It's the Summer of Sport and what better way to channel your creativity than making a Tennis Racket Suncatcher! This craft is fabulous for the whole family and super simple to make, with the help of SMARTIES paper packaging!
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Video Tutorial
You'll Need:
Empty SMARTIES Tubes
Paint
Coloured Tissue Paper
Sticky Back Paper
Scissors
Pencil
Glue gun + glue
Card
Smart Tips to involve little Smarty pants
Get your little ones to stick the colourful tissue paper onto the suncatcher to see it come to life!
Step-by-step
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Open up the SMARTIES tube Trim the excess tabs from each side, but leave the top lid attached.
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Colour or paint the the inside part of the tube.
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3
Use recycled card/cardboard to cut out an oval shape removing the middle, colour or paint it.
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Use sticky back paper/book cover and attach it to the back of the oval.
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Cut out circles from brightly coloured tissue paper.
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Stick your circles onto the sticky back paper creating a pattern.
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Re-glue your SMARTIES tube and lid (painted side out) and bend the top, open part inwards.
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Glue your tissue paper oval into the SMARTIES tube to secure it, creating your tennis racket handle.
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9
Take your tennis racket suncatcher outside and see how it looks
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