Recycled champagne cork St. Patrick’s Day earrings tutorial. I’ve done lots of crafts with regular wine corks and even included some Champagne corks in my designs. Recently I thought why not create some really green earrings from these mushroom shaped corks? There was a cross design on the corks I had but you can easily make these with any champagne corks if you follow this easy tutorial. Great for parties and definitely a conversation starter! You will need: Champagne corks Craft knife or X-acto knife Drill with small bit Small awl or nail Small paintbrush Green acrylic paint 2 inch head pins Fish hook ear wires Jump rings Green E size seed beads Needle nosed, and round nosed pliers Fine sand paper Heavy corrugated cardboard to protect your work surface Optional green sequins and sequin pins 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Note: Come back to visit Make it easy crafts for more easy Champagne cork earring tutorials with other seasonal designs soon.
Recycled Christmas Tree, how to make recycled Christmas ornaments. All the decorations on our tree are made from things you would usually throw away. For example, the garland is made from plastic packing "peanuts" strung together on thread. We've cut out the pictures from old greeting cards, punched a small hole in the top, and added a ribbon. We've also made ornaments from pine cones and sweet gum seed balls. Even the tree itself was destined for the trash heap before a co-worker donated it for our use. Use your imagination and see what ornaments you can make from things you would normally throw away. You can get some ideas by looking at details of our ornaments, including some new examples.
You can even learn to make a snowman from an old lightbulb. Each year, 25 million extra tons of trash is generated between Thanksgiving and New Years in the U.S. Recycling Homepage. Christmas ornament with popsicle sticks, an easy project for kids! Make a God's Eye ornament out of popsicle sticks, an easy project for kids! You will need: 2 popsicle sticks OR anything remotely like a stick Yarn or string We have made God's Eyes using twigs from the yard, popsicle sticks, toothpicks (using string instead of yarn). The larger one shown here was made from two plastic and wire "stalks" snipped off of some silk flowers. You can hold the sticks together with your hands while you start winding the yarn, but for small fingers, you might want to glue them together (in the shape of a cross) and leave to dry overnight before wrapping. Loop about 6 inches of yarn and hold against the back of the top stick.
Wrap the yarn around both the top stick and the loop. As a finishing touch, tie several strands of yarn or ribbon to the bottom stick. We experimented making these with lots of different materials. Festive Stars made from Recycled Drinks Cans. November 1st, 2011 I’m preparing for a couple of craft fairs (details coming soon) at the moment and decided to have a go at making some Festive decorations by recycling some drinks cans I’ve been collecting.
I found this tutorial the other day and thought I could adapt it to me own needs. So here goes… What you will need: - Empty drinks cans - Scissors - Craft Knife - Ball point pen or an embossing tool with a fine point - Sharp pointy thing – not sure what the name of this tool is! - Cutting mat - Metal ruler - Sticky tape - Some thick card – I used a cereal box - A pair of parallel pliers - Fine sandpaper - Spray paint and a large box - Cotton Thread Step One First you need to get a star shape printed onto paper or card and cut out. Step Two Next you need to cut the tops and bottoms off your drinks can and give the insides a good clean – I used a craft knife to do this as well as scissors – be careful of sharp edges! Step Three Step Four Step Five Step Six Step Seven Step Eight Step Nine Step Ten. Recycled Glass Ball Ornaments: Donnamarie Walker.
From week ending 12/6/98 Design and Instructions by Donnamarie Walker Supplies for Glitter Ornament: 1 Glass Ball Ornament 1/4 wide double stick tape or sheet of double stick tape Iridescent Glitter, color of your choosing Small bowl For Stained Glass Ornament: 1 Glass Ball Ornament Gallery Glass Leading-Black Gallery Glass Paints-Assorted Colors For Both Ornaments: Bleach Q-tips Laces Ribbons Silk Roses Directions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Happy Crafting!!! Back to home page. Recycled PET Bottle Christmas Stars. Once upon a time, bottle bases were recycled to make glass tiles.
Today, we can recycle the bottoms of plastic water, juice or olive oil bottles into twinkling stars with a snip of the scissors. These transparent decorations reflect light from every direction and make eye-catching beaded garlands or hanging decorations suspended from a bit of wire. For a set of five stars and three snowflakes, set aside eight plastic bottles. They can be colored or clear. To make a star, cut out triangle-shaped shapes from the sides. For a hanging ornament, cut out two identical stars and hang them back to back. For a garland, start with a long piece of string (at least 1.5 m). Make a snowman out of old plastic pop bottles, an easy project for kids!
Pop Can Snowman. You will need: 1 cleaned, dried aluminum soda can 1 sheet of white construction paper or printer/copier paper 1 full sheet of newspaper Masking tape White paint Fiberfil or quilt batting Scrap fabric Wrap the entire can with the white construction paper. Using the full sheet of newspaper, form it into a ball and, using the masking tape, tape it to the top of the aluminum can. (This will form the head.) Cover the rest of the newspaper ball with masking tape. Paint the taped newspaper ball with the white paint. Let dry completely. Cover the white body of your snowman with the Fiberfil.
Buy or make a construction paper hat for your snowman. Your snowman is ready to display! Contributed by Roberta, isewg@email.msn.com.