American Flags
With the Fourth of July steadily approaching this patriotic holiday wouldn’t be the same if the red, white and blue colors weren’t decorating the streets and houses of America. To celebrate this Independence Day why not make an American Flag out of fabric and wear American apparel.
Independence day is such a fun filled day of celebrations, but this isn’t the only day where you can use your handmade American flag. Just think you can wave your American flag and wear American apparel to a ball game, on Remembrance Day, at Election day or any day of the year.
Buying an American flag and American apparel can be a lot of fun as there is so many styles, sizes, shapes, materials and merchandise to choose from. If you love to sew either by hand or by machine and you happen to be an American, this flag project is just for you.
To make your American Flag you will need a sewing machine, matching thread, scissors, sewing pins, red, white and blue fabric. To make the flag wave you’ll need some dowel and glue so you can attach the flag to it. To make this project easier you can download this American flag clipart graphic above and use it as a guide or in another personal craft project. Read more »
Star Stencils or Coloring Pages
Star stencils can be used to brighten up Christmas cards or as coloring pages that will keep the kids busy for a few hours. Coloring in star stencils is a fun everyday activity but what if they could make pretty decorations for Christmas or to pop on the Christmas tree. Making handmade Christmas decorations makes the Christmas tree look less commercial and more homely plus it gives the children a nice feeling when they see their own star decorations on the Christmas tree.
Star stencils are easy to print and you really don’t need a lot of art supplies to make these Christmas decorations. If you have some aluminum foil in the kitchen that you use for cooking this will be perfect or you could try metallic wrapping in all of the Christmas colors. For this star stencil project you’ll also need scissors, glue, string or cotton, hole punch and cardboard to stick the star print out too. All of these art supplies are relatively cheap to buy but I am sure you’ll have most of supplies tucked away in a draw.
To get this project underway start by printing off as many star worksheets as you need to decorate the tree with. Stick every star stencil that you’ve printed to the cardboard and wait for it to dry. Cut out each star carefully but if it happens to look a little wobbly it doesn’t matter, it adds to the spirit of Christmas.
OK. Grab your aluminum foil or metallic wrapping paper and cut enough off the roll to decorate your stars with. There are no rules here so you can mix and match the colors or just use one color to embellish your star stencils. Read more »
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June 24, 2009 10:38 pm | 
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