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from: LEE ANN HAMM
date: 1998-01-16 12:19:00
subject: more crafting ideas 1

Hi All,
I found this page on the 'Net, which has a bunch of craft-type
projects. :)
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LM>                           Email: Bluebonnet Crafters
LM>  Bunny Hand Puppet
  >  Two Decorative Birdhouses
  >  Milk Carton Birdhouse
  >  Tube Birdhouse
  >  Travel Memory Box
  >  Bread Dough
  >  Salt Dough
  >  Finger Paints
  >  Happy Face Veggie Magnets
  >  Special Kid's Links
LM>                         Bunny Hand Puppet
LM>Bunny Hand Puppet
LM>Materials:
  >Canvas Garden Glove
  >1/4" dowel stick 6" to 8" long
  >Craft glue
  >Assorted buttons, fabric, ribbon of your choice to decorate
  >Small amount of fiber fill
  >Orange & green felt
  >Jute
  >Fine point black permanent marker
  >Paint, crayons or fabric markers to decorate
LM>Instructions:
LM>Tuck thumb of glove to the inside forming a pocket on the outside of the
  >glove.
  >Fold the index finger and the little finger over to form the bunnies arms.
  >Glue in place (you can add a small basket etc., glued between the two 
hands.
  >Fold the tip of the middle two fingers over slightly and glue to form ear
  >tips.]
  >Add a little color to the inside of the ears. Dot the nose and the cheeks.
  >Using
  >permanent marker draw in the eyes, mouth, whiskers and eyebrows and draw
  >the inside
  >of the ear. Roll a small piece of orange felt into a cone and glue several
  >small
  >strips of green felt to the top to form a carrot.  Insert the carrot in 
he
  >thumb
  >pocket and glue in place. Decorate the bunny with buttons, lace, scraps of
  >fabric
  >glued on as desired. Stuff the body lightly with fiberfil. insert the 
owel
  >stick into
  >the stuffing using a little glue on dowel stick to anchor. Gather the 
rist
  >band of the glove
  >around the dowel stick and tie to secure with the jute.
LM>Let the children write their own story about the bunny and use the puppet
  >to act it out.
LM>Back to the Menu
LM>                     Two Decorative Birdhouses
LM>Materials:
LM>Cardboard milk cartons
  >Cardboard tube
  >Corrugated cardboard
  >Brown craft paper or paper bag
  >Poster board
  >Spanish moss or excelsior
  >Paint, 3 or more colors
  >Small dowel stick 1/8" diameter 1" long
  >Small embellishments such as birds, ribbon, cording, dried flowers,etc.
  >Rulers, scissors, pencil, paper, paint brush, sponge, glue, needle & 
ead
LM>                       Milk Carton Birdhouse
LM>Instructions:
LM>Empty, wash and dry 1 pint or quart milk carton. Glue the pour spout
  >closed and cut 1/2" along the top of the milk carton. Cut brown paper to
  >fit around
  >milk carton and glue in place following the folds of the carton. Cut
  >desired bird
  >hole from the front of the carton through paper and milk carton. Cut a 4"
  >square of
  >corrugated cardboard and securely glue to bottom of milk carton for a 
ase.
  >Cut one
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