Do you have a growing pile of odd socks? Don't get frustrated, we've found 10 clever craft ideas you can do with those odd socks.
Does the idea of School Market Day for your child make you feel anxious about what you need to make? I’ve been there -- as recently as last year! To help stem the panic this year, I came up with ten clever, easy, and practical items to ensure that your child’s next Business or Market Day is a big success. Fun & Easy Market Day Ideas for Kids I tried to find things to make for many different ages, so whether your kid is in elementary school or middle school, they'll find a good, simple business idea in
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If you are looking for a fun camp craft idea for scouts or a summer craft for tweens, then this soda straw weaving bracelet is perfect! Read on to see how to do straw weaving. Your child will love making colorful yarn bracelets.
This bed sheets shell decoration is an easy 'beach cottage'- home summer crafts. I came across this easy, free tutorial on how to make shell printed bed sheets, while I am prepping my future craft photos & articles on “How to create a Beach Cottage nowhere how far you are from the ocean”.
Egg carton crafts encourage creativity in kids and it's also a great way to use up all those pieces of cardboard after Easter Sunday is over.
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What started off as a small blog with just 6 family pictures based on a principle of matching an old photo with the present day setting, has now turned into highly successful site of digital nostalgia with hundreds of submissions from all over the world. Here are some of our favorite and most heart touching dear photograph picks.
Bring out your craft sticks and pipe cleaners as we're making a craft stick crocodile craft today! These little fellows look super fun, and what's even more fun is that once your kids make them,
Summer is just around the corner and it is time to start thinking about all those long summer days, which lead to lots of “Mom! I’m bored!” cries! To keep the boredom at bay, I’ve rounded up 50+ amazing crafts Read More...
Handmade Christmas Ornaments don't need to look cheap or homemade. Here are several beautiful Christmas ornaments to make using cardboard that would make pretty Christmas tree decorations and gift toppers. I got a request from Abigail asking for some Cardboard handmade Christmas ornaments and you know how I am to serve. {high fives} There are so many different ways to make Christmas ornament crafts especially using cardboard. So Abigail let me know if these are what you're looking for. I tried to get a variety of Handmade Christmas Ornaments like cardboard only, Christmas ornament crafts for kids, 3D, congregated, rolled, blinged
The classroom of your dreams is easy to achieve with a little DIY magic.
Photographer Jan von Holleben, 37, from Germany, came up with the idea for the project which involved children aged 3-11 and said he hoped the results proved that 'everything is possible'.
There are tons of inspiring DIY leaf crafts around the web, but many are for admiring, not actual making. Here are 10 that your kids will totally love!
Lovely antique hearts are fun to collect and use in special places throughout your home. I collect miniature antique Limoges boxes, antique compacts and other miniatures and have them displayed in a pretty French curio cabinet. I have included some of my heart boxes in this post. Since everybody loves hearts, and Valentine's Day is just around the corner, I thought a post about them would be timely. I also added some gifs from the Franco Zeffirelli 1968 film Romeo and Juliet. If you have never seen this movie do whatever you need to do to see it. It is by far the best Romeo and Juliet film!! I hope you enjoy the post! Please play the music, it will set the mood!! fragonard.com moderndayfairytale.... wildrosevintage.blo... metmuseum.org google.com countryliving.com stitchinfingers.ning.com s767.photobucket.com flickr.com encoreuneminute.tumblr.com countryliving.com nordljusbutiken.blo... flickr.com umla.tumblr.com 28.media.tumblr.com todolwen.blogspot.c... wildrosevintage.blo... dsharp.typepad.com google.com tumblr.com la-la-la-bonne-vie.tumblr.com ozmaofodds.blogspot... www.lisafarmerdesigns.com These are three hearts from my miniature collection. dsharp.typepad.com velvetstrawberries.... google.com google.com google.com google.com etsyvintage.blogspot.com 52flea.blogspot.com georgiannalane.blogspot.com google.com tarabradford.com All gifs are via tumblr. Click here to see the previous post! http://eyefordesignlfd.blogspot.com/2013/01/decorating-with-borne-settee.html This blog post was published by Lisa Farmer
2018 Topic 8: Boxes Olique Well hello everyone, Darcy here bringing you our new blog topic. This time we are looking at making and decorating boxes. whether you use them as ornaments, storage or for giving gifts, we can all agree that we couldn't manage without boxes. There are so many on our homes, so why not make them beautiful to look at. Before we start, let's see who won the Topic 7: Kraft card... The winner is: Monika from Mistletoe Home Designs Email Darcy to claim your prize. [email protected] Boxes, chests, caskets, trunks; they have been around for centuries. Used for storage and made from wood or metal, they have been large and heavy, some plain and some statement pieces. Modern boxes are generally made from cardboard, and we don't display them in our homes. Think about when people had 'hope chests' and 'trunks' for travelling. They were dedicated boxes, and a lot of thought when into their construction, but also into how they looked. Jewellery boxes were another stunning piece of art in their own right. It is time to get back to making storage pretty, perhaps not as large as a hope chest though! Here is a modern take on a jewellery box. Stewart Jones Cardboard of course is a go-to substrate, whether that is thin card, mount board or heavy duty card with a corrugated centre, there are lots of opportunities to recycle with this topic. Look in your recycling box; amazon boxes, cereal boxes, backboards from sketchbooks, shoe boxes, etc, they can all be reused. Of course there are also some plain wooden boxes available in hobby shops, ready for you to decorate, these can be painted, stamped, decoupaged or like the example above they can have designs burnt into them using a pyrography tool. You could of course not decorate at all, just go big! really big! This giant box installation is by Zimoun, in Bucharest. It is made from 2000 pieces of cardboard. Zimoun Another installation here, this one could be done on a much smaller scale, and would be so much fun to do with children. I see summer holiday fun in these. I quite fancy making some myself and I don't even have the excuse of having children around! Julien Gardair If faces aren't your thing, how about houses, again I think this would be a great project for children to let their imaginations run wild and get them off their electronic devices. Annalise Rees Switching to wood for a moment, these seem to be old packing crates or wine boxes, though this is quite large, it would make a stunning feature against one wall. As they are individual dioramas you could always just have one as a statement piece. Allison May Kiphuth Back to cardboard, you can make a much smaller version of the above installation. You can buy configuration boxes, or better still make your own. Fill them with oddities, or pop them into a draw and use them as storage. Wouldn't this make a great drawer tidy, for stationery, or jewellery! Follow the link to see how this drawer divider set was made from cereal boxes. Jennifer Jones What can you display on a box? well it seems, anything and everything! A veritable feast of oddities can be crammed into tiny spaces. It probably doesn't come much smaller than matchbox art. Cocostyle Of course all kinds of strange little oddities can be displayed in boxes. Mano Kellner These matchbox dolls are some of the cutest things I have ever seen, how much fun! Just look at their little stick legs! Merve Gizem Sincik Books and boxes are a great combination, how about a teeny, tiny accordion book in a box! Sugar Bee Crafts What about these 'comfort' boxes, fill with happy images and an uplifting phrase or message and give them out to your friends. This would definitely make me smile. Kim Welling Another book in a box, Oh be still my beating heart, how gorgeous is this, what tiny secrets and things could you write about in here. Kate Bowles Boxes are fantastic for presenting gifts and bulky cards, I am sure most of us have made a card with just one too many flowers on it, only to find it would not fit in an envelope. But how about making the box a part of the card. Pop up box cards are such fun, you can cram in so many details. Claire Boelema This leads us nicely into exploding boxes, at one time they were so popular and everyone was making them. They involve a lot of work but they are worth it. Elaine Elaine Let's look at gift boxes, these give you an opportunity to take your design outside of the card or gift, they can be simple of elaborate. They can also be made in almost any shape, these wonderful triangle boxes really caught my eye. Candy Wooding Pillow boxes are another unusual shape, but so easy to make. Look at these Halloween pillow boxes, a great way to give out treats in October. Maile Belles Maybe fabric is your thing, I went through a period where I loved making fabric boxes as gifts. I have a lovely book called Embroidered Boxes by Janet Edmonds that is worth looking at. Here is an embroidered fabric box,made to look like a house, so much work but stunning. Janice MacDougall How about this for a sensory overload, a see through, perhaps walk through? box with no sides! This is so pretty, could this be done on a small scale, maybe construction as a hanging mobile in a window? Don't forget just because the original is a huge installation does not mean that you can't take something from that, scale it down, make it work for you. Ebony Bizys A quirky one to finish with, how about this for an aquarium! I think this is the weirdest use of a telephone box that I have ever seen, it was created by students in Japan. Kingyobu Have fun over the next 2 weeks and show us what you can do with a box, let those creative juices go wild and then link up your fantastic creations. Don't forget to follow Darcy and Leandra's Pinterest boards if this topic pushes your buttons, you will see plenty more examples to whet your appetite there! I am really looking forward to seeing what you create over the next 2 weeks! ~ Darcy We always hope that you learn something interesting from our blog. Our creative team love to read your comments so much, so please take time to let them know you've been inspired! You must complete step 1 AND 2 to be entered into the draw. To join our challenge: 1. Leave a comment on the Topic Introduction Post and go in the draw to win a PaperArtsy Apron. 2. Make something arty relevant to the topic, and link your creation from any social URL (eg. Instagram, Pinterest, Blog Post etc) sharing your original make to this challenge page. The current topic link Topic 8: Boxes will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, 13th May 2018, and the winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00. All links go in the draw to win a PaperArtsy creative apron. Please make sure we can contact you as a prize winner - it helps if you share your contact info from the platform you opt to use. Good Luck! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Photographer Jan von Holleben, 37, from Germany, came up with the idea for the project which involved children aged 3-11 and said he hoped the results proved that 'everything is possible'.
Practice makes future perfect!
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Bed sheets are way more versatile than you think.
Very cool ideas you have never seen before!
Day 37 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Clever and Silly Wrap Ideas!
A quick and easy picture filled turotial on how to make fire startes for free using recycled items you have laying arounf your house.
Whether he’s right down the hall or far away, these are the cutest and sweetest DIY Open When letters for your boyfriend, fiance, or husband I have ever seen. Let’s look at some unique topics...
Do you have an over abundance of fabric scraps that you are holding on to, “just in case”? Cintia from My Poppet was doing just that, and then she came up with the clever idea of turning her scraps into pretty twine. You can find the simple tutorial below. Scrap fabric strips in assorted lengths (max 1″ wide) Something to wind your twine on to Scissors For more pictures and the full tutorial, head over to My Poppet.
Getting ready for your next home renovation project, and planning on taking the DIY approach? Whether you’re trying to figure out the best configuration for your doorway, the perfect type of hardwood for your kitchen
This post shares three alternative creative ways you can use the IKEA STOLTHET chopping board around your home!
Build your DIY birdfeeder today. Not only are these great for hanging on your own porch, they make the ideal gift for other wildlife lovers.
Bonus points if you pair one of these with a book (or seven).
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The latest furniture collections from Better Homes & Gardens' Walmart line have the entire house covered. We compiled the best pieces for your living room, dining room, bedroom, and home office.
I love the look of this little plane made with a clothes pin and ice cream sticks in natural wood but it also is a great project to paint in all sorts of colors. It also makes a great decoration wi…
Probably the biggest lifehack collection online! Many original ideas not posted elsewhere.
Do you ever wonder what you can do with walnut shells? This article includes a large variety of crafts and activities using shell halves or ground shells that are kid-friendly and fun to try!