http://www.patticrafts.co.uk Craft Ideas for All! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:41:27 +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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Cut a piece of A4 card in half lengthwise. Score 1cm in from both long edges, roll into a tube then secure with double-sided tape. Cut lots of slits down to each score line to make flaps.

Cut a 10cm circle of green sticky foam. Cut a circle from the middle the same diameter as your tube. Slip the foam over the tube and stick to one set of flaps. Stick a second disc of foam to the bottom and add a green felt fringe around the base if necessary. (pic a)

Stick the bowl upside down onto the stem. Use double-sided tape on only half the flaps so that it can lift up slightly.

Draw a 14cm diameter circle in the middle of a piece of red foam. Draw a 5.5cm circle inside this and use a protractor to mark into 12 sections.

Cut down the lines to the middle circle and cut a slot in the centre for the money. Use double-sided tape to overlap the sections into a bowl shape. (pic b)

Cut lots of white discs from sticky foam to cover the top of the toadstool. Make little bugs from decorated circles of foam with wings and wiggle-eyes. (pic c)

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Sketch in eyes, eyebrows, hair and a serpent headdress onto the front of the mask with a pencil.

Use blue acrylic paint to colour the hair and leave to dry. Draw in the eyeliner and hair lines with a black fibre tip pen. (pic a)

Paint the face of the Pharaoh with gold paint and add bright jewel colours to the body of the snake.

Use a gold glass outliner to outline the headdress and serpent and fill in thickly to make it 3D. Leave to dry completely. (pic b)

Cut a beard shape from blue foam and place crossed, narrow strips of double sided tape onto it, wrapping them round to the back.

Stick four or five lengths of black cord onto the tape and round the back. Cover the back with a piece of sticky foam and glue to the chin of the mask. (pic c)

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Wash and dry an empty food can and remove the label. Cut a piece of foam 12cm by 21cm and place inside the can so 2cm sticks out the top.

Stick double-sided tape around the rim of the can and fold the foam over to cover any sharp edges. (pic a)

Wrap the can with several layers of torn kitchen roll, gluing down as you go. Cut the Mod Roc into 5cm wide pieces. Dip one into a shallow bowl of water and lay over the tissue, smoothing down with your fingers. (pic b)

Carry on adding more strips of Mod Roc to make a rounded body shape. Mould a strip of Mod Roc into a beak shape and secure to the top half of the can with more flat strips. Smooth all the edges and leave to dry.

Cut feet from orange foam and fix to the base of the tin with a circle of sticky foam. Cut wings and eye shapes from sticky foam, decorate with sequins and glitter glue and lay to one side to dry. (pic c)

Paint the body of the owl with blue paint and the beak area in orange. When dry, stick on the eyes and wings and add more sequins and glitter if necessary. (pic d)

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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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Get an adult to iron your blank puppet to remove any creases. Paint a border 2cm in from the edge of the mouth in pink and fill in. (pic a)

Paint the outside of the mouth and the rest of the puppet in bright orange and leave to dry.

Cut a strip of yellow felt 10cm by 25cm and fold in half lengthways. Use scissors to cut a fringe all along the unfolded side. (pic b)

Cut two 2cm wide strips of yellow sticky felt and use these to fix the fringed mane around the neck of the lion, placing one strip on each side of the fold.

Cut a smaller fringe from yellow felt and roll into a tube. Wrap one end of a rectangle of sticky orange felt around the roll, cutting the other end into a curve to fix the tail to the back of the puppet. (pic c)

Cut ears, eyes and a nose from sticky felt, adding details with a black fibre tip, and stick these to the face of the puppet.

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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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Cut a piece of A4 card in half and roll one piece into a tall tube. Tape in place. (pic a)

From the other piece of card cut a semi-circle to form the top of the castle turret and a circle 2cm wider than the diameter of the tube. Cut small triangles from the edge of the circle. (pic b)

Bend the edges of the circle of card up and glue or tape to one end of the tube to form the base.

Glue craft sticks around the tube in two rows to cover the whole of the tower and paint with two coats of pearlised acrylic paint. (pic c)

Cut lots of 1.5cm x 1cm rectangles of  paper in three co-ordinating colours.  Starting from the base of the  cone glue them on to form roof tiles, overlapping the row below. (pic d)

Make a hole in each side of the cone and thread cord through, gluing the ends inside the tower so that the  roof can be removed while the base is still hanging up.

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