Category: General Crafts

Craft sticks are so handy, they can be used for all sorts of, well, crafts. Kid, especially find crafts sticks fun to make and play with but after a while, plain old wood is a little boring. Instead of dealing with the mess of painting them, add a hint of color to a whole batch at once.

Things you’ll need:
Tall glasses or jars
Craft sticks
Liquid food coloring
Water
Plastic wrap

Things to do:
1. Fill the glasses almost to the top with warm water. Add 10, 15 drops of food coloring.

2. Drop in a pile of sticks.
3. Cover the glass tightly with plastic wrap to hold the sticks down.

4. Allow the sticks to soak overnight then set out to dry.

I recently saw a fantastic rug made entirely of giant felted wool balls. It was fun and fabulous and I know I’d love to have it in my house, but until I’m up for making hundreds of felted wool balls, a dollhouse version will have to do. And very cute it is.

Things you’ll need:
Mini pompoms
Felt square
Glass
Pencil
Scissors
Craft glue

Things to do:
1. Using the glass, trace a circle onto the felt and cut out carefully, keeping the edges as smooth as possible.

2. Starting at the center of the circle, dab on some glue and pop on a pompom.


3. Surround this first pompom with a circle of them, smooshing them together so that there are no spaces for the felt to show through.
4. Continue to do this until the entire surface of the rug” is covered. Rest the bottom of the glass on top of the pompoms to help hold them in place while the glue dries.