Wednesday 18 December 2013

Cut Out and Keep: Christmas Card

It's another cut out and keep Christmas post!
This week we bring you a Cosmos and Crayons Ginge and Sloth Christmas card and envelope.

Merry Christmas from Sloth and Ginge.
Simply download the three printouts below. You will need two sheets of card, scissors and glue to make 2 cards with envelopes.

Print this one first, full size A4 portrait.

Pop your card back in your printer,
 with the previous printout on the reverse
 and the blank side facing up.
 You the should have two cards, with a front and inside printed. Chop these out with your scissors following the faint grey line horizontally across the page.
Printout two envelopes, full size A4 landscape.
Cut out your envelope prints, fold and glue the tabs in place, and voila!




Sunday 8 December 2013

Cut Out and Keep: Anatomy Snow Globes


We have a Christmas special Cut Out and Keep project for you to create!

Once a week up until Christmas we will be doing a Cut Out and Keep Christmas themed project, to help you have a Cosmos and Crayons themed festive time.

This week, it's anatomy themed snow globe decorations!





Simply download the two sheets below, and print onto a piece of card (full size A4) turning the sheet over and printing the back on to the reverse. Then hole punch the top, attach a piece of sting and pop on your tree. You could hang them anywhere.

Click the image, then right click and save to your computer :)
And the same again.

If you have any photos of your creation, email them to chopstitchcrafts@gmail.com to be featured on the blog :)

Thursday 5 December 2013

Science Facts Thursday: All About Koalas

Cor blimey, didgeryi-doo, here's some science facts for you.
This week it's koalas!

Koalas mostly live in Eastern Australia, where its lovely and sunny and warm. They spend the majority of their time up in trees. They have sharp claws that help them climb up tall trees. Their closest relative is the Wombat.
Droughts and bush fires are the Koalas biggest threats. Dingos and Pythons will om nom nom them if given the chance.


Koalas are vegan, eating mostly Eucalyptus leaves. Due to the limited nutritional value and calorie content of Eucalyptus leaves, Koalas can sleep for up to 20 hours a day.


To attract a female, the male koala lets out a loud bellowing sound. This also intimidates rivals.

Koalas have similar finger prints to humans!
Koalas are marsupial animals, like kangaroos, which means they have a pouch on their belly in which they carry their young, usually for around 6 months or until they have grown strong enough to cling onto their mothers back.

A baby Koala is called a Joey.
They are super cute, but be careful if you ever see one in the wild, they are still a wild animal and my bite or scratch you.

Monday 2 December 2013

Seasons Greetings!

We are very excited here at Cosmos and Crayons, as it's nearly Christmas!
Well, we still have a few more festive weeks to go.
So, we decorated the blog with a festive theme!
What do you think?


Apologies for the lack of posts the past few weeks, we have been experiencing technical difficulties with our internet. We missed updating you all on science facts :(

Keep you eyes peeled for some fun festive posts!