Super-easy kid's cape project idea made from an old T-shirt

A cape is super easy to make out of an old T-shirt, and kids will love it.

Here's a great idea for anyone who knows a wannabe superhero, princess, king, queen, prince (or other royalty), knight, red riding hood, robin hood, musketeer, villain, traveling minstrel ... the list goes on and on!!!

Not only is this craft super easy and requires NO sewing, but it has the added benefit of recycling (repurposing, really) old T-shirts that might otherwise end up being thrown away.

These instructions come from a story that will appear in Sunday's Lifestyles section in the Appeal-Democrat. The story originally ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Project 1: Kid’s cape
Number of steps necessary to make: Two
Difficulty: Super-duper easy
Time: About five minutes
Tools: Sharp scissors
Basic instructions: 1) Lay the shirt flat, with the portion you want on the cape facing up. 2) Cut, starting at one far end of the bottom, up diagonally to the collar. Repeat on the other side, and then cut around the collar of the shirt.
Observations: This was easier than I would have thought possible.

Ocean in a bottle craft

Here's a great craft to use some of those shells you or your kids pick up at the beach, courtesy of Disney FamilyFun magazine.

"This mini ocean made major waves with our kid testers, who loved to send the shells, sand, and water tossing and tumbling. The project starts with a clean plastic bottle (ours is an 18-ounce beverage container). Pour in a cup of sand and add a handful of small shells (we used 10). Mix a drop of green and a drop of blue food coloring into 6 cups of water, then use the tinted water to fill the bottle halfway. Add a pinch of silver glitter. Fill the rest of the bottle with mineral or baby oil, leaving as little air space at the top as possible. Run a line of hot glue around the inside of the bottle cap, then quickly screw on the cap to create a spill-proof seal."

Make your own beach using shells, sand and a plastic bottle.