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Craft Scope - April 2008

Mother's Day Bookmark - Free Craft Instructions - Kids Craft

April 27th 2008 07:44

Mum will love this bookmark for Mother's Day. It is easy to make - a fun craft to do with the kids.

Materials Required

1. One piece of A4 Card
2. Textas (recommended), crayons, or pencils
3. Piece of Ribbon
4. Embellishments - eg.Glitter glue, glitter, sequins, punched out shapes, stickers
5. Hole punch
6. Eyelet and eyelet setter (Optional)
7. Double-sided tape (or glue)

Instructions

1. Print out the bookmark template onto light card or paper.

Printing Instructions

Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Click on the printer symbol to start printing

Template for Mother's Day Bookmark

2. Colour in the Bookmark. If you use lighter colours, you should be able to colour over the border and still see the vine pattern through the texta colour.
I went over the word "Mum" with a silver-paint pen.

3. Cut out the bookmark.
Use double-sided tape to stick the two sides of the bookmark together.

4. Punch a hole at the top of the bookmark for the ribbon to go through.

5. (Optional) If you have an eyelet setter, you can use an eyelet to reinforce the ribbon hole.

6. Decoarate your bookmark. Remember to use flat embellishments so the bookmark will fit nicely between the pages of a book.
I used punched out silver hearts and glitter glue on my bookmark.

7. Tie the ribbon through the hole at the top of the bookmark.

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Posted By: Jude O'Connell - Category: Kids Craft, Mother's Day Craft

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Mother's Day Card - Free Craft Instructions - Kids Craft

April 26th 2008 05:28

Make something special for Mum this Mother's Day. She will love this beautiful woven heart card.

Materials Required

1. Three pieces of A4 paper or card - three different colours that compliment each other work best.
2. Paper glue
3. Your choice of embellishments - eg. jewels, beads, punch art, glitter glue, ribbon...the list is endless

Instructions

1. Print out the templates (below) onto the A4 card. The woven heart needs printing twice, onto two different coloured pieces of card or paper. The heart card template is best printed onto card.

[B]Printing Instructions

Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Click on the printer symbol to start printing

Woven Heart Pieces - Print Twice

Heart Card Template - Print Once

2. Cut out the shapes, and along the lines marked into the heart halves that will be woven.

3. Weave the two pieces of each heart together. You will be making two hearts, use one piece of each colour for each heart.

Putting the Heart Together

4. Glue the loose pieces of the woven hearts together, and if necessary trim the edges of the hearts. Turn them over so the black markings are hidden. Fold the Heart Card in half.

5. Glue on woven heart onto the front of the heart card, and the other onto the back of your card. Embellish your card to suit your taste. I used glitter glue and jewels to brighten up my card.

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Posted By: Jude O'Connell - Category: Kids Craft, Card Making, Mother's Day Craft

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Dragonfly Craft - Free kids preschool craft

April 24th 2008 08:28

Make this glittering dragonfly with 3D wings that will brighten up any wall.

Instructions

1. Print off the templates for the dragonfly (see below).
Hint - If possible print the wings template onto light card, to give them more strength.

Printing instructions

Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and go down to "print preview"
Click on the arrow next to 100%, and go down to 30%
Click on the printer symbol

2. Colour in the dragonfly and the spare wings with bright colours.

3. Cut out the spare pair of dragonfly wings.

4. Using glue or double sided tape, attach the wings to the dragonfly.

5. Embellish the dragonfly with seuins, jewels, glitter glue, or anything else that you choose.
Hint - I choose to stick googly eyes onto my dragonfly.
Hint - Don't put too many decorations on the top pair of wings, as they may become too heavy to stand up off the paper.

6. Display and enjoy.

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Posted By: Jude O'Connell - Category: Kids Craft, Pre-School Craft

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Lady Silhouette Craft - Free Card Making Lesson

April 22nd 2008 13:33

This look of this elegant card depends on the papers that you use - so experiment with colours and textures to find the look that you want.
The silhoutte is created by layering three shaped pieces of paper on top of each other.

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