Bonfire Night, celebrated with fireworks and bonfires, is a great time to get creative with crafts! Here are some easy and fun Bonfire Night craft ideas to help kids and adults alike join in the celebration with a bit of sparkle and warmth.
1. Firework Salt Painting
- Materials Needed: Black construction paper, glue, table salt, watercolor paints or food coloring, and a paintbrush.
- How to Make It: Draw fireworks shapes on black paper with glue, sprinkle salt over the glue, and shake off the excess. Once dry, use watercolors or food coloring to paint over the salt, which will absorb the colors and create a firework-like effect!
2. Paper Plate Bonfire
- Materials Needed: Paper plate, tissue paper in red, orange, and yellow, brown paper or sticks, and glue.
- How to Make It: Glue small pieces of red, orange, and yellow tissue paper in the middle of the plate to create the “fire.” Cut out or use small sticks as “logs” around the tissue paper flames to complete the bonfire look. It’s a simple way to bring the warmth of a bonfire indoors.
3. Sparkler Wands
- Materials Needed: Silver or gold pipe cleaners, straws, glitter, and glue.
- How to Make It: Twist multiple pipe cleaners together, then shape the ends to resemble sparkling flames. Insert one end into a straw, secure it with glue, and add some glitter for extra sparkle. These make safe alternatives to real sparklers for little ones.
4. Firework Straw Blowing Art
- Materials Needed: White or black paper, watered-down paint in various colors, and drinking straws.
- How to Make It: Place a small drop of paint on the paper and blow on it through the straw, watching the paint spread out in bursts like fireworks. Use different colors to create a vibrant fireworks display!
5. Glittery Firework Jars
- Materials Needed: Clear jars, glitter, glue, paint, and LED tealight candles.
- How to Make It: Coat the inside of a jar with glue, sprinkle in glitter, and shake it around until it sticks. Add an LED candle inside, and the jar will glow and sparkle like a mini firework!
6. Bonfire Night Luminarias
- Materials Needed: Brown paper bags, scissors, tissue paper in warm colors, and LED tealights.
- How to Make It: Cut flame shapes out of the brown paper bag, then cover the inside with red, orange, and yellow tissue paper. Place an LED tealight inside, and you’ll have a “glowing bonfire” to set outside or on the windowsill.
7. Toilet Paper Roll Rockets
- Materials Needed: Toilet paper rolls, colorful paper, markers, glue, and ribbon.
- How to Make It: Wrap the paper roll in colorful paper, add a cone on top for the rocket nose, and glue ribbons on the bottom to resemble rocket flames. Decorate with markers or stickers. These rockets are easy to make and bring a pop of color!
8. Bonfire Collage
- Materials Needed: Various shades of red, orange, and yellow paper, glue, and black paper for the background.
- How to Make It: Tear or cut colored paper into flame shapes and glue them onto the black paper in layers to form a bonfire shape. You can also add small stick figures around the “fire” to represent people gathered around the bonfire.
9. Fireworks Scratch Art
- Materials Needed: White paper, oil pastels or crayons in bright colors, black paint, and a scratching tool like a toothpick.
- How to Make It: Cover a sheet of paper with vibrant colors, then paint over it with black paint. Once dry, scratch off the paint to reveal colorful firework patterns underneath. Kids love this reveal effect!
10. Glowing Firework Garland
- Materials Needed: Black or navy cardstock, glow-in-the-dark paint or fluorescent markers, and string.
- How to Make It: Cut the cardstock into shapes like stars or firework bursts and paint designs with glow-in-the-dark paint. Once dry, string them together to make a glowing garland that resembles fireworks lighting up the night.
11. Cupcake Liner Fireworks
- Materials Needed: Colorful cupcake liners, scissors, and glue.
- How to Make It: Flatten out the liners and make small cuts around the edges. Layer several together and glue them onto paper, then fluff them up slightly for a 3D fireworks look.
12. Bonfire Sensory Bottles
- Materials Needed: Plastic bottle, water, orange, red, and yellow glitter, and small star sequins.
- How to Make It: Fill the bottle with water, add glitter and sequins, and close the lid securely. Shake it up, and you’ll have a mesmerizing bottle of “flames” to simulate a bonfire.
These Bonfire Night crafts are engaging for all ages and perfect for celebrating the night with a bit of creativity! Enjoy crafting with family and friends as you add sparkle, warmth, and fun to your Bonfire Night festivities.