Fish Bowl Lanterns

Sea blue tissue paper is glued onto glass jars along with orange tissue fish to make these adorable fish bowl inspired lanterns with juggling with kids.  She then places a tea light inside to make them glow.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.jugglingwithkids.com/2013/05/tissue-paper-fish-bowl-lanterns.html

Turtle Planter

A plastic bowl is painted green and given a pompom head and feet with reading confetti.  She adds dirt to the bowl and plants a little herb plant. 

Good or ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.readingconfetti.com/2013/05/kid-made-turtle-herb-planters.html

Plastic Wrap Feather Bowl

Plastic wrap, feathers and glue are combined to turn into a super nifty and colorful bowl with and next comes l.  First she saran wraps the bowl, then covers it in glue and adds the feathers. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.andnextcomesl.com/2014/07/feather-bowl-fine-motor-craft.html

Coconut Bowls

A coconut is turned into a bowl simply by sanding it down to remove any left over coconut.  Dragons n bottle caps shares the details.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
https://dragonsnbottlecaps.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/how-to-make-coconut-zen-bowls/

Paper Bowl Turtles

Colorful paper bowls are colored to make tortoise shells and then given legs and a turtle face to make a cute little turtle.

Good for ages  8 and up.

About.com creates their turtle with a green paper bowl as its shell.

Get the instructions here:

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/turtlecrafts/ss/Turtle-Bowl-Craft.htm

Crafty crafted makes turtles out of a plastic bowl, cut out shapes, foam heads and feet and glue to put all of little parts.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.crafty-crafted.com/category/animal-crafts/turtle/

Turkey Bowl

Felt sheets are cut into turkey parts and glued to a plastic bowl as found on pinterest.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Halloween Yarn Treat Bowl

The yarn bowl takes on Halloween using black thread and adding some creepy spiders.  Centsational girl uses brown twine and paints it black. 

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.centsationalgirl.com/2013/10/diy-spiderweb-treat-bowl/

Coffee Filter Chihuly Bowls

Coffee filters are tie dyed with spray starch and markers with our art lately.  She based this project on Chihuly's macchia collection and shaped the coffee filters into bowls by wrapping them around plastic containers to try.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://ourartlately.blogspot.com/2012/02/makin-macchia.html

Clay Bunny Bowls

White clay gets shaped into a bunny with painted on eyes and nose from alice and lois. 

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://aliceandlois.com/bunny-clay-bowls/

Tissue Paper Bowls

Balloons, glue and colorful tissue paper turn into a pretty and functional bowl kids can make and enjoy.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://mericherry.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/tissue-paper-balloon-bowls/

Schaeresteipapier uses dried flower petals for her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://schaeresteipapier.blogspot.ch/2014/05/schale-aus-papier-mit-blumen.html 

Art projects for kids uses larger pieces of tissue paper.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2014/06/tissue-paper-bowls.html

Confetti Bowl

Muy ingenioso turns confetti into a colorful bowl using a paper marche technique.  She blows up a balloon, coats it with mod podge and packs on the confetti.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.muyingenioso.com/bol-de-confeti/

Nail Polish Painted Marble Bowl

Paper n stitch blog uses nail polish and oven bake clay to create cute marbleized bowls.  All of those nail polish colors make really great combinations and it's a great way to use that nail polish you ended up not liking all that much.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://papernstitchblog.com/2013/04/23/make-this-mini-marbled-decorative-bowls-for-mothers-day/

Hello wonderful uses already made plastic bowls.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/diy-kid-made-marble-painted-bowls

How to Make a Paper Mache Bowl

 

Paper mache is a fun way for kids to make a functional gift.  Here are several really cute examples.

Bread and buttons has a really great idea on how to use paper marche techniques with fabric strips creating a fun colorful bowl.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://breadandbuttons.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/process-vs-product-cast-your-vote.html

 

Carolyn's homework uses pre-cut circles to give her version a unique look.  

Get the instructions here:

http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/2013/03/inkling-paper-mache-confetti-bowl.html

Kix cereal paints theirs in vibrant jewel tones.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.kixcereal.com/kix-cereal-paper-mache-super-bowls-craft/ 

Molly moo crafts creates a beautiful texture using egg cartons.

Get the instructions here:

http://mollymoocrafts.com/papier-mache-bowls/

The pink doormat paints her version black and gold.

Get the instructions here:

http://thepinkdoormat.blogspot.com/2013/02/paper-mache-bowls.html