Sustainable Play: Holiday Crafts by Suzy Ultman

All levels | 35 min 22 sec

Sustainable Play: Holiday Crafts
Overview00:54
Materials01:43
Magical Unicorn Menorah17:28
Gift tags, ornaments, and more15:17

Taught by Suzy Ultman

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Make the holiday season even more special with one-of-a-kind, personalized projects. Artists of all ages can craft along with illustrator, toymaker, and storyteller Suzy Ultman as she upcycles regular cereal and cracker boxes into handmade holiday magic. Learn to make a menorah that looks like a unicorn by tracing a template, cutting cardboard, painting it, and creating play-candles with clothespins. Suzy also shows you how to turn cardboard into different holiday shapes with a robust collection of templates to trace as well as tips and ideas for painting the shapes in unique ways. Learn how to bring your own holiday shapes to live and then use them to make gift tags, ornaments, mobiles, and garlands

Here’s what you’ll need:

Scissors
Pencil or pen
Elmer’s Glue
Craft Paints
Brushes
Favorite coloring tools such as paint pens, markers, crayons, and color pencils
Optional: Avery Stickers, color masking tape, glitter, pom poms, googly eyes, construction paper
For the Magical Menorah you will need one cereal or cracker box and nine clothespins
For the Gift Tags you will need one cereal or cracker box, hole punch, twine, and ribbon, string, or yarn

Downloads:

Download Materials List Sustainable_Play_Holiday_Crafts.pdf

Learn how to:

Make a unicorn menorah out of cardboard
Trace and use a paper template
Cut different holiday shapes out of cardboard and paint them with whimsical designs
Use your holiday shapes for gift tags, ornaments, and garlands