Butterfly sun-catcher take 2, Muffins, old video and DVD cases, paper rockets

Well the cutting out of the templates for the butterflies defeated me last week so I am just going to do very simple ones with my own template ready so that the less artistic can just draw round it with black A4 paper folded in half.  You can open out, glue pieces of crumpled tissue paper over the cut-out section which will be great for using up the vast pile in my scrap box.  Pipe cleaners can be stapled on to make the body and antennae.  The black border can be decorated with sequins, stickers etc.  I will let you know.

It is muffin week this week.  I am off to buy very cheap plastic bowls so that 3 pairs can make small quantities each.  Great as they do not need very precise mixing.  It is a good idea to have amounts weighed out first.  I use fairtrade chocolate bars and get them to cut up as still much cheaper than buying chocolate chips which usually aren't fairtrade.  Double choc ones are the favourite.

Now I am saving old video boxes.  Kids can decorate a piece of paper same size as the sleeve then slip it in.  Think they will be about the right size for holding petit fours for Mother's Day.  So a trip round charity shops needed.  

See a lovely idea today for how to make a pencil holder/ case out of a DVD case.

And lastly an idea for paper rockets - one to only attempt in the last 10 minutes when boredom is creeping in.  

You will need paper, glue, Sellotape and a plastic straw.Put glue on one of the longer edges. Then role the paper around a pencil starting from the opposite side.  Remove the pencil.
Close the top of the rocket with the tape.
Insert a plastic straw and blow.