The cold days in London has come and we are now stuck at home more than ever :/
I wish it could snow, kids would be happier and get tired quicker :P
Last weekend I sat with Ela to an easy and effortless craft we both enjoyed very much.
I had in mind something very manual she could almost fully made by herself, maybe with a little help from my ultimate glue gun.
Something made of simple, popular and fuss-free materials like :
- wooden clothespins
- toilet paper tubes
- cardboard
- egg cartons
- felt tip pens
- kids craft supplies(pipe cleaners, feathers etc.)
We begin with choosing a first body for Ela's animal.
Toilet roll is the easiest to work with.
Simply cut it to open ...
Then draw some fun patterns on it.
We than attached a head using hot glue and tail by making a hole in toilet roll with a bamboo stick to thread a pipe cleaner.
And the whole rest of it :)
Ela really gets into the patterns :)
I did too.
Next we wanted to make bodies using egg cartons...
Then ended on large piece of thick cardboard and many drawing pins :)
So this is our made up animals :)
A whole bunch of it :)
Possibilities are endless, kids can even have some fun by swapping heads and legs too ;)
Get your kids to use their imagination and join in!
Just before December whatever shop I go to a new home decor trend of this year have caught my eye.
Decorative festive trees.
Small, made of wire, covered with tape or yarn, sometimes with the lights on too.
Very cute, but the price..
I have one simple rule, if I can't afford it I will observe how it was made and make it myself.
So I did :)
This is how ...
Tip for battery operated lights, spend a bit more then £1.50.
Mine takes energy unbelievable quick so I need to use rechargeable batteries only :/
Are they not should be LED long lasting lights?
A bit confusing.Or maybe just a bad luck of the faulty product...
The perfect pebbles would be white but I used what we had at home.
First I done four holes in a tube to put through wires.
I shaped it so it looks like a tree.
Then I wrapped lights around few branches and started on string wrapping next...
...so it cover wire completely.
When done with the whole tree I glued the base to a pot base with a generous amount of hot glue using glue gun.
Then covered with the stones but leaving a battery box on top.
Looking nice with the light off too.
Looking good anywhere...
And small enough to move around :)
I spend about £7 to have my very own little tree :)
Hi!
Today something easy yet stylish for your home, Christmas tree or as a decorative gift for a friend.
Cheap materials and little effort ;)
Lets have a look at materials:
Some I already had at home, like those polystyrene eggs from last Easter ;)
Step 1.
Paint an egg black on the bigger half and leave it to dry.
While the egg is drying I paint twigs black too.
Step 2.
Start pinning.
There should be a line in a middle of an egg, follow that line around with your pins.
Remember to overlap them.
Another line....
And one more...
Almost there.
If you planning to hang it later then use glue gun for the last pins, they need to be stronger.
Step 3.
Wrap the string around the little twig and stick it to the top of a acorn using hot glue gun.
That's it :)
I painted a large twig too so I can use my acorns on shelves too.
One of the pictures is upside down, just noticed upps :D
Gold version is looking very glam to :)
They can be use on a festive table.
I made some balls too.
They will add some sparkle ;)
Created the same way as acorns only easier.
Acorns make a nice handmade gift.
Keep it FESTIVE!
