My Arts and Crafts has an article about how to make a snow globe. The globe is made using a jar - the jar in the example is a cleaned peanut butter jar. Other items needed include a glue gun, small stones, plastic figure, ribbon or craft tape and glitter. The plastic figure can be a stormtrooper action figure like the one shown in the video below or another object of similar size.
This is a really easy arts and craft project that's a great way for the whole family to get together. Because this craft project calls for the use of a glue gun, kids should only do this project along with their parents. You'll use items you already have around your house, and if you don't, you can probably buy them at the local dollar store or arts and crafts store. If you've been looking for a craft project to help bond with your kids, this may be it!
Full instructions can be found here. You can also watch the helpful video below. In the video the instructor is using a Star Wars toy for the centerpiece of his snow globe. He's making a Stormtrooper Snow Globe!
Modern Cottage has a great post with instructions for creating numbered cork coasters. You could alternate the numbers for letters or a symbol. The post explains how to create the number stencils for your coaster using freezer paper, varnish, an iron and a sharp xacto knife. If you wanted something instead of numbers you could easily make different stencils using the same instructions. We think using the numbers is best because it makes us think of the awesome Numb3rs tv show. (via Craftzine -> Whip Up)
Josh Lowensohn at Webware reports on a cool new website called Paper Critters that helps you design cute and evil looking paper critters online.
For DIY nuts out there, the Web is a source of plentiful project ideas and guides. It's also the home of a handful of paper craft projects, the kind you can print out and put together with a little bit of glue and ingenuity. A new, and really neat one got sent our way this weekend. It's called Paper Critters, and it's a Web-based creation tool for making your own desk art in the form of a boxlike creature. You can edit all five sides of it using a simple drag-and-drop editor with a variety of stamps and drawing tools. There's also a custom stamp that lets you use an image from your hard drive.
You get different eyes, noses, tattoos and other character features depending on how cute or evil you choose to make your paper critter. You can preview your critter in 3-D before you print it. The paper critter print-out includes the instructions for cutting and folding your paper critter into the correct shape once you are finished. You can also add your critter to the websites Colony feature which contains thousands of other people's critter creations. You can also see a list of ten best paper critters.
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