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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Crafting Kiddies Sunday #2~ Spring Blossoms

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Are you ready for a really fun, easy, family project that looks great on display?

Well grab your kiddies and some supplies and let's begin!

This was another craft we completed over the weekend, and I am really pleased with the results.

I came across this craft over at Sew,Craft,Create.

Such a cute little blog, check her out.

First you will need:

twigs,
2 colors tissue paper(1 sheet each)
scissors,
& a hot glue gun

I used 1 purple & 1 yellow for my colors.

Then I cut assorted sized squares from the tissue paper,
I put the purple sheet on top of the yellow so I would have matching sizes.

You can then either fold your second color in half forming a triangle,
or you can cut it in half from corner to corner to make a single ply triangle.

I folded mine.

Now for the helpers

They loved this part!

Lay your triangle on top of your square &

hold a pencil(tip side) up

then place your 2 pieces of tissue paper(square on the bottom)

so that it's touching your pencil tip.

With your other hand pinch the tissue paper around the tip & twist slightly.

Take it off the pencil & twist just the bottom to secure your flower from unfolding.

Look at that concentration.

While the kiddies made the blossoms,

I put a dab of hot glue on my twig where I wanted the blossom to sit.

For me, I wanted my blossoms at the fork in the twig.

Then quickly place the blossom in the hot glue

You may need to hold it until the glue starts to cool

& you may want to twist it to make the blossom how you want it.

Then Michaela had a quick fit because I wouldn't let her have the hot glue gun......

Then she found a small twig

and used it as a brush

Here's how the finished project looked

In a vase(colors in this picture is how it looks in person)

with natural light

A single twig on the mantle is simple & pretty

Once I played around with the placement of them

I decided I liked them both on the mantle

Don't mind the empty space above....

that's where my next craft is gonna go.

I'm in the process of that one at the moment =D

The longest part of this craft was figuring out where I wanted them to go.

I'm a tad bit indecisive...I'm a Libra what do ya expect? Hehe

Isn't this just sweet & simple?

~Iffy~

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Crafting Kiddies Sunday #1 ~ Easter Egg Garland

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This past weekend my 2 older kiddies & I had a little craft time together.

It was great, and they really enjoyed it so we may have to make it a weekly thing around here =D

This is one of 2 crafts we tackled.

Easter Egg Garland.

I have been making lots of trips(which the Mr. loves) to Lowes & Home Depot lately, so picking up paint chips was no problem at all.

I came across the idea from Modern Parents Messy Kids. Check out her tutorial there.

This is a super easy & fun Easter project to do with the kiddies.

Here's what you will need:

paint chips(assorted colors)

scissors

waxed linen cord

pencil(not pictured)

something sharp to poke the holes in the paint chips(I used a protractor)

oh and kiddies of course

First, I drew an egg shape on one of the paint chips & cut it out.

I used this one as my stencil & tossed it once all the eggs were traced as you don't want pencil on the edges of your garland. (I traced on the backs of the paint chips too btw same reason)

Once they were all cut out(which I did so they would be more egg shaped & consistent in size),

I then punched 2 level holes through the front of the egg.

I took a piece of the waxed linen cord and tied a double knot at the end.

You thread each egg the same by pushing the cord up through the back, across the front & back down the other hole to the back.