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Magnet Card

dr — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:15:54 +0000

Cut a piece of card 21cm by 10.5cm and fold in half to make a small square blank. Cut a rectangle of green foam, 10.5cm by 5cm and fix double sided tape to three sides. Place the foam at the base of the card to make a pocket. (pic a)

Cut out some small cloud shapes from white paper and glue to the sky above the pocket. Add two foam tree stickers so they sit just above the edge of the pocket. (pic b)

Decorate the green foam pocket with an assortment of woodland stickers, flowers and butterflies. (pic c)

Cut a piece of green card the same size as the magnet insert. Use a fibre tip pen to draw a grass design on half of it. Place a bunny sticker in the centre and a few small flowers and butterflies around him. Fix into the magnet and slip into the pocket on the front of the card. (pic d)

Cut a piece of card 21cm by 10.5cm and fold in half to make a small square blank. Cut a rectangle of green foam, 10.5cm by 5cm and fix double sided tape to three sides. Place the foam at the base of the card to make a pocket. (pic a)
Cut out some small cloud shapes from white paper and glue to the sky above the pocket. Add two foam tree stickers so they sit just above the edge of the pocket. (pic b)
Decorate the green foam pocket with an assortment of woodland stickers, flowers and butterflies. (pic c)
Cut a piece of green card the same size as the magnet insert. Use a fibre tip pen to draw a grass design on half of it. Place a bunny sticker in the centre and a few small flowers and butterflies around him. Fix into the magnet and slip into the pocket on the front of the card. (pic d)

Butterfly Mobile

dr — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:14:15 +0000

Draw a design on each side of both parts of the cardboard butterfly shape. Don’t make it too complicated as you will need to colour in the design with glass paint pens. Start with the background area and apply an even layer of paint.

(pic a)

When the background is dry fill in the other areas with different colours of glass paint. This will give the butterfly a glossy finish that will shine in the light. (pic b)

Use the same colours of glass paint to colour in at least twelve flat disc beads. You will only need to paint one side of each bead as the colour will show through. (pic c)

Cut four lengths of embroidery thread and tie a knot in the end of each one. Thread at least three different coloured beads onto each thread. Assemble the butterfly and punch a hole at the bottom of each wing. Tie the beaded threads to the wings. (pic d)

Draw a design on each side of both parts of the cardboard butterfly shape. Don’t make it too complicated as you will need to colour in the design with glass paint pens. Start with the background area and apply an even layer of paint. (pic a)
When the background is dry, fill in the other areas using different coloured glass paint. This will give the butterfly a glossy finish that will shine in the light. (pic b)
Use the same colours to paint at least twelve flat disc beads – colour two or three beads with each colour. You will only need to paint one side of each bead as the colour will show through. (pic c)
Cut four lengths of embroidery thread and tie a knot in the end of each one. Thread at least three different coloured beads onto each thread. Assemble the butterfly and punch a hole at the bottom of each wing. Tie the beaded threads to the wings. Leave in a breezy place for a flutter-by butterfly! (pic d)

Best Friend Keyring Card

dr — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:12:24 +0000

Cut some yellow card to A5 size and fold in half to make a blank. Cut a piece of green card to look like blades of grass and glue this to the yellow card (use our template). (pic a)
Use a sharp pencil or hole punch to make two small holes at the top left of the card, on the grass. Cut around the grass shape, leaving a 3mm border of yellow card. (pic b)
Thread a piece of ribbon through the two small holes. Cut out some more smaller pieces of grass from card and fix to the bottom of the card with glue dots so they stand out from the background. Decorate with foam bug stickers. (pic c)
Cut a piece of coloured card the same size as the keyring insert. Cut a slightly smaller piece of different coloured card and glue to the centre. Add your message and some decoration with coloured pens and fit into the keyring. Tie the finished keyring to the card with the ribbon and add a cute bug sticker. (pic d)

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Happy Snowman

Patti — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:00:50 +0000

Cut out two snowman shapes from white felt and pin together. Use three strands of white embroidery thread to sew the pieces together along the edge with small running stitch. Start sewing at the base of the figure and leave a 3cm gap before you finish. (pic a)
Stuff the snowman with some fibre stuffing. Use a pencil to help push the stuffing all the way up to the hat. When the figure is full close up the gap with running stitch. (pic b)
Cut a long strip of red felt and trim each end into a fringe with scissors. Wrap the scarf around the snowman’s neck and hold in place with a few stitches of red thread. (pic c)
Cut out two hat shapes from self-adhesive black felt and stick one to each side of the snowman. Use more self-adhesive felt to decorate the snowman with black buttons, a carrot nose and other features. (pic d)

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Snowflake Baubles

Patti — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:15:16 +0000

Cut an 8cm diameter circle from blue foam. Cut a second 6.5cm diameter circle from pink self-adhesive foam. Peel off the backing paper from the pink circle, stick a loop of blue ribbon to the edge for hanging, then fix to the middle of the blue circle. (pic a)
Use a pencil to draw a six sided snowflake design onto the back of an 8cm square of white self-adhesive foam (download our template!). Carefully cut out the shape. (pic b)
Peel away the backing paper from the snowflake and position it at the centre of the pink circle so that the points of the design slightly overlap it. (pic c)
Add extra decoration to the bauble by arranging several glitter snowflake stickers in the centre and around the edge of the snowflake. (pic d)

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Family Tree

Patti — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:01:54 +0000

Glue two sides of a cereal packet together and cover one side with orange card. Trim to fit. Use double sided tape to fix a length of ribbon to one long edge to make a hanging loop. Cut four 1.5cm wide strips of sticky foam and place around the edges of the board, covering the ends of the ribbon. (pic a)
Draw a tree design on the back of a piece of purple sticky foam (use our template). Cut out and peel away the backing paper. Fix the tree to the middle of the board. Cut a strip of green sticky foam to look like grass and place at the bottom of the tree trunk. (pic b)
Cut out lots of small leaf shapes from green, yellow and red card. Write the names of your family members on each of the leaves with a gold pen and ‘leaf’ to dry. (pic c)
Fix the leaves to the tree with glue dots. Starting with yourself on the trunk of the tree, place your parents above you and theirs above them, branching out from the trunk with each generation. (pic d)

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Corn Plait Bookmark

Patti — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:32:02 +0000

Cut a piece of yellow foam into a rectangle, 3cm by 21cm. Cut along the length into three equal strips – use a pencil and ruler to mark out if you want - leaving 1cm uncut at one end. (pic a)
Make the three strips into a neat plait by crossing one strip over the other – left over right, right over left, and so on. Make sure the plait is not too tight or it will curl up. Secure the ends of the plait with double sided tape. (pic b)
Fix a narrow piece of self-adhesive foam onto the back of the plait to help keep it flat. Use double sided tape to stick three orange foam leaf shapes to the tops of the plaited strips. (pic c)
Turn the bookmark over and layer lots of small orange sticky foam triangles onto the leaf shapes to make them look like ears of corn. (pic d)

Harvest Basket

Patti — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:30:27 +0000

Choose a pale colour to paint a woven wooden basket, and give it two even coats. Leave to dry then fix double sided tape over the handle and around the top of the basket. Stick a length of ribbon over the handle and a longer piece around the basket. Tie the ends in a bow. (pic a)
Cut several leaf shapes from yellow, green, red and orange foam sheets. Fix the leaves around the edge of the basket using double sided tape. Scrunch up a piece of tissue paper and place in the bottom of the basket. (pic b)
Roll some green clay into a ball. Make a dent in the top and push a green foam leaf and a small brown foam stalk into the top to make an apple. Make blackberries by sticking lots of tiny balls of dark purple clay onto a larger disc of clay. (pic c)
Make a pine cone by snipping into a ball of brown clay with scissors. Create a ladybird from a disc of red clay with black spots fixed to the front and on its back. Allow the clay shapes to dry overnight, then arrange in the basket fixing the ladybird to a leaf with double sided tape. (pic d)

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Owl Frame

Patti — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:03:25 +0000

Use pale acrylic paint to cover the front of a large craft photo frame, then leave to dry. Use our template to cut out the bottom of the owl from pink sticky foam and fix to the base of the frame, leaving the aperture clear. Cut out six small orange talons and stick in place. (pic a)
Cut out two green wings from sticky foam, making sure they are a mirror image of each other. Cut lots of small triangles from paler green sticky foam and place these on each wing in a feather pattern. Place the wings on either side of the frame’s aperture, above the base. (pic b)
Cut out two 5cm diameter circles of orange sticky foam. Cut several very thin strips of purple foam and use these to make a spoke pattern on the circles, trimming neatly. Cover the centre of the spoke with a smaller yellow circle and add a wiggle-eye to the middle. (pic c)
Cut a blue head piece and add the completed eyes to it, along with a red beak. Fix the head to the top of the frame. Add lots of dots and spots to the owl using 3D metallic pens in coordinating colours and leave to dry. (pic d)

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Leaf Garland

Patti — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:00:22 +0000

Trace around the large card leaf shapes onto sheets of autumnal coloured foam then cut out – you will need at least eight leaves. Arrange the leaves on a flat surface and mix up the colours. (pic a)
Write ‘autumn’ onto sticky green foam in bubble writing. Cut out all the letters and stick them to the middle six leaves in your arrangement. (pic b)
Use 3D glitter pens to draw vein patterns onto the leaves, avoiding the letters. Leave to dry for a couple of hours. While you’re waiting, cut out several 5cm diameter circles from foam – you’ll need about 18. (pic c)
Fold the circles in half and cut two slits in the middle of each one approx. 15mm apart. Cut more slits in the stalks of each leaf. Cut a long piece of brightly coloured ribbon and thread this through the slits, alternating leaves and circles to make a banner. (pic d)