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Foam Sheet Glasses Boz: Arts and Crafts Ideas
Are you a camp leader, teacher, or homeschool mom looking for a new arts and crafts idea for your kids? Or maybe you are a recreation leader at a senior center or day care and could use a new project. Anyway, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting and enjoyable for everyone. This glass box can be used, given as a present, or converted into a necklace purse.
To make the glasses box, you will need the following simple materials: a square of craft foam, plastic or large blunt needles, lanyard lace or thick yarn. Cut two rectangles from the foam, each 3-1/2 inches (nine cm.) by 6 inches (fifteen cm.). With a orifice punch, make holes on 3 sides of each rectangle, leaving one short side unpunched. Make the holes 1/2 inch from each other and permit at least 0.25 inch between the orifice and the edge of the craft foam. The holes ought to line up so that the two pieces can be laced together. In the case that you are preparing the craft for small children, you ought to make the holes yourself. Otherwise, the crafters can do this step if you have enough pairs of hole punches.
At this point the crafters can cut decorative shapes from other colors of craft foam, or you can buy sets of easy-cut foam shapes. If you are making the craft at a special event, like summer Bible school, choose shapes that echo the theme of the event. For example, if the Bible school or camp has a cowboy theme, find shapes that suit well, for example boots, cowboy hats, and stars. Let the kids choose the shapes they like and glue on as desired. You might also like to provide beads or sequins to glue on as well, especially if the crafters are a little older.
The next level in this arts and crafts idea is to weave the plastic needle with the yarn or lanyard lace. Yarn might be a little easier to handle, but lanyard lace is shiny and attractive. In a pinch, some teachers of small kids use a bobby pin as a needle. It is certainly a safe alternative. Simply loop the yarn through the opening and use the open end of the bobby pin as if it were the point of the needle. The children can now begin to lace the front and rear of the glasses box jointly.
To make this arts and crafts idea into a necklace purse, simply attach a piece of lanyard lace to each corner doing a long handle. Kids will enjoy using this box as a place to store secret notes and small objects. If they'd rather, they can give the glasses case to a parent, grandparent, or friend who wears glasses. Either way, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting for everyone.
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Victor Torrealba is the developer of origami-kids.com, a great place for learn how to make Aeropali de Carta, Victor also has a amusing free games web site : zonaminada.net
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