A REMINDER: GRANDPARENT'S DAY IS IN SEPTEMBER-- the first Sunday after Labor Day
Honor your grandparents with a phone call, card, letter, poem and/or a gift of time! Help your children to do the same.
Start Making Grandparent's Day Gifts
Did you know that National Grandparents' Day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day in September? Now is the perfect time to start making gifts for your grandparents, I have plenty of great options here...read more
Start Making Grandparent's Day Gifts
Did you know that National Grandparents' Day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day in September? Now is the perfect time to start making gifts for your grandparents, I have plenty of great options here...read more
MORE FAMILY FUN AND CRAFTS
Design Your Own Pens and Pencils I know not all kids enjoy the thought of going back to school, but making a collection of fun pen and pencil projects might help! Find out how you can use many creative techniques and supplies to...read more
Design Your Own Pens and Pencils I know not all kids enjoy the thought of going back to school, but making a collection of fun pen and pencil projects might help! Find out how you can use many creative techniques and supplies to...read more
Free Autumn Beaded Safety Pins Patterns
Take a minutes and check out all of these free Autumn related beaded safety pin patterns! Make beaded safety pins for yourself, your family, a favorite teacher, or a best friend...read more
Take a minutes and check out all of these free Autumn related beaded safety pin patterns! Make beaded safety pins for yourself, your family, a favorite teacher, or a best friend...read more
School of Fish (Edible Fun) http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50566
These apricot and pretzel fish are adorable!
HANDMADE CLAY BRACELETS AND NECKLACES
by Lois Breneman - 20o8
We still have a bracelet made in this manner that my daughter and I made together over thirty years ago! It's saved in with other special memories. Why not make such memories with your daughters?
This recipe can also be used to make Christmas ornaments. Try making 3-5 beads to string together vertically and hang on your tree.
Ingredients: 1 cup cornstarch ~ 2 cups baking soda ~ 1 1/4 cups water
Mix cornstarch and baking soda in a saucepan sprayed with Pam. Add water. Heat saucepan on stove, stirring constantly until the clay looks like mashed potatoes.
Remove from stove and cover saucepan with damp towel. When clay is cool, squish it together with your hands until smooth. Store in an airtight container.
Make round beads about 1/2 inch in diameter. Poke a hole in the center of each bead with a toothpick (large enough for thin elastic to go through) before allowing to dry. The elastic can be found in the jewelry section of craft stores.
When completely dry, paint with acrylic paints. Paint polka dots, tiny flowers and hearts on previously painted and dried beads by making dots with the tip of a paint brush.
After the painted beads are dry, thread them onto elastic and tie with a square knot to secure.
Two other methods of making beads:
Divide the dough into three parts and color the dough three different colors with paste food coloring. Then roll a long thin piece of all three colors out, and lay them together in one long strand. Cut into 1/2 pieces and roll each three-colored bead into a ball. Proceed by making the holes in each one and stinging onto elastic when completely dry.
Divide the dough into three parts and color each section a different color with paste food coloring. Pastels look good. Roll into beads and poke holes in each one. Allow to dry completely and string onto elastic.
by Lois Breneman - 20o8
We still have a bracelet made in this manner that my daughter and I made together over thirty years ago! It's saved in with other special memories. Why not make such memories with your daughters?
This recipe can also be used to make Christmas ornaments. Try making 3-5 beads to string together vertically and hang on your tree.
Ingredients: 1 cup cornstarch ~ 2 cups baking soda ~ 1 1/4 cups water
Mix cornstarch and baking soda in a saucepan sprayed with Pam. Add water. Heat saucepan on stove, stirring constantly until the clay looks like mashed potatoes.
Remove from stove and cover saucepan with damp towel. When clay is cool, squish it together with your hands until smooth. Store in an airtight container.
Make round beads about 1/2 inch in diameter. Poke a hole in the center of each bead with a toothpick (large enough for thin elastic to go through) before allowing to dry. The elastic can be found in the jewelry section of craft stores.
When completely dry, paint with acrylic paints. Paint polka dots, tiny flowers and hearts on previously painted and dried beads by making dots with the tip of a paint brush.
After the painted beads are dry, thread them onto elastic and tie with a square knot to secure.
Two other methods of making beads:
Divide the dough into three parts and color the dough three different colors with paste food coloring. Then roll a long thin piece of all three colors out, and lay them together in one long strand. Cut into 1/2 pieces and roll each three-colored bead into a ball. Proceed by making the holes in each one and stinging onto elastic when completely dry.
Divide the dough into three parts and color each section a different color with paste food coloring. Pastels look good. Roll into beads and poke holes in each one. Allow to dry completely and string onto elastic.
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