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Clay bouquet in yogurt cup vase

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

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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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Keepsake jewelry box made of cream jar

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Great gift for Mother’s day!

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Craft supplies

Cream jar (ask your Mom not to throw away her emptied one)

Loaded glue gun

Embellishments: twinkle pom-pom, twinkle ribbon, gemstones

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Directions

Wash the jar and the lid thoroughly, let it dry

Hotglue embellishments (you can use our picture as an example or decorate it your own way)

Present it to your Mom on Mother’s day - she won’t recognize it!

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Sunflower with REAL seeds in the pot

Monday, April 28th, 2008

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Craft supplies

Sunflower seeds

Tape

Yellow foam scrap

Clear plastic wrap

Pen, black marker

Scissors

Loaded glue gun (just 1 drop of hot glue will be needed)

2 green chenille stems

1 hard wire to hold sunflower head upright :)

1 small flower pot from craft store (or you can use just yogurt cup + decorations)

Styrofoam ball that fit into flower pot

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Directions

Trace a bottom of flower pot on yellow foam

Draw petals around this circle

Cut it out

Trace the flower on the foam again

Cut the center out

Trace the top of flower pot on clear plastic wrap, repeat again (you have 2 circles), cut them out

Place the seeds between two plastic circles, tape the edges neatly

Put the “heart” between two yellow foamy petal crowns, glue them all together

Twist two green chenilles around hard wire, in the middle of stem make two loops - leaves

Stick the stem into the styrofoam ball, fix the ball into the pot. Isn’t it beautiful? You must be very proud of your work, have all the rights to do so! :)

Posted in Earth day, Foam, Grandparents' day, Jars, cans, bottles, Mother's Day, Natural materials, Styrofoam | No Comments »

Little vases made of detergent and softener lids

Monday, April 28th, 2008

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Cute surprise for Mother’s day!

Craft supplies (for 1)

Detergent or fabric softener lid (or, use yogurt cup)

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Spray paint (we used gold)

Ribbon bow on elastic band (or ribbon + glue)

Fabric flowers from craft store

Permanent marker (optional)

Directions

Spray lid with paint, let it dry

Put the bow on

Insert flowers in

Can you imagine? Your gift is ready!!! You might want to write some sweet words on your vase, personalize it for your Mom!

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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!

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