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Category: General Crafts

DIY Sidewalk Chalk


Creating your own sidewalk chalk is almost as fun as using it! Customize your colors in this fun afternoon activity. Any silicon chocolate mold or ice cube tray will make an excellent mold for the chalk but you can create a traditional chalk shape by using the tubular ice cube molds designed for water bottles.

Things you’ll need:
Plaster of Paris
Tempera Paint
Disposable bowl and spoon
Water
Water bottle Ice Cube Tray

Things to do:
1. Mix up a small amount of plaster, keeping it on the dry side, in your container. Mix in the paint to replace the additional water until you have a thick, pourable consistency. Fill a few of the channels on the tray, scraping the top and tapping slightly to release air bubbles.

2. Repeat this process with additional colors until the tray is filled.
3. Set the tray in a sunny, dry location and allow it to harden for a few hours.

4. Pop the chalk out of the mold and allow it to harden a but longer before handing it over to your little artists.

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Sewing Pattern Weights with Washers


If you do a lot of sewing, you know that one of the most tedious parts is pinning the pattern onto fabric. It’s time consuming and sometimes frustrating. If you are adept at wielding a rotary cutter, you may want to consider switching to pattern weights when you cut out your sewing projects. And with this project it’s easy to whip up as many as you need.

Things you’ll need:
Fabric Scraps, at least twice as large as your washers
Washers, at least 1 inch in diameter, and in sets of three or four
Thread and needle
Ribbon
Pinking shears

Things to do:
1. Set your washers onto your fabric scraps and cut circles that are about twice a big around (or more) as the washers using the pinking shears.


2. Place a stack of three or four washers into the center of the circles and draw the fabric together tightly. Mark where you need to gather the fabric with your needle.

3. Sew a running stitch all around at this point and the draw slightly tight to create a pocket. Settle your washers inside and draw tight, locking with a few more stitches.

4. Tie a length of ribbon around the gather and finish with a bow.

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