DIY cookie cutter. I wanted to make camel-shaped cookies this week, but couldn't find a camel-shaped cookie cutter in time.
So I made my own. If you're making a small batch of cookies, it is faster and easier to make a tape-covered/laminated template, and trace it with a knife. For larger batches, however, this method is very satisfying and worth the effort. On Monday, while waiting to use the school's photocopy machine, I noticed one of my daughter's teachers making copies of a simple camel graphic.
It was meant to be! To measure the length of the outline's perimeter, I took a few pipe cleaners/chenille stems and outlined the shape. After completing the shape in pipe cleaners, I straightened them to get the measurements. My camel needed 31" of cutter material. I used the bottom of a pair of half-size steam table pans for the template, and the sides as the cutter edge. .
It's best to have at least one spare pan, to avoid the stress of limited materials. This is the top: Make the Second Foil Sandwich. Pinatas. DIY Honeycomb Pinata Favors by Michaela Egger.
Nature Sun Catcher Craft. Take your family for a walk and collect flat treasures and then bring them home and create a colorful sun catcher out of them.
It is easy to do with wax paper, wax paper, and some crayon shavings.Age Guideline: 3 Years and Up Time Required: 30 minutes (Does not include drying time) The above age and time guidelines are estimates. Natural dye for homemade playdough. Raspberries Put a big handful of raspberries and a cup of water in a pan.
Bring to the boil then gently simmer on stove for 20 minutes (until liquid has reduced to about half). Once cooled pour through sieve then follow playdough recipe below Rose petals Roughly tear up the petals from about six red roses and put in pan with a cup of water. Beetroot. Celery Painting Tutorial. Dollar Store Crafts & Blog Archive & Make an Alien Abduction Lamp.
This is an entry in the Living With Lindsay Five Dollar Challenge!
The challenge was to make a home decor item for $5 or less. My project is inspired by Lasse Klein's conceptual Alien Abduction Lamp. The lamps are still being developed and are not available for sale yet.* (update 2010: oh yes, the lamp is now available). I thought it would be fun to make one for my own personal use out of materials I found at the dollar store. When I was shopping for materials, I couldn't find any toy cows (a cow has to be the one being messed with by the aliens, right?) That had a cow in it at Target's dollar spot, so I had to get it to make the lamp perfect!
Project Materials: Large-lipped bowl, $1Smaller bowl, $.25 (mine was marked down)Acrylic drinking glass, $1Touch light, $1Package of farm animals, $13 Aliens I happened to find in the coin-op machines on the way out, $.75 Total cost: $5 You will also need, from on hand: 12 Fall Kids Crafts — my blessed life™ Sawdust & Paper Scraps. You might know that I was a finalist in “Not Just A Housewife’s” Best DIY Project of 2011 Contest last week.
There were some great projects in the finalists, including one submitted by BJ of Joy2Journey! The funny thing is that THIS post was set to publish before either of us knew that we were COMPETITORS! She won the prize, and I don’t hold a grudge, so I’ve decided NOT to kick her out of the guest post spot. Teehee. Crayon Nibbles & Crafty Daisies. Exploding Box.
Fort building kit. I had one of those "where the heck have I been" moments last week, when my nephew brought his Build-A-Fort kit to Thanksgiving - complete with sheets, clips, rope, suction cups, and more.
The kit was a handmade birthday gift from his friend Joli. Craft Tables. Handmade Watercolors. By Michelle Vackar of Hi Mamma With all of the daily activities of running your business it can be difficult at times to relax, decompress and enjoy life.
Some people will find their escape in cooking, walking, yoga, reading a good book …really the list can go on and on because we each enjoy different forms of relaxation. Rainbow Crayons. These handmade Rainbow Crayons are a fabulous and easy craft to make for your kids that they will absolutely love!
This is also a creative and fun way to reuse all your broken crayon pieces that collect at the bottom of the bin. This DIY is so easy—it only takes minutes—and the result is very beautiful. The clunky shape is perfect for toddler hands, making it easy for your little to draw and to stack the stubby crayons. Try this indoor activity with you little ones. Materials: 4 clean tin cans 4 empty Rx pill bottles or film canisters (my local pharmacist gave me a few empty pill bottles for free) old and broken crayons in 4 different colors.
Felted Mobile. One of the last handmade touches for the baby's nursery that I finally finished this week was a felt mobile, and I love how it turned out!
Felting is one of my favorite art forms, and over the years I've created many kinds of things by agitating, hot, wet wool (kinky, I know) and shaping it into different things. This time, I used wool (which I buy pre-dyed and ready to work with from here) and felted around a wooden embroidery hoop. I got out a basin, added a bit of dish soap and some really hot water, then shaped the dry wool around the hoop. Using my hands, I gently wet the wool and agitated it, rubbing it around to make the fibers stick together.