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How do I Make Animals From 7MM Pony Beads?
Use pony beads to create charming bead crafts with your children whether at school, church functions or at home. You can create all kinds of animals using plastic pony beads, which you can then turn into key chains, clips for backpacks or even hair accessories. Make sure you buy plenty of pony beads
How to Make a Christmas Card Holder Board
Decorative boards can be attractive and cheery ways to display Christmas cards from family and friends. Using holiday fabric and festive embellishments---and with a little patience and precision---adults and children can make these boards for themselves or as gifts for loved ones in an afternoon. Be
Simple & Easy Ways to Make Skateboard Ramp Pyramids
Build a skateboard pyramid ramp.skateboard ramp image by asmik from Fotolia.comA common skateboard obstacle found in skate parks, known as the pyramid, consists of four banked ramps on opposing sides with a flat surface on top. Pyramids can vary in size, but the construction process...
How to Make a Crocheted Lace Bikini
Crocheted bikinis can be lacy, sexy and versatile all at the same time. Instead of searching the stores trying to find a bikini that fits your body, make your own for a custom fit. Use cotton yarn and a crochet hook in a size G or H to make a bikini that will suit your body in any color you choose.
How to Create Lampwork Beads
Lampwork beads are colorful glass beads handmade by talented craftsmen over an open flame. The colorful and unique character of these beads makes them a great choice for jewelry making, as coordinating accents or stunning focal points in dramatic designs. In addition to equipment, lampworking takes
How to Make a Different Lanyard
The lanyard braid that most craft teachers teach is called a "square lanyard." If your child has mastered this basic lanyard, and wants to make more, teach him how to make the flat four strand lanyard. The nice thing about this lanyard pattern is that it is more versatile and can be used for friend
How to Make a Blouse Out of Lace Doiles
Making a blouse is a good way to recycle lace doilies. According to Love To Sew, it is important to match your sewing skills with the blouse pattern. When choosing a pattern size, use your bust measurement. The parts of a blouse pattern include the front and back bodices, sleeves, facings, cuffs and
Types of Leaf Patterns
Maple leaves have palmate vein patterns visible to the naked eye.maple leaf image by Richard Paul from Fotolia.comTree leaf patterns refer to the appearance of the veins that carry water and nutrients to the different parts of the leaf. These veins also help to provide structure for the...
The Difference Between Indiana Sandwich Glass & Anchor Hocking Sandwich Glass
The Sandwich glass pattern originated with the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company in the early 1800s, though not many examples exist today. A specific flowery design was duplicated by the Indiana and Anchor Hocking Glass companies, among others, and produced from the 1930s through the 1980s....
Beginner Woodwork Projects - Simple Woodwork Projects
After your step by step process is created, go over it as a whole to see whether or not this project is something that's achievable for you at this moment in time, given your current ...
How to Learn Macramé
Macramé is a fun craft that uses knots to create different projects. Learning macramé is like learning any other hobby---it just takes practice. To master macramé you need to practice making basic knots and patterns. Certain types of macramé, like Chinese macramé, use symbol
How to Make Skeltons Out of Milk Jugs
Most people are trying to save money in one way or another. Craft supplies are frequently expensive, but you can often use items you already have to make great crafts for kids and adults. For those who like skulls and skeletons, whether it's Halloween or not, this milk jug skeleton is a quick, fun p
Crafts for Framing Poetry
Whether you have written a poem you are proud of or you simply enjoy a poem by a famous poet, framing it will make a nice display that you and others can enjoy. Make the poem even more special by embellishing a purchased frame or making your own from scratch. Get creative and think outside the box.
How to Make Binding for a Fabric Edge
Making matching or contrasting binding to edge fabrics creates a neat, clean edge. Quilts, table runners, skirts and sleeves sometimes use binding instead of hems. Making binding is an easy task that doesn't take too much time. Although binding strips are straight, some need to be cut on the bias to
How to Make a Long-Sleeve Shirt Out of Fabric
When fall turns into winter and warm weather gives way to cool temperatures, its the perfect time to wear long-sleeve shirts. Even if you’re not an experienced sewer, you can learn how to make your own long-sleeve shirt. Take a short-sleeved T-shirt or graphic tee that you wish had long sleeve
How to Clean RC Engines
It's always a good idea to clean out the chassis after every run, but a thorough cleaning is necessary to ensure top performance. If you're looking to scrub out every inch of your RC, then it's time to consider opening up the engine, and clearing it of any gunk that may have built up over time. Once
How to Make Recycled Paper Coasters
Combine recycled paper, dried flowers and pieces of thread and yarn to create beautiful coasters cut from handmade paper. This project is not complicated and would make a fun weekend craft activity for a group of youngsters. The resulting handmade paper coasters can be stacked in sets, tied with a r
How to Make Liquid Foam
You can make colorful liquid foam ooze out of a scary creature or from the top of a paper mache volcano using common kitchen items. Liquid foam is filled with thousands of tiny bubbles, but still has the viscosity to pour out and run down the sides of your artistic creation. The key to making liqui
How to French Knit Using a Spool
A French knitting spool, also called a Knitting Nancy, knitting mushroom or knitting spool, is a type of very small knitting loom used to make long strands of knitted tubes. These tubes can be used as decorative trim, sewn together to make spiral-shaped craft items such as pot holders or doilies or