I'm a mom of two and I love to find crafts to do with my kids.

I'm going to show you a couple today.

Please welcome my daughter Annika.

For our first craft we're going to make puffy paint.

And to keep your surface clean, we're

going to lay out some paper.

To make our puffy paint we're going to need a couple items.

We're going to need some paint, some salt, and some flour.

And we like to wrap our bowls with plastic wrap

so that we can reuse them.

Our first step is to add two spoons of flour,

and I'm going to add two spoons of salt.

And now we're going to add some paint.

We're gonna stir it up.

Are you ready to start drawing?

Yes!

I'm going to start drawing Be Kind on my card,

because Ellen inspires us to be kind every day.

And that's how you make puffy paint!

Our next craft is perfect for parties

or when you want cheering up.

We're going to make a watermelon pinata.

Our first step is to trace our watermelon shape

on to our cardboard.

And now we're going to cut it out.

Now that we've cut out our cardboard,

we're going to tape it together to make our pinata.

What do you want the pinata to be filled up with?

Candy.

Candy.

Ta-da!

Now we're going to add this one.

Now this is our finish watermelon shape.

And make sure that you cut a little tab,

because you're going to want to fill this with candy.

Now we're going to take our crepe paper

and we're going to cut fringe.

Here's a little cheat for you guys.

If you fold it and fold it, you're gonna cut it in half.

Can you cut little slices for me?

OK, ready?

Look.

Whoa.

Wow.

Now that we've got our fringe, we're

going to spray our spray mount and then

we're going to attach our fringe to it.

And you just layer, layer, layer.

Our final step is to take some construction paper

and cut out seeds for our watermelon.

And that's how you make a watermelon pinata.

Our final craft is inspired by Ellen's love for gorillas.

We're going to make gorilla bookmarks.

Our first step is to fold the paper.

We're going to do corner to corner, just like that.

And then we're going to do these corners.

And then we're going to fold this in.

Fold this one in.

That's going to give us a really nice bookmark, right?

Right.

We cut some gorilla faces out, and we're just

going to attach them to our gorilla bookmarks.

OK.

Can you push on your gorilla?

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.

Then we cut out blue circles, and we're

going to write Be Kind.

This is such a great reminder, right?

Now I'm going to draw a face onto the gorilla.

Almost like a little upside down heart, and a big smiley face.

And now we're going to attach our googly eyes.

And that's how you make a gorilla bookmark.

We hope you've learned some kid friendly crafts.

Bye!