Showing posts with label how to make. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to make. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Making snow globes

How to make a snow/ dog globe .....




Key tips : make sure your jar opening and length is big enough to fit in what you want to feature in your snow globe.

Get a jar with a seal tight lid or glue the lid closed after you are finished with sealant glue

Use the lid to sick your objects on as its easier to glue to.

Build up the lid to raise your objects up so you can see them when it's all put together

Use plasticine!!!!! it works both to build up a little hill for your objects to sit on and acts like glue to hold them in place. It also works well in the water.

Dry snow globes ( ones with no water, just snow ) look just as good!!

You must use distilled/ bottled water NOT tap water as it goes mouldy pretty quickly!

Some of the mini trees you buy make the water turn green, go for plastic if you don't want that to happen.

Any thing goes even little plastic dogs - which you can spray paint any colour.

Shake it up!!


 

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

How to make a CHRISTmas decoration

How to make a CHRISTmas decorations

Where the idea came from......... A few weeks ago I was in the local craft shop and i spotted these big packs of wooden hearts, my mind became full of ideas to transform the hearts. Firstly I thought about painting them white to fit in with my 'white theme' that I have choosen to use this year for my decorations. Then the next day I went to a big charity fair in a warehouse filled with everything you can imagine at super cheap prices!!! :) this is where I spotted some mini bibles and thought ahhh I could use the Christmas story to put on the hearts, although I did struggle with cutting them up as they are just so cute!!!!!

Here is some pics of how I did it...

The finished result!!

The cute little mini Bibles and 75p for all three :)
So here are the hearts, they came in a couple of different sizes. Firstly I drilled small holes at the top of every heart for threading a ribbon/ string or wire for hanging.

Then I found a verse i wanted on the heart ( I choose the Christmas story) i drew around it then cut it out.

The last step was to glue it on using pva or wood glue, also putting a thin layer over the top of the paper to seal it. Finally I threaded through some gold thread and I was done!!

They are now hanging on my tree along with some small pom poms I made and glittery baubles. Simple but homely !!