Craft Project - paper Pulp Snowball Snowman head ornaments

Looking for a great holiday craft project that's not much money? You are in the recycling of old items in new imaginative articles? If so, I think you will enjoy this project!

This project uses some old items to new elements, it is a great way to teach children about recycling. You will need a few carriers drink fast food carton or empty egg boxes of paper to make pulp for paper which is required for this craft project.

Ages: 8 and up with adult supervision.

Supplies needed:

Carrier of drink fast cardboard food or eggs cardboard boxes

White glue to versatile craft

Styrofoam ornament balls

Blender with water from the tap

Old plastic bowl

Foam sponge brush

Strainer/Strainer

Wooden Clothespin

Acrylic white, black and Orange

Brush

piece of scrap fabric Fleece (optional)

Tip: This project can get a little messy so you can fix some old newspaper or of an old table linen plastic before you begin.

Make paper pulp - Rip your paper empty beverage carrier or egg empty box into small pieces. Place the pieces in a bowl made of old plastic. Pour just water from the tap and let parts soak for 60 minutes. Once they are good and moist, a mixture of paper in a strainer. Using your hands, squeeze excess water. Place the paper pulp in your blender container and blend on low speed to what it gets mushy. Pour batter in your empty plastic bowl. Incorporate some artisanal white glue so that you form sticky pulp. The mine is lumpy dough consistency.

Making The Snowball - with a foam-style painting brush, lightly spread white craft glue on 1/2 of your ball of styrofoam. Using your hands... pat on paste of paper pulp, so that you are covering half your ball of ornamental top. Repeat this procedure on the merits of half of your ball. Once done, hang up the ball through the clothespin so that it can dry out and harden. (mine take approximately 16 to 24 hours).

Addition of The facial features — once your ball is dry, paint with two layers of white acrylic paint. Once it is dry, paint on black eyes, black spots of his mouth and finally, a triangular orange-shaped nose.

Headscarf optional - cut us a piece of fleece measuring 1 1/2 "wide by 10" long and linked to a loop and then he stuck to the bottom of our ball to look like a wool scarf.

Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who loves sewing, quilting, the development and scrapbooking. You can visit the blog of boats of passionate called Shelly on Crafting free online at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com , tips and craft project ideas. You can find a photo of the project completed on his blog at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/12/paper-pulp-snowball-snowman-head.html

Craft project Inspiration: keep a Journal of creativity and to spark new ideas Craft

Faire des projets de l'artisanat est un passe-temps populaire pour beaucoup de raisons : relaxation, réalisation de soi, les cadeaux faits maison, gagner de l'argent supplémentaire, ou simplement comme un moyen d'honorer sa créativité. Les artisans vétérans même parfois devenus unenthused ou sans inspiration sur leurs projets, peut-être mettre de coté leur métier fournitures pendant un certain temps.

Si vos idées d'artisanat semblent avoir pris des vacances, il y a des étapes, que vous pouvez prendre d'amorcer la pompe créative et de retrouver votre mojo astucieux. Un journal de créativité est grande source d'inspiration.

Ce qui est un Journal de créativité ?

Un journal de créativité est une excellente façon de garder votre cerveau sensibilisé à la créativité. Comme toute habitude, privilégiant toujours voir les choses de manière créative, sur les nouvelles idées et de nouvelles façons de voir les choses anciennes et sur remarqué votre environnement animeront vos projets d'artisanat.

Utiliser non seulement d'écrire des idées, mais de journal, dessiner et de couleur. Que vous ne pouvez pas dessiner ? Cette revue est seulement pour vous. Personne d'autre ne le besoin de voir. Défi vous-même de tirer quelque chose de que vous voir, et bien que ce ne sera pas parfait, votre cerveau se souviendront il avec beaucoup de détails plus tard. Dessin empreintes littéralement l'objet dans votre esprit.

Démarrez votre Journal de créativité

La première étape consiste à trouver un journal ou un carnet de garder les idées à. Elle peut être aussi simple ou aussi de fantaisie que vous voulez, de carnets de la spirale de l'artiste Moleskins, mais sachez qu'un portable cher avec papier fantaisie provoque certaines personnes à « gelé ». Il s'agit d'une crainte de gâcher quelque chose de so nice, bien que dire la vérité, il n'y a aucune erreurs avec créativité.

Ensuite, mettre votre nom, date et titre de votre journal de créativité sur la première page. Rendre le titre simple, excentrique, plaisir, philosophique - mais ne transpirent beaucoup trop au-dessus d'elle. Quelques exemples : Unleashed créativité ; Rêveries de mélodie ; Toutes ces choses dans mon cerveau ; Toc-toc, qui est là ; ou tout simplement de Nancy créativité Journal.

Faites une liste d'Inspiration

La première entrée dans votre journal de créativité est simple : faire une liste d'inspiration. Écrire rapidement toutes les raisons que vous aimez faire des projets d'artisanat. Rendre aussi longtemps que vous pouvez et ne modifier vous-même.

Exemple list

J'adore créer
Rendant scrapbooks documenter ma famille me fait du bien et m'aide à me rappeler à tous les moments peu
Chandails et foulards de tricotage est relaxant
Apprendre qu'un nouveau métier est enrichissante et amusante
Faire des dons faits à la main pour d'autres s'acquitte et me rend heureuse

Utilisez votre Journal de créativité constamment

Cette étape peut être un peu difficile. Vous ne voulez pas être tellement embrigadés dans l'utilisation de votre journal de créativité que ça commence à ressembler à une corvée. Vous voulez également l'utiliser si peu qu'il vous oubliez à ce sujet et votre but va non satisfait.

Vous devez trouver une façon d'incorporer votre journal dans votre routine. Pour moi, cela signifie je Gardez-la près de mon lit et écrire, Journal, dessiner et même couleur d'elle avant d'aller dormir. J'ai aussi porter avec moi dans mon sac à main, avec quelques crayons colorés et effectuer des entrées dans il attend en ligne.

Si vous ne voulez pas porter avec vous, ramasser des choses vous voir tout au long de votre journée que vous inspirent et les ajouter à votre journal lorsque, à la maison. Souvenirs tels que les talons de billet, copeaux de peinture de la quincaillerie, les publicités magazines colorées, trouvé des articles comme les tops bouteille.

Une fois vos éléments sont ajoutés, écrire des notes à leur côté sur où vous avez trouvé leur, ce qui vous inspire sur eux, ou de toute façon unique, que vous pouvez penser à créer une embarcation hors de leur.

Examen de votre Journal.

Selon quelle fréquence vous utilisez votre journal, il revoir de temps en temps. Si vous l'utilisez chaque semaine, réviser vos entrées au moins une fois par mois. Vous seriez surpris les thèmes que vous consultez et les idées avec que vous est venu.

Vous êtes votre propre inspiration. Utilisez votre journal de créativité pour susciter des idées pour vos projets d'artisanat. Chaque fois que vous vous sentez ayant besoin d'un coup de pouce créatif, il suffit de considérer par le biais de votre journal.

Copyright 2010 Melody Jones

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Non seulement vous apprendrez étapes pour trouver à temps, vous apprendrez également comment organiser votre embarcation de fournitures et de séjour organisé même si vous êtes un rat pack, comment concevoir un budget, façons de trouver de nouveaux concevoir des idées de projet et des inspiration et des ressources et des idées pour l'apprentissage des métiers d'art nouveau. Et - c'est amusant !

Craft Project - How To Make Fashion Doll Furniture Out Of Plastic Canvas

Do you have a little one who loves to play with 11 1/2" tall fashion dolls? Does you little one need some new furniture to go along with her dolls? If so, I have an easy to make craft project to share with you today that involves using a skein of acrylic yarn, needle and some 7 count plastic canvas. This project is great for beginners and works up in just one afternoon.

You can make just about any type of fashion doll furniture that you would like by using standard plastic canvas and some yarn. To design your own patterns, simple sketch out what you would like to make on graph paper and then cut out your graph paper and use it as a template.

Supplies Needed:

2 sheets 7 count plastic canvas (clear or a color to match yarn)

1 skein acrylic yarn

plastic canvas sewing needle

sharp scissors

To Make The Chair:

1 seat - 19 holes by 19 holes

2 seat backs - 19 holes by 22 holes high

4 leg pieces - 19 holes by 18 holes high

note - you can leave your leg pieces in a solid block shape or cut them to resemble a block style letter A, the choice is up to you.

Stitching: I did a simple tent stitch but I did it over 3 holes at a time going top to bottom to make vertical rows. I used 4-ply Acrylic yarn. You will first stitch your seat, seat backs and then the legs, leaving all outer edges unfinished. Once done, place the two seat backs wrong sides together and stitch them together using a whip stitch but leave the bottom edge unfinished. Stitch three of the chair leg sections to the seat. Place the seat back and fourth leg section together and whip stitch to the remaining unfinished edge of the seat. Finish up by stitching around the legs and openings so that your chair has no unfinished edges.

To Make The Side Table:

table top - 19 holes by 19 holes squared

8 legs - 3 holes wide by 18 holes tall

Stitching: I simply used a tent stitch and stitched the top of the table and then the eight legs. Once done I stitched all eight legs to my table by joining two leg pieces at each of the table's corners. After they are attached using a simple whip stitch, just go around and whip stitch all of your unfinished edges. When stitching the pieces together, just envision your standard look side table with a flat top and four legs.

To Make The Accent Rug:

rug piece measures 22 holes by 22 holes squared

Stitching: You can use a tent stitch or a scotch stitch to add texture and interest to the accent rug. Once you decide on the stitch you want to use, work the center first and then finish up by whip stitching around your outer edges. You can leave the edges plain or add a 1/2" fringe to them, that choice is up to you.

Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who enjoys scrapbooking, crafting, and needle crafts. Shelly owns the popular Passionate About Crafting blog at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com where you can find free craft project ideas and tips. You can find a photo of this completed project on Shelly's blog at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2010/07/free-plastic-canvas-barbie-doll-chair.html

Craft Project - easy to make beaded snowflake ornaments

If you are looking for a craft project that you can do with older children, I think that this will depend on your needs. You will need to go to your local craft shop and buy a few articles, but other than that, they are quite simple.

We made 14 of these ornaments and it us less than $10.00 because I already had paint and glue the hand. It is a great project to do with children aged 5 years and with the supervision of a more adult. We love to do this project with school groups, scout troops and youth groups in the Church. If you make the project as a group project, you will need to have a few adults on hand to help.

Here are the materials you need.

1 "diameter flat round disc back in the form of cork"

Acrylic paint to match your colors of beads one

cheap brush

all-purpose craft liquid fast drying of glue

Sharp scissors

6 (1 1/2 "long") straight pins with little heads pearl-style

Plastic 4 mm package 1 round of beads faceted

1 tri-billes plastic package

2 planes back findings of jewels strass

4 "gold coin metal cord (hanger)"

old newspapers

several paper towels

water dish

Note: Since you'll be doing a small painting, set several layers of old newspapers on your work surface. Use paper napkins and dish of water to clean your brush.

Step 1: Paint your front side and the sides of your cycle of cork and leave to dry for 15 minutes before it laminated to paint in the back, and then let it dry for 15 additional minutes.

Step 2: Thread a round Pearl faceted, a tri-cordon and another faceted round beads on your PIN right up until you have a total of 5 pearls on your PIN. Soak the sharp end of the PIN in liquid glue versatile craft and jab the PIN in the side of your disk of Cork. You will have to do this step until your snowflake has 6 shelves, let dry thoroughly before moving on to the next step.

Step 3: Using glue liquid craft, join a rhinestone in the Centre of your Cork on each side, we have used clear ones with little gold - tone sunglasses. Using a 4 "exhibit of metallic gold cord, tie it around one of your rays with a node to form a loop for hanging."

Let your snowflake ornaments dry for a few hours. Once they are dry, you can hang on the tree of your vacation on the crowns on garlands or buy some suction cups and they stick to your Windows and mirrors.

Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who loves developing, scrapbooking and hook. You can visit enthusiast Shelly on Crafting blog at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com for ideas of free craft and advice on the development project. You can find a photo of the project completed on his blog at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/11/easy-to-make-beaded-snowflake-ornaments.html

Washi Tape Craft Projects

So, you are thinking about purchasing some washi tape or you already have some of this versatile craft product and are wondering what in the world to do with it? Well, I have a few fun (and totally cheap) suggestions for you!

The first and most obvious way to use washi tape is use it as an embellishment in your scrapbooking adventures. Washi tape is excellent for papercrafting and can be used to adhere items to your pages. It can also be used as a ribbon or paper strip replacement, and is so much easier to use! Just rip a piece off and place it where you want it to go. There is no messy glue to fight with, and removing it to reposition is a breeze. There are so many different colors and designs, you are sure to find something that will perfectly match your project.

Secondly, you can use washi tape to decorate your wood crafts. You can find a super inexpensive plain wood photo frame at your local craft store, dollar store, or Walmart and use washi tape to give it life. This is an easy way to create custom frames for you and your family, or to give away as gifts. Making these custom frames is very simple. All you need are a few of your favorite rolls of washi tape and the wood photo frame ($0.99 at Walmart.)

Take one roll of washi tape and tear off a piece (or cut it using scissors if you prefer a clean cut) and place it on the photo frame.
Take another, different roll of washi tape and tear off a piece and place it on the photo frame.
Continue this process until your frame is covered in tape. You can allow some wood to peek through if you desire, or completely cover it in tape.
Don't worry if you "mess up" on your tape placement, it is very easy to remove the tape and replace it.

You can also use this tape to decorate wood letter blocks. This is a simple and easy way to personalize these blocks without a lot of time, effort, and mess. You can approach decorating the letters the same way you would the photo frames.

A third great masking tape craft idea is to use these tapes to decorate plain glass vases. Plain vases can be found at your local Dollar Tree for just a buck! I recommend purchasing various shapes and/or sizes and using the finished product to add a custom, designer touch to your room. Decorating the vases is a cinch. I recommend using scissors to create a clean cut on the washi tape. You will want to cut enough tape to wrap around the vase (horizontally) or enough to hide the tape ends by wrapping them over the lip/base of the vase (vertically).

Fourthly, washi tapes make a great package decoration. You can use them to gift wrap a package. This works especially well if you have a plain colored paper. You can also use them to decorate plain white gift boxes. Additionally, if you are mailing a package this makes an adorable decoration to add to the box (just don't use it in place of packing tape, it rips too easily!).

Lastly, and although not necessarily a craft project, you can use it to adhere important notes to your wall/desk without worrying that it will damage the surface. You can write on washi tape, so it makes a really cute way to label things. Personally, I have used washi tape to label seed pods for my indoor garden which made it that more colorful and cute.

There are so many uses for this awesome decorative tape that it has become a staple in any papercrafter's arsenal. There are a myriad of ways that it can be used, and I am sure that once you start using it you will never want to be without a roll!

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Craft Project - How To Make Beaded Crosses Holiday Ornaments

Every year when the Christmas holiday rolls around, I love to sit down and make homemade ornaments to use on my tree, garlands, wreaths and as package toppers. This is a great project to make with older children with some adult supervision. I often make these with church youth groups, scouting troops and school groups.

You can make them any size that you desire by increasing the length of your crafting wire and by purchasing additional beads. The finished size of the ones we made, measure approximately 2" wide by 2 1/2" long.

Materials Needed For The Project

3" piece gold metallic craft wire

2 1/2" piece gold metallic craft wire

4" piece gold metallic thread (hanging cord)

1 package 4 mm gold metallic beads (metal or plastic)

1 package 4 mm faceted plastic beads

1 package tri-beads (plastic)

sharp scissors

12" long ruler

needle nose pliers

(optional) all-purpose liquid craft glue

When it comes to selecting beads for this project, you can use complimentary colors or exact opposites.

Step 1: Measure out the lengths that you will need from the spool of gold wire and cut off the required length. Place the shorter wire 1/3 of the way down on the longer wire and twist it around to secure it into place...to form a cross shape.

Step 2: Starting at the top, slide on a faceted round bead, a tri-bead and another round bead. Finish up with sliding on a gold metallic bead at the end. Using needle nose pliers, twist the end of the wire into a small loop to keep the beads from sliding off. Trim wire end if necessary with scissors.

You will want to repeat step 2 on the two shorter ends, leaving the bottom of the cross for the next step.

Step 3: To finish the bottom of the cross, slide on a round faceted bead, a tri-bead, another round bead, a tri-bead, a faceted bead and finally the gold metallic end bead. Twist the wire into a loop to keep the beads on the wire.

Step 4: Cut a 4" piece of gold metallic cord and thread it through the top wire loop to serve as a hanging cord for your ornament.

Tips: If you find that the beads are sliding around too much and you want them to stay in place on a permanent basic, you can squirt a small dab of glue onto the bead before threading it on the wire pieces. If you don't want to hang them on your tree, you can use suction cups and hang them up on your windows and mirrors.

Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother in Pennsylvania who enjoys various mediums of crafting. Shelly really enjoys crocheting, knitting and scrapbooking. You can visit Shelly's Passionate About Crafting blog for free patterns and craft project ideas at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com You can find a photo of the completed project at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/11/beaded-cross-holiday-tree-ornaments.html

Choose the Types of wood for your craft projects - Craft Supplies makes all the difference

For the type of creation which is still doing arts and crafts projects, they know that they must choose what type of wood to be used with care in the design of their latest project. There are all types of wood that can be used, and different wood has different types of grain, texture, consistency and flow makes a big difference. Later when they add paint or dye show of things that may not have seen before. It can sometimes make or break a project.

A knot in the wood can often be restricted during the creation of certain types of things, such as a House of the bird, or used for Visual atmosphere of the work completed. Also, particular attention should be given to the wood density and hardness. Pine could be a great thing to make bird houses but if this House of the Tomb bird it may divided by half, and the weather could get her. If the wood is dense, it is very difficult to nails in it the hammer or fix anything for it.

If the grain is too bumpy, it may be difficult for something that sticks to him, or in some cases, it might be easier in that the second material is. Another issue is the weight of wood. If you build something to be light, naturally you want to use the balsa wood. However, it must also be strong you may have to go with a plywood or pine.

If your project is to support sometimes, it makes sense to use a plank of fiber post if it is made for an internal project that will not withstand the elements. In some cases, it makes sense to use exotic wood with high density would like teak.

Nevertheless, what wood you choose for any project that you do, it is logical to have a good amount of various types of wood already in hand, you choose how to go on your project. Please consider this.

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Recycled Craft projects - ideas for the artisanal manufacture of crafts of garbage

At this time, landfills are becoming more completed and any anything we can do to help with recycling made a difference. A great way to recycle is to the House of handicrafts with things that you would normally throw.

Before throwing something further, think to yourself: This allows in a craft project? Even if you do not plan to use it immediately, or an idea does not come to mind immediately, always save if you think that it could be reused. Keep a box of some points recycled with your craft supplies, so if you find a project you have already the necessary hand element.

It is much easier to come with a trade if you have ideas on what can be done. But always be creative and try to find new ideas too! Here are some ideas to get you started.

Cleaned with Soup cans or vegetables cans can be used for a variety of crafts. If you are filled with water and allow them to freeze in the freezer, you can punch holes in the side of boxes with a hammer and nails (the ice inside retains the structure and prevents the CAD of sinking). The holes can be drilled to form a design. Outside of the can may be painted and when tea light, are the beautiful luminaries. These can be onto a patio, aligned along the aisle for a party or used inside as beautiful decorations.

Soup can lids can be painted or decorated using cutting and transformed in magnets for the fridge or Christmas ornaments. Photos can be applied using cutting too, and they can be transformed into a mobile family tree.

Rolls of empty toilet paper and paper towels rolls can be used for a variety of crafts, much suitable projects for children. Try to make a pencil Cup holder by gluing three tubes of toilet together vertically and paste them on a solid foundation of cardboard. Empty paper towel rolls, cut in sections of an inch can be transformed into napkin rings. Enough to paint the and glue on sets, such as shells or other embellishments.

Foam plates that come in the framework of many types of meat to grocery store also can be saved and reused for many projects of different boats. They are also large trays to mix paints.

Coffee cans could be made in containers of pretty by simply decorating the outside of their. Children will them covering construction paper and of attaching a foam forms on the outside. Adults can enjoy the cans of decoration by cutting to decorate them. You can have boxes correspond to the décor of any room in your House and then to use these handy containers in your bathroom to take supplies of hair, in the garage to take tools or in the kitchen to the spatulas and spoons... the possibilities are almost unlimited. Coffee cans could also be transformed into beautiful cabins which work very well.

Vacuum milk and cream containers are interesting for some crafts for children, where they can be decorated to look like animals, like a duck or chicks. Old tennis balls can be transformed into puppets, by slicing a slit by the side of the ball to become a mouth. And, of course, there is always the puppet of sock monkey, very useful for a sock who has lost his partner!

Cardboard is used in many craft projects and should always be saved. It serves as a good surface for the paint or the development of projects to protect your work surface. Empty egg cartons can be transformed into small animals or a bouquet of flower of carton of eggs.

I never take in cute boxes of mint or nice glass bottles. They can be decorated by cutting, Nice paper (such as the decorative towels or tissue paper) as bottles of SOAP or case of the pill for your handbag. People love home made gifts.

Pots can be used to make vases pretty candle. Try to fill a jar with sand and add some shells and place a votive candle in the middle. It is a cornerstone of the fast time for your table. Or use the jars to be to fill with the ingredients dry cookie. It is a perfect gift to give a host or hostess at a party. Just cover the lid of the jar with some lovely fabric and a bow, and he is willing to give.

Enjoy your search on the Internet for other fun ways to reuse things you would normally throw. You will feel good to help the environment and make cheap gifts!

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Kids Craft Project - Easy Beaded Felt Holiday Tree Ornaments

When my nieces and nephews come to my home to spend an afternoon, they always look forward to crafting with me. I try to pick out easy projects for all of us to do together. We were able to create several of these felt tree ornaments in just a few hours.

What is really great about this particular project is that children ages 7 and up can make them with some adult supervision. All of the supplies that you will need are readily available at your local craft or fabric store. If you are a proficient crafter like myself, you might have all of the supplies already on hand.

Once you complete these beaded ornaments, you can use them to hang on your holiday tree, off a garland, on a wreath or as package toppers. This is also a great project for the kids to do and they can give them out to family members and to their teachers.

Supplies You Will Need:

Green Craft Felt

Various Round Plastic Beads (various colors and size but no larger than 4 mm)

All-Purpose Liquid Craft Glue

Sewing Needle and Dark Green Sewing Thread

Wooden Dowel Sticks (1/8" diameter by 3" long)

Sharp Scissors

Disappearing Ink Marker (for tracing pattern)

Pattern: Simple triangle shape measuring 3 3/4" tall by 2 3/4" wide cut from paper and used as your template.

Step 1: Trace your triangles onto green colored felt and cut out. You will need two green triangles for each ornament that you make.

Step 2: Center your wooden dowel onto one piece of felt, leaving 1 1/2" of the dowel sticking out beyond the felt to resemble a tree trunk. Use a little glue to glue it into place and set aside to dry.

Step 3: Using dark green thread, hand sew various color and sized beads onto the front of one of your triangles.

Step 4: Sandwich the two triangles together (the one with the beads and the one with the wooden dowel). Using a sewing needle and dark green thread, whip stitch around the entire tree's edges, being careful to not pull the stitches too tightly.

Step 5: Use a piece of thread and attach it to the top of the tree for a hanging loop. (I like to double my thread so its a little more sturdier).

Your little beaded felt tree ornaments are now ready to be hung onto your holiday tree.

Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who enjoys crafting, sewing, crocheting and scrapbooking. You can visit Shelly's online craft blog called Passionate About Crafting at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com for free craft project ideas and tips. You can find a photo of the completed project on her blog at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/11/easy-beaded-felt-holiday-tree-ornaments.html

The Princess Craft Kits for girls and projects

Kits and Princess crafts projects are my favorite activity of young girls. Use them during a birthday party girls, or at my kitchen table on rainy days or snow when the children cannot go outside and play. Get your child arising from imagination and you will be surprised at some of the wonderful ideas and designs children arts and crafts projects they.

Here you will find descriptions of several Princess trades that come in a kit form. Of course, if you take a blow of eye to these kits that you can figure them what supplies you'll need to make your own Kit. When I feel particularly clever, I understand my own supply. When I am rushed, or find a great sale where the craft kits are cheap, I buy them. Most of these kits, I speak in their own individual packages, so if it makes 12 craft project, you will get 12 individual packages. In this way, you can save the extras or send their home as a party favor.

The pleasure of the first project of Princess crafts is a precious Princess Photo Frame. This is a kit with enough supplies to 12 frames of picture. These beautiful frames come with a lot of stickers pastel coloured to decorate them with. You must add your own photos. There is a second craft kit that makes the photo frames, but the second kit is made of foam. You get forms such as the Princess, a Crown and a castle. They are very cute and look more robust than the first batch. Although they look too cuties.

There are some Princess Hat Craft foam Kits. In each of these kits find you the hennin, a grand or cone shaped hat worn in medieval times. You can hang a piece of cloth or netting is you are in the kit so that it has a look that sinks it. It also comes with some Royal stickers to decorate each hat with.

The fourth of our project craft kits Princess is a foam tiara kit. Yet again, you get foam stickers to decorate each handcuffed with. You will get some fairly imaginative tiares for some of these children to your table of business! And your daughter and her friends all will look like real princesses when these handcuffs.

Here's one of my favorite craft projects. This is a kit of Crown sand art You get the 24 Crown models. There are 6 different models and you get four of each of them. You also get packets of sand. The summits of the crowns are adhesive or you get some glue... then you colour in each of the crowns using coloured sand bags. It is of so much fun to make and superb when you have finished. You get also lot for fun can go on and on.

What a sparkling fairy wand? You will find a craft kit that comes with the supplies you need to you 12 magic wands. Each of the 12 kits comes with a wooden dowel of 12 "and star of foam shaped cutouts." You will need to provide the glue to attach the stars for wooden clubs. Add a few flakes to make sparkle your magic wand!

There is also a kit of the Renaissance Jeweled Crown Princess. This Crown of bright yellow foam can be decorated with self adhesive or lots of sequins, jewels to make them as regal as can be.

The last project Princess craft is the Princess Paper Dolls, stickers Kit. You get 12 Princess dolls and cardboard over 100 stickers for each doll. Use these stickers to decorate and clothe these recreation paper dolls. Dolls used the paper to be my toy favorite when I was young, I bet that your daughter will be too pleased with this collection.

Discover the Princess Craft projects for children are at the heart of some of the girls. Girls will be pleased of the Princess party supplies and games fun you find, but they will really benefit make these party design ideas. You can also find printable tiare models, free so that you can make a tiara and Princess printable pages colouring book for your children and your guests can color princesses all day!

Craft Project - wood Spool Bee Hive shelf Sitter

If you are looking for a small project that features country boat lady bugs and bees, I think that you will agree that it is too cute! You can easily do this guardian of plateau wooden spool bee hive in less than 2 hours.

I was able to find all supplies that I need to do this project to my craft local supply store. If you do not find the supplies it, I am sure that you can find online.

Supplies you Will need:

wooden spool unfinished 3 "tall".

unfinished 2 1/2 "tall bee hive wooden".

3 unfinished wood 1/4 "tall lady bug shapes"

2 forms of unfinished wood 1 "tall Bee".

unfinished 1 1 "diameter wood sheet"

3 strands of 12 "long raffia (for the manufacture of the bow)"

acrylics: brown, gold metallic, yellow, red, black, white

brushes - fine edge and a flat brush

wood glue or liquid all-purpose crafting glue (better glue wood works)

spraying transparent acrylic sealer

1 piece of sandpaper

scissors

paper towel and a dish of water (to clean your brushes)

Tip: If you have paint pens, you can certainly paint smaller elements (bumble bees, lady bugs and leaf with them to save time).

Step 1: Use a piece of fine sandpaper to smooth out any rough spots and edges on your incomplete pieces of wood. Paint all your pieces of wood with the colors in the photograph. Let them dry for 15-20 minutes before their laminated and painting below. Let them dry for an another 20 minutes.

Step 2: Paste the hive bee wood to the top of your reel, making sure to press them firmly together so that there is no interruption. Two bugs of Lady of glue and two drones for the top and sides of the hive as shown in the photo, followed by a lady bug pasted on the wooden reel.

Step 3: Spray your project together with a lightweight transparent acrylic Hunter spray. (Note: you want to do so before attaching the raffia bow).

Step 4: Cut your raffia down 12 "long filament and form a bow." Trim the ends so that its proper size and glue it on the front of your drawer. You may need to be in place for a minute or two. Put a glob of glue on the back of your leaf shape and he affixes to the Centre of your raffia bow.

Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who loves sewing, quilting, the development and scrapbooking. You can visit the blog of boats of passionate called Shelly on Crafting free online at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com , tips and craft project ideas. You can find a photo of the project completed on his blog at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/11/craft-project-wooden-spool-bee-hive.html

Craft Project - Primitive Framed Snowman Stitchery Picture

A very good friend of mine just adores handcrafted snowman items and uses them to decorate her home every winter and Christmas season. I decided that I wanted to make her something unique for her holiday gift this year and this is what I made.

This framed snowman stitchery project will take you one afternoon to make and even a beginner can make this one. The project requires no machine sewing as it is done with simple hand stitching. If you don't have a pattern, you can find one in a child's coloring book or look for printable coloring pages on the internet that you can print out and use for free.

Materials Needed

barn red 8" by 10" wooden photo frame

double mat set (I selected off-white and barn red) with a 4" by 6" opening

piece of tea-stained muslin fabric measuring 8" by 10" in size

8" by 10" piece vanilla colored card stock

embroidery hoop

embroidery needle and black embroidery floss

3 1/2" by 5 1/2" pattern (I got mine from a coloring book)

disappearing ink pen

sharp scissors

wax crayons (optional)

For this project, you will need to find a pattern that you like. I was able to find mine in a child's holiday coloring book. If the pattern you like is large in size, you can scan it into your computer and shrink it to the size that you want. You will want to iron your tea stained piece of muslin fabric before you begin to remove any creases.

Step 1: Using a disappearing ink pen, trace the outline and details of your pattern onto tea-stained muslin fabric. Once it has been traced, color in any areas that you want to add a little color to, with your wax crayons. I chose to color in my snowman's gloves, scarf and ear muffs. Once this has been completed, place your muslin fabric into your embroidery hoop.

Step 2: Using black embroidery floss (3 strands) hand stitch your pattern outline onto your fabric. Try to make sure your stitches are even in size and don't pull them too tight.

Step 3: Remove fabric from the embroidery hoop and mount it onto a piece of 8" by 10" card stock. (I selected the card stock that scrapbooker's use because it's acid-free).

Step 4: Layer your finished piece of work along with the double mats into the wooden frame. Make sure your fabric is pulled tightly so that there are no wrinkles.

You can decide if you want to hang this piece on the wall or if you want to sit it on top of your mantle.

Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who enjoys crafting, scrapbooking, and cross stitching. You can visit Shelly's online craft blog called Passionate About Crafting at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com for free craft project ideas and tips. You can find a photo of the completed project on her blog at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/11/craft-project-framed-snowman-stitchery.html

5 Easy Summer Craft Projects for Kids

Are you looking for ways to keep your kids busy during their summer holidays? Keep them creatively entertained for hours with these easy, yet engaging craft activities:

1. Painting Rocks: Your kids will love staying outdoors in your garden or backyard busy painting rocks of garden stones. Supply them with acrylic paints and brushes and let them use their own creative ideas. They could either paint little objects and scenes on larger rocks or paint smaller stones in single or multi colors.

2. Photo Frames: Photo frames can be made and/or decorated in many different ways. Ask kids to choose their favorite summer photos to be framed and supply them with plain plastic or wooden frames. Now ask them to embellish each frame with a theme that matches the photograph. A picture taken on the beach can be displayed in a frame embellished with sand and seashells. A birthday photo can have a frame embellished with birthday clipart, cutouts or stickers.

3. Wrapping Paper: Let your kids make different types of wrapping for use throughout the year to wrap presents for their friends' and teachers' birthdays. Give them paint and different household supplies that create various patterns on paper. For e.g. sponge, cut vegetables, carved buttons, jar lids etc. They can also make and store some for Christmas.

4. Bead Crafts: Assorted beads in different colors, shapes and sizes make for interesting craft supplies. Kids can create themed jewelry, bead art, pins and little decorations by stringing beads on to wire and then bending wire to create shapes.

5. Playdough: Homemade playdough is one of the oldest and still the most effective of keeping kids busy. Give the kids a 'summer project' to complete before the day ends in which they can make a summer scene or a number of summer themed objects.

Giving these crafts a 'summer' theme will not only give the projects an interesting twist, but it will also make your kids enjoy the season and wait for it to arrive soon next year!

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Simple Crafting Projects For Young Children

Crafting with children is a fantastic indoor activity that keeps them focussed, entertained and exploring their creativity. There are so many great ideas for simple straight forward projects for youngsters, and a lot of them can be done with materials that most of us have in our homes already. I want to share three of the biggest hits with my kids, very few of the materials in these projects would need to be purchased, and if you already craft at home chances are you will have all of them. I picked all three of these projects and called them "hits" because they are all creating something they can enjoy playing with after they have created them. These projects seem to suit children from ages 3 to about 6 although it really depends on the child some children may become bored too quickly and need something more challenging, and yet others may find them to be a little too challenging. If you give them a try you will be able to see what level of complexity your child is best with.

1. Finger glove puppets - Materials needed: One old finger glove, bobbely eyes, or beans or stickers to use for eyes, a pompom, cotton, or bead for a nose, yarn or marker for the mouth, scissors and white glue. Process: Cut the fingers off of the glove for individual puppets or if you prefer leave the glove as is and make the glove into an entire family of puppets on one hand. Cutting the fingers off of the glove may cause them to fray or unravel, you (the adult) can use a hot glue gun to run a ring of glue around the frayed edge just before it hardens squish the edge between your thumb and finger to flatten the glue and push it into the fabric. This will stop the fraying but please be careful not to do it while the glue is still hot. Next the children create their puppet by glueing on their faces and they can even design little ties or shirts to glue on them, or use yarn to make hair. You can even create a mini puppet show out of a cereal box. Then play puppets and have fun!

2. Paper plate masks - Materials needed: small paper plates, markers, sparkles and glue, or sparkle glue, feathers are always fun, popsicle stick or elastic, construction paper, scissors, tape. Process: Cut eyes, nose and a mouth out of the paper plate, children decorate however they like making them bright and colourful or monster like, whatever they choose is an expression of their creativity, encourage it. When they have finished decorating you can either tape a popsicle stick to one side of the mask for them to hold up to their face or you can punch two holes in the plate and tie an elastic to it that will wrap around the back of their heads to keep the masks on. Have a costume party!

3. Shiny cardboard crowns - Materials needed: empty cereal box or other cardboard, tin foil, beads, shinny paper cut into geometric shapes, plastic gems, pieces of old or plastic jewelry, painted macaroni, basically anything they can glue onto the crown to make it look flashy or bright and fun, scissors, glue and tape. Process: cut out the shape of a crown from a cereal box leaving the sides long enough to wrap around the back of your childs head and connect, cover the entire crown with tin foil and glue or tape into place, next let the children decorate as they please with all the decorations you have gathered, when the glue is dry connect the ends together in the back with tape or staples. Play kings and queens and rule the castle!

All three of these projects can be altered a little here and there to be more complex with more supplies offered and more detail put into them, or simplified by the adult doing some of the basics first and just allowing the child to turn it into their own masterpiece with decorations.

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Craft project Basics - materials and cutting tools

Cutting is a fun and an easy way of crafts and projects can be completed in the afternoon. A few tools, cutting is also less expensive than other types of craft projects.

Simply defined, cutting is the art of cut designs of paper or other flat material, and then apply in a decorative pattern on one surface and coating with lacquer or glue.

Tools and required documents

Medium cutting or PVA glue

One of the best-known cutting media is Mod disorder brand. Several forms are available, including matte, glossy, satin, fitting, outdoor and more. Visit your craft store for more choice and cutting marks.

Glue PVA can be used. Also called white glue, it should be toned down for use in the cutting. Three parts glue to one part water is to start with a good formula.

Brush

A regular craft brush works well for cutting. To decrease the brush strokes, use a brush of foam, or doing what is Rosie O'Donnell and simply use your fingers.

Cutting tool

Traditional cutting requires small sharp scissors for cutting very thin. With a knife can be used to cut images, but be sure to use a cutting mat as so you not damage your work surface. Some use of embroidery scissors.

Images

Some companies produce paper specially for the use of cutting, but other sources as well work. Try paper scrapbooking, wrapping paper, magazines, old books, maps, placemats, ticket stubs and anything else you can think of.

Object or surface

Cutting can be applied to almost any type of object or surface. Some ideas are frames, boxes, tables, shelves, convenient, egg shells, jewelry, flower pots, doors, covers scrapbook, counters, stone, metal candle holders, plates, holders of magazines, snack, masks, dolls, wood, holiday ornaments and more.

Tools and additional documentation

Acrylic paints

Some items such as furniture, wooden boxes or picture frames may need a layer of acrylic paint decoupaging before.

Tweezers

Small cutout cutouts can be difficult to pick up with the fingers and sometimes require accurate positioning on the element, you are decoupaging.

BRAYER

A brayer is simply a roll with a handle that can be used to flatten an image or remove air bubbles.

Fine Grit sandpaper

For more professional results, lightly sand point between each layer of the medium dry and clean.

Varnish or lacquer

For a more professional result, complete your project of cutting with multiple layers of varnish, especially if it will receive much use as furniture. Varnish is water based and formulas of the petroleum-based.

Lacquer comes in a spray can and may be preferable for furniture or other large items.

Cutting is easy, pleasant and requires only a few tools to begin.

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Projets d'artisanat pour les enfants - 10 conseils de choses à faire avant de commencer

Crafts for kids projects are supposed to be fun, but it can also be a moment of confusion if the playing area is too messy and chaotic. Implementation of a few ideas to get organized before you start will help keep the time to craft your child happy. Here are 10 to advice before you start:

1 Decide on a craft that your child wants to create and make a list of supplies needed to compete with the boat. (If you have all necessary supplies that you will have to purchase and schedule the activity later).

2. It is best to keep a few extra part supplies in case something is accidentally destroyed.

3 Supplies of use that are non-toxic as markers, paints and glues.

4 Use a cloth or journal plastic on the table where the development will take place.

5 Prepare the equipment and place it on the table before you tell your child, it is the time to craft.

6 Have a supply of wipes or nearby in the event of spills or messy hands paper towels.

7 Keep a few extra part supplies in case something is accidentally destroyed.

9 Allow you child clothing that you not mind ruin them if spots on it.

10 Demonstrate how can their activity, but allow them to do so but they like. Would not insist on perfection or otherwise ruin you the fun.

Have fun with them and do not leave little paint on them bother you. Revel in the moment and take pictures of them and their creation. With a little advanced preparation time craft should be fun time for you and your child. The next time that you have the host of courage a crafts projects for children of the party and invite a few friends. When you have finished your preparations advanced all that remains to do now is to grab a cup of coffee, sit down and look to create new works of art.

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Can a Business Be Made Out of My Craft Projects?

When we think of crafts we think of the artsy crafts but a craft can be anything from art to a trade; it can be a skill, a profession, a job, a special technique or ability. So the craft business is as vast as your imagination. I have brought my crafts to craft shows where the items were supposed to be handmade crafts. Thinking that these shows were going to be the artsy type of crafts I was surprised and a little disappointed in what was accepted as a handmade craft. There was flavored popcorn, candy, food items, soda bottles filled with colored sand, tie-dyed t-shirts, silk screened t-shirts, body lotions and even flea market items. So be careful and check out the shows before you register to show your crafts.

Then there are the juried craft shows where you send in a picture and description of your craft and it is judged before it is accepted. These shows are very specific as to what will be accepted.

Craft business is big business and you can turn your craft projects into a business. You can start off on a small scale selling at craft shows or wholesale to small craft stores. But if you really want to go all out and start a lucrative business then you will need a website. People like handmade crafts and more and more people like the convenience of shopping online in the comfort of their own home.

Some tips on promoting your business: Make sure you put labels on all your crafts with your website. This is a good way to promote your business and people will remember you. At craft shows have business cards to hand out. Put flyers up in stores. Promote your website by exchanging links with other crafters.

If you have a quality craft and you are willing to put in some hard work establishing a business then it is possible to sell your crafts for a profit.

If you are looking for a craft that has annual sales that exceed $2 billion then candle making is for you. It has low start-up costs, is fun to do and people love candles. You can make candles from your own home and your creations are as vast as your imagination.

Candles sales exceed $2 billion annually, 7 out of 10 homes burn candles. With statistics like these there is definitely a market for making and selling candles. For more information on finding your niche in the craft business visit [http://www.countrywinecrafts.com].