HOW TO – Felt Kids Crown
Juicy Bits shows us how to create a comfy felt crown for a kid’s birthday (or anytime!).
Kids & Family
Halloween raw materials – Van Dyke’s taxidermy
It’s always exciting to get the Van Dyke’s catalog in the mail – they have hippo forms, who taxidermies a hippo??!! Some things are a bit pricey – $22 a pair for fake duck feet! But there’s lots of strange stuff with great Halloween potential. Those pit-bull-looking things are actually bear head forms. (If I […]
Lion mask Instructable
If you started RIGHT NOW, you could *possibly* get this incredible lion mask done by Halloween. Solion has put together an incredibly detailed Instructable for an animatronic lion mask with stereo night vision and amplified hearing – 117 steps! See his other animal costume work on his site, Lion of the Sun.
Embroidered General Grevious Tote
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Woundupladybug made this bag for her son, featuring the Star Wars character General Grevious stitched up with glow-in-the-dark embroidery floss from Sublime Stitching.
Mahar Drygoods Clothespin People Kit
Mahar Drygoods has just come out with a new kit containing everything you need to make these sweet clothespin people with your kids. Each kit contains materials to create four clothespin people including: wood pins, heads & stands; acrylic paints, varnish & paintbrush; fabric & notions; complete and kid friendly instructions. All of the kit […]
HOW TO – Make an Easel and Paint Caddy
Rachel spotted this great upcycling tutorial for making a portable art studio. Mayaluna discovered an old crafty book with instructions for how to make a portable tabletop easel from an old box. She added her own instructions for turning a milk carton into a paint caddy.
HOW TO – Gnome Costume
OK, so I apologize for the fact that this photo is so small–it’s all that the source had to offer–but holy moly, is this a cute gnome costume or what? My Paper Crane linked to the tutorial teaching you how to make this hilarious gnome-on-toadstool getup on FamilyFun. Look at the little fake legs crossed […]