Project CAT.... Winners!

Hello! This is Trevor. Welcome back to Project CAT. Project CAT has ended and I am announcing the winners. Thank you to everybody who has entered! You all did great!

The random winner is ..... Cierra!

The winner that I chose is.... Joey! I chose Joey's Name Art because it was very creative of what things he used. All of them were ocean-themed.

Congratulations Cierra and Joey! I'll get your prizes to you soon.

Thanks again for entering, everyone! Check back here once in a while because I want to do a winter challenge next!

Project CAT - Challenge #10: Puffy Paint Fair Foods

Hello! Welcome to the last day of Project CAT! It is Trevor again. We're ending Project CAT with two of my favorite summer things... going to the fair and food!

This is what we're making:

Materials: self-rising flour, salt, food color, water, spoons, q-tips, index cards, pens, sprinkles

Step 1: If you don't have self-rising flour, make some. (It's just flour, salt and baking powder.) Use it to make puffy paint. We used the recipe from Happy Hooligans.  

Step 2: Use the q-tip to spread the puffy paint on a piece of paper (we used index cards). Make a design like a sno-cone, cotton candy, ice cream, or donut. You can decorate them with real sprinkles!

Step 3: Put the artwork in the microwave for 30 seconds. 

Here are some samples of what it looks like before and after.

Step 4: Using pens, decorate the index cards with cones, sticks, or whatever else. OR...

...you can peel the foods off the paper!

 

After you peel them off the paper, you can use the paper to make cones.

Now it's your turn! Make puffy paint fair foods or something inspired by my craft for a chance to win. Remember, Project CAT ends on Sunday at 12:00 Pacific. I will be back on Monday to announce the winners. Good luck! I love all of your entries so far!

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Project CAT - Challenge #9 - Foam Flip Flops

Hello. Welcome back to Project CAT! This is Trevor again. Today we are doing a foam flip flop craft. This is what it looks like:

Materials: craft foam, pencil, scissors, stamps, ink pads (Staz-On does not rub off foam), craft knife, glue, and paper that looks like sand 

Step 1: Trace your feet on a piece of craft foam.

Step 2: Cut out a a big area around the traced feet. Do not cut them apart yet. Do not cut on the lines, either! 

Step 3: Turn the craft foam over so that the traced feet are on the bottom. Using the stamps and ink pads, stamp the foam. Use a piece of scratch paper or foam to stamp off of the shoes so that the pattern continues off the edge. 

Step 4: Cut out the flip flops when the ink is dry.

Step 5: Cut three slits on the bottom of the flip flop. One goes at the toe end and two go near the back on the sides. Each slit should be about 1" thick.

Step 6: Cut four strips of foam using scissors. Insert two into the toe hole of each flip flop.

Step 7: Insert the other end of the strips into the back holes. Glue them in place and let them dry.

Step 8: Cut the extra ends of the strips off so that the flip flop is flat on the bottom. Glue the flip flops to the sand-colored paper (hot glue is easiest). Done!

Now it's your turn! Make flip flops or something inspired by my flip flops for a chance to win! 

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Project CAT - Challenge #8: Pie

Hello! Welcome back to Project CAT. It's Trevor again. Summer is a good time for making pie, especially peach pie, because there are a lot of peaches. This is the craft we are making:

But first, we made some real pie! 

Pie! Time to bake! 

Pie! Time to craft!

Materials: cardstock (blue, brown, orange and light brown), silver paper, embossing tool, ruler, black ink, scissors, glue, brown colored pencil, cotton ball

Step 1: Cut a brown strip of paper to make a table, then glue it onto the blue piece of paper.

Step 2: Cut the silver paper into a pie pan shape. Use the embossing tool and ruler to make vertical dents in the pie pan to make it look more like a pie pan.

Step 3: Rub black ink on it to make it look even more like a pie pan.

Step 4: Cut orange paper into a dome that fits the pie pan. Then, cut light brown paper into skinny strips to make the pie crust. Color them with the brown pencil. 

Step 5: Layer the strips over the orange paper in a lattice style. Each strip should go over-under-over-under each other.

Step 6: Put glue under each strip and put them back down. Use the scissors to cut any extra off.

Step 7: Glue everything in place. Put the pie pan on the brown paper and put the orange paper right above the pie pan.

Step 8: Peel apart a cotton ball to make a cotton ball whisp. This will be steam. Glue the whisp to the blue paper. Your pie is completed!

Now it's your turn! Make my pie or a pie inspired by my pie for a chance to win. You have until Sunday, August 16 at noon Pacific. 

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Project CAT - Challenge #7: Ferris Wheel

Hello! Welcome back to Project CAT! Trevor again. Today we are making a WORKING ferris wheel! It is very cool but it is one of the most difficult crafts I have ever made. You can follow my directions to make a difficult ferris wheel that works, or you can make a simpler version without all of the brads.

Here's a sneak peek of what we're going to make:

Materials: blue cardstock for background, other colors of cardstock for ferris wheel and riders, something large and round to trace, pencil, scissors, paper piercer, brads (1 large, 4 small), ruler, glue, colored pencils

Step 1: Using your circular object, trace around and inside it and cut that out to make the large circle of the ferris wheel.

Step 2: Cut 3 strips of paper to make the base of the ferris wheel (that holds it up) and 4 long and skinny strips to make the spokes of the wheel.

Step 3: Punch a hole in the center of each spoke. Put them each onto the large brad. Then glue the spokes to the large circle.

Step 4: Poke a hole in the center of the blue paper. Put your ferris wheel brad in the hole. Now your ferris wheel spins! If you want to, you can skip the brad and your ferris wheel will not spin. It will be much easier to make. If you do this, you should probably skip all of the brads in later steps because it will just get harder.

Step 5: Make four carts (seats) using 2" x 3" rectangles. Fold the sides and the bottom 1/2" and snip a tiny bit along the bottom for 1/2" to make a tab for gluing.

Step 6: Glue the outside of the tab and attach the other tabs to that to make a cart.

Step 7: Make riders for your ferris wheel using construction paper or cardstock. Glue them to the carts.

Step 8: Poke holes in four of the spokes to hold the carts. Poke holes in four 3" cardstock strips too. Fold up 1/2" of each end of the strips. Put the brads in each strip to connect the strips to the ferris wheel. 

Step 9: Attach the carts to the strips by gluing them on the strips. Hold them in place for a few minutes to let the glue dry. Done!

Ta da!

A bunny in the ferris wheel?!

Now it's your turn! Create a ferris wheel like mine or something inspired by this ferris wheel for a chance to win! The last day to enter is Sunday, August 16 at noon Pacific.

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Project CAT - Challenge #6: Handprint Campfire

Hello! This is Trevor again! Welcome to Week 2 of Project CAT! Today is National S'mores Day! So we decided to make a handprint campfire with a roasting marshmallow.

This was our inspiration. We saw it at the fair. It was a preschooler who made it. We decided to make our own version. 

But before we got started, we ate s'mores. Did you know you can make them indoors? Just put a marshmallow on a skewer and put it over the stove! This is great for me because I cannot cook outside on a campfire because I am allergic to wood smoke and get really, really bad hives.

Yummy! Delicious! 

Now, it's time for the craft! This is what our version looks like:

Materials: white paper, craft sticks, brown color pencil, cotton ball, wooden skewer, glue, brown chalk, paint (yellow, orange and red), a foam brush and wire cutters. 

Step 1: Start by making your marshmallow. Using the chalk, color the marshmallow to make it look toasted. Then poke the skewer through the cotton ball. This might be a little bit hard. Add glue to the inside of the cotton ball so that the skewer stays in place. Set it aside.

Step 2: Color the craft sticks to make them look like logs. Add lines and circles to look like wood grain and knots.

Step 3: Paint your hand with yellow, orange and red paint. 

Step 4: Press your hand onto paper. If you want to, wiggle your fingers around to make it look more like a flame. (I did this.)

Step 5: Trim the skewer to make it even with the paper. We used wire cutters.

Step 6: Glue the skewer with the marshmallow on it and the craft sticks in place. You have a completed campfire!

Now it's your turn! Make a handprint campfire or something inspired by this handprint campfire. And have some s'mores, since it's National S'mores Day! Here are some recipes you might want to try:

• Foil Packet S'mores Tortillas
• The World's Best Classroom Birthday Treat (S'mores Trail Mix)
• Golden Grahams S'mores

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