Archive for May, 2008

Needle pillow for Mom

Friday, May 9th, 2008

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No needle lost since there is pillow to the rescue! Your Mom will definitely be impressed with such serious gift! But maybe you’ll need adult’s help making it.

Craft supplies

Felt - pink, white and blue

Scissors

Needle, thread (or loaded glue gun, if you can’t sew yet - adult’s help needed!)

Stuffing - you can use cotton balls or polyester batting

Fabric paint (optional)

Directions

Cut out 2 squares approximately 3×3″, round the corners off

Cut out stripe about 1.5″ wide and 10″ length (exact length depends on how you sew pieces together, so allow a bit more and then cut excess off)

Cut the flowers out - we used two layers of petals and center

Sew the flowers to the top of the pillow (just make one cross-stitch through all three layers in the center)

Start sewing the side part around the top. As two ends of the stripe meet, adjust them and sew together

Insert your stuffing into that “box”

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Cover with another felt square and sew it over

If you can’t sew, just hotglue all the parts together

You can write with fabric paint on the side: Super Mom! Or #1 Mom! Or any sweet words you come up with :)

Happy Mother’s Day!

Cell phone rug for Mom

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

cell_phone_rug_mothers_day_felt_craft

If your Mom uses her cell phone as alarm clock, she will definitely appreciate this rug so in the early morning vibe and ring sound softer :)

Craft supplies

2 felt rectangles 4.5″x6″

Ribbon

Needle, thread

Loaded glue gun or tacky glue (optional)

Directions

Sew the ribbon by the edges of first felt piece

Place second felt piece over and glue it or sew it to the ribboned one

It’s ready!

Note: You might want to add one more layer of felt inside so your rug is thicker (and softer)

Clay bouquet in yogurt cup vase

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

clay_bouquet_in_yogurt_cup_vase_craft

Craft supplies

For flowers: air dry clay (we used red, orange and purple for petals and green for receptacle (green cup around bottom of the flower crown)

Green chenille stems

For vase: yogurt cup

Acrylic paint, brush

Ribbon

Stickers

Marbles or pebbles or anything heavy to put inside the cup (to make the vase stable)

Directions

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First, mold the roses. Make “sausage”, flatten, roll. Make six petals - take small clay balls, flatten, pinch on one side, connect around the crown

To make a receptacle (cup), make a ball, flatten it into a pancake

Pierce chenille stem in the middle of “pancake”, put on the rose, adjust a cup

Put the roses in the glass or cup to dry, meanwhile prepare a vase:

Paint yogurt cup, let it dry

Decorate it with stickers, gems, sequins, or draw anything you want with permanent markers

Tie a ribbon around

Fill the cup with something heavy - marbles, pebbles or coins

Put the roses into a new vase

Present to somebody who’ll definitely love it!

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