Tin Can Christmas Tree Activity - Babble Dabble Do Recycled crafts are always a winner around my house and this easy Tin Can Christmas Tree Activity for kids was the perfect way to upcycle some cans and provide the kiddos with a design challenge! I have to admit this is my favorite Christmas DIY post yet. Not only did I have fun creating it but my daughter actually loved doing the activity! This idea was inspired by the tin can robot idea that floated around the craft circuit a few years ago, originally published in Parents Magazine I believe….only this involves a Christmas twist! The fun part about this is that tree decorations are removable/repositionable. Note: This post was originally published in December of 2012. Materials 3 empty, clean tin cans, small, medium, and large. Instructions Step One Spray paint your cans. Step Four Cut your magnetic sheets into pieces. Step Six Make a star for the top. You’re done! Looking for cool art and design toy ideas for your kids this year? Shared on Made By You Mondays!
DIY Christmas Star Ornament Christmas is only a month away and people are getting anxious. Shops around the world are getting filled with all kind of toys and decorations. People also start to buy food to prepare the most delicious dinner in the whole year. Try to make this simple and stylish Christmas star ornament. some wool;a polystyrene tray (you can take one from the supermarket);toothpicks or wooden sticks;white glue;a star template previously drawn and cut out of a piece of paper; First, soak the string of wool in some glue mixed with water in equal parts. Don’t take much time for this process, because the glue will dry. As you can see, this technique can be used to make many types of Christmas decorations. Source: decorareciclaimagina
DIY Christmas Trees Ideas 1- Snow Cone Christmas Tree (Link) 2- DIY Pretty Paper Christmas Tree (Link)3- DIY Ribbon Christmas Tree 4- Coffee Beans Christmas Tree (Link) 5- Strawberry Christmas Tree 6- Toilet Paper Rolls Christmas Tree For Kids (Instructions)7- Candy Cane 8- Tissue Paper Christmas Tree 8- Mesh Christmas Tree 9- Sparkly Glitter Christmas Tree
50 Treat Ideas for Valentine's Day - Heart shaped macaron with raspberry/ strawberry from Mad Baker - Marshmallow for hot cocoa from The Decorate Cookie Love love love love this idea! - Homemade Valentine's Day mints from Busy Mommy - Hot chocolate for your Valentine from Martha Stewart - I heart cupcakes! - Strawberry ladybugs from Wing- It Vegan - Heart shaped roasted potato from Haniela's Food & Photography - Valentine coffee via Gusto di Vita Looks easy! - Gumdrop flowers from Craftberry Bush - Heart shaped cinnamon rolls from Pinch My Salt What a lovely Valentine's Day breakfast! - Chocolate covered pretzel from Creatively Christy A fun and Simple idea! - The cutest Valentine's Day card! - Heart shaped rice ball (onigiri) via Deviant Art - Red wine lollipop from Sprinkle Bakes Treat for grown ups - Chocolate dipped strawberry rose from Babble These strawberry flowers would be good for Mother's Day too! - Bake a heart into the cupcake! - Brown sugar blondies for Valentine from Baked Perfection A simple recipe! - Candy necklace.
DIY: Memories In A Jar Give an antique look to a photograph inside a glass jar. You just need to be a black and white photo, fill the jar with oil (preferably olive oil), add some dried flowers or branches and place the photo inside. It will look amazing! Memories in a bottle … Just put a picture inside a glass jar and add objects related to that time. Look here for some ideas: Flower Tea Bags Flower Tea Bags painted with tea! Flower Topped Tea Bags make a perfect gift. We started experimenting with tea for Mother's Day and loved the results. Can you believe this color is actually tea? Click on "READ MORE" for full tutorial To make these, I used a tea called Lov's Red Berries Tea ---- both to fill the bags and to use as "paint". Supplies: 1. 2. Kitchen String Leaf Shaped Gift Tags (I used green tea painted tea bags that I cut into leaf shapes) Hole Punch Scissors HOW TO: 1 Gather Supplies. 2. While the flower tea bags are drying, punch a hole in the corner of the leaf gift tags, draw a string through this hole to make a gift tag. 7 - 10. Something you might:(tea example, as seen above)Alphabet ContainersAn Apple Sachet for TeacherMint Tea
Tissue Paper Carnations Today is the start of Flower Week on Folding Trees. Every weekday, I will be showcasing different types of paper flowers. You may be surprised at the variety of flowers you can make using different paper craft techniques! If you know of any amazing flower tutorials I should include in my round-up, let me know! When I had the idea for Flower Week, I thought I would kick off the week with some flowers that I made myself. I wanted to try some tissue paper flowers, but when I followed various tutorials I found online, the flowers I made weren’t realistic enough for me. A vase of pretty tissue paper carnations! Want to make your own? This tutorial is Donationware – the instructions are available for free, but if you like it please consider sending me a donation (via my other website, PlanetJune) to show your appreciation: Send me a donation and receive the easy-to-print PDF version of the tutorial as a thank you! Donations of any size are much appreciated. You will need: ..Erm, yes.
DIY Paper Poppy Another one of my favorite paper flowers that I created last year is this orange paper poppy. I made two dozen of them to decorate my daughter’s 18th birthday party last year mixing it with a black and white French theme. As one of my favorites and loving the happy orange color, I have since used these poppies for paper brooches, to wear in my hair and of course to add that special touch on top of gifts. This PDF includes the watercolor print for both the front and back of this flower. I find this style works best with a laser printer and am delighted to find that FedEx Office can print this for you for around $1 a flower. Have them print it onto their regular printer paper, text weight.
Paper Crafts : - StumbleUpon Description: So stylish, cheap and easy! Craft Link: Pretty Paper Flowers Read More: Paper Crafts or Home Description: Create custom artwork for next to nothing with this very clear tutorial. Craft Link: Paper Weaving Description: I’m crazy about this delicate paper mobile from The Red Thread. Craft Link : Geo Paper Mobile Read More : Candle Making or Paper Crafts or Home Description: In case you’re not sure what quilling is, it’s the art of rolling thin strips of paper into lovely little designs. Craft Link : DIY Quilled Chess Set Read More : Candle Making or Paper Crafts or Home Description: Jessica, from How About Orange, made these adorable candle holders using sheets of computer paper and a craft knife. Craft Link : Cut Paper Candle Holders Description : I’ve been seeing lots of ways of presenting cupcakes lately, but this cupcake stand is my absolute favorite!! Craft Link : Super Adorable Cupcake Stand Read More : Paper Crafts or Home Craft Link : Easy Tiny Envelopes Tutorial
Chouette The first kit of the new year is this deceivingly simple looking little owl to expand the bird-population in 3EyedBear’s universe. We all know owls are one of the wisest creatures and this one certainly will be one day too. Thing is: she’s still very young and inexperienced, but she compensates that with a passion for reading thick books while you sleep. It don’t hurt to have her posted in your bedroom since owls hunt for little scary creatures by inborn instinct. She will watch over you. Happy dreams everyone (click one of the images to download Howie) Collect them all! Edit: Thank you for all the lovely blog-title suggestions in the comment-box. Now let’s send some pictures of one of the owls and share how you are taking care of them. -Darla from delicious Bakingdom created 3 Harry Potter-themed owls here for downloading. TAGS: None
Handmade Holidays: Scrap Wood Snowmen Do you woodwork? Chances are you have a box of leftover odds and ends of wood that can be turned into something cute for the holidays. My husband has a huge box of wood pieces that he throws leftovers into after he’s done making a project. These pieces can range from tiny little scraps to half a two by four. But for some reason he had a bunch of pieces that were all about the same size left over from making something and we came up with these cute little snowmen.We used three pieces of wood with two being between two and three inches long and about an inch and a half wide and maybe a quarter to a half inch thick. Then we used a smaller piece, same width and depth, just a little shorter to fit in the middle. Then we used pieces of Popsicle craft sticks for the brim of the hats on some snowmen, others he cut little slivers of scrap wood to use as the brims. Paint the snowmen before putting them together. Then paint your hats in the desired colors. Now paint happy snowman faces on the wood.
Scrapbook paper tree ornament I have been looking for an easy ornament for my kids to make to carry on one of my annual Christmas traditions and I found this idea on the BHG website. I thought it was cute and looked extremely easy ...plus there is no paint or glitter involved so I am happy :) Materials needed: Scrapbook paper (I used thick paper that had a cotton like texture to it with glitter accents..got it at the Dollar Store) Thin wire Glue Beads (optional) Method: Cut three pieces of wire (approximately 10 inches each) and bend the top of each wire into a loop. I used a dab of hot glue to attach the 3 wires together and then wrapped a small piece of paper around the glue to hide it. Make sure the loops are pointing in various directions. Draw three circles of gradually increasing size on the back of the scrapbook paper. Cut the circles out leaving approximately 1/2 an inch outside the circle and then carefully rip the paper along the line to give a rough edge. Cut from the side of the circle to the middle. Enjoy.
101 Green Handmade Gift Tutorials These crafty green gift tutorials are going to make you recycle, reuse, upcycle or repurpose like never before…you’ll see. Whatever you want to call it, going green is the way to go! There’s a little something for everyone and I know you are going to find the perfect gift for your neighbor, brother, mother, sister…you get my drift…there are 101 tutorials here, people!!!! You might need to grab a few extra recycling bins, but it’s worth it! Why spend a ton on gifts when you can go green??? If you love creative links, please subscribe to Everything Etsy! Thanks so much for all your tweets, stumbles, Facebook likes and pins on my 101 Simple Handmade Gift Tutorials and Free Printables posts…you are the coolest crafty friends! Here’s a little something extra for your home… Check out 101 Green Home Decor Tutorials to make your home beautiful on a budget! Have you finished a green project lately? ~Kim Hooked on Tutorials? There was an issue loading your timed LeadBox™.
Paper Moravian Star Tutorial After I posted my Christmas tree last week, I had a few requests for instructions on how to make the paper star. I think it might be hard to write out, but here it goes... Materials: - 4 strips of paper; 3/4" wide by at least 17" long - thread or string to hang You will find large sheets of paper in an art supply store or the art section at Michael's or Hobby Lobby. I use a self-healing mat, straightedge, and rotary cutter to cut the strips of paper. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. So that your paper looks like this: 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Hold paper in your hand and fold strip like shown in photo below: 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. { Yikes, don't mind my dry, ugly hands. 25. Your star is finished! I made this green star a few years ago by using wrapping paper. Good luck - I really hope this tutorial makes sense!