I remember when I was growing up, most of the halloween costumes in local stores consisted of a very flimsy jumpsuit in polyester with a plastic face mask. Now they…
Category: <span>Creativity show</span>
We just had our summer reading kick-off with the theme of “Universe of Stories.” So we pretended that the library was a space station and our readers were reporting in…
Bake-off My best friend decided to have a “Great British Bake-off” themed birthday. My daughter and I have been watching the show on Netflix, and we got two books…
Make Pokeballs The first thing my son did when I gave him one of these was throw it at me and say “I choose you!” Thanks, kid. That’s why they’re…
Replacing mittens if you’re snowed in We are perpetually losing gloves and mittens around here. We even started buying multiples of the same kind to prevent the “only one” problem,…
Sewing a china doll I sent a message out to my friends asking what they’d like me to make for them. One friend spoke up and said she wanted a…
Paper- cutting, not as easy as it looks Paper Cutting seems like an easy craft. You don’t need many supplies- just paper and scissors, maybe a cutting mat and knife.…
Mermaid Tail Blanket I sewed a mermaid tail blanket for my 3-year-old honorary niece. I had left-over fabric from the “Boo” costume I made her (sorry, no picture of that,…
Making a t-shirt rug
I made a braided rug out of the t-shirt scraps left over from my t-shirt quilt project (which I haven’t finished yet). The process is pretty simple. First, make long strips of fabric. The strips are knotted together to make balls of ribbon. Then you take three strips and braid them together, making a long rope. You can either keep going or put a clothes pin at the end and start sewing the rug together, to test the length.
Pumpkin Carving I’ve made many jack-o-lanterns out of real pumpkins. This time I tried out carving a fake one, thinking it would be just the same. It is in some…
