http://www.patticrafts.co.uk Craft Ideas for All! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://www.patticrafts.co.uk/pirate-wallet http://www.patticrafts.co.uk/pirate-wallet#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:20:54 +0000 Patti http://www.patticrafts.co.uk/?p=2289

Cut a piece of black foam 21cm by 11cm and fold 7.5cm up from the short edge. Fold the top 5.5cm down and punch two holes in this part, 1.5cm from the edge and 6cm apart.

Thread a 30cm piece of stretchy cord through the holes and knot together on the inside of the wallet. (pic a)

Draw a skull and crossbones onto red foam and cut out with small scissors. (pic b)

Refold the black foam and use PVA to glue the skull to the centre of the top flap and the crossbones to the part underneath. Leave to dry completely. (pic c)

Cut two pieces of red foam, 6cm by 11cm. Position inside the wallet and lightly glue along the shorter edges of each to hold in place for stitching.

Use a double thickness of thread and over-sew around the edges to form pockets inside the wallet. Use the stretchy cord to loop around the wallet and hold it closed. (pic d)

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Cut a piece of foam 15cm by 10cm and fold it in half. Cut a head shape on one side of the piece, leaving a 4cm wide strip to make the body.

Unfold the foam and punch several holes in the top of the head. Punch two holes at each end of the strip and two more under each side of the neck. (pic a)

Roll in one side of the body strip until the holes at the end and under the neck line up. Thread half a pipe cleaner through each of the holes to hold the body shape in place and create the alien’s limbs. (pic b)

Cut some 10cm lengths of chenille and thread through the holes in the head to make a weird hairstyle.

Stick coloured pompoms on the ends of each pipe cleaner. Use small pompoms for the hands and larger ones for the feet. (pic c)

Add an odd number of wiggle-eyes and a smile cut from pink foam. (pic d)

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Mix up enough casting powder to fill a small plastic dessert or yogurt pot with a rounded bottom and leave to set for a  few hours before pushing out of the mould.

Paint the plaster shape with two toning colours of acrylic paint, blending the brushstrokes  together. (pic a)

Fix two wiggle-eyes to the front of the octopus’s body once the paint is dry. (pic b)

Draw around the body in the centre of a piece of coloured foam. From this circle sketch out eight wavy legs of about  the same size.

Cut around the legs with a pair of small scissors and turn the foam over to hide any pencil marks before gluing to the  bottom of the plaster body. (pic c)

Decorate the octopus by gluing on iridescent hearts of different sizes. (pic d)

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Paint the different parts of the wheelbarrow in bright, primary colours. (pic a)

Use a fine paintbrush to decorate the sides with flowers. (pic b)

Cut two garden hoe and two fork shapes from self-adhesive foam.

Place the pieces either side of the top of a pencil so they stick together. (pic c)

Cut a 1.5cm wide strip of sticky foam and wrap diagonally down the pencil to hold the top shapes in place. (pic d)

Cut a 1cm strip of different coloured sticky foam and wrap around the ends of the diagonal strip using some double-sided tape to ensure it cannot unwrap.

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Use a soft pencil to draw a simple flag design on one side of a porcelain mug.

Paint in the red crosses of the flag with a porcelain pen. Make the diagonal cross thinner than the straight one. (pic a)

Cut 2 rectangles of red and white card and one of blue. Cut crosses from the red ones and stick to the white card.

Fill in the areas between the crosses with a blue porcelain paint pen leaving white lines between the colours. (pic b)

Use a gold glass outline pen to make a flag pole on the left hand side of the flag. Write your message in blue and red paint on the other side of the mug and leave to dry.

Cut around the crosses leaving a white border and glue to the blue rectangle to make a gift tag. Write Dad on the front using a gold outline pen and tie to the mug with gold ribbon. (pic c)

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Use a pencil to draw lots of random circles on the canvas.

Paint the circles with one colour of acrylic and fill in the background with another. (pic a)

Edge each circle with dots of gold using the outline pen and leave to dry completely.

Mark the centre of each side of the canvas and use double-sided tape to fix lengths of ribbon criss-crossing the front of the picture.

Use a small cross stitch at the edges to hold the ribbons to the canvas. (pic b)

Add a ribbon hanging loop to one edge, then cover all the edges with 1.5cm wide strips of self-adhesive foam. (pic c)

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Cut a piece of yellow card to A5 and glue to the back of a cereal packet to strengthen it. Trim this to the edges of the coloured card. Cut another piece of coloured card the same size for the roof.

Cut some red card into rectangles 15cm by 10.5cm and roll each one around a pencil to make strong poles, 15cm long, and secure with double-sided tape.

Cut eight rectangles of yellow card 3cm wide by 10.5cm and wrap them loosely around the poles. Remove, then secure each roll with double-sided tape. (pic a)

Cut 1cm slits into one end of each roll of yellow card and fan out. Glue the rolls to each corner of the base and roof then cover with rings of sticky foam to strengthen. (pic b)

Fit the poles into the rolls on the base and place the roof on top. Cut another piece of card 21cm by 15cm and cut out windows and a door. Decorate with strips of paper and foam to look like a shop front and fix to the roof with a strip of paper so it hangs down.

Make cones from semi-circles of card covered in paper. Decorate the floor of the garage with stripes of paper. Make a petrol pump from square tubes and rolls of card and paint up some wooden cars with coloured acrylic to drive around the play-set. (pic c)

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Cut two rectangles of felt, making them 2cm bigger than your phone in both directions, then round off the corners.

Cut a face panel and stitch a small round red nose to the middle. Cut two red ears and secure these to the top half of one rectangle by sewing the face panel over them. (pic a)

Cut out four arm pieces and four legs. Match them up in pairs and use a running stitch around the edges, leaving the flat edge open. (pic b)

Fill each limb with stuffing. Use a pencil to help you push the stuffing right to the end of each arm and leg. (pic c)

Match up the back and front of the case and start stitching down from about eye level on one side. Place an arm between the two layers, just below the face, and continue stitching round. (pic d)

Add in the legs and the other arm as you stitch around to the other eye, leaving a gap at the top to insert the phone. Finish with a pair of wiggle-eyes.

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Draw lots of small circles onto the front of the frame with a pencil.

Paint the circles in different, bright colours and allow to dry.  Paint around the circles with black acrylic to fill in the background. (pic a)

Use a gold glitter pen to add dots all the way round the edges of the coloured circles. (pic b)

Knead ping-pong ball sized pieces of Foamfetti in your hands and roll them between your palms into sausages.

Shape the sausages into letters to spell out ‘Fab Dad’ and leave them on a piece of kitchen foil until they are dry. (pic c)

Use PVA to glue the letters around the frame, overlapping the edges if necessary.

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Cut a 6cm diameter circle from self-adhesive foam and decorate with glitter shapes cut from the self-adhesive sheets. (pic a)

Spell out your name with glitter letters and glue on foam flowers if you like. (pic b)

Fold a piece of card approximately 10cm x 5cm in half and place a length of cord in the fold.

Wrap the card with more cord and then tie the first thread tightly around the loops to secure them. (pic c)

Slide the loops off the card and cut the looped ends to make a tassel. Glue foam flowers over the neck of the tassel or bind it with more cord to make the cords hang down.

Fix the tassel to the sticky back of the disc and add a loop for hanging. Cover the sticky side with another circle of foam. (pic d)

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