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How to make a gift basket

I am sharing here an idea for dog lovers. A basket for keeping foods of dogs. Let’s start..

Required Material:

  • Mini dowels
  • Glue (white glue and hot glue)
  • Wooden beads
  • Twine
  • Sisal rope
  • Yarn
  • MDF
  • Door pulls (upcycled preferable)
  • Charm (optional)
  • Permanent marker – black
  • Black acrylic paint

Draw Your Image and Cut Base:

I started by drawing out the bone shape on paper. By folding the paper in half and only drawing out half the bone, you’ll get a more even shape once it’s cut out. I taped the paper pattern to a scrap piece of MDF and my husband cut around it with a jigsaw. He rounded the top edges perimeter with sandpaper to smooth the sharp edges and then painted it white. I marked the holes at 1/2″ increments about ½” in from the edge. My husband drilled out the holes with a drill press so I could insert wooden dowels into the holes. Using a drill press is a real time saver and each hole can be drilled to the same depth for consistency. The dowels act as the ‘ribs’ of the basket to support the weaving.

Glue Dowels:

I dabbed one end of each dowel into a bit of glue before inserting them into the holes.

Let Dry:

Once all the dowels were glued, I let it dry 24 hours. Then it’s time to start weaving!

Coordinate Colors:

Our friend’s new pup is tan and black, so I thought I’d match up the colour of the basket by combining the dollar store twine with some black yarn I had leftover from a knitting project.

Start at One End:

Tie a knot and attach the combined twine and yarn to the middle dowel at one end of the bone.

Start to Weave:

Begin weaving in and out around the entire shape.

Odd or Even: Determine If You Need to Change Direction:

When I got back to where I started, I continued in the same direction. Note that if you have an odd number of dowels, you’ll be able to keep going around and around. However, if you end up with an even amount of dowels, you’ll have to double back and turn around when you reach where you started. Have a look at the picture showing another basket that I made previously to see how to ‘double back’. You can see that towards the top, I looped around both dowels just to stabilize and hold the corner together.

Add a Decorative Element:

Our friend named the new pup Dot, so I added a charm with the letter ‘D’ to the front of the basket. At the exact centre of the basket, I opened up the link of the charm using two needle nose pliers and then squeezed it closed again around the twine and continued weaving.

Finish the Top Edge:

When you’re about an inch from the top of the dowels and you’re back to where you started, bring the end of the twine to the inside of the basket, but don’t cut it off. To finish off the top and create a nice edging, use a thicker piece of rope: fold it in half and loop it around the same dowel.

Add Thicker Rope:

Crisscross the rope around the dowels all the way around the perimeter of the bone until you’re back at the beginning again.

End the Edging:

To end the edging, bring both pieces of rope to the inside of the basket. You’ll use the end of the twine to wrap around the rope and finish it off.

Wrap Twine Around Rope:

Wrap the twine around the rope ends in a figure eight until it’s the length of the inside wall of the basket.

Glue Down to Inside of Basket:

Knot the twine and add some hot glue to secure the end to the back of the rope where it won’t be seen. Cut the end of the twine and the rope, then use hot glue to secure the rope to the inside of the basket so it blends in seamlessly. You can glue down the edge of the rope as well as putting a dollop on the base of the basket to keep the ends from lifting.

Top Dowels With Beads:

To finish off the top of the dowels, I blackened the ends with black marker then glued on some wooden beads.

The holes in the dollar store beads tend to be very inconsistent so I used my thin needle nose pliers to ream out the holes, making sure they would fit onto each dowel before I glued them in place. If you want to be picky about it, you can use a tiny wire brush to clear any debris from the holes before gluing on the beads. I added a dab of hot glue to the underside of a bead and then threaded it onto the dowel, continuing around until all the dowels were capped.

Add Grab Handles to Lift It:

In the planter basket I showed you above, I incorporated rope handles into that one so it could be lifted. Since this basket is much larger and heavier, I decided to repurpose some door pulls instead. They were originally saved from our old cabinets.

Upcycle Some Old Door Pulls:

The yellow oak with gold metal wasn’t going to work with my colour scheme, so I painted the handles to coordinate with the charm (I painted the oak black, then silver leafed and distressed the metal with more black). My husband gave them a quick spray coat of varnish in the garage, which we let dry, before I mounted them onto the basket.

Position Handles and Attach:

Measure to get both handles evenly positioned on each side the basket, ensuring you don’t cover up the charm on the front! You can insert toothpicks where you want the screws placed. I used some washers on the inside of the basket before feeding the screws through the weave of the basket. Use the toothpicks or thin needle nosed pliers to guide the screws through the weave and position the handles on each side. You’ll need a short screwdriver to attach the screws to the handles as the width is pretty narrow in the centre.

Finesse:

As a last step, shave off some of the longer sisal strands with scissors to neaten it up.

Fill With Dog Treats; Don’t Forget the Tick Collar:

The basket is now done and ready to fill with dog treats – and of course a flea and tick collar to protect the pup and keep her safe!

Give As a Gift or Keep for Yourself As a Dog Toy Organizer.

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DIY Vase of branches made from plastic bottles

I made a vase of disposable glasses, decorated with an elastic tip and pasta; branches made from plastic bottles.

To work on a vase I need: 3 disposable glasses, PVA glue, elastic sock, shaped pasta Melt glue and spray enamel.

Three wine glasses pile up as follows:

Elastic socks are well soaked in glue PVA

I put it on the bottom glasses, doing drapery and leave to dry.

Two wine glasses on the stand Thermo glued together, as shown in the photo

When the glue is dry, begin to decorate curly pasta, pasting them Melt adhesive.

Next pasting glasses to the stand

Now paint aerosol paints. The upper part of the color “Old Copper” bottom – paint brown

Then everything is slightly enamel.

Here is a vase I got

For making branches receive a green plastic bottle, neck and bottom cut off.

For work, I need the middle part.

From paper-cut stencils for the leaves.

Stencil cut out leaves from the middle of the plastic bottle.

Stencil cut out leaves from the middle of the plastic bottle.

Over a candle flame gives the sheet shape. It is important to remember that the candle flame must not touch the sheet workpiece. Sheet form gives hot air instead of a flame. The work should be carried out in a well-ventilated area!

Leaf stalk spirals, softening it over a candle.

These are the leaves I did.

For the manufacture of the branches take a plastic bottle of brown color and cut it in a spiral to form a strip approximately 1,2sm

I twist the strip in a spiral, softening it over a candle flame.

To connect the two branches together, the end of one branch in a candle flame and quickly presses it with pliers to the other branch.

In the same way, I attach the leaves to the branch.

These are the branches and leaves I did.

I put twigs in vases cell.

So, enjoy The result of my work.

courtesy: stranamasterov
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How to Make a Pencil Holder with Popsicle Sticks

We suggest you try this because instead of just throw the “unnecessary” thing (empty can), you get a very desired, such as pencil holders.
We offer to make an unusual decor banks wooden sticks. We have created such a lovely pencil holders and in this master class, we want to tell you how it’s done.

Required Material:
Wooden Sticks (flat). These can be sticks for ice cream or bamboo garden labels.
Acrylic paint.
Can.
Narrow rep ribbon.
Polubusiny.
5.List porous rubber 2mm thick.
Brush.
Thermal adhesive gun.
Scissors with pointed ends.

Before you begin decorating the banks, it is necessary to process the upper edge. All sharp protruding bulges need a hammer or other heavy object, or a file to file. Once the edge is processed, you can begin to work on the decor. In this master class, we used a bank, circle the walls which is 25 cm., Respectively, it took us 25 pieces of sticks, the width of 1cm.

With glue gun glue sticks to the can, one after another. Trying to glue them as close as possible to each other.

Sticks must be chosen as the curves, which may adversely affect the results of our work can be found more or less equal since some of them are,

Thus, sticks plastered all we can.

Since the bank we use, almost half below the height sticks, its inner part is almost not visible, so it does not have to decorate.

Further, all sticks painted blue acrylic paint. The paint dries quickly, covers well the wooden surface and after drying it does not stain your hands.

The next step was that we pasted jar at the top and bottom of the narrow rep ribbon. To do this, we have also used the glue gun.

Decorating element has been decided to make a flower out of foam rubber. For this paper, we have drawn template-harvest and cut it.

With a paper flower to a sheet of foam rubber, the sharp end of the scissors we circled outline. On a soft rubber surface was a clear trail that is easy to cut out the desired shape us.

According to this principle, we have prepared a sufficient number of flowers.

With hot melt glued to the wooden surface florets banks.

The middle of the flowers issued by gluing pink.

Once all the glue dries, the jar is ready for use. From it came out very nice pencil holders. Try it and you make the decor tin cans with their own hands and finally get an exclusive little thing desired.

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DIY Beautiful Peacock Design from plastic bottles

This tutorial shows how to make beautiful peacock design from plastic bottles….which adds beauty to our home.

In many countries, the peacock was considered a royal bird. Image peacock symbolizes happiness, beauty and nobility. We decorate our infield solar bird peacock. Miracle bird are made of plastic bottles.

Feathers cut from colored plastic bottles.

Need a sufficient amount so on packages pile up feathers preform.

Feathers cut into different sizes.

Sort by shape and size of the work-piece to the tail and breast.

Getting to the manufacture of small feathers.

The trunk is cut out of the synthetic foam. It is easy when working and does not crumble.

Peacock torso to attach to churbachok legs.

Bottle of red beak cut shape for the peacock.

Let us plumage birds. Sheathe colored plastic breast.

Incrementally glue feathers to the bird.

Feathers secured by an adhesive gun with silicone rods.

Alternate dimensions and color blanks when attaching feathers.

On the back of a miracle bird glue over the length and texture feathers.

The photo shows two kinds of preparations for feathers.

In the course of work.

Side view.

Feathers for tuft of plastic cut into thin strips.

Glue series of pieces on the neck.

On the head of the oval continue plumage details.

The beauty of the peacock begins to emerge.

We make beautiful eyes.

For the manufacture of wings use abrasive mesh. Her fasten the feathers.

Fasten feathers to the grid.

When creating anchoring wing preform in length, ranging from smallest to largest.

Getting to the creation of the tail.

Peacock’s tail, including all colors of the rainbow, was seen as a symbol of wish fulfillment.

We are putting all the parts of poultry. And the bird of paradise and settled in your garden!

That miracle bird on the face!

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Recycled Craft: Snowflake foam hands (Tutorial)

Recently, to warm the winter window, and thought of her most favorite Christmas decorations, and most importantly easy as one-two-three.

These are the snowballs (or snowflakes) are obtained from the most ordinary household material.

Template for cutting out stars.

All we will need to operate – a pair of scissors and insulation for windows, which is a thin porous tape with an adhesive layer on one side (width 50 mm, thickness somewhere 1-2 mm). 10 m from the long piece of turns 12-15 snowflakes, if you are using a template full width of the tape (star inscribed in a circle of 50 mm).

Print out or draw a five-pointed star pattern and cut, it will help us to do all 12 elements of the same.

Cut off from the square piece of insulation and adhesive side lightly presses the paper sprocket pattern. Now it is very convenient to cut the desired workpiece (the most common scissors).

Like this. Blank, we need 12 pieces to one snowflake.

To speed up the work I have to cut multiple pieces. To do this, cut into several small squares (4-6, if more it will turn out not accurately).

And glue them to the pile. Adhesive layer to normal the next square and not very strong, and then to paste them back will be difficult. On the sticky side of the last square again glue pattern and cut.

The template I use all the time is the same, if not press down strongly it is easily detached.

Gently layers separated from each other and immediately obtain 6 parts.

Putting it as if it were Kusudama of 12 pentahedral element (1 + 5 + 5 + 1 ). Putting rays sticky side to each other. Nothing extra is not necessary, held for bonding so well.

It is difficult to show the assembly steps in the photos, but something like that.

There is almost all done, it is necessary to attach the last star.

The sticky side of the tape is inside all as a result of the build, so much you can not squeeze, and then slipnetsya.

I’m usually one ray is suspended on a thread and paste the tape to the ceiling, they are very light and well kept there.

Done very quickly, in the evening you can collect 10-12 pieces.

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DIY RECYCLED CRAFT: Bonsai Made Of Plastic Bottle (Tutorial)

Bonsai Made Of Plastic Bottle: Use a sharp utility knife to cut off the base of the bottle about inch above the bottom, and then wash and try the bottle thoroughly.

And so it is necessary to begin with a bottle cut into pieces. I have helped in this case, a hole punch, and nail clippers. In principle, the work-piece can be any shape, but I was thinking round.

Each piece pierces the needle (awl) and gently heat up over the fire. The main thing is not to overdo it and stop in time! Your first piece of plastic will begin to change shape and bend, which is what we need, but if you hold too long, then it starts to boil and firmly adheres to the needle, and if you hold even longer, then burn or turn into droplets and run off.

We get something that’s that. I really liked the unpredictability of the final shape and waviness.

First, I did the piece and after already collected on the wire. But when I decided to try to speed up the work.

Stumbles holes in the blanks immediately gather them to the wire and straight to her brought to the fire.

In this there is little subtlety, start warming need to fingerprints gradually moving to the edge of the wire (if you look at this picture, then moving from left to right), then you will not have the desire at some point to intercept the other end branches (because he HOT).

Everything worked out. Here everyone can decide for themselves how convenient, warm on one Circuits or collect in a twig and heat all at once.

A couple of years ago, throwing empty bottles of mineral water, I thought about the fact that I was losing something precious.

Hope you like this tutorial.

Source: stranamasterov

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RECYCLED Craft for World Environment Day

World Environment Day on the 5th of June, | Preschool Activities, crafts, lesson plans, coloring pages suitable for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten. it’s the day organizations and individuals the world over raise awareness on various topics related to our environment. This year, the theme is ‘Seven billion dreams. One planet. Consume with care’. The focus is on making our general consumption intelligent, without harming the planet and leaving behind resources for future generations.

Here are list of creative Environment Day Crafts:

1. Environment Day special Earth Sign Craft (Tutorial)

Supplies:

  • Blue construction paper
  • Glue
  • Dirt
  • Grass
  • Rocks
  • Flowers
  • Twigs

2. Let your little ones get in touch with the earth and search for natural materials to make these quaint little dragon flies.

Required Material:

  • small twig
  • 2 maple tree propeller seeds (dried out)
  • aqua colored paint (or choose a color of paint you would like to use)
  • glitter glue (color of your choice)
  • paintbrush
  • small black beads or stones
  • paper plate
  • tacky glue or glue gun (glue gun requires adult assistance)

3. You can’t celebrate environment day without keeping your surroundings clean!! Let this cute frog trash can help you; you can also use plastic canisters instead of milk jugs.

What you will need:

  • Empty Oatmeal Canister
  • Craft Foam
  • Matching Acrylic Paint
  • Construction Paper
  • Pom Poms
  • Wiggle Eyes
  • Glue, Sharpie Marker, Printer Paper, Yarn and Scissors

4. This gorgeous papier-mache globe requires just a balloon and lots of newspaper! A perfect way to remind us of the planet whose resources we’re using!

This activity is appropriate for: 1st – 4th grade / 6 – 10 years

You will need:

  • A round balloon
  • Recycled newspaper
  • Bowl of water-flour mixture (one part flour for two parts water) or use starch
  • Continent Outlines Template
  • Superbright Liquid Tempera Paint – 1 Gallon
  • All-Purpose Paintbrush Assortment – Set of 30
  • Washable Fine-Tip Markers – Class Pack

5. The best kind of music is the natural kind! Caress the wind with this one-of-its-kind recycled key wind chime.

You’ll need:

  • at least 5 old keys
  • a piece of drift wood or stick
  • string or fishing line
  • optional: acrylic paint

6. You won’t believe that this gorgeous flower arrangement is made out of nothing but egg cartons and paint! Recycling was never so pretty!

Raid your recyclables to create these six fun kids crafts made of paper towel rolls, egg cartons, recycled cereal boxes, and empty plastic bottles.

7. Spring Flower Pot Pudding Pie Dessert Embrace the flower power of  World Environment Day

Ingredients:

  • 6 Ripe Has Avocados
  • 3/4 cup of cocoa powder
  • 6 tablespoons of honey
  • 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoon of coconut milk
  • 2 cups of chocolate graham crackers

8. On World Environment Day, Mr. Potato Head dresses up as Mr. Recycle Head, and he looks great!! Repurpose an old can and other craft supplies to make this little guy!

Spread the fun out a little bit.

9. DIY Tissue Tree Craft for Environment Day

In honor of Environment Day, we are “branching out” and making a tissue paper tree. We came across Projects for Preschoolers post and just loved the idea.

Supplies you need:

  • Tissue paper
  • Cardboard tube
  • Glue
  • Single piece of paper as background

10. Who knew that you can turn rocks, yes plain rocks, into something as cute as these painted rock lady bugs! Just be sure to get smooth rocks to be safe.

You’ll need:

  • smooth round rocks
  • red paint
  • black paint or a permanent black marker
  • jiggly eyes
  • tacky glue

11. If you’ve got lots of little toys floating around but your kids don’t want to throw them away, here’s an idea – save them from the landfills and make a toy wreath!

Supplies:

  • 18” wire wreath
  • truckload of small toys
  • hot glue gun
  • 5 or so glue sticks
  • heavy duty wire
  • strips of fabric

12. How they are going to change the world for the better.

You’ll Need:
  • 2 sheets of paper per child
  • blue and green paint
  • red glitter glue
  • a pencil
  • marker
  • scissors

13. Inspire your children to plant a tree in honor of Earth Day with this free printable kit!

You could use Non Toxic, V.O.C. Free Acrylic Paints For Kids from Nature of Art for Kids!

You’ll need:

  • White T-shirt
  • Acrylic paint

14. If you’re replaced your plain bulbs with CFL ones, don’t throw them away yet! Use them to make these super cute recycled hot air balloons! Be careful though, and be with your child throughout.

15. How to Help Save the Environment

How to Help Save the Environment. Taking steps to conserve and reuse is easier than you might think. You can do your part just by changing your daily habits. To help save the environment, try decreasing energy and water consumption.

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How to make feathered carnival mask

I propose to you today a DIY very easy to realize with your children, a mask bird colorful paper.

To realize it, you will need three times nothing:
A colored cardboard plate
Thick color paper
A decorated paper straw
A large round hole punch (3.3 cm diameter)
Slippers

Cut the cardboard plate into two equal parts so as to form the base of the mask.

Using a hole punch, make two round holes at eye level.

To make the feathers of the mask, use the template, place it on a sheet of colored paper and fold in half.

Make notches along the feather using scissors.

Glue the beak and paper feathers to the base.

Finish the decoration of the mask with sticks and fix the straw on the back of the mask.

Happy holidays with your kids and good carnival!

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How to make round box with newspaper tubes

I continue with my boxes made with paper tubes, this time I made it round!

Here’s how I did it!
First you need a lot of paper tubes (see) .

I made the box below the coiling on itself the first tubes and continuing until you have a round of 15 cm in diameter. I smeared glue well to make it pretty tough.

From tubes, I cut 36 pieces 5 cm in length and I folded in half forming around and I glued together the two ends.

I spent well the glue on the rods and I left to dry them well. I have them so glued to the bottom of the box as seen in the photo below. Made a second round pasting them upside down. Always with the tubes I made a circle of top measurement of trash. I pasted above the rods and I did it to dry well. The basket is made.

Now for the cover.
I made another circle of measurement above the basket, I spent a lot of glue to harden well. I folded in half other tubes and I formed the petals, which I included in the circle before.

I give to all a nice pass elongated vinyl glue with a little water. I
let it dry well and then I painted everything with white acrylic paint mixed with glue. I again painted the box with the brown leather color I then soiled with a dry brush darker brown.

I really like and you?

courtesy: centomilaidee