I need ideas! Does anyone have anything that I could make fast and CHEAP? Anythink like homemade jewlery or anything that make me look like I have talent? Anything works – its a visual arts project for 4H
Thanks!!!
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I need a arts and craft project finished in a couple days!!?
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Holiday Arts and Craft On a Budget
Friday, August 27th, 2010The best time for arts and craft projects comes at the end of the year. The spirit starts to drill into everyone around Halloween, working steadily through Thanksgiving, and climaxes with Christmas. It’s this time that we care more for those heart-felt gifts, since we’ve been pretty busy to ourselves the rest of the year.
However, you do not need to break the bank for a warm gift to give someone, as many of us already know. There are always things in the realm of “cute” and “darling”, that can give a wonderful impression to our family and friends.
Halloween can be an easy time to grab a smile from someone with a “Ghost Pop”. All you need is a small lollipop with a wrapper, a sheet of tissue paper, and a small rubberband. (see where this is going?
Place the tissue paper over and around the lollipop, wrap the rubberband around the base several times, and then draw your “ghostly” face on the pop with a permanent maker. (Careful though, the marker’s ink will spread quickly, just a few dots is usually good enough.) This is an easy, fun, very cheap craft for the holiday, and best of all, the receiver of this gift has a nice snack also!
Thanksgiving is a tough time to give due attention to a nice craft, since Christmas season is starting to wind-up in everyone’s mind. Give it a little effort though, and you can have something to decorate your home with for many years to come. I think a good one is to take a small scrap sheet of treated wood, (wood that has been treated to withstand the elements of the outdoors. A piece about 2 to 3 feet is nice), draw a cartoon-like turkey on it, and then cut or have it cut around the border of your turkey. Then, “color” your turkey by painting it. With a small stake nailed to the back of it, you have a wonderful yard decoration for all to see! (Putting the date, and artist’s name on the back could make it a nice “heirloom” also, if you use a good piece of wood that will last.)
Christmas is the time when stores are packed with shoppers, Stay at home one day and make a few gifts of your own. You may be surprised at what you can come up with! Take an old seasonal dish towel, the kind that have a decoration for the holiday, and an embroidery hoop. (The hoop can be purchased fairly cheap at places like Wal-mart.) Stretch the towel over the hoop and clamp it. Cut the edge of the towel off, and wa-la!, a thought-ful kitchen decoration for someone! (Actually, it would look nice anywhere in the home or even at work for some people.)
Whatever kind of crafts you find yourself doing this year, make sure you are careful, and have FUN making and sharing your “gifts from the heart”. Tis the Season! -Stephanie
Copywright, October 2006
You can find other great projects by going to Stephanie’s web-site http://stephshomeprojects.com
Stephanie is a stay-at-home mom who experiments with arts and craft projects quite often. She likes to say that “What you can come up with is only limited by your imagination, but sometimes you need a little assistance.”
What arts and craft project can kids make for their mothers for mothers’ day?
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Arts and craft project: how would I make a tea cup?
Saturday, August 14th, 2010For school I need to make an object from the Victorian Era, and I wanted to make a tea cup.
Problem is I can’t use clay or any heavy material like that.
Do any of you know how to make a teacup out of cardboard or anything thats light?
Great idea, do you know what i could use to make the little handle?
Know of any fun project to do? Like Arts and craft projects?
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Thanks for answering!
Like maybe a website with a bunch of them.
does anyone know a good place to buy wholesale arts and craft supplies online, cheap?
Sunday, August 8th, 2010arts and craft supplies in ADELAIDE?
Monday, August 2nd, 2010where can i get art and craft supplies in adelaide australia. things like beads, string, rings, stones
How To Make Tassels
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Tassel, simply defined, is a dangling ornament made by laying parallel a bunch of cords or threads of even length and fastening them at one end. They can be seen everywhere- on handbags, belts, shoes, bracelets. They are, in fact, one of many significant arts and craft supplies used for decoration and style. Here is the simple technique for making basic tassel.
Materials Required
Yarn: Approximately 32 yards is needed to create a 6 inch tassel. Thick yarns like chenille & raffia produces chunkier tassel and thinner ones like rayon, cotton, or embroidery threads result in more fine tassels.
Cardboard: It should be a little stiff & wider than the intended length of tassel. Tapestry needle: It has a blunt edge with a large eye.
Scissors: Small & sleek sewing scissors for lighter materials, while a more sophisticated multi-purpose scissors for heavier yarns.
Instructions for making Tassel
Lay a short piece of yarn along the full length of cardboard. If desired, you can tape this string. Wind the remaining yarn around the width of the cardboard till the desired thickness. Bring the ends of the short yarn together and tie it tightly so that one end of the tassel is gathered. Slip the scissors between the opposite tassels, decorative tassels, yarn tassels, thread tassels, colored tassels, how to make tassel, tassel on cardboard, making tassel, cutting tassel(untied) end of the yarn and the cardboard, cutting the untied side slowly and evenly. Wind some yarn around the neck of the tassel and tie it tightly by knotting it. Use the tapestry needle to hide the ends of this thread within the tassel. Now, trim the ends of the tassel to get a neat and perfect tassel.
This is only a basic tassel. Let your imagination fly to make advanced variations to produce decorative tassels and use them on your handbags, curtains or for any other decoration. You can even make earrings with tassels.
Whats an easy arts and craft project i can do to waste my time?
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010I dont have a lot of supplies and stuff but i need something i can do. mayb to decorate my room with?
