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Recycled Craft: Valentine Heart Boxes From Cereal Boxes

Our after school craft today...

Family Valentine Boxes

to hang on our bedroom doors,

made from re-cycled cereal boxes!

My mom actually found this craft idea

in a book called,

Crafts for All Seasons

We decided it would be fun to make a couple

of heart-shaped mail boxes

for our family valentines.

Start with a cereal or cracker box

(we even used a microwave popcorn box for one)

and an adult should cut it so that one bottom corner

(along the bottom edge of the box = one side the same length)

forms the point of a heart.

Then cut two bumps to be the top of the heart.

This is hard to explain with words so just

check out my photos and it should make sense!!

Cover your box with paper --

we used construction paper and Elmer's School Glue

but you could also use gift wrap!

Let the kiddos decorate and customize their boxes...

Think:

doilies,

felt hearts,

paper scraps,

stickers,

bits of ribbon/lace,

bubble wrap,

foil,

markers/crayons/twistables/etc.

We cut out paint chip samples for one of the boxes

with a heart-shaped punch.

We also used paper flowers

from this fun K & Company scrapbook paper kit

that I picked up a while ago

(with great intentions of using them to make presents pretty!).

Add a colorful ribbon handle

and hang on a bedroom door knob

or on the back of a chair at the kitchen table.

Time to add some love notes,

chocolates,

and valentine cards, or drawings

and have fun!

Happy Valentine Crafting!

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Simples e bonito!

He screwed 2 hangers into the back of the headboard.

And he screwed 2 into the wall.

Here he demonstrates how they fit together. Basically, they slide into one another for a nice, flush mount.

And here’s the headboard/wall art in place when it was all said and done.

This morning I got a chance to wash/make the bed, dust and vacuum after all the sanding, drilling and spackling that’s been going on in there. Here are some better truer-to-real-life shots of the Love Bed. Did I mention I now refer to our bed as the Love Bed? Silly me.

The next shot includes a snippet of the fandelier.

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Feliz 2011 para todos!

Postais de Natal

handmade cards

I love making my own cards. I love my girls making their own cards. Christmas time is no exception. In this post I'm sharing some cards which were a free added bonus to one of my Christmas online classes in the past. They are still some of my favourite cards.

If you would like to make these I have a PDF template file with the little pieces used for making the stocking, tree and candy cane. Download Fiona's christmas card shapes templates. (This file is an A4 sized document, so make sure you check your printer settings to ensure the template pieces are the right size and in proportion.)

Here are a few photos to give you an idea of how to construct the Christmas shapes on your cards.

I like to combine paper with fabric or felt, so I cut the base shapes from paper:

Then add felt pieces:

I like to add a little stitching. You could also use the sewing machine if you'd like:

All finished:

You could use any shapes for your cards, try looking for some clip art pieces that you like and use a mix of paper and felt to create your own cards.

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Pois é...

É também por essa razão que tenho este blog...e porque acredito que copiar algo é sempre um elogio que se faz...pois se copiamos é porque gostamos, não há maior prova disso...e até porque penso que muitas vezes procuramos uma inspiração, algo que nos faça ter vontade de fazer, de imitar, mas sempre com o nosso estilo e cunho pessoal...

Vi este presépio muito lindo ( vi aqui)

mas, embora tenha colocado o link, o blog não autorizou a sua publicação. Assim, deixo-vos o link para visitarem.

Neste fim de semana...

Flores natalinas

Ornament Advent Day 9:
Jingle Bell Flowers!

I am in love with these little Jingle Bell Flowers! They
are darling for ornaments but they'd make a wonderful
garland as well. Put one on your wrist to add a little
jingle to your step or tie one on a package to make
it extra special. I hope you like them too!

Supplies:
cardboard egg carton
red, green, lime green, and brown acrylic paint
one jingle bell for each flower
~10" piece of green yarn
scissors
paint brush
dish of water
needle with large eye

Directions:

first you need to cut apart your egg carton
as shown above:
→ cut the lid from the egg cups
→ cut down the middle of the egg cups
→ cut the closing flap off and the flat parts between the
bumps (see above)
→ cut the 10 creased triangles from between the egg cups
→ cut apart the egg cups


→ trim the egg cups so they are even all the way around
→ trim the triangles to look like leaves, use the pattern
above but there is no reason to be very precise
→ cut more leaves using the flat pieces from the closing
flap; if you need more cut them from the egg
carton cover


→ water down the paint a bit and apply with a soft
brush, it makes it easier to cover the rough surface
→ paint the egg cups red
→ paint the leaves a mixture of brown, green and lime
green (I put all three colors in a dish and let them
gradually mix into each other as I paint for
a nice variety of color)


→ for each flower you need one egg cup, one bell,
and between 3 and 6 leaves - flat and creased
→ for younger kids you can use a plastic needle but
you'll need to poke holes through the leaves
→ poke a hole through the bottom of the egg cup
→ thread your needle with the yarn, do not make a knot


→ string as above: 3 leaves, up through the bottom of
the egg cup and the jingle bell


→ run the thread back through the egg cup and
through the last three leaves


→ tie the ends of the yarn and trim the extra
Now you have a beautiful Jingle Bell Flower!


Try some in white - aren't they pretty?!

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Calendário do Advento

Ya sé que much@s pensaréis… a buenas horas pone Celia un calendario de adviento!!. Pero es que todo tiene un por qué y en esta ocasión han sido varios…El más importante es que no siempre disponemos del tiempo que nos gustaría tener para hacer todas las cosas que nos rondan en la cabeza y más si son de ocio. El segundo motivo, porque no me resistía a tener nuestra propia cuenta atrás en la última semana antes de ¡Papá Noel y la gran cena!.

Los calendarios de adviento de los 24 días me parecen un anticipo demasiado largo para los más pequeños de la casa y por ese motivo os enseño este pequeño pero exquisito y sencillo calendario que tanto lo podéis usar de adorno como de arbolito sorpresa. En nuestro caso llevan en su interior unos bombones que a última hora voy a volver a abrir y a escribirles unas notitas en el interior para que la princesa de la casa busque los tesores que encierran esos mensajes…

¡Vamos allá!

Materiales

Tijeras

Cartulina A-4 (dina 4)

Cinta raso o similar

Bombones o regalitos

Plantilla para descargar (calendario de adviento)…………………………

Paso a paso

Imprime la plantilla que encontrarás en Materiales tantas veces como días quieras y a continuación recórtalas con cuidado.

Verás que en el lado contrario de la lengüeta hay dos líneas verticales de color blanco, estas líneas córtalas con la ayuda de un cúter de precisión, será la evilla de la lengüeta.

Antes de hacer este segundo paso marca las líneas blancas verticales con algo que no corte pero que deje la hendidura (eso te ayudará para luego hacer el pliegue sin doblar el papel ).Haz la misma operación con todas las demás plantillas a modo de trabajar en cadena.

Corta las cintas de raso entre 15 y 20 cm y anuladas en su extremo.

A continuación introduce el lazo y cierra la lengüeta. Verás que hay un mini pliegue vertical que podrás pegar si lo deseas para dejar más firme el lazo.

Una vez que las tienes todas con sus cintas, prepara tus sorpresas. En este caso puse unos bombones de chocolate con un envoltorio fácil de pegar.

Antes de pegar los bombones escribe los días en la blonda blanca que hemos diseñado.

Y ahora solo queda pegar con una gotita de ahdesivo caliente la base del bombón.

Con una simple cuerda de lino y unas mini pinzas de madera hemos colgado estos suculentos paquetitos sorpresa que coseguirán que el día 24 llegue con mucha ilusión y dulzura.

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