Sunday, December 29, 2013

Days Sixty-eight and Sixty-nine

Day Sixty-nine

Holiday Wine Bottle Hurricanes

Day Sixty-eight

 

Shoe Lace Weaving Ideas

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Day Sixty-four

 

Pop Bottle Bottom Favor Packages

Today will be the last post until after Christmas. I will be back on Boxing Day with new posts. Have a very Merry Christmas all. See you on Boxing Day.

Monday, December 23, 2013

Day Sixty-three

Christmas Candle Hurricanes

You will need several cedar "leaves". Spray on glue, Garden Shears, Stemmed Candle hurricanes and some Pillar candles. Spray glue on to the leaves and press to the glass using varying sizes and shapes of the leaves. Place pillars into the newly decorated candle holders. Place them on the table for your Christmas day centerpiece.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Day Sixty-two

 
I would use the bottom dish for fresh water for the birds. Water is just as important to birds as it is to any other creature. Maybe add a wee homemade source of shade for them too.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Day Forty-seven

Tidy up the Art room quick and easy

 

What you need:
 
1 20.0 x 20.0 x 15.0 size box
20 toilet paper rolls
craft paper of various colors
tape, glue
foam decorations of your choice
 
What you do:
 
  1. Cover your box in pretty paper (color of your choice).
  2. Add decorations of your choice.
  3. Insert all twenty of toilet paper rolls as shown in picture above.
  4. Fill with your pencils, crayons, felt markers, etc however you would like.
  5. Place on your work table and enjoy your new organizer and craft easily knowing where all your supplies are.


Friday, December 6, 2013

Day Forty-six

Add some color to cold winter days with Paper Roses

Day Forty-five

Don't have a BBQ try this



Day Forty-four

 
 

Lost cord fix

Take care of those naughty cords with large binder-style paper clips. An easy way to keep them handy and always where you put them.

Day Forty-three

I must apologize for my lack of posts the last few days. I have been having computer issues and was unable to post. Today I will be posting for the days that I have missed. Thank you for understanding. Sandra


Something for the Children

Monday, December 2, 2013

Day Forty-two

 
 

How to Make a 3D Paper Snowflake

Edited by Flickety, Andy Zhang, Sondra C, Jack Herrick and 141 others

3D paper snowflakes look beautiful hanging in a window or on a wall. Fun for kids or adults, they are easy to make. Some like them for the Winter Holidays or just for the winter, but you may like them any time!
 

Steps

 

 
1. Gather materials. You'll need 6 pieces of paper (white copy paper will do, although you can use more elaborate types), scissors, clear tape and a stapler.
 
2. Fold each of the 6 pieces of paper in half, diagonally. If the paper you are using does not make a perfect triangle, cut off the rectangular edge that sticks out and make it align perfectly. You should end with a square folded into a triangle. Fold this triangle in half, noting where the folded "bottom" of the triangle is.
 
 
 
3. Cut 3 lines in the triangle. Position the scissors along the bottom fold, and parallel to one of the edges going up to the top (your cuts should be diagonal). Cut most the way up to one of the side edges, but not quite. Keep about the same distance between each cut. (This might not be suitable for thicker paper, since the number of layers makes it difficult to cut through.) When you unfold the triangle into a larger triangle, it should look like the photo above.
 
 
  
 
4. Unfold the triangle again. Turn it so one of the points of the square faces you. It should look like the picture above.
 
 
5. Keeping your paper diamond side-up, roll the first two innermost paper points together to form a tube. Tape these two pieces together. You should see triangle shapes on each side of the roll.
 
 
6. Flip the diamond over to the other side. Take the next two paper points and pull them together on the opposite side of the tube and tape together as before.
 
 
7. Keep flipping the paper and joining the paper points together on opposite sides in the same fashion until all paper points have been joined.
8. Repeat Steps 3 - 7 with the remaining 5 pieces of paper.

 
9. Join the tops of three of the completed rolled pieces together at one end and staple together using the other hand. Join the other three pieces the same way. Now you will have two joined pieces consisting of three strands or "arms" each.


10. Staple the two new joined pieces point to point.

11. Staple the middle of the outer rolls where each of the six arms meet. This ensures the snowflake shape is pulled into place.

*Thank you to the people who made this pattern and posted it for all to enjoy!
 



Sunday, December 1, 2013