I started painting and crafting with our daughter before she was one. For the past 2 years I have come up with fun projects for us to do together & Mai was always eager to jump in. These days my daughter calls the shots. We had an empty tissue paper box & I wanted us to turn into something fun.
*The Pinterested Parent is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. In addition, text and image links in this post may be affiliate/referral links, which means we may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking through these particular links* See full disclosure policy.
“What can we do with this Mai?”
“Let’s make a farm!”
She is full of good ideas.
We used a tissue box to make our barn. I ripped open an old pasta box to form the roof.
Cut out a piece of cardboard to form the roof. Arch it and glue it in place on either side of the box.
Cut two more pieces of cardboard to fit into the openings on either side of the roof.
Paint your barn. Mai painted the whole barn in red & then added silver speckles to the roof.
Let the paint dry & then paint a door onto the barn.
Use a razor or knife to cut loft doors. This step is for adults.
Cut out grass using construction paper.
Form a silo using an old paper towel roll with a section of egg carton glued to the top. We painted our silo silver with a white top.
No farm is complete without animals which Mai was quick to point out to me. We painted a couple of clothes pins to form our barnyard animals.
Our little farm is complete.
Thank you as always for stopping by. Please visit our Facebook page as well.
9 comments
Another cute idea and I totally have the tissue box you used by the way 😉
I am becoming a pack rat. Lol! I save empty everything. I need my own room for all this.
This is so adorable! The pictures are priceless!
~Laurie
Thank you very much. 🙂
So cute! I love the clothespin animals!
Thank you. My daughter loves them too.
omg I love this so cute. You two must have so much fun putting these things together!
We do have fun together. She always tells me that she loves doing projects with mommy. She melts my heart.
That is super cute!!