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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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Bug Box

Patti — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:30:34 +0000

Draw a head, abdomen and thorax shape around the box with pencil and paint blue sky and green grass below it. (pic a)
Colour in the whole body shape with yellow paint and add red spots using a cotton bud dipped in paint. Add a pair of wiggle-eyes to the head. (pic b)
Pierce three holes in the abdomen part on both sides of the box. Cut two pipe-cleaners into three pieces. Bend over one end of each piece to make feet and push the other end through the hole to make legs. Add two halves of another pipe-cleaner to the head as antennae. (pic c)
Cut two wing shapes from blue self-adhesive foam. Paint a vein design on each wing and remove 1cm of the backing paper from the pointed ends so they can be stuck to the top of the box. (pic d)

Mini People Plant Labels

Patti — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:24:53 +0000

Use a pencil to sketch your clothing and face design onto a wooden person shape. (pic a)
Colour in the design using acrylic paint, adding detail with a fine paint brush, then leave to dry. (pic b)
Write your name and the name of the seeds you are planting on a wooden spring shape. Paint lightly over the writing and trace over it with a different colour using a fine brush. (pic c)
When dry, glue the wooden shape to your person and pop into the pot. Add a coat of varnish to protect the labels against the elements. (pic d)

Flowered Tote Bag

Patti — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:16:39 +0000

Cut a 3cm diameter circle from yellow felt. Pin this to the middle of a 6cm circle of red felt and cut ‘V’ shapes from the edge of the red circle to make petals. (pic a)
Pin the flower to the middle of an 8cm circle of white felt and cut petals from this in the same way as before. (pic b)
Use embroidery thread to sew a button to the middle of the layered flower to hold it together. Make more flowers using different coloured felt. (pic c)
Pin and then sew the flowers onto one side of a coloured shoulder bag using running stitch, following the edge of the middle circle. (pic d)

Chick Toy

Patti — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:00:02 +0000

Cut three egg shapes from yellow felt (see template) and mark the centre point at the top and bottom ends of each with pencil. Place two shapes together and use blanket stitch to sew along one side between the marks.
Fold one egg shape back on itself and place the third oval on top. Stitch this to both egg shapes as before, leaving a small gap on one side. Fill the shape with fibre stuffing, packed in tightly, and sew up the gap. (pic a)
Choose two small matching buttons and sew these at the top of one side of the stuffed shape to make eyes. Use contrasting coloured thread for a folksy look.
Fold a diamond shaped piece of orange felt in half and stitch below the eyes to make a beak. (pic b)
Cut two wings from orange felt and sew the curved part of them to the chick’s body. Add a large pink button to the centre of each wing. (pics c & d)
Stitch an orange tail piece and red feet to the chick, adding buttons for decoration if you wish. Finish by stitching a small red felt crest at the top of the head.

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Ribboned Bracelet

Patti — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:58:38 +0000

Choose a piece of wide gauze ribbon in a bright colour, slightly longer than the bracelet. Fold under at one end and over-sew to the end of the bracelet. Sew all down the sides and fold under the other end before stitching in place. (pic a)
Cut a 12cm piece of ribbon in a contrasting colour and sew running stitch all along one edge. Gather the stitches up to make a rosette and secure with a small stitch. (pic b)
Cut lots of narrower ribbons into 8cm lengths and trim the ends into an inverted ‘V’ to stop them fraying.
Stitch the middle of the ribbons to the back of the rosette so they fan out at the edges. (pic c)
Cover the stitching at the centre of the rosette with a brightly coloured button. Sew the finished flower to one end of the covered bracelet. (pic d)
Make two more flowers in different colours and add them to the end of the bracelet.

Pop-Up Chick

Patti — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:54:35 +0000

Choose three sheets of self-adhesive foam in bright, spring colours and cut three long, thin isosceles triangles from each colour. The triangles need to be 13.5cm long and 2.5cm wide at the base.
Roll up the cardboard cone from the pack and secure with sticky tape. Fix the foam triangles to the sides of the cones, alternating the colours. (pic a)
Cut some strips of yellow self-adhesive foam about 1cm wide and wrap these around the base and top of the cone to decorate and neaten the edge. Glue some gold sequins either side of the yellow strips to decorate. (pic b)
Cut two chick shapes from yellow self-adhesive foam and two wings from plain orange foam. Remove the backing paper from one chick shape and lay the stick down the middle. (pic c)
Fix the wings to each side of the body before covering the stick and body with the other self-adhesive chick shape. Stick on wiggle-eyes and a foam beak and decorate the wings with more gold sequins. (pic d)
Push the stick down through the hole in the base of the cone so the chick can pop up.

Hanging Egg Decorations

Patti — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:52:56 +0000

Cut out an egg shape from spare card and using as a template, cut out an egg shape from rolled out Fimo. Place the Fimo egg onto a baking tray.
Roll out some Fimo in a different colour and using a ruler and knife, cut some wide stripes. Lay these over the egg shape and trim at the edges. (pic a)
Roll out some more colours of Fimo and cut thinner stripes, laying these between the wider ones. Use a pencil to make a small hole at the top of the egg for hanging. (pic b)
Roll small balls of yellow clay and some small teardrop shapes from white clay and make some flowers. Arrange these flowers along two of the stripes on your egg. (pic c)
Add some more balls of Fimo for extra decoration. Bake the egg in the oven for 30 minutes on a very low heat (see manufacturer’s instructions).
When cool, lift from the baking tray and thread a length of narrow ribbon through the hole. Try making several different colours for a decorative display!