Star of David ornament
Friday, April 11th, 2008This sparky star will certainly get attention and you will be proud because you made it!
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This sparky star will certainly get attention and you will be proud because you made it!
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This easy-to-do yet charming piece will catch your attention in a click. You can hang it on the wall or stick to fridge – any way works!
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Craft supplies
1″ wooden bead
2 toothpicks
1 regular size craft stick
Curly chenille stem (pick color of your bride’s hair)
Regular chenille (skin color you like your bride to be)
Acrylic paint to color her face (choose the color), paintbrush
Flowers (from wedding section in the craft store)
Loaded glue gun
Fine permanent markers – black and red
Scissors
White tulle for veil
White glimmering felt for dress
White thread, needle
Some “pearl” beads
White sparkling cord for waistband
Directions
Hotglue toothpicks on both sides of craft stick (by length), leaving about 1″ out
Put some hot glue on prominent ends of toothpicks, string the bead on them (that’s the way her head holds tight on her body)
Cover her hair zone with hot glue, stick the hair (start “wrapping” her head with curly chenille, continue to center, cut excessed ends)
Draw eyes, nose, lips with fine markers
Cut out tulle – any length you like veil to be (rectangular prism)
Pull together upper edge of the veil, fasten with thread
Hotglue the veil on the head, decorate with flowers
Tie “hands” (chenille) to the “body” (craft stick)
Lay your undone doll on white felt, trace her forming dress. Remember to trace her “fatter” than she really is because you need to sew to halves together. Cut first half out, trace it again, cut it out
Put two halves of the dress on your bride and start sewing from the shoulders
Belt your bride
She is ready to get married! Teach her “I do!” phrase π
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 90Β° 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)
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!
Toilet paper roll
14 regular craft sticks (prepainted or + acrylic paint and brush)
Loaded glue gun
Cardboard scrap for bottom
Embellishments according your taste and choice (we used flat backed marbles, flower shaped sequins and golden thread ribbon for girls, and foam stickers (boats, tracks, choppers) for boys)
Directions
TraceΒ around the end of paper roll onto the cardboard, cut it out
Glue it to one end, making a bottom of organizer
Glue craft sticks all around the roll
Paint, if necessary, let dry
Put on embellishments
Fill it with stuff, put on the table. Be proud! π
Craft supplies
3 craft sticks (pre-painted, or + acrylic paint and brush)
Rhinestones
Loaded glue gun
Piece of cord for hanger
Directions
Glue 2 craft sticks together forming “X”
Glue third craft stick horizontally to that “X”
Decorate with rhinestones
Glue a cord loop on the wrong side
Did anybody watch a watch? π Was it 5 minutes or less? Unbelievable! π
Craft supplies
As you see, they are all different. One unchangeable component is 1/3 of paper roll. So for 6 count set you’ll need only two toilet paper rolls!
Craft knife or any other sharp knife (adult’s work!)
Then, as you see on the picture above from left to right: 1) ribbon with bamboo leaves, hot glue; 2) blue acrylic paint, brush, gemstones – flowers, butterflies etc.; 3) kitchen foil, gemstones; 4) Semitransparent glimmer ribbon, hot glue; 5) red satin ribbon with chicks, hot glue
One on the red background (good for Christmas): 15 mini craft sticks, golden acrylic paint, brush, hot glue, about 16 glass stones (for zig-zag design)
One on the black background: blue ribbon, hot glue, light-yellow ribbon
One with beans (good for Thanksgiving day): large Lima beans, roman beans, red kidney beans, black beans, pink beans, yellow split peas, hot glue, acrylic sealer (optional)
Directions
Cut paper roll into three pieces by width
For ribbon: just wrap it over and under and glue the ends inside ring
For paint: paint it over (inside, too), let dry, hotglue embellishments
For foil: wrap the ring with foil, glue gemstones. Gosh it’s fast! π
For craft sticks: hotglue all sticks around the ring, paint, let dry, decorate with glass stones (use hot glue)
For beans: just glue them all over the ring in any design you want. Varnish (optional).
Use rings yourself or present somebody. Handmade is always touching and moving!
Craft supplies
11 craft sticks
Rainbow yarn-ribbon (or choose any ribbon you like)
Loaded glue gun
Directions
Take one craft stick and hotglue the ends of 7 another sticks to it (see picture)
Hotglue end of ribbon to wrong side of first stick in the row
Lead the ribbon out and weave over and under all the sticks across
Glue the end of the ribbon on the wrong side of last stick in the row
Now begin over but in another direction, starting with last stick
Continue until the whole length of the craft sticks are woven
Hotglue 1 craft stick under all 7 sticks on the opposite end
Hotglue 2 more ribbons over the ends of 7 sticks
Voila! Great at your own home, great as a gift!
Tips: you might want to use another pattern in weaving, that would give your trivet another look, also you can use not just one ribbon but few. You are more than welcome to improvise with your project!
Craft supplies (baby not included! π )
16 mini craft sticks
Toilet paper roll
Craft knife
Loaded glue gun
Acrylic paint – golden, or any you like more
BrushOptional, for bedding: felt scraps – we used 2.5’x4.5′ white felt for sheet, 1’x4.5′ sky-blue felt for pillow (fold it in threes) and 2’x2.5′ white felt for comforter π
Directions
Cut toilet paper roll in half by width
Cut 1 half by length so it’s 3′ by circumference
Glue 1 craft stick on outer edge of ‘crib’ (see picture)
Start gluing inner surface of crib over with craft sticks
Glue one more stick on outer edge from another side (it’s important you do it after you covered inner surface because you want edges of your crib to be nice and neat
Glue ‘X’-es on the butt-ends
Glue cross-pieces over as you see on the picture
Paint it, let it dry
Now, if you want to have your crib bedded… then bed it! π Make few close splits by sides of the sheet so it’s like fringed π
Put the baby that you have to the crib. If you do not have it, you can mold it with air-dry clay. Serene nights to you!