Archive for April 4th, 2008

Sparkling stars mobile

Friday, April 4th, 2008

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Craft supplies

Plastic ring with crossbar (stores often carry scarves on those, just cut the hook :) ), or, just roll wire

Wooden stars from craft store

School glue, paintbrush

Glitter, different colors

Ribbon

Loaded glue gun

Directions

Wrap the ring with ribbon, glue the ends

“Paint” stars with school glue, sparkle with glitter

Hotglue ribbon ends to stars, tie opposite ends to ring (we have one big star with long ribbon tied to the bar and five small stars with shorter ribbons tied over the ring

Add a ribbon loop, display! If you hang it in the garden it will be definetely a suncatcher, add a bell and you have a windchime!

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Sea treasure display case

Friday, April 4th, 2008
Sea treasure display case

Sea treasure display case

No any practical function, just beautiful memory makeup :)

Craft supplies

Unfinished display case from craft store

Acrylic paint - pink and blue (or your favorite colors), paintbrush

Colored sand (we used glittered one, it adds some “wetness” effect to display)

Shells and/or pebbles you brought from your vacation on the sea shore

Directions

Color wooden parts of case with your favorite colors, let it dry

Fill the bottom of the case with colored sand, mixing it artistically

Tip: you may want to fill the very bottom with regular sand so you don’t waste your glitter behind the frame

Cast shells and/or pebbles on the sand

Lock the case

Display proudly

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One more tip: postpone making this craft if you are to move :) Shaking trucks may transform artistic piece into a mess!

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Craftsticks fish suncatchers

Friday, April 4th, 2008

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Craft supplies

Craft sticks - 6 for small and 8 for big fish

Acrylic paint - purple and orange

Wiggle eye - 2 for each

Embellishments - we suggest sequins (they look like scales much), but gems would work too!

Chenille stem cutting for “gills”

Loaded glue gun

Ribbon for hanger

Silicon sucker with hook (available in craft stores or dollar stores)

Directions

Hotglue two craft sticks together by 90° angle for big fish and sharper angle for small fish

Hotglue other 3 more (for big fish) or 2 more (for small one) paralleled leaving some space between

Turn fish over and follow up with another half (as you see on the pictures with unfinished articles)

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Paint them as you wish - first one side, let dry, paint another

Hotglue eyes, gills, embellishments

Glue ribbon loop

Display on your own window (don’t forget to stick sucker first) or gift somebody - it’ll surely brighten their day!

Posted in Any occasion, Craft sticks, Grandparents' day, Mother's Day, Sea, ocean | No Comments »

Brown bear made of plastic jar

Friday, April 4th, 2008

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Instead of throwing away, reuse it!

This bear could be just cute decoration, loosen change collector or desktop organizer

Craft supplies

Clear empty plastic jar (bear-shaped) - you can find it in grocery store, with honey, of course :)

Acrylic paint  (we suggest brown, white, black, yellow, red), brush

Optional - straw hat from craft store (the size depends on the size of your bear’s head :) ), feather

Directions

Paint the jar brown, let it dry

Draw eyes, nose, heels, basket with berries as you see on the pictire or, as you wish :)

Add a hat if you like, stick in feather

If you leave no hat and lid, just put some pens in it and have this custom desk organizer!

Posted in Any occasion, Earth day, Father's day, Grandparents' day, Jars, cans, bottles, Mother's Day | No Comments »