Sunday, August 5, 2012

Wind Chime Craft

Kidz Club Wooden Spoon Wind Chime

What You Need:
1) 8 or 9 Inch Grape Vine Wreath
2) 4- Long Handled Wooden Spoons
3)1- 8 Inch Piece Dowel
4) 4- 12 Inch Pieces of String
5) 4- 20 Inch Pieces of String
6) 1- 24 Inch Piece of String
7) Hot Glue Gun (Parents Use)
8) Acrylic Paint

What To Do:
1) Paint the wooden spoons and let dry
2) Take and attach 1- 12 inch string to the end of a wooden spoon and then attach to the grape vine wreath.
3) Repeat step two for all 4 wooden spoons spacing them evenly around the grape vine wreath
4) Take the 24 inch long string and attach to one end of the dowel. This goes in the middle when you gather the 20 inch pieces up to form a hanger.
5) Take the 20 Inch pieces of string and attach them evenly spaced around the grape vine wreath.
6) Gather the 20 inch pieces of string up to the middle along with the 24 inch piece and tie them in a knot to form a hanger. The dowel will hang down in the middle of the wreath.
7) Take and hot glue each place that you knotted so that the knots do not come undone.
8) Hang up

Friday, July 13, 2012

Bird Feeder Craft

What you need:
1) 8 or 9 Inch Grape Vine Wreath
2) 8 Inch Clear Saucer
3) 4 Pieces Of String
4) Beads
5) Low Temp Hot Glue (Parent Use Only) 

What to do:
1) Space the 4 pieces of string evenly around the grape vine wreath
2) Bead the strings (52 beads work well on each strand). To prevent beads from strands from falling off while working on other strands tie a loose knot at the top 
3) Once done bring all strands up to center and knot
4) Place clear saucer in the center. Sometimes clear saucer fits easily into center but not all grapevine wreaths are made alike. If need to hot glue saucer onto wreath. 
5) Hang up 
 

Fairy House

What you need:
* Small Birdhouse (Found at Michaels)
* Paint
* Glitter
* Moss
* Pine Mini Nuggets Mulch (Handful)

What to do: 
* Decorate birdhouse

Wednesday, May 2, 2012