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Panda bears are so fascinating and we keep making all kinds of
Panda bear crafts at home.Sharing how we made an easy "
Panda on a Bamboo" Penstand. This one is probably one of my all time favorite kids craft project because it was so quick and easy .
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Materials Required
Anything cylindrical to recycle:Tin can , glass jar, tissue roll,Cardboard container etc.We recycled a tin can to make our penstand.
To make the Bamboo : Use any green/ yellowish green material to line your cylinder-Card stock / Foam / Felt or even cloth. We used foam...I find its easier to maintain when you have a forever dust accumulating roadside house!
To make the Panda:Card stock / Foam / Felt.We used foam...its a fantastic medium to use when crafting with kids as you can wipe off finger stains,glue stains,food stains and whatever else little fingers will contribute !
To cut :Scissors /Punches/Dies - Simply hand cutting would be the fun and easy way to make this project but since I have a die cutting machine I used dies to cut out oval and circular shapes to make our Panda. I let my little one decide the shapes and sizes of the body parts.
Adhesive:This is the most important factor to make a quick , easy and mess free foam craft project! You can use anything which little hands can peel off easily such as double sided foam tape,double sided adhesive tape [my favorite as its adhesive properties are much better than the foam tape] or glue drops
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We lined the the edges of the green foam with double sided adhesive tape [bought locally] and stuck it on the tin.I also stuck a strip of the double sided adhesive tape on the inner top edge of the tin and folded down the foam as shown to give a neater edge to our
Bamboo penstand !
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We roughly played with our cut circles and ovals.Do ignore our scallop edges....[I only had scallop dies and not the regular circle and ovals!] My daughter complained our Panda looked like a flower!
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My little one assembled the face using glue drops [ glue drops are a lifesaver when crafting with kids! Nowadays they are available in rolls too which makes it even easier for little ones!].Our Panda's ears and snout are scallop circles and the black eye is actually a flower !! Proper circles and ovals would be a better choice to make a Panda !
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To raise the snout we layered 2 white circles on Panda's face.
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We wanted to raise the body off the Bamboo stand so we used sticky foam tape on the circular black body of our Panda foam craft.
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We used ovals for the arms and legs of our foam craft Panda.
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Our Panda looked glum without a smile!
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So my little one added a rosy red tongue and a paper umbrella.
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We had also made some Panda pencil toppers in a similar way using smaller parts but I think the dog ate it![Just joking...its lost somewhere in our super messy house!]
Here are links to some more Panda bear crafts
Panda Bear Pop up card tutorial
I hope you enjoyed this easy foam craft..do share your comments.
Supplies: Foam,Big shot[Die cutting machine],Dies:Couture creations Scallop circle,Sizzix Oval scallop,Googly eyes, Paper Umbrella -Raja Market
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