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Elephant, Cat, and Dog Jars

April 19, 2012 By Amanda Formaro

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Animal Jars

Animal Jars

Transform little glass jars into adorable animal containers. Use them to hold crayons, buttons, coins or any other small items.

What You Need:

  • Glass Jars with lids
  • Felt (elephant – purple; cat – orange, yellow, and black; dog: red, pink, brown, black)
  • Small pom pom (cat- pink; dog- black)
  • Googly eyes
  • Scissors
  • Craft Glue
  • Paintbrush

How to Make It:

Remove the lid from the jar. Paint a thick coat of white craft glue on the top of the lid.

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Place the lid upside down on the desired color of felt.

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Use the scissors to trim the felt into a circle, then glue the edges flush with the lid. Place a rubber band around the felt on the lid to hold it in place while the glue dries.

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Cut out the facial features from felt and glue them to the lid. For the elephant, you need two matching ears and a trunk. For the cat, cut two circles for a muzzle, two triangular ears, and six thin black whiskers. For the dog, cut two circles for a muzzle, two floppy ears, a tongue, and short whiskers.

step-3

Glue the googly eyes in place. Add the pom pom noses.

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Tip:

  • You can use yarn or pipe cleaners instead of felt strips for the whiskers.

This project was created by Amanda Formaro, originally for Kaboose/Spoonful.

Filed Under: Animals & insect crafts, Earth Day, Felt & foam crafts, Glass crafts, Preschool, Preteen, Recycled crafts, School Age Crafts & Activities for Kids, Tutorials Tagged With: animal, cat, Circus, dog, earth day, elephant, felt, jar, pet, pom pom, recycle, zoo

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