Fringed felt flower clips

These flower clips were born as a combination of two different ideas. There is a wonderful tutorial for the felt flowers in Craft Snob's - Pomela. and the hair clip idea is from Purl Bee's - valentine heart barettes. Don't forget to have a look at the original versions. I thought of combining these two into my version :). So here it goes

You will need :
Felt cloth, hair clip, needle, thread and scissor.

Video Tutorial:

Method:
First draw 2 circles of the same size and slightly bigger than your hair clip.

Cut a long rectange piece of cloth that is 15inch by 1.5 inches. Fold into half lengthwise and stitch the loose ends.

Cut slits halfway on the folded ends. Place this piece on top of one round cloth with the stiched side facing inside and attach it to the edges of the round felt cloth.

After completing one circle slightly overlap inwards and stich another round. Keep doing this till you reach the center.

Attach beads or button in the center and finish it off.

In the second round felt cloth, just poke a hole slightly away from the center. Open a snap clip and insert the pointed end in to this hole. Now attach this cloth to the flower you have already made.

Paper craft - Christmas tree from magazine

Handmade Christmas tree- Paper craft

This is a recycle project. Your old magazines can be put to good use this Christmas. I have used my old Readers Digest magazine.

Just tear off the first 30 pages(i.e; 60 page numbers) from the book but make sure the binding is strong enough. Watch below to see my animated image expling the fold...

step 1:Fold the page diagonally from right to left to form a triangle as shown below.

step 2: Then fold again towards the center from right to left as shown

step 3:Then fold upwards the paper portion that is pointing below the page size as shown.


step 4:Then open up and fold inwards the small triangle as shown and do step 2 again


Keep doing this for the first 15 pages. Then make the same folds on the left hand side of the book starting to fold digonally from left to right. Do this on the remaining 15 pages.

Now the tree is ready, paint it with green color and fix a Paper star on top to finish. Place it on top of a paper roll or round box to finish it.


Merry Christmas!!!

Halloween Pumpkin Clipart

Here is a halloween clipart image designed by me...

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Perler beads or hama beads

Perler beads otherwise known as hama beads are tiny plastic beads (available in lots of colors) which can be arranged on a peg board (available in different shapes) to form various designs.They are then fused together by applying hot iron on them with a wax/oil paper in between the iron and the design. These are great for grown up kids as they develop concentration and creativity. The designs created can be used in many ways like fridge magnet, greeting cards, key chain, charms, toys etc... there are plenty of designs available on the internet to start with..

Here is a quick photo story on how to fuse beads and create designs

Quick And Easy Craft - Stationery holder - recycle craft from small tin

This is just a simple craft with items available at home any time.

You will Need:
> small used tin (like condensed milk or chips or watch tins)
> Decorative paper
> adhesive tape

Method:
1] Cut the decorative paper to same height as the tin with length 1/2 inch more than required.

2]Stick one end of the decorative paper with adhesinve tape.
Wrap the tin tightly and stick on the other end.

Now your colorful pen holder or spoon holder or gift box is ready within minutes. You can change the paper when you get bored.