Comments on: Summertime Craft Ideas

By: Forbidia

Forbidia — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:39:52 +0000

Brilliant Willy, Just Brilliant =D

By: lidiabarbarita

lidiabarbarita — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:15:44 +0000

Very nice!!

By: Hermann759

Hermann759 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:22:14 +0000

Great talent Der Mann.

By: chris_sprouse2005

chris_sprouse2005 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:34:57 +0000

hatbands

macrame them into a guitar strap with colored hemp twine

bead them onto the back of a jacket so it says your band's name

buy scrunchies and sew them on it so it's a plucky scrunchie! (Sorry! couldn't resist!)

make a watchband or headband

make them into a long fringe for a vest, pants or poncho

sew them down the sides of your pant legs in a stripe

make a chain mail jerkin (medieval vest) out of them by hooking them together with metal o-rings

make a chain mail purse or cell phone case

make key chains

make a lap counter out of them

do what my band does and save them in a picky bank, then toss them to the audience during your last song

By: Sabres Girl

Sabres Girl — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:26:13 +0000

I made a Santa candy container once. I took an ice pick and punched a hole in the center of the lid. Then I took a styrofoam ball, and make a hole through it, and inserted a pipe cleaner, twisting it at the top so it couldn't pull through. Then I made a Santa hat for it out of felt, with a white cotton ball on the top, and glued it on the ball, used sequins for eyes and mouth, and glued a cotton beard on it. Then I inserted the pipe cleaner through the lid, and taped it down so it wouldn't come loose. I cut arms and legs out of a single layer of red felt, mittens out of white felt, and boots out of black. I glued the pieces together, and then I glued them onto the sides and bottom of the jar. For Santa's belt, I glued a black strip of felt all the way around the jar and decorated it with a yellow felt buckle. When all was dry, I filled the jar with Christmas candy and set it on a shelf with his legs dangling down. Very cute, a good Girl Scout project.

By: HappyNotGrumpy

HappyNotGrumpy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:55:19 +0000

Excellent work. Pleasure to watch. Perfect music ))

By: imtrudil80

imtrudil80 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:22:14 +0000

Incredible! He looks so life like. Just amazing…and what a beautiful subject

By: TayMegLizEm98

TayMegLizEm98 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:22:50 +0000

Here is a craft idea that you can do so much with after you are finished with it.

first buy a package of coffee filters. any kind is fine (even a cheap kind) Next get some markers and decorate the coffee filters. don't do anthing fancy just like swirls and spirals going from the center all the way to the outside. Then fold them in half and half and half until they are like pie pieces (> kind of looks like that. Then dip one end into some water either out of a cup or a bowl and watch the colors run make sure it all gets wet but you don't need to drench the thing. Just a little bit goes along way trust me you will see when you do it. then after it is wet unfold it and let it dry. It will look pretty crazy and you can do so many things with it.

Examples: make flowers. pinch the middle and twist and put tape around the stem part so it doesn't come undone.

Use them as a back ground for pictures.

They are so many things you can do with them. Use your imagination.

Hoped this helped!!! Good Luck and have fun.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:04:37 +0000

Some horse riders sew their ribbons and rosettes won from horse shows onto quilts and cushion covers, and they look FANTASTIC. I know cardboard/paper from Christmas cards isn't quite the same or as flexible to use as ribbon, but perhaps you could think along those lines? I found a great website a few years ago, of a teenage girl who custom made some excellent quilts etc using people's ribbons. Wish I could remember the address! = It could have possibly been a great source of inspiration

By: champ0y

champ0y — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:43:56 +0000

You’re really good man. You’ve got excellent talent.