Sparkle Studio

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Check out my guest post tonight on ThinkCrafts!

These Shrink plastic birds are so cute. Imagine a window full of them....

Glitter on!

Sparkle

Saturday, May 29, 2010

I am sharing this simple project because it is cute. It is also inexpensive to do with a group, like at a party. You could also make these and use them like postcards...maybe birthday party invitations. We love things with dual purpose, right?

You could also glitter any simple design instead of the cupcake.

You need:

3x5” watercolor paper: 140 lb.
Glitter Glue: hot pink, gold, red
red chenille stem
#2 pencil
hole punch
printed pattern

Try this:

1. 1. Punch holes in top corners.

2. 2. With pencil, scribble over pattern lines on back side of pattern paper.

3. 3. Turn scribble side down on hanger. Trace pattern lines to transfer to paper.

4. 4. Color in design with glitter glue. Outline hanger with a thin line of gold. Let dry.

5. String chenille stem through holes, twist ends together.

Glitter on!

Sparkle

Autograph Book Kid's Craft

Friday, May 28, 2010

Summer camp is on the horizon. Make this with your child before she heads out to campfires, games, crafts canoeing, and making new friends.

You need:

Blue craft foam
Glitter Glue: Orange, Kelly, Pineapple
Busy Kid’s Camp Tropical Silky Cord ( I got this in the kid's craft department at Michaels. There are 4 colors of cord that you will use for all kinds of projects, good to have in your craft stash)
Hole punch
Ruler, pencil, scissors
Drawing paper
Small stick, 5-6” long

Try this:

1. Cut two 4” x 6” pieces of craft foam. Cut drawing paper to same size, as many as you wish.

2. 2. Punch two holes side by side 1” below the top and bottom edges at the left hand side of cover. Punch holes in the same places on the back cover and the pages.

3. Cut a yard of cord, any color. Hold covers and pages together. Hold the stick on the front cover between the sets of punched holes.

4. String one end of cord:

· Up through one bottom hole

· Across stick, down through closest hole

· Up through one top hole

· Across stick, down through closest hole

· Repeat

· Bring both end of cord up through holes to the front, tie in a knot

5. On the left side, draw an Orange tree trunk. Add Kelly branches. In upper right corner, draw a Pineapple sun. Add Orange words: My Summer Camp Friends.

Design the cover to reflect the kind of camp that your child is attending. Or make it a journal. Filled with her thoughts or the autographs of friends, it will be an important memento of the summer.

Glitter on!

Sparkle

Water Bottle Jacket Kid's Craft

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Why have a boring water bottle when you can have a hooty owl who is hooting Cooooooool!

Fun and easy project for kids! You need:

5" x 7 ½” piece of yellow fun foam
glitter glue: orange, purple
Busy Kid’s Camp Tropical Silky Cord
2 20mm wiggle eyes
hole punch
#2 pencil
printed pattern
scissors
white craft glue

Try this:

. Punch 6 holes opposite each other on ends of fun foam piece.
Scribble over pattern lines on back side of pattern paper with pencil.

Turn scribble side down on foam on the left side of the rectangle. Trace pattern lines to transfer pattern to foam.
Glue wiggles eyes to centers of eyes.
Outline design with glitter glue. Print Coooool! on right side of rectangle. Let dry.

4. Lace the cord through the holes just like you lace up a tennis shoe. Slip it over the bottle, tighten up the lacing and tie a bow at the top.

Kid's Craft: Tie Dye Bracelets

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

This is a fun and easy project. Have all of your materials ready for a rainy day and it will entertain the kids for hours.

You need:

craft foam
glitter glue, at least three colors
toothpick
Velcro coins, self adhesive
scissors/ruler

Try this:

1. Cut a 1" strip.

2. Apply thick lines of your three colors.

3. Comb back and forth with the toothpick, blending the colors. Let dry.

4. Trim strip to the size needed to go around the wrist and overlap about an inch. Stick the Velcro coins onto the strip so they can hold the bracelet on the wrist.

Any color fun foam and glitter glue can be used. Design your own!

Glitter on!

Sparkle

Blog Hop: Bow Bangle

This is the last chapter of the current blog hop in which I am participating. The blog hop is sponsored by Sizzix and put together by Eileen Hull, who has also designed the ScoreBoard Die we all used for today's project.

The die is for a bow, was easy to assemble and I know you can think of a zillion ways to use it. Of course, mine is glittered and made into a bracelet.

These are the pieces, they are cut out of cardstock.

I assembled two of the three layers, not wanting my bow to be too big for the bangle.

I glittered the inside of the loops with dark pink glitter and the outside with light pink glitter. Then I stuck a big pink gem in the center and wired it to a bangle. Cute!