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Fun-to-Make Christmas Holiday Crafts from Better Homes and Gardens. Tree Candy Holders Make fancy folded treat holders as a pretty home decoration, food gift, or as party favors.

Fun-to-Make Christmas Holiday Crafts from Better Homes and Gardens

Our free download includes a pattern and instructions. You'll want to pick out pretty scrapbook papers for the pyramids, plus decorative ribbon and metallic twine or yarn for finishing touches.

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Simple stuff. Ornament Challenge: Floral Ball. By now you probably know that my friend Gen from Cabin Fevered Gem has thrown down the gauntlet and issued a challenge for me to make 7 ornaments in 7 days while she does the same. It's getting pretty serious, the paper and ribbon are flying, and the ornaments are going up on the tree faster than Santa can say Ho Ho Ho! Slippers. Cheap Craft Ideas - Inexpensive Crafts.

Adapted from Clare Youngs’s The Perfect Handmade Bag ($19.95; Cico), this cute carryall requires little more than a pair of small wooden spatulas and two tea towels ($15 each; motherlindas.com).

Cheap Craft Ideas - Inexpensive Crafts

Cut six strips of fabric from one towel. Two, measuring 33⁄4"W x 141⁄4"L each, will serve as the decorative horizontal bands at the top of the tote and should incorporate the towel’s graphics (as shown, left). The other four, measuring 31⁄2"W x 8"L, will form tabs for the bag’s handles. Turn under the long sides of each strip and press a 1⁄4" hem. To make a tab, topstitch one of the long sides of a 31⁄2"W x 8"L strip near the edge. Lay the second towel on a flat surface, right side up. Flip the towel right side down.

Fold the towel in half, wrong sides together. Dream Catcher Collection - EVERYDAY EMMA. I really like the look of dream catchers. Free Halloween Crafts, Recipes & DIY Ideas : Halloween.Tipnut.com. DIY Garlands. 1)Felt: Cut heart shapes out of felt and hot glue to yarn or string. 2)Chiffon: Cut a long strip of chiffon fabric & sew in the middle of the chiffon to form ruffles. 3)Yarn: Here is a quick tutorial on how to make Yarn Pom Poms. 4)Ribbon: small bows out of sating or gross grain ribbon. 5)Paper Doilies: they can be found on the baking section on your grocery store like Walmart for about $2 for 34 doilies.

DIY Garlands

Making tassels « home sweet homemade. Homemade tassels are a wonderful way to add an extra special touch to a gift — wrapped around the neck of wine bottle or bag of coffee beans. I generally make them from jute twine or cotton string. The rustic look of jute twine appeals to my love of contrasting textures. I keep this one in the bedroom dangling from the desk lamp. last weekend at the shore, I spent several hours walking among the dunes looking for seashells and was happy to find enough to fill my pail. Vanes. Last week I already showed you I started to crochet this vanes, but now it's finished and I wrote a tutorial for it. Like? This is how you make them: Ch 8, sl st in the first stitch to form a ring. *Ch 10, sl st in ring, ch 7, sl st in ring*; repeat * *; ch 10, sl st in ring, chain 7, sl st in first ch of 10. Needle and Hook Book {Sewing} – Tip Junkie Homemade. You Can Make This: 5 Crafts from the DIY Dish Girls. Today we're in for a sweet treat because the lovely girls behind You Can Make This and DIY Dish are showing off their top 4 must-make tutorials.

You Can Make This: 5 Crafts from the DIY Dish Girls

Satin Roses, Sequin Heartss, and Paper Roses – Chic Valentine Décor: We had a lot of fun this week finding ways to decorate a simple STYROFOAM™ Heart. DIY: Owl Clothespin. This a fun and easy project that you must try out.

DIY: Owl Clothespin

To make these owl clothespin, all you'll need is some wooden clothespins, colored pencils and a black permanent marker. The vibrant owls will look cute in a planter, can be used to close a bag of chips, on a gift box or to hang your favorite artwork. 1. Northern Cottage: Search results for container calendar. With the fresh new year now here – I’ve been putting up my new calendars in their hot spots like on the fridge, in the office, etc.! I also put together this container calendar to use as a little journal to keep track of important dates (loved ones anniversaries, special dates, to hold ticket stubs, other special mementos, etc.) I created a section for each month with embellished index cards.

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31 Cool Games & Crafts Using Pool Noodles. How to play cool games and make fun summer crafts using foam pool noodles.

31 Cool Games & Crafts Using Pool Noodles

You and your kids will have so much fun with these pool noodle activities, decorating, preschool learning tools, and all of the amazing pool noodle games you can play! Pool noodles can be purchased at the Dollar Store and therefore are a really cheap way to entertain your kids and the neighbor kids this summer! DIY Decorating 1.