1. Empty shoe boxes, really smelly ones .. ugh!
2. An old bamboo basket.
3. Countless empty mithai gift boxes – some were really prettily decorated, I have to admit.
4. An empty PSP carton with a huge picture of G-One from the SRK film Ra-One
5. Sheets and sheets of thermacol.Okay I have a confession – some of their finds do get me excited. Yes well genes and all.
Getting to the point, their last find – thermacol, is one of my favourite craft supplies. What with the maids playing hooky and tons of Diwali cleaning to be done I’d barely spent time with the kids over the last few weeks. So this Sunday we decided to have some fun.
I cut out some shapes from those thermacol sheets. I used a hot knife to cut through and it was really easy (That tip shared by my sister). The kids along with some friends spent a happy time painting them. Check out their creations.
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| The phones were an old idea and they got bored of them even before they painted them. The fish and flowers they loved. |
I have to admit this was the kids’ idea. Over the summers in Lucknow they had super fun with thermacol. They made some interesting things.
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| The phones were a superhit then, made with masi’s help. |
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| This was a project that took a long long afternoon. |
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| Dreaming of rain during the summers. |
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| ..almost done. |
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| And finally.. pride of place on nanima’s wall. |
For now I’m wondering how to smuggle out and throw away lights that don’t work, bits of candle wax, blackened diyas and many many mithai and chocolate boxes they are hoarding in their room.
Cool! Its awesome what you can create from the materials given, just gotta have a little imagination! One man's trash is another man's treasure, they always say.
-Land Source Container Service, Inc.
Cool. pretty stuff they've made 🙂
the mobile phone is a craze here too.. Ammu loves making those using the tags that come with new clothes.. has made laptops a couple of times..
lovely creations, i am a hoarder too!
Swapna: You're welcome. Put up pics if you do try it out.
Wow! Kudos to the little treasure hunters. The thermacol creations are just awesome and thanks a lot for the hot knife tip. Will try soon. 🙂
Thanks Khushbu.
Sugeeth: Really. Must try it out. Thanks.
One more suggestion. Use a burning agarbathi, and it will simply melt away the thermocol, helping you shape the thermocol better.
Creative kids, I must say
Anunoy: Agarbatti packets.. that's a new one. Wonder when the kids'll catch on to that. 😉
Smita: Necessity is the mother of invention.
Magiceye: Thanks.
Bikram: Oh of course they will. Thanks for that compliment. 🙂
I am sure they will find use of all those boxes left over 🙂
lots of creative things in there .. VERY GOOOOD … a big hug to both of them
Bikram's
Creative indeed! And a great way to keep busy rather than watching cartoons all the time!
wow!!! What a creative bunch you guys are!
Hahaa that's kids' way of valuing things which we foolish/unfortunate grown ups won't ever understand! It reminded me how I used to collect and treasure the empty colourful agarbatti packets from my Granny in my Kindergarten days 🙂
Regards,
Anunoy Samanta
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