Craft Ideas For The Whole Family
Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed
The frosty days of winter when it’s too cold to go outside is a great time to get your creative juices flowing with art and craft projects. Craft projects don’t have to be expensive, complicated or time consuming and you can create ornaments, decoupage pictures and even wrapping paper that you’ll want to keep forever. In this article, we’ve got some simple craft ideas for the whole family!
Christmas cards don’t have to be just for Christmas. They are so beautiful that they can be used for a variety of art and craft pieces. Collect cards that have beautiful winter scenes on them and turn them into scented sachets that are decorative enough for any room. To make the sachets, simply glue the bottom and side edges of the card together and then slip a small amount of potpourri or cotton balls dampened with your favorite scent into the space. Use a hole punch to make two holes on the top edge, through which you can thread a pretty ribbon before tying a bow. Leftover or recycled ribbon from Christmas is ideal. If you leave a loop in the ribbon, the sachets can be hung on door handles, coat hooks or hangers.
Old greeting cards, ornaments and even buttons can really come in handy. Collect small glass jars or buy some cheap candle votive jars. Cut out pretty scenes, flowers, or shapes like stars and squiggles, and glue them to the jar. You can even collect letters to spell out your name. Gold, silver and sparkly/glittery objects look especially beautiful when the candlelight shines through the jar. Simply glue the cutouts to the jars and you’ll have beautiful, personalized candle holders for your home.
If you love the beauty of stained glass windows, then you can get the same look at home in no time with glass paint motifs. You’ll need paints specifically made for craft ideas involving glass, a glass paint outliner in black, a stable acetate sheet and a template. You can make templates yourself out of cardboard. Candlesticks, religious icons like crosses, and butterflies are all popular choices but you can make whatever interests you. Start by laying the acetate foil over the pattern. Trace the design onto the foil using the outliner paint. Once the paint is dry, you can paint inside the lines either in one solid color or a variety of colors. Once the colors dry, cut the motif out and fasten it to the window with scotch tape with the painted side facing out.
If you’re at a loss for what to with the kids, then visit craft shows, thumb through some craft books and go online to get some ideas. Craft ideas don’t have to be expensive, so shop for materials at dollar stores and look in discount bins at sewing shops for buttons, glitter and scrap material. Once you’ve got everything you need, let your imagination take you away.
