ALUMINUM FOIL MODELING
Aluminum foil can he rolled up and pressed into animal shapes.
Add wings (o aluminum foil animals and hugs the same way that you added them to the dough hug.
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Kids insect crafts
Saturday, December 19th, 2009Soap making ideas
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Hit by bit, cut awav the out-side edge ol the soap until you reach the lines. When you carve, hold the knife edge away from your body. Don’t try to cut away big chunks, just cut a little at a time.
Round out the top of the turtle’s back with the knife. With a pointed stick vou can make dents for the turtle’s eyes and mark lines on its shell.
When you finish carving, smooth the sides by wetting the snap and rubbing it with your fingers.
Paint the turtle with tempera.
You can carve many other animals out of soap. Remember it is easier to carve the animals if vou first draw a picture on the soap.
Craft soap making
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
A turtle carved from SOAP
Materials
a bar of soap
a paring knife
paper and a pencil
tempera paints
carbon paper
a pointed stick
DRIFTWOOD MOBILES
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
DRIFTWOOD MOBILES
Tic small pieces of driftwood to each other with picture wire. See picture. Then tie a longer piece of picture wire to the center of the top piece of driftwood. Make sure the pieces balance. Hang the mobile in a window or a doorway.
COAT HANGER MOBILE
Friday, November 20th, 2009
COAT HANGER MOBILE
Materials
a wire coat hange
string
heavy construction or cardboard
Pull a wire coat hanger into the shape shown in the picture.
Cut different shapes like stars, circles, and triangles out of construction paper or cardboard.
Tie strings to the paper shapes and hang them from the coat hanger.
Hang the coat-hanger mobile by a string in a window or doorway.
Craft Pins and Brooches
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Craft Pins and Brooches
Press a piece of clay into the shape you want. Let it harden. If you wish, add a shiny pebble or a shell to the clay before it gets hard.
Glue a safety pin to the back of the clay. Paint the clay and let it dry before covering with shellac.
Make clay jewelry
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Press a piece of clay into the shape you want the tiepin to be. Let the clay harden.
Glue a large paper clip to the back of the clay piece.
Decorate it with tempera paints. When the paint is dry, cover the tiepin with shellac.
Clay soup bowl
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
The top of the howl will he wider than the sides if you put on a longer coil. It will he narrower if you put on a shorter coil.
A coil can also he used for a handle on the side of the howl.
Paint the howl with a mixture of tempera and some detergent. When the paint is dry, cover it with shellac.
Make clay bowls
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Roll a long sausage or coil out of another hall of clay. Bend it around the edge of the circle of clay. See Picture. .Smooth the pieces together.
Roll another coil in the same way and stick it on top of the first coil. Then add another and another. Smooth the pieces together as you make the sides of the howl taller.
Clay pottery bowls
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
A CLAY BOWL MADE WITH ROLLS.
hardening clay
detergent
a saucer or a cardboard circle
tempera paint
an old sheet or a piece of cloth
shellac
Lay cloth on a table or on the floor.
Flatten a big lump of clay. Put a saucer or a cardboard circle on top of the flat clay. Cut awav the clav around the edge of (he saucer. See Picture. The circle of clav that is left will be the bottom of the bowl.