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How to Make Preschool Bracelets

Preschool children love dressing up. Turn a jewelry making craft project into an educational and entertaining collecting game for them by taking them into the great outdoors and getting them to find objects to stick to masking tape bracelets. This craft project helps children learn about their natur

How to Make a Bathing Suit Out of a T-Shirt

If you have a collection of old T-shirts lying around, don't let them go to waste. Cut them up and stitch them into new, crafty creations. Your old shirt can become a fashionable new bikini with just a few simple steps. Make your own pattern for a bathing suit that fits your shape. You will need bas

Painting Crafts With Glass Colors

Glass colors are used to paint on glass, tile, metal and other smooth surfaces. They come in various types including water-based, solvent based, air-drying and thermohardening (bake-on). There are opaque glass colors as well as transparent ones. Some are applied with a brush, while others come in sq

How to Cut & Engrave Plywood With a Laser

Most laser engraving machines are computer numerical controlled, or CNC, machines. This means that they follow a series of coordinates and technical commands to engrave the wood in the pattern they are directed. Since they are simply following your commands, getting this pattern correct is very impo

How to Stretch a Glass Bottle

Stretching a glass bottle neck is one of the techniques glass artists use to create art from soda, beer or wine bottles. While the process involved in stretching a glass bottle is not a difficult one, it does require patience and equipment that is generally too expensive for the casual hobbyist. If

Farm Animal Mask Crafts

Farm animals are the inspiration for these masks.pig baby image by Maria Bell from Fotolia.comAs a year-round project, farm animal masks can go along with a lesson plan about agriculture, a book about farm animals or a trip to a farm. They can also be used as Halloween masks, especially...

How to Knit Afghans on Wooden Looms

Knitting looms are made from plastic or wood and provide a simple method for creating knit and purl stitches without traditional needles. Knitting looms present some limitations in terms of finished sizes, but you can eliminate these limitations by creating several afghan panels and stitching them t

How to Make Noah's Ark in Popsicle Sticks

In the story of Noah's Ark, God warns Noah that a large flood is going to wipe out the population. Noah builds an enormous ark to save a pair of every animal and his family so they will be able to form a new civilization after the flood. You can learn about this bible story by making your own simple

How to Create a Calendar Page-by-Page With Pictures in It

You can create and print your own professional calendar using your own photographs and text with just a few clicks of the mouse. Calendar text and themes are customizable. Making your own calendar could be a great gift for family and friends for holidays and birthdays. You can also print only one ca

Cute Scarf Idea for Kids to Make

Winter is a perfect time for kids to put their energy and creativity to good use by fashioning their own homemade scarves. Fleece in particular makes warm scarves and can be easily cut without raveling. A scarf project is ideal for a scout or church group, as well as keeping kids entertained on cold

How to Add Poems to Flower Pots

Create decorative flower pots with inspirational words and verses to add character to your patio décor. You can transform inexpensive terra cotta flower pots into personalized works of art with a few simple steps. The trick is to paint the flower pots with acrylics before you add poems to porou

Finger Knitting

Finger knitting is among the simplest ways of weaving together fiber. The craft supplies can be extremely inexpensive, as they only require fingers and yarn. Finger knitting can be a good introduction to fiber arts for children. The product of finger knitting is a long, thin strap suitable for fashi

How to Decorate a Tribal Rainstick

According to legend, the Indians of the northern deserts of Chile invented rainsticks to invoke the rain gods when they needed extra rain during droughts or dry seasons. The noise produced by the rainstick is caused by pebbles, beads or tiny shells rattling over an inner maze of cactus spines. Rains

Super Monkey Ball Deluxe Hints

Super Monkey Ball Deluxe was originally released in 2006. More than 300 puzzle levels are included for the game, which can be played with up to four players. It is available for Wii, Xbox and PlayStation 2 as of 2009. The goal of Super Monkey Ball is to move the monkey contained in the ball toward t

How to Make Sterling Silver Bails

Customize jewelry and use your favorite beads by making a sterling silver bail. A bail is a jewelry finding that attaches a pendant or focal bead to a necklace. Homemade bails add a personal touch to jewelry and allow for artistic expression. Sterling silver bails will give your jewelry class and el

Hiit Cardio Medley Workout

HIIT Cardio is a great methodology for doing cardio and the HIIT Cardio Medley Workout is the answer to the boredom that creeps in when doing your workouts.

How to Make Sock Neck Warmers

Soothe aches and pains away by making sock neck warmers. Recycled cotton tube socks are an ideal insert for a warmer. Their flexibility and length are easily shaped around the neck or other sore joints on your body. Heated in a microwave, the sock and its contents will provide lasting warmth. Sew de

How to Make an Origami Puppet

The ancient art of paper folding -- known as origami -- can be used to make crafts that range from simple school projects to elegant art. However, origami can be also be used to create puppets. These puppets are easy to make and great for kids.