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holiday gift Try our fun craft projects for you and your kids to do in celebration of Easter. Have a little Easter fun with these easy craft projects. There is something here for every level of do-it-yourselfer. From the kid-friendly paper Easter Bonnet to the more advanced hand-painted Easter welcome sign, we’ve got it all. So find a festive way to celebrate the spring holiday
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Here is a fun and easy alternative to Easter baskets. Plain pastel colored gift bags are decorated with polka dot scrapbooking paper, ribbon and Easter ornaments to complete these adorable bags. They are also great for an Easter egg hunt.
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Craft projects that you and your children will enjoy making while recycling products and going green. Check out ways to salvage old sweaters and scarves and make creative crafts.
Room Warmers
Be both crafty and earth-friendly with easy-to-make eco-chic projects that rethink old winter woolens and recycle them for new uses throughout your home. With some simple stitches, last year’s scarves become this year’s throw and a stylish coffee cozy. Unused sweaters make a snuggly dog bed and a chair full of pillows. It’s as easy as cleaning out your closet, so pare down and cozy up with any of these handmade knits.
Blanket Coverage
A simple Scarf Throw will give you an extra reason to cuddle up in a favorite chair. Lay five or more scarves side by side and stitch them together, alternating textures for a subtle pattern. Trim the edges, hem and finish with green tassels attached with decorative beads.
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Decorative Throw Pocket pillows are as handy as they are comfy: A clever catchall keeps books and glasses within reading reach.
Skill level: Beginner
Materials: Pillow forms in desired sizes; tape measure; chalk marking pencil; knit or crochet sweaters; scissors; sewing machine; matching thread; pins; hand sewing needle.
Directions for DIY craft project:
1. Measure pillow form and add 1 inch to each measurement.
2. Measure, mark and cut two pieces of sweater material to these measurements for pillow front and back.
3. Optional: Make a pocket by measuring desired size of pocket; add 1 inch to each measurement. Cut contrasting piece of sweater material to these measurements.
4. Sew zigzag stitches close to cut edges of all pieces.
5. Turn under 1/2 inch on each edge of pocket; straight-stitch close to edges to hem pocket.
6. Pin pocket to pillow front; stitch close to sides and lower edge.
7. Pin pillowcase front to back, with right sides facing and raw edges even; stitch edges in 1/2-inch seams, leaving an 8-inch opening along one edge. Turn right side out.
8. Insert pillow form into cover; slip-stitch opening closed.
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Show your tabletop a little love with this fun felt craft project.
A candy stripe runner is a treat for your table. Enjoy this decorative craft idea with your family.
A candy stripe runner is a treat for your table.
Skill Level: Beginner fun craft
Materials Needed for Table Runner, Home Decorating Project: Tape measure; chalk marking pencil; felt: 1 yard white, ½ yard each of brown, lime green and turquoise; scissors; paper-backed fusible web; iron and ironing board
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Directions:
1. Measure, mark and cut white felt to desired size of runner (ours is 14 inches wide). You may need to piece white felt sections together to get desired length. If so, cover seams with colored stripes as you fuse them on.
2. Using iron, fuse web onto back of each remaining piece of colored felt. Cut into strips slightly longer than runner width and several inches wide. We cut strips freehand for a slightly irregular look.
3. Peel backing off web and arrange stripes on runner; fuse in place.
4. Trim stripe ends even with edge of runner.
Easy Craft Project
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Wrap your significant other’s gift in a subdued personalized Valentine’s Wrapping Paper using charming rustic scrapbook paper and raffia ribbon. Position the wrapping paper so that your heart decorations and beautiful ribbons can be seen.
Materials you will need are:
Oatmeal colored recycled wrapping paper
Red and burgundy heart patterned craft or scrap booking paper
Burgundy raffia (Raffia is very easy to use. It is very pliable which allows for fun multi-looped bows with little effort.)
1 Small silver heart button.
Valentine's Wrapping Paper
Follow our easy how-to instructions on how to make your Valentine’s Day Craft.
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Valentine’s Day is our most favorite holiday of the year. Our heart shaped candies, pretty cards and lots of xoxoxo is everything you need for the best day possible. A homemade Valentine’s craft will give this wondrous day just the right spirit. Share your love of crafts this Valentine’s Day by making our Valentine’s Day DIY crafts.
Valentine's Day Crafts
Browse our collection of Valentine’s crafts to help ring in the day of love. Whether you would like to make a heart shaped card or some sweet and savory Valentine’s recipes with your kids, you’ll celebrate this Valentine’s Day in sweet romance.
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Learn how to make this craft project, decorative throw pillows. These fashionable accessories are full of vibrant colors giving a boost of energy to your home decor. Consider adding finishing touches to your bedroom with this DIY craft project.
Throw Pillows
For your materials, you will need yellow cotton or linen pillow shams in whatever size fits your needs; lightweight cardboard 1” smaller than the size of your sham; adhesive packaging dots (about 3” across); scissors; ½” painter’s tape; foam paintbrush; Plain FolkArt acrylic pain in White; pillow form to fit sham.
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Make this fun cupcake craft project that’s compact, and portable but not edible. A cupcake always makes me happy! Whatever the flavor rich chocolate, vanilla or lemon you’ll love this for any occasion. Project excerpted from The Polymer Clay Cookbook: Tiny Food Jewelry to Whip Up and Wear.
Cupcake Charm Craft
Check out my recipe that makes a traditional chocolate cupcake with pink icing and instructions on how to make a cupcake charm.
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