Craft creations and ideas. From polymer clay, popcycle sticks, craft sticks, holiday ideas and much more. Have fun putting your own unique signature and style into a creation and making it your own. Simple and easy ideas for yourself and also ideas to share with your kids.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Treash Bag Wreaths. Cut trash bags in 5inch strips about 1 inch wide. You don't have to be exact. You'll need lots and lots of them. Anywhere from 2-3 large trash bags or equivalent in small bags. Buy different color bags. Just tie and continue to push together on a wire hanger you pulled to oval shape. Once you're done, trim around as necessary. Add some decorations and you have your own homemade wreaths. I even stood back and sprayed a little glitter glue spray on them, very little. Be careful with that though, if you're too close and spray too hard it won't end up like you thought and you'll only glue the strips together and they won't fluff out.
Another tile Mod Podge idea. You can use as a pic to decorate that one space you didn't know what to do with, or make several for a coaster gift or even make a table top out of different designs. Again, the secret is to make sure you get all the bubbles out before covering the entire project with the Podge.
Books of the Bible. A really nice gift for your church sister or brother, or even a youths class project. You might want to practice writing really small though. Cut out your book marker, make it extra long because you don't know how much room you'll need in length. Write your books, old on one side, new on the other. Lay across a piece of paper and use crayons to decorate going across the strip. Use clear packing tape to cover, cut down the sides leaving a very small edge so the paper don't show thru on the sides. You can even paste a pic on the bottom before taping or other idea.
Get some oven baked clay, cookie cutters and have some fun. I got these doggie cookie cutters at the grocery store actually. Follow baking instructions. The one I used was 15 minutes for every 1/25 inch 275 degrees in my oven. This took around 1 hour or so. You'll know when it doesn't feel rubbery. Let cool and paint, seal with a clear lacquer spray or other type clear sealer and you have a really cute doggie gift for that dog lover. You can use other cookie cutters and come up with many ideas.
Have a piece of left over tile in your house. Have your child Mod Podge a pic. Have her paint the tile however she wants. Mod Podge the back of the pic and place in the center. Take a roller and make sure all the bubbles are out and you roll it down evenly. Wait 15-20 minutes to dry. Then Have her Mod Podge over the entire piece of tile all the way over the edges and over the pic. Wait another 15-20 minutes to dry and spray the Mod Podge sealer on it. You can put it on a stand, in a picture frame or use as a coaster. You can come up with a lot of ideas to teach your child creativity.
Cookie sheet yesterday, magnet board today. Just take that old cookie sheet, spray paint it. Seal with a laquer or other clear finish. Glue 2 strips of magnet on the back and wala, a magnet board for your kids or even yourself to spruce up that fridge. Or even hang it in your kids room for fun ideas to post on.
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