Pasta Butterflies & Angels Crafts

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pastacrafts.jpgMy daughter is fascinated by older children. When we are out in public she will very boldly approach an older child and strike up a conversation. The other day she ran up to a boy around the age of 6 & said “Hey boyfriend, hold hands.” This brought a chuckle from her mother & I, but the boy was not that amused. The problem is most kids of an certain age do not quite understand her or want to engage in a conversation with a 2 year old girl.
One of my best friends has a lovely 7 year old daughter. Mai of course adores her & much to my great happiness, she like Mai too. She has a sweet and nurturing nature and is very attentive to my much younger daughter.
They came for a visit this weekend. We were supposed to go to the zoo, but since it was a rainy day, we stayed in & had a craft day instead.
Last week we were crafting & playing with spaghetti. I thought we could continue with the pasta crafts.

Pasta Angels

What you will need:

Bow tie pasta
Spiral pasta
Thick spaghetti
Paint (assorted colors)
Paint brushes
Glue gun

Directions:

Paint one of your bow tie pastas, a spiral pasta & a spaghetti in the colors of your choice. The bowtie will be the wings, the spiral will be the body & the spaghetti will be the antennas. Let them dry.

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Paint as many of each as you would like, painting one of each type of pasta.

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With a glue gun, glue one side of the spiral pasta & place in the center of the bow tie pasta.

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Break off the spaghetti into 2 smaller pieces about an inch or 1 1/2 long. Using the glue gun again, place a bead of glue on the bottom of the broken piece of spaghetti. Find a groove behind the spiral piece & over the bow tie to place your 2 antennas into.

 

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pasta butterfly craft

And in honor of Memorial Day…

Memorial Day Pasta Angels

What you will need:

Bow tie pasta
Dry garbanzo beans
Paint (assorted colors)
Paint brushes
Glue gun

Directions:

To make the body of our angel, we painted a bow tie pasta in camouflauge. We started off with one shade of green.

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Layer on a different color of green, also layer on shades of yellow.

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To paint the red, white & blue wing, paint a blue rectangle on one side & then stripe the sides with red.

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Let it dry.

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Again paint as many as you like. Painting one camo & one red, white & blue for each angel that you are making.

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Glue along the top of a camouflage pasta.

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Press into place. Place perpendicular to the red white & blue wings.

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Glue one side of the garbanzo bean & place on the top of the body & in the crease of the top “v” on the wings.

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The kids played, painted & had a great time & so did the mommies. Craft day was fun.

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12 comments

  1. What an adorable idea with food for the kids to do. I’m always looking for fun crafts my kids will enjoy. Stopping by from Weekday Mixer! Have a great week.

    Heather

  2. Stopping by from the Weekday Mixer and love this craft for the kids to enjoy. I’m always looking for a fun craft both the kids can enjoy and participate in making. Hope you have a great week!

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