Things to do with foil and kids

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We are still really enjoying our 'Things to do with' series, this week..... foil!

1 - Foil Painting
There's lots of painting on foil posts out there my favourite being from Picklebums.  Foil painting is exactly that - you paint on foil, not rocket science, but something a bit different and it creates a nice effect that's different to paper.

Here are the results:

2 - Cutting

Yep, you guessed it we got the scissors out and snipped up the foil!  Again a bit different from paper, so a twist on a classic!

3 - Wrap up your toys

I'm not sure why this appealed so much, but the boys thought this was awesome.  We literally wrapped them up, but you could do some secretly and get kids to guess what's underneath as well.

4 - Shoot hoops

Left over from a mask making craft I had a paper plate with the centre cut out so we covered it in foil....

... we scrunched up some foil and started using the hoop for target practise.

5 - Foil Boats

We did this a while ago using a foil container, but you could make your own out of foil like they did at Mama Smiles

6 - Superhero escape

This is a terrible picture, but was awesome fun!  Basically I wrapped the boys in foil so their arms were tucked in and then we'd count down and they'd explode out!!  A waste of foil, but great, great fun!

7 - Treasure hunt

Nice and shiny, balls of foil make for an excellent treasure hunt - perfect for some outdoor play

8 - Karate chopping

Reusing the foil from our superhero escapes we then started karate chopping.  The boys thought this was amazing, it made a huge mess with bits of foil everywhere, but was worth it.  Basically we held bits of foil for each other then karate chopped it - what's not to love!

9 - Paint mark making

Another way to paint check out our mark making on foil

10 - Solar Oven

I don't think we'd manage this one now as I don't think I've seen the sun for days!  But, if you do have sunshine you could make a solar oven

11 - Glue gun art

This was my favourite of all our activities and definitely gave me some 'cool Mum' points with my boys!  First, under strict supervision I let the boys use the glue gun to create patterns on card.

When the glue was dry I used a glue stick on the foil then stuck this down to the glued card.  I folded the edges so you end up with your raised glue from the glue gun under the foil.  Then take a shoe brush and brush the foil down around the raised glue.

This creates an awesome effect!  Check out my foil Pinterest board to see really gorgeous results others have created.  Plus, come back tomorrow to see how we used this effect to make some super easy Christmas decorations.

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