Category — Crafts for Kids

Use a plastic container that you get from the grocery store that holds strawberries and weave yarn through the openings. The opening aren’t even but that’s what makes it interesting. My grandson started to weave this basket but got tired so I finished it for him. Maybe using thicker yarn would have made it go faster. I just used a pipe cleaner for the handle.

The basket is holding a cute sock bunny that my daughter made.
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This project would be fun, easy, and inexpensive for young women’s groups, achievement day groups, girl scout groups or with your daughter or granddaughter. Repurpose old wool sweaters by felting the fabric — shrinking the wool until it’s thick and ravel-proof — and then it’s a cinch to create stylish bracelets.

Materials
Old sweater
Scissors
Embroidery needle
Embroidery floss
Buttons, felt shapes, paper flowers, and other embellishments

Instructions
To felt the wool, wash the sweater in hot water and dry it on high heat. Repeat, if necessary, so that the fabric’s weave is tight enough to be cut without fraying.

Cut loops from the sweater’s cuffs and arms. Next, decorate the bangles by using embroidery floss to sew on buttons, felt shapes, paper flowers, and more.

Tips: If the diameter of a loop is too big, cut it open, trim the excess length, then overlap the edges and secure them by sewing on embellishments.
This idea came from FAMILY FUN.

This treat can is easy to make. All you need is a metal can, wire, paint, and embelishments.

Clean your can and remove label. You’ll need to take off the bottom of the can too. Be sure to use a can opener that doesn’t leave sharp edges.
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Using an awl or a nail, hammer two holes on each side of the top of the can.

Using the hammer pound the bottom of the can flat together.

The top remains open.
Now paint, decorate, add a wire for the handle, and fill with a special treat.

Two of my grandsons stayed overnight with me last week. They had great fun creating things from pipe cleaners. It was fun and inexpensive!

Instead of throwing away your Christmas and holiday cards and leftover pieces of ribbon, recycle them into thank you notes and gift tags.
With your grandchildren you can cut out pictures from the cards and glue them on cardstock to be used like a postcard. Then send it as a thank you note. You can also make gift tags to save for next Christmas. There are many pictures on cards that can be used for tags all year ‘round.

This is a fun fall activity to do with your children and you’re helping the birds.
Directions:
1. Gather various sizes of milk cartons.
2. Cut out an opening.
3. Decorate with paint or permanent markers.
4. Make a small hole to push a dowel through so the bird can perch.
5. Secure a wire or heavy string at the top for hanging.
6. Fill with bird seed and hang.
You can also have an opening on opposite sides and push the dowel through so birds can perch on either side.

I found this idea at Make & Takes. It started out in bad shape but with some paint and cute laminated numbers it ended up a treasure. It has 20 small drawers you could use it for jewelry, sewing items or to hold a collection of tiny things. Go to Make & Takes to see the progression from trash to treasure.

I saw this idea on The Katie Brown Workshop. She just took a bunch of frames, put corkboard inside, labeled them with the days of the week, and wha la you have a place to keep all your important information. They would be great in a familyroom, kitchen, or office. You could have the kids paint the frames different colors and add embelishments too.
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Here’s a way to use those random buttons that you can’t bare to part with because you know you’ll need them someday. I bought some headbands at the dollar store and had my granddaughters create their own. Megan wanted hers to be simple but Kate wanted every button she could reach. I was in charge of the glue gun.