Crafts For Kids Or The Whole Family
When you have flowers you want to dry there are a few different ways you can go about it. Here are three different easy ways to go about preserving your flowers. One tip is if the flowers you are wanting to dry are being cut from your own garden you will want to wait to cut them after there is no dew and since they will continue to bloom after they are cut try to preserve flowers that are not yet in full bloom.
By: Lori Higgins and joann.com
Designed by Lori Higgins. Inspired by watercolor paintings, this birdhouse will be a nice addition to country-influenced decor. The finished house measures 9 x 4 x 4-1/2 . Materials needed: wood birdhouse, 10 colors acrylic paints, gesso, 2 dragonflies and printed instruction sheet.
By: Robin Reckard
Kid's can enjoy the fun of making these inexpensive and wonderfully smelling sachets, and as an added benefit they can give them as gifts for holidays and other occasions. You can easily make them into a car freshener as well.
By: Merle O'Brien - recipes4learning.com
To make your journal jar you need a quart canning jar with lid and ring, a small piece of cloth, some raffia and the following material. The idea is to cut the question in strips and place them in the jar. Put the material under the ring on top of the jar, and tie raffia around the neck of the jar with the card Recipe for: my Life History. Give journal jar as a gift.
By: Merle O'Brien - recipes4learning.com
Making balloon plants is a wonderful activity! You can also use them to give as gifts, or to make at parties. Kids love making them and you will enjoy watching your new plant grow :)
By: Brenda Hyde
Article includes simple recipe instructions for making paper mache from water, newspaper, and flour.
By: Alternative Pond & Gardens Mart -Brigitte Burc
Learn how to create an indoor pond. It is fast, fun, and easy.
By: Michlle Graham
Every little girl should have one - but with the price of dolls houses now even cheap plastic ones can break the bank. Why not give your children a dolls house that won`t cost much. These craft ideas are fun for all.
By: Jan Anderson
Follow these instructions to create the safest, funkiest and most innovative Jack O'Lanterns this Halloween. You don't need to be an expert and it is an enjoyable activity that can involve all of the family.