Recipes for Bay Scallop Gratins with Mushrooms, Smoked Salmon and Balsamic Vinaigrette, Miso Butter, Cauliflower and Gruyere, Spinach and Saffron. Gourmet Gratins.
Here are a selection of the amazing windows created by Anthropologie for Earth Day. This year their theme was underwater. The contents of most windows were later auctioned off with proceeds going t…
I and the children LOVE these AMAZING trash liner jellyfish. So simple, and yet such an amazing addition to our OCEAN/SEA theme. I have added a Youtube tutorial at the bottom. To make these I used two 10 gallon commercial trashcan liners, the ones for small office trash cans, at a cost of about 5 cents and about 10 minutes of time each. #1 The first liner is opened up, four "corners" [just grab the edge about every 1/4 around] brought together and stapled, then stuffed down into the center of the bag to create a bowl shape. #2 For the second liner, cut off the sealed edge. It is accordion folded in fourths. Unfold completely and fold over once to create a square, giving you four layers of plastic. Cut off the edges and cut into spiral. I did about a 1 - 1 1/4 inch thickness. The wider the strip the shorter the "tentacles." I didn't try to be that accurate or to make a perfect circle. I knew once they were opened out that it wouldn't matter. You end up with a pretty long strip. I folded it in half and cut it to create two strips of equal length. Since it's actually doubled over double layers, this gives you 8 tentacles total. Spread them all apart. \ If you try to attach them without separating them first, they will cling to one another and not fall properly to create the tentacle effect. Once separated, join them all together, placing them randomly together in a circle and stapling together. Since you have two sets of four of the same cut, this is important that they not sit perfectly together or it won't look right. Stick the tentacle staple up against the inside of the bowl shaped bag and push up with your hand. Collect all layers on the top, along with a string to hang if wanted, and staple. You can't see the staple on the ones I have up. The plastic folds over and hides it. The layers are: TENTACLES TOP OF BAG gathered together and folded over [pic below] BOTTOM CENTER OF BAG STRING FOR HANGING All are stapled through at once. I can now make them with just one stable through the whole thing, but it is easier to staple the tentacles first, then the top of the bag, then the combined pieces. These are WONDERFUL!! I'm so glad I came across the idea. I think my process is MUCH easier than the original instructions, which used clear rubber bands. This is an original idea of Casa Haus English that her daughter created for a school assignment. She placed her jellyfish creation on a stick and used it as a movable puppet. Our jellyfish did the same, which is really cool, but with 2 and 3-year-olds, playing with plastic bags just doesn't work. So, ours are hung from the ceiling. TUTORIAL I have received several emails about the bringing the "corners" together step, so have created the following tutorial. A couple of things to note is that for this one I used smaller liners than the ones in this post, and I folded the first liner in quarters rather than opening it out and folding it in half, so the tentacles came out shorter. Only the last staple is necessary. If you are making a lot of these, you'll probably get to the point where you can just hold it all together and only use the one staple. Tags: ocean, sea, theme, unit, preschool, kindergarten, child, care, childcare, daycare, beach, jellyfish, animals, craft, art, decoration, puppet, plastic, bag, trash, can, liner
Two VBS volunteers recently posted pictures of how they’re making coral reefs for this summer. We thought we’d share their wonderful ideas with you.
This gluten-free paper mache clay recipe without flour will be helpful for paper mache sculptors who worry about critters being attracted to the flour in the original recipe.
Husband and wife team Paul DeSomma and Marsha Blaker translate their oceanic inspirations directly into their collaborative glass sculptures, frozen glass waves caught mid-crash and appearing to spray surf from the contained vessels. The works exist as seamless gradients, dark blues circling the base while white froth circles the top of the pieces crafted from molten glass. Although the couple works collaboratively on the vases, they also adhere to individual practices. Blaker focused on the textures and colors found within detailed marine environments while DeSomma’s work emphasizes the clarity and form of colorless and transparent glass. More
Do you remember the My Heart to Yours craft? These are the extra egg casings that were left over. We couldn't use them because of thei...
Today, I’ll show you how to make just about anything you can imagine with hypertufa using inexpensive materials you can buy from your closest home center. I’ll also show you all of the many ways you can use this versatile material to achieve various different textures and finishes without much effort. What is Hypertufa? Tufa is […]
As you all know Chad & I love to make nothing into something!!! So when one of our kids came up to me last weekend and told me about the Super Hero day his school had,…… that he did…
Coffee filters and tulle, who knew? You can dye them, string, crunch, glue, and tie them! I wanted to create something really vibrant that represented sea coral for C’s Under The Sea Birthday…
A simple little project that was not only fun, but also therapeutic!!! Supplies: 1. Coffee filters (about 30 per kid) 2. Food coloring (Gel color creates more vibrant colors) 3. Large bowls with about 1 inch of water 4. Wax Paper 5. Pipe Cleaners Simple steps: Squirt a good amount of food coloring into each of your bowls. Dip a test filter into your color to see if you like the color! Too light? Add more color! Too dark? Add more water!!! Once you have each color to your liking, dip a small stack of coffee filters into the water, curly side down. Pick them up from the flat sides of the filters when the color almost reaches the top and set on your wax paper. The color will continue to bleed. Let the filters dry overnight. The next day assemble them!!!! I prepped by poking a hole with a toothpick through each of the stacks of filters and making a little curl at one end of each pipe cleaner. If you don't curl the ends, then the pipe cleaners will just slip right off!!! Your dried filters! We talked a little science about how some of the colors separated. Start stringing!!!! Here's the kids stringing them through. String only one on at a time (really working the fine motor skills when you peel the filters apart!!) and give a little crunch at the base. Hopefully the pictures show you how they did it! Just "crunch" the bottom of each filter. You want your corals to be nice and curly and fluffy on top!!!! We used about 6-7 filters per coral, so each kid had several little corals to add to the reef! Look at these sweet smiles!!!! This little one held hers in a giant bouquet! And the finished board :) Comment if you need a little more explanation! But I'm telling you, what a fun classroom craft that can be used really for any underwater theme. Enjoy!!!! ~Sticka
Channel your inner Chi by crafting a frosted paper lotus flower. Simply follow along with our photo tutorial to create a tranquil flower for your home.
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Coffee Filter Flowers! Great for Valentine's Day and Spring!: Coffee Filter Flowers tutorial. If you haven't made these yet...you should! You will love them! If you have made these before...you should do it again! :) They turn out so big and beautiful! In any color you pick! These would make the most …
Looking for a fun project to get into? Look no further than making your own paper clay! Not only is it a great material to work with for Christmas crafts, but you won’t believe what this clay…
I was inspired to create this giant clam sea shell for my living room. These amazing Tridacna Gigas Giant Clam Shells can reach up to 4 f...
Yesterday itself, scrolling down through social media I came across this fantastic video of making art and craft with glue. And just like you I when straight
