April 30th, 2008 at 8:00am
While looking for some more Spring craft ideas, I came across this Woodsies Wind Chime to make over at MakingFriends.
Use your imagination and add different wood shapes and paint in bright colors. Make either the house or the butterfly.
You can find all the instructions here.
Happy Crafting!!
Tags: Chimes, crafts, Spring
April 29th, 2008 at 7:45pm
I found some kids crafts projects for Father’s Day over at MyCraftBook. Crafts for children from preschool to kids 10+.
- Father’s Day Paperweight. A great project for young children (preschool) to make. You need a rock, glitter and tacky glue.
- Key Chain with picture. Make your dad a key chain with a photo of you to carry with him every day. A craft for children 10 and up.
- Father’s Day Collage Card. Glue pictures of some of your dad’s favorite things or items you associate with your dad on a card.
Click here for more Father Day’s Craft ideas from MyCraftBook.
Happy Crafting!!
Tags: children, crafts, Dads, Father's
April 24th, 2008 at 8:00am
This week it is cold and has even snowed a bit here in Pangman, Saskatchewan, and I am wondering when Spring is actually going to arrive.
When I was looking for some craft ideas for the garden and yard I came across this Bird Feeder project over at All Free Crafts, made from a milk carton. To make this project you will need:
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milk or juice carton
craft knife or scissors
wax pencil or crayon
ruler or straight edge
two small lengths of double-sided tape
two bamboo skewers or straight, small diameter twigs to use as perchs
bird seed
hole punch
twine to make a hanger
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You will find all the instructions to make this Bird Feeder here.
You might also want to check out this book
Projects for the Birder’s Garden: Over 100 Easy Things That You can Make to Turn Your Yard and Garden into a Bird-Friendly Haven.
Happy Crafting!!
Tags: Bird Feeder, Birds, crafts, Recycling, Spring
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:00am
Does your Dad love to Barbeque, then make him a BBQ Apron for this Father’s Day. Over at Fun Pages For Kids I found instructions for making this BBQ Apron. You will need a white apron, fabric paint, paintbrush, pencil, 2 empty small square boxes, 1/4 inch think twine, craft glue gun, and paper plates. You will find all the instructions to make this apron here.
At Kaboose I found another BBQ apron to make called King of the BBQ Apron. For this project you will need a Plain apron, Gold glitter craft paint (Tulip paint), Fabric markers (brown, black and red), Lime green 3D fabric paint, Household sponge, Scissors, and Cardboard. You will find all the instructions to make this apron here.
If you are looking for a book about making aprons you might want to check out
The Apron Book: Making, Wearing, and Sharing a Bit of Cloth and Comfort.
Happy Crafting!!
Tags: Aprons, BBQ, Crafting, Father's
April 18th, 2008 at 9:46am
While searching for ideas using old blue jeans, I found Denim Pocket Magnets to make from the pockets of jeans over at All Free Crafts. For this project you will need: denim jean pockets cut from old jeans, fabric paint, some lace trim, fridge magnet, and glue (craft or hot glue). You can find all the instructions here to make these Denim Pocket Magnets. Make some for your mom this Mother’s Day.
You also might be interested in this book “Quick-Sew Denim: With No-Sew Options (Paperback) by Barb Chauncy. It has lots of ideas for re-using those blue jeans.
Happy Crafting!!
Tags: crafts, mother's, Recycling, sewing
April 16th, 2008 at 9:27am
April 13th, 2008 at 10:09am
While browsing the internet for Father’s Day craft ideas, I found a Shadowbox at Michaels.
I think this would make a great Father’s day gift. I wish I would have made one for my Dad before he passed. I would have made it with pictures of him fishing, as he loved to fish. Anyway, you can find the instructions here.
Happy Crafting!!
Tags: Crafting, Father's, Scrapbooking
April 10th, 2008 at 8:53am
There are many many Mother’s Day craft ideas to be found on the internet. One could spend hours and hours looking for just the right handmade gift to make.
One of my favourite sites for craft ideas is All Free Crafts. They have many craft projects for everyone in the family to make.
Here are just a few of their Mother’s Day Crafts
- Wallpaper Butterfly Notes made using wallpaper, for the butterflys, a clothespin and a magnet. These are lovely magnets for displaying children’s drawings, pictures, etc on the fridge.
- Scented Potpourri Ball made with a doily, silk flowers and fragrant potpourri.
- Tiny Treasure Boxes made with greeting cards. Great way to recycle those greeting cards.
Click here to see all their Mother Day Craft ideas.
Happy Crafting!!
Tags: crafts, mother's
April 8th, 2008 at 9:42am
While searching for mother’s day craft ideas this morning, I came across some handmade card projects for the children to make.
At DLTK’s there is a Four Fold Card to make for Mother’s Day. Print out the template (B&W or in Color), glue a photo of the child in center blank square, and fold card along dotted lines. Complete instructions here for this card.
At Kaboose I found some more cards to make. There is a Fingerprint Card for children ages 3 and up; Funky Stripes card for children ages 6 and up; Gardening Card for children ages 4 and the Bubble Paper Mother’s Day Card for children ages 5 and up, and lots more. You will find all the cards and instructions here.
At Activity Village there is a Daisy Picture to make as a picture or card and Fingerprint Flower Cards for the younger children to make.
Happy Crafting!!
Tags: children, crafts, Mother's Cards
April 5th, 2008 at 10:50am
Does your Mom love to read! If she does, then there are many ideas for making her a special Bookmark for Mother’s Day.
If you are not a crafty person, there are some free bookmarks you can print out. There are 3 bookmarks free to print at ActivityVillage. They read “Happy Mother’s Day”, “I Love You!”, and “You Are The Best!”. You need to have Acrobat Reader to print these, and all 3 bookmarks print on 1 page. At All Free Printables I found 4 free bookmarks you can print. You click on the bookmark to print out your favourite. These bookmarks have a poem or verse for Mom on them.
If you want to make a handmade bookmark, at Kaboose they have a instructions on how to make a bookmark using wrapping paper and cardboard. This is an easy project for Dad to make with the kids.
Happy Crafting!!
Tags: bookmarks, children, crafts, mother's