fur fabric, about and inch larger than the bookboard on all sides.Ĭut the red felt, just a bit smaller than the bookboard on all sides.Ĭut the ribbon about 3x the length of the bookboard (more will have to be cut off later) ![]()
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