Toddler Activities: Recipe or Letter Holder

A recipe or letter holder...add silk flowers, foam stickers, buttons or your choice of decor.

Jumbo Craft Sticks (100) CHK3676

Craft Glue

Acrylic Paint like Ceramcoat.

Acrylic Sealer

Decorations: CRAFT BUTTONS-1/2LB silk flowers, rhinestones, stickers, paint pens, glitter, etc.

Ribbon for hanging

Thin ribbon for flower stems (optional)

1. Take 3 jumbo sticks and form a U and glue together.








2. Continue gluing seven more sticks to the top.








3. Turn the holder over. Now glue a stack of seven sticks together. Repeat so you have two sets.






4. Glue one stack on the left vertical stick and one stack on the right.

5. Glue one stick on the bottom.







6. Glue four sticks on the top to make the front of the holder.








7. When glue has dried, paint with acrylic paint. We used two coats of white ceramcoat acrylic paint.

8. When this has dried, spray with Acrylic Spray 1-2 coats to get a nice sheen.
9. Decorate with your choice of flowers, stickers, foam cut outs, felt, etc.

10. Glue a piece of ribbon on the back so this can be hung or you can attach two more jumbo sticks in the back to form a "house" shape.

TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS

OTHER IDEAS

For younger toddlers, simple button patterns look pretty too! Other simple decorations are foam stickers and medium size silk flowers.

EDUCATIONAL NOTE