Archive for the ‘Theme’ Category

Newer Entries »

Pirate treasure chest

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

pirate-treasure-chest-before-paintingpirate-treasure-chestpirate treasure

There are many varieties of chests in stores now, and you can choose any according your taste, mood or phase of the moon :) We offer to create custom project noone else will have!

Craft supplies

Any cardboard chest from storage section in store
Acrylic paint - brown, golden and gold
Brush
Clear acrylic sealer (matte, spray)
Treasures (diamonds, golden coins, necklaces, braclets, rings, candies - any you can fantasize of!)

Directions

Paint brown parts first (see pictures)
Paint straps golden, let it dry, paint gold
Let it dry
Spray all over with sealer
Let it dry again
Fill with treasures
‘Bury’! Then find using the map :)

Don’t forget another pirate stuff here on this website!

Posted in Pirates | No Comments »

Hatty-foamy octopus (-es)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

octopus-foam-sheet-craft

Craft supplies (for 1)

1 straw 4′ hat from craft store
Acrylyc paint
Brush
1 foam sheet
Scissors
Loaded glue gun
2 googly eyes
1 cut of red chenille (pipe cleaner)
Glitter glue pen (optional)

Directions

Put the hat in the middle of foam sheet and draw 8 legs around it
Paint the hat that color what the sheet is
While it dries, cut out the octopus’ body
Glue the hat (supposed to be head :) ) in the middle of body
Glue eyes, mouth, decorate legs with glitter
To hang your ocean friend on the wall, glue a hoop on the wrong side of body, or just use 2-sided tape
Enjoy your art piece!

Posted in Any occasion, Foam, Sea, ocean | No Comments »

Clay family picture on the oceanic background

Monday, February 4th, 2008

clay-family-vacation-picture-craft.jpg

Craft supplies

Flexible push mold – family (we had 2 adults and 2 children)

Oven bake clay – beige, about 3 oz, depends on the mold (or different colors, if you prefer not to paint)

Black seed beads – 8 for eyes

Acrylic paint (not needed if you used multicolored clay) – colors that you want to paint them with (what color your clothes are?)

1 picture 4×6’ of an ocean shore or any other beautiful landscape you would like to be on

4×6’ picture frame

Glue gun and glue stick

Directions

Press clay completely into mold. If you use a variety of colors, add colors you want into the section of the mold you want colored, starting from the bottom upward toward the edge

Remove from the mold

Add some details such as eyes (seed beads), noses and smiles (scratch with toothpick), earrings for mom or any else

Tips: the mold we used didn’t have mom’s legs… If you have the same one ;) you can just roll ‘sausages’ yourself :)

Bake as instructed

While it’s being baked, insert picture in the frame

When figures are ready, let them cool out

Paint as desired (if you used a variety of colors clay, just skip this step) and let it dry

Hotglue figures over the glass

Now display and enjoy! You can change background pictures as often as you want, so your clay family travels! :)

Posted in Any occasion, Dough, clay, plastic, Sea, ocean | No Comments »

Parrot for pirate or just parrot :)

Friday, January 25th, 2008

pirate-parrot-craft

Craft supplies

Colored poster board

Scissors

Black (or any dark color you want) paper for background

Shredded colored paper for “feathers”

2-3 colored real feathers from craft store

1 googly eye

Markers or crayons

School glue

Time needed: half an hour or more (depends how “downy” you want your parrot)

Directions

Trace parrot and wing using our template HERE on the poster board paper

Make a through cut on the parrot where marked

Bend the end of the wing where marked, pass it through the slit, glue

Glue some feathers (real ones) on parrot’s head (that part supposed to be back one)

Glue parrot on the background

Glue the eye

Now, you can cover his whole body with glue and then place as many “feathers” as you want, or, you can dip each ‘feather’ into glue and place it on the body – whichever way is convenient for you

Draw a beak with marker or crayon, or you can trace a beak separately on any other color paper and then glue it over

Add any elements you want – draw palm trees on the background, put some stickers, dust glitter. It is your project and you can improvise any way you want!

Hang it on the wall (use 2-sided tape or, glue a hook on the back side) . Enjoy him flapping his wing (with your little help, of course :) )

You may also be interested in eye-patch, treasure chest, spyglass and pirate hat 

Posted in Any occasion, Paper, cardboard, Pirates | No Comments »

Newer Entries »