1st craft: the Oven.

Let the kids make their own play kitchen. With mom and dad's help, this craft is a family bonding activity. It will keep the kids busy and happy the whole week.

What you need:

-Large empty carton box

-Aluminum foil

-glue

-bottle and jar caps

-old CD

-clear plastic sheet

Ask for an empty box from your local grocery.

With a cutter knife (mom and dad can do this), cut a square at the center of the box. Cut 3 sides 1 inch outward of the window.

Line and the interior of the box with aluminum foil or silver tinted plastic sheets. This can be bought at school supplies stores.

Cover the body with white cartolina.

This oven is almost done. Knobs and burners next.

Use bottle and jar caps as knobs. Draw temperature symbols and timer.

Glue 2 old CDs on top for the burners.

Chef hat no.1

What you need:

-white cartolina

-2 sheets of white japanese paper

-glue

-cutter or scissors

-ruler

Line a thin glue on 4 sides of the japanese paper and press the sheet on top of the other. This is to create a cloth-like weight and color.

Cut a strip of cartolina 2 inch in height and length equal to the child's head's circumference. The cartolina will be shorter than the length of the japanese paper. Apply thin glue on the sides of the cartolina and bring the long end of the japane

It will now look like an up side-down paper curtain.

Glue one side of the curtain and attach both sides together.

Bring the tip together and tape it.

Slowly push the tip inward and your done with chef hat no.1

Chef hat no. 2

What you need:

-cartolina

-ruler -cutter or scissors

-glue

Cut the cartolina lengthwise 10-12 inches high. Fold it in 1 inch pleats like an accordion.

Glue one side and bring both sides together. Secure with strips of tape on the inside of the hat to fit the child's head.

Pizza clay dough

What you need:

-2 cups all purpose flour

-1 cup of fine salt

-food coloring

-water

Procedure:

1. Combine flour and salt in a bowl.

2. Add water sparingly to get the needed consistency.

3. Pull a piece of clay dough and add a drop of color and knead it. Yellow for the cheese, red for the pepperoni, green for the bell peppers, black (a combination of green and red) for the sliced olives and plain white for the onions and outer crust.

Make different shapes for each clay dough color and assemble on the round yellow flat base. It's like making a real pizza.

For the apron:

Cut along imaginary lines on the front of a plain white "sando" type plastic bag.

Cut along imaginary lines at the back of the plastic bag for the neck and waist strap.

Trim the apron to a neat shape. Kids can design it with stickers, oil pastel or colored permanent pens.

For more kitchen stuffs, kids can roll a different colored cartolina and make designs, or simply use small empty jars.

More cool kitchen decors using empty party cups, straws and colored cellophanes.