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Natural dye for homemade playdough

By Kate on July 16, 2010 I‘ve discovered lately that its really easy to dye homemade playdough with natural ingredients. We dyed ours using raspberries, rose petals, beetroot, blueberries, turmeric and oak tree bark. As well as creating some great playdough it’s also a lovely way to teach kids that some of the most beautiful dyes can be found in your own back yard. First of all you need to extract your dye: Raspberries and strawberries Put a big handful of raspberries and a cup of water in a pan. Rose petals Roughly tear up the petals from about six red roses and put in pan with a cup of water. Beetroot Chop up one medium sized beetroot and put in pan with a cup of water. Blueberries Put a big handful of blueberries and a cup of water in a pan. Turmeric Put approx two teaspoons of turmeric in a pan with a cup of water. Oak tree bark Playdough recipe ½ cup of flour ½ cup of dyed water ¼ cup of salt ½ tbsp cream of tartare ½ tbsp cooking oil

Making a Tissue Paper Flower Bouquet with Scallop Circle Nestabilities I've been really interested in paper flower making this summer. I want to make sure I keep my indoors looking vibrant throughout the year, I always get a little sad when the flowers are gone come fall. At first I started out with the plentiful tutorials for accordian folding tissue paper flowers online. Then I found some great crepe paper kits by Martha Stewart at my local Michaels craft store... but I quickly realized I'm too lazy for cutting out so many pieces of individual flower petals... and the floral tape... uck what a sticky nightmare. Then I stumbled onto the great paper flower tutorials at Folding Trees They were using tissue paper cut into circles for their flowers. Here's how I went about making them: 1 - First take a full sheet of tissue paper and either fold it, or cut out 3.5" square pieces, to make a stack large enough to cut out the circular shapes. 4 - Starting with the top sheet, lift and gently fold holding the bottom near the stem center. Have fun! <3Kimberly

DIY Tissue Paper Flower Garland Brace yourselves for paper flowers galore! Hillary created tissue paper flower wreaths to be used for one of her brides’ wedding as centerpieces. We’re in awe of the color burst of paper craftiness. Paper Rose Tutorial: Step 1. Paper Lily Tutorial: Step 1. Paper Dahlia Tutorial This is the most commonly made tissue paper flower and you can find tutorials all over the web (you may have made them in elementary school as well). Paper Daisy Tutorial Step 1. You may remember those orange carnations from this tissue paper pomander project from back in the day. Wreath Instructions: Start with a 12″ or comparable white Styrofoam ring. Hilary decided to build the wreath by creating the flower and then inserting it into the Styrofoam ring based on what color and style of flower she needed at the time, but you could also create a bunch flowers and then insert them into the base all at once. Continue building out your wreath flower by flower until you have a full ring. Enjoy

Yarn Love WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 | Comments: 98 Spell out your feelings with this easy-to-make sign of love. To make this you will need: wire reinforced clothesline (available at home improvement & hardware stores), yarn & wire clippers. Clip off a length of clothesline (it took about a yard to make this) and shape into the word, "LOVE". Tie or hot glue end of yarn onto beginning of wire and start wrapping the entire word with yarn. When you reach a point where two wires cross each other, wrap yarn around both wires to stabilize the design and hold the word in place. Wrap yarn all the way to the end of the word and tie a knot or add a dab of hot glue to secure.

BOOK - print workshop if you are stocking the print & pattern fabrics we can list your shop here. DIY Twist Ties I saw some of the cutest twist ties at the craft store last week. I decided it would be simple enough to make DIY twist ties. So I gathered my supplies and got to work (I had everything on hand so they were free.) I cut the paper 4 3/4″ long and a little over 1/4″ wide. I used 26 gauge wire and cut it the same length as the paper. Then I stuck double sided tape to the back side of the paper and peeled the protective cover off. I stuck the wire to the tape.Edited: The tape I used is Terrifically Tacky Tape (it’s on a roll) by Provo Craft. Then put the other paper on top. Aren’t they fun? You can make them out of any paper for any occasion. I’m going to be making dozens of these for gift giving. Have you linked your awesome projects to the Home Decor and Organizing Link Party? Don’t forget to enter to win a $50 Wal-Mart gift card courtesy of Triad Retail Media and Glade.

Glittered IZZE Bottles The next thing I wanted to do to the IZZE bottles was glitter them. You can check out how I drilled the holes in the back of the bottles here. I used Goo Gone to take off the sticky residue that was left over from the label. Then I taped off the area I wanted to glitter. I brushed mod podge on the bottom part of the bottle then sprinkled on the glitter. I left them dry a few minutes. Then carefully peeled the blue tape off. So how do you like the glittered bottles? Have a Wonderful Wintery Weekend!

Monday's Cup of Creativity: Beaded Baby Spoons I got this wonderful idea from one of my favorite bloggers, Anna from Your Little Birdie. I thought it was so cute, I had to try it for my friends Becky and Garrett and their new little baby girl (who will be born any day now!!) I also added my own little twist and put the baby's name on a couple of the spoons. Here's How I did it: Materials: Baby spoons-I used these adorable spoons by Munchkin-they are BPA free and already come adorable with the pastel coated heads and the hearts cut into the ends! Delightful Beading! PS: Remember how I mentioned that I was getting rid of Fashion Friday? * I participate in several great link parties throughout the week.

Fun with Photoshop!! Fun with Photoshop… It hasn’t rained here all summer in Houston Texas, so we made a photo to show our faith that it is going to RAIN soon!! Step one…take photo painting sky Step two- convert to black and white, and adjust contrast, light levels, and sharpen Step three- Paint sky and photograph 4. 5. go to the sky painting image and click select/all ……. then click edit/copy 6. now return to the blk and wht photo of your artist and click edit paste….this will paste the painted sky onto your black and white photo. 7.Use the move tool to stretch it and move it to where you want it. 8. 9. then just use the eraser tool to erase around your artist and any other part you don’t want the painting to show, flatten image, and VOILA!! Email me your creative results or questions and I will post everyone’s photos on my next blog!!

Easter Craft: Yarn Eggs (Easter Decorations) | Outdoor Crafts for Kids - Outdoor Craft Projects This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine Total Time weekend projects Ages school-age These bright and funky eggs are a blast for kids to make -- and they're a great party decoration too. What you'll need Thin cotton yarn Balloons Craft glue Newspaper Waxed paper Clothespin Clothes hanger How to make it For each egg, cut twenty 3-foot-long strands of cotton yarn and blow up a balloon to a 6- to 8-inch diameter.

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