How do children create decorations for light switches?

“EVERY CHILD IS AN ARTIST”

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It’s raining outside, my kids already are bored with lego towers. Also, little houses with blankets and pillows are no longer fun. Every room in my house looks like a landscape after a tornado, earthquake, and flood at the same time. This is the main reason why I take my children to the creative corner and share with you the “little puzzles” DIY project.

What do the light switches look like in your home?

Especially in the children’s room, where we have colorful curtains, bedding, carpet, and the rest of the furniture and only the light switches are original basic – not matching colour. This is the primary point why we created decorations for light switches. Get ready for the fact that your kids are Cheeky Monkeys and will want to decorate ale the light switches in your house.

In my, the first decoration was placed in the playroom (police car). The next step was the butterfly-shaped decoration, which my daughter was most pleased with. For the next switches, we chose the shape of ornaments: elephant and dragon (for a five-year-old boy was a dragon, and for a two-year-old girl was Dino).

What little puzzles will be created today?

DECORATIONS FOR LIGHT SWITCHES

What my little puzzles don’t need?

DISTURBING PARENTS

I watch their work and just help to draw the main pattern (car, dragon, butterfly, elephant). The art of my “little puzzles” is not professional, the patterns of the creations change, the circles are not perfectly round, and the glue drips onto the table and more.

What do my little puzzles need?

• full stomach
• something to drink nearby
• smile
• good energy

And everything from list below:

☆table cover

☆colourful foam sheet

☆square blocks: large 11cm, small 9cm (depending on the size of your switches)

☆empty playdough cups: small 2cm, large 4cm, (for shape car wheels)

☆wine cork: 1cm or 1.5 (for shape flashing light)

☆glue (wooden or plastic coctails stick to apply glue, will help a lot)

☆scissors

☆plus plenty of unique ideas

What will we use for an unplanned mess?

☆toilet paper

☆wet wipes

There may be different patterns for this DIY project, but the procedure of creating them is always based on the form of the small square and large square. The small square will fit the size of the switch, and the large square is used to facilitate the creation of various decorations.

I will show you step by step how we create pretty decorations for light switches:

1. Draw the large square and draw the small one in the middle of a large one.

TIPS:

■  a small square is much more important, so check the size of your light switches first, then find the square the same size.

2. Cut out a small square from the shape of a small box.

3. Mom will outline the shape of a car or butterfly, above the line of a large square.

4. Draw two large circles from the shape of a playdough cup.

5. Cut two wheels and glue them to your car decorations.

6. Draw two small circles from the shape of a playdough cup and cut them.

7. Glue two small circles onto the big wheels.

8. More details such as car lights or flashing lights can be coloured or use colour paper.

9. Check out our photos that will help your child with creations.

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