Art activities are a great way to combine gift-giving with family time. This Homemade Vase for example, is a challenging activity for your older child, as well as a great gift idea. Once you've made the vase, you can fill it with Egg Carton Flowers!

Materials

• empty bottle or jar
• masking tape

• shoe polish
• cloth rag

Instructions

1.
Completely cover your clean glass bottle, with torn or cut pieces of masking tape, making sure that the pieces of tape overlap each other.
2.
With an old rag, rub the shoe polish into the tape.
3.
Leave to dry. Once dry, fill with flowers or a plant.

Tips

• Younger children should not participate in the shoe polish stage.
• Sometimes a second rubbing or glossing adds to the beauty.