Posts Tagged ‘crafts’
Fourth of July Crafts: Red, White & Blue
Happy Fourth of July! Are you planning to enjoy your day with family and friends? Or are you planning just to play it by ear and keep it low key? Well, whatever your plans are for celebrating the holiday, you can add to the fun by creating some easy family crafts. These cool and patriotic crafts will pair along perfectly with your family picnic or BBQ and the kids will love the idea of having something to create to the day of celebration.
1. Picnic Napkin Rings
Add sparkle to your table with our easily made picnic napkin rings. These star-spangled wrappers will add flair to a picnic and bursts of color to outdoor meals all summer.
2. Stars and Stripes Clip-Art Paper Cones
Filled with a mix of beet and blue-potato chips, these easy-to-make stars and stripes cone containers are something to cheer for.
3. Patriotic Ice Cream Cone Wrapper
These stars-and-stripes clip-art templates make store-bought ice cream look extra special. To make the ice cream cone wrappers, simply print the clip art and wrap around the cone, fastening with a glue stick or double-sided tape.
4. Drink Parasols
Add a burst of patriotic spirit to summer sips with these red, white, and blue umbrellas. Pop one into every beverage you serve for an instant air of festivity. Besides doubling as stirrers, the little paper parasols help identify each guest’s glass. Once you’ve fashioned our patterns into umbrellas, grab yourself a drink, sit back, and get ready to watch the sky.
Enjoy your holiday!
celebrate life in style…
DIY Inspiration: Crafty & Stylish Gift Wrap
Happy Friday! Well, we have some DIY inspiration for you today in the form of stylish and crafty gift wrap. These DIY projects are very easy to make and lots of fun as well. So next time you need to wrap a gift, don’t head out to the store and buy paper instead just look around at what you already have. Pull out the colored pencils, ribbons, bows, craft boxes and scissors, grab the kids and create some beautiful handmade gift wrap.
Above is some pretty crafty decorated gift wrap paper. Easy to make - simply decorate plain white gift wrap. Pull out watercolor paints, crayons, and markers for you or the kids to use. Let paint and markers dry before wrapping. Tie gifts with pretty ribbon and customized tags.
(Starting at the top on the left check out the crafty DIY gift wrap)
To make the ribbon-pull gift box lids start with easy-pull gift box lids, add a grommet with a ribbon loop. Remove the box lid, center the grommet on the lid, and trace around it with a pencil. Carefully cut around the mark with a crafts knife. Pop the grommet into place. Tie two ends of a short piece of ribbon together. Slide the ribbon through the grommet from the underside of the lid. Pull taut.
Want to make one-of-a-kind gift tags using ribbon? The frilly ribbon embellishments will be perfect! Cut and loop lengths of ribbon; adhere to packages with fabric glue. Attach monogrammed tags fashioned with crafts punches.
Personalize wrapped gifts with a decorated chipboard monogram letter. To create monogram gifts paint or glitter the letter to coordinate with wrapping paper and bow.
I love this one, an easy-to-sew reusable gift bag. Use fabric of any pattern to create a personalized gift bag. It’s even eco-friendly because the gift recipient can reuse it again and again.
Enjoy and happy crafting!
