A lovely, scented candle is a legitimate gift to give a friend, a colleague, or your mom, but you have to admit it may feel a little generic.
But if you add a little crafty treatment to the package, it takes it up that perfect notch to make it feel special.
Holiday meals are occasions for place cards, but it’s really the last thing most entertainers think they have time for. But these Easter Egg place cards redefine the quick and easy craft.
All you need is eggs, washi tape, and toothpicks. (For the really thin washi tape, check out the Little B options. So beautiful!)
After Easter, do you end up with tons of plastic eggs? And mismatched plastic eggs, at that?
Solution: make these cute fuzzy sheep. The body is made from a large plastic egg and the head is a small one.
You can make your own take on this lamp with thin rope, thick rope, jute rope or nylon, and you can coil the rope around almost anything — like a flower pot, a funnel, or a bowl — to get various shapes. For this project, I used a round vase with an inflated balloon in the top, but if you happen to have a glass display cloche sitting around, it would do the job just fine.
Head over to the Etsy blog to see the step-by-step photos!
We’ve all seen toy rockets made from paper towel tubes, cracker boxes, even shipping tubes!
This project takes advantage of one of every household’s biggest frustrations…lost socks!
Upcycle a plastic bottle and use that lone sock to make a toy that can handle serious outer space play!
Making robots might be one of the most fun crafts for kids. One, two, or three eyes—it’s up to you.
Can you believe these materials combine to make a bowl? It’s magic. Almost.
Last week, I had a super-fun craft n’ chat sesh at People.com with Laura Marano, star of the Disney channel’s hit Austin & Ally, and the star of the upcoming Disney movie Bad Hair Day (airs tomorrow, February 13th at 8/7c!). We made some wire flowers with nail polish (get the how-to here), chatted about her new movie…and her tiny fingers.
It’s a great, last minute Valentine’s Day bloom…that will never wilt!
Making these delicate little blooms feels like magic. It’s one of the craft techniques that you have to see to believe!
Insert the stems into spools or teeny vases to display, or attach to a pin back or bobby pin to show of your handiwork!
Check out this video of me making these with Laura Marano, star of the Disney show Austin & Alley, on People.com!
With Valentine’s Day coming up, you are scrambling to help your kids get their Valentines made for the friends, their teachers, and their BFFs.
This project is a great one because the technique can be applied to many different surfaces—blank notebook covers, canvases, or plain greeting cards. And the more you play with the heart-shaped stickers—layering and cutting—the more dynamic your design will be.
To create a very symmetrical pattern like the one featured above (left), first draw a pencil grid using a ruler. Use that grid to arrange your stickers. Once you are finished placing your hearts, erase all of the lines that are exposed.
Or you can play with creating pictures using the heart shape as a building block. This flower pattern here and the fish pictured above don’t require a grid…just a little imagination.
You can choose from a huge selection of heart stickers at Instocklabels.com, and for all different sized blank journals, visit barebooks.com.
PS…if your kids are planning to join me at the Curious Jane Valentine Craft Workshop on February 7th or 8th, this is a project that they will get to do!