When we want to make lovely side edges on a project, we should remember to work side stitches in a certain way that guarantees that the edges will be uniform and nice-looking. These important stitches even have a special name – selvedges. There are a number of ways to work selvedge stitches with each way […]

Neat Edges in Knitting Learn 5 easy ways to knit nice and neat edges on your projects. Useful for scarves, wash clothes, blankets and more!

Learn how to sew the blanket stitch including all of those important steps like, how to use the blanket stitch around corners and how to neatly change thread during the blanket stitch!

Here is a list and description of Drawing Games for Kids that I have discovered around the web. I have also included some drawing games for kids online. If you know of any more drawing games, please comment below and share with the rest of us. ...

When we want to make lovely side edges on a project, we should remember to work side stitches in a certain way that guarantees that the edges will be uniform and nice-looking. These important stitches even have a special name – selvedges. There are a number of ways to work selvedge stitches with each way […]

Learn About the 7 Continents! Exploring the 7 Continents has never been more exciting! It’s a Small World Continent Study is filled with over 35 activities to help your students gain a greater understanding of the seven continents. This 130+ page unit is filled with great resources, posters, printables, activities, and projects that will open […]

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A step-by-step tutorial on how to knit neat edges for beginners. 4 techniques and knitting tips for instant result - video included.

Growing up, I spent countless hours making colorful friendship bracelets. Their resurgence prompted me to rediscover this summer pastime. Here are instructions for one of my favorite patterns ̵…

It's a super clean and neat seam finish to give your garment that little professional touch since it completely encases the raw edges!

An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.

I am sorry for being away from here for a few weeks. I truly appreciate all the emails I received from readers asking where I have been an...

When you’re working with lightweight fabrics, a French seam is often the finish of choice. But if there’s a side-seam vent, you need a way to neatly end the seam…

How to preserve a pattern and cut out your size rather than cutting the paper.

Not sure what to do with empty pill bottles? We share 30 brilliant tips and crafts to reuse, recycle and old pill bottles.

Make a homemade spectroscope with a few simple materials and explore the spectrum of different light sources. You’ll see all kinds of rainbows! This science activity for kids makes a great addition to a unit on light or weather and is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day too! Follow our Science for Kids Pinterest board! Light …

There's non-stop educational fun packed into our preschool busy binder. Tons of activities neatly organized and easily accessible.

Without fail, I find myself scrolling through IG daily, looking for the best IKEA hacks on Instagram. So addictive and so inspiring!

The Long Tail cast on is one of the most popular knitting cast on methods, it works for almost any knitting project. Learn this is quick and neat cast on.

Discover how to effectively integrate Agile User Stories into your development workflow with this step-by-step guide. Learn how to craft user stories that drive efficient and effective development, resulting in better products and satisfied customers.

Make Social Studies come alive with this fun 3D world map activity for world geography. This craftivity can be used to help students study and learn the continents and oceans of the world. There are two different views of the world map: the Western hemisphere and the Eastern hemisphere. This craftivity first has the students coloring the globe outline, then labeling the continents and oceans, equator, and tropic lines, then locating major cities, including the city in which students live. *Note - this craftivity does not make an actual globe. It is a mapping activity - students work with 3 pages of the Western hemisphere and 3 pages of the Eastern hemisphere. When they assemble the map pages (in ANY order), the finished product resembles a globe shape. There are two different sizes included in this resource – one on full sheets and one on half sheets if printing copies is limited at your school. Print only the set you need (the questions / directions are the same for both). Students will finish the labeling and coloring (6 pages in total) before assembling the finished globes (assembly instructions included). I have also included a blank map outline for each hemisphere so you can add your own question, or have your students come up with their own question. Blank outlines can also be used as a cover in case you wish to assemble the globes into a flipbook style, rather than a 3D craftivity. A rubric is also included for formative or summative assessment. Completed craftivities are a fabulous way to decorate your classroom or bulletin boards. It’s a great way to have your students build a display they are proud to share. These globes would look fabulous lined up along a shelf. You have three different options for printing (you want your globes to be sturdy enough to stand on their own): - Print on white construction paper - Print on cardstock - Print on regular paper, then glue onto construction paper and cut out around the globe shape For easier completion, be sure students complete each page BEFORE they assemble (cut and glue) the craftivity. CLICK HERE to see all of my craftivities. *********************************************************************************************************** Follow me on Instagram or Facebook to see more of my classroom ideas!

A step-by-step tutorial on the single cast on - A basic and super-easy way to cast on knitting stitches for beginners - video included

Learn to sew a Zipper. This tutorial with show you How to Sew a Zipper in 3 different ways so you can install a zipper in a bag, on a dress, on a pillow...

Simple sewing projects for kids to make. My children enjoy crafty projects but it annoys me to go to the time and trouble to make something useless, so all of these projects are fun AND useful!

Start with a square. Cut the top and add to the right (90 degrees). Cut the bottom and add to the left (90 degrees). Trace your design on paper and rotate! Click here to see how to create a translat

A step-by-step tutorial on how to bind off the last stitch neatly for knitting beginners. Including a video and easy-to-follow instructions.

Basic Stitches Britannica Online Encyclopedia Dressmaking is a craft of making dresses. It is the basis and the start of the fashion world. When you make dresses, you will be called a dressmaker or historically, modiste. Learning the basics of...

Looking for a easy fun craft for your kids or students? Learn how to make pretty tie-dye coffee filter art.

Do you do writing workshop with your students? My program has evolved over the last 23 years, and now it runs smoothly – although I can’t help but add new ideas each year! Long before I expect students to write stories, we spend a lot of time discussing stories. For example, every time we read […]

Is your cross stitch project turning into a mess? Here are some quick, helpful tips and tricks on how to cross stitch neatly.

Oh how kids go crazy for suncatcher crafts! This super cool suncatcher project is especially neat because it looks just like stained glass. And I love that it can be adapted for a wide variety of ages. Follow our Craft for Kids Pinterest board! Kids just love making suncatchers! There’s just something super exciting about seeing …

If you are a more visual person, then sometimes written pattern directions can be confusing, even if there are some diagrams to help. Sometimes you just

Aurora Sisneros shows you a quick and easy way to take in a shirt by yourself without using a dress form.

Available in English, French Norwegian, Swedish and German. The Dartmoor sweater is slightly oversized drop shoulder style pullover. It is a timeless classic that will keep you cozy and warm. It is constructed from the top down and is worked flat and in the round in stockinette stitch. Sweater features a neat shoulder detail and classic rib around the neck, waist and sleeve cuffs. As an additional help, few videos are included in the pattern. 20 to 25 cm / 8” to 10” of positive ease is built in to the pattern, chose your size based on how much ease you prefer. Sizes Bust circumference including ease XS 109, S 115, M 120, L 125, XL 133, 2XL 144, 3XL 155, 4XL 163, 5XL 173 cm, approximately (XS 43”, S 45¼”, M 47¼”, L 49¼”, XL 52¼”, 2XL 56¾”, 3XL 61”, 4XL 64¼“, 5XL 68¼”). Featured in size M on a 93 cm / 36½” bust. Gauge 15 stitches by 24 rows = 4” x 4” (10 x 10 cm) using size US 9 / 5.50 mm needles in stockinette stitch, after washing and blocking. Suggested Yarn Approximately 425, (425), 450, (500), 500, (550), 575, (625), 675 grams of Lamana “Como Grande”, 50 grams = 120 meters / 131 yards and 75, (75), 100, (100), 100, (100), 125, (125), 150 grams of Lamana “Premia”, 25 grams = 300 meters / 328 yards. Sample is featured in color “51”. Both strands are held together throughout the pattern. Suggested Needles US 9 / 5.50 mm, 80 cm / 32” circular knitting needles or needles to obtain gauge for the main body and double pointed needles or short 25 - 40 cm / 10” - 16” short tip needles for the sleeves+ US 8 / 5.00 mm, 80 cm / 32” + US 7 / 4.50 mm, 25 - 40 cm / 10” - 16” circular knitting needles for the neck ribbing and / or double pointed needles or short tip needles for the sleeve cuffs+ US 10 / 6.00 mm circular or double pointed needles.

Here are 32+ sewing tutorials for projects for teens. These gifts to sew for teens are sure to be popular with older kids.

I took photographs of the students and used a computer drawing program to convert them to high contrast image. The portrait image was transferred (photo copied) to a clear overhead transparency. The students created a collage on white base paper under the overhead picture. To complete the project the artists added a personal phrase about themselves and mounted the portraits on a 12x18 sheet of heavy construction paper. The student portraits were placed around the multi purpose room for the 6th grade promotion ceremony and given to the families at the end of the program.

For a house that speaks volumes, make clever and thrifty use of words with these tips from Country Living.

Today I would love to share with you a technique that I learned several years ago that is absolutely essential for cardigans if you want to avoid knitting the bands and finishing the raw edges. It also comes in handy for scarves or any items with open raw edges. It looks like an ap

Ever since I first heard about watercolour sprays, I’ve been wanting to try them out. The ones you can buy ready-made are I discovered quite expensive, so I decided to create my own using the new powdered water-colour inks I’ve recently treated myself to. That way I can control the dilution I want, mix the colours, and be much more extravagant with them as they are so economical to use. So, I mixed up my inks, and bought some travel sized spray bottles to put them in. There are quite a lot of posts around the internet at the moment for using spray paints with kids, more particularly using trigger sprays outdoors. This looks like great fun, but with the small sprays we were using you can use them with kids quite safely indoors, as long as you take reasonable precautions! This activity was quite a hit with my boys – they couldn’t wait to get stuck in, and even now, every time my 4 year old sees me using them, he wants to join in too. He sometimes struggled with the sprays since they’re not the trigger kind, but he managed most of the time, and I was able to give him help when needed. Again, we used heavy watercolour paper for this, which absorbs the ink so much better, and had lots of paper towels and newspaper to hand, because we were often swimming with pools of ink. As the pools developed, we tipped the paper so that the colour ran, creating new effects. We also used a spray of plain water, just to encourage the ink to run or bleed into the next colour, or even just to make a lovely speckled pattern (wait for the paper to dry a little so that it is no longer shiny, but still damp if you want to retain this ‘rainfall’ effect). If you have the patience for it, you can get beautiful subtle layered effects by letting one colour of spray dry before adding the next. A more mottled effect is created if you continue spraying so that some of the tiny droplets merge to create bigger droplets. We also experimented with masks, stencils and resists to create patterns. Drawing with a wax candle (or wax crayon if you want colour) was effective, as was spraying through paper doilies and lace. We also went outside to fetch leaves from the garden to mask the paper. The ghostly effect achieved is rather like that you find with sunprints, only you don’t have to wait for the sun (which has been in rather short supply here this summer). Alternatively you can create your own stencils and masks from household objects, or paper cut outs. By the time we’d finished we had a whole stack of beautifully decorated fragments of paper. So, what to do with it all? I discovered that by tearing the thick paper, you could get a lovely decorative white edge (remember you have to tear the strip you are removing towards you, if you want to retain a white edge). Punching a hole at one end, and threading a ribbon through it, created beautiful gift tags with a real luxury feel. You could also use strips to create book marks in the same way, mount them onto plain card to create a greetings card, or even as use fragments as a background for beautiful unique, one-of-a-kind business cards. The surface is ideal for writing on, and if I was able to do calligraphy or had beautiful handwriting I would personally like to use them that way. But I don’t, so maybe I’ll experiment with stamping them instead! Whatever you use them for, the results are much too beautiful to throw away!

In this article by Fine Gardening, learn about building a freestanding tomato trellis that will help you grow bigger and better fruit.

An easy reversible and water proof picnic blanket tutorial that is a great beginner's sewing project.

A step by step tutorial on the twist and weave yarn joining method. A super neat way to change colors in knitting without a knot.

When you knit through the back of the loop, the stitches are twisted at the base. Learn how to twist your stitches to knit the prettiest ribbing.