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Easy Sentence Popsicle Sticks

Sentence_Sticks
If you have an emerging reader in your house then this is a project for you! Both fun to make and fun to play with, these sentence sticks will be a hit with your little one!

Things you’ll need:
Jumbo Popsicle Sticks
Acrylic paint
Velcro strips
Craft glue
Permanent Marker

Things to do:
1. On a covered work surface, paint the craft sticks in three (four or five for more advanced readers) colors.
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2. Once the paint is dry, neatly print words onto the sticks. Choose one color for articles, one for nouns and one for verbs (and one for adjectives/adverbs for more advanced readers).
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3. Cut pieces of Velcro to fit the ends of the sticks. Glue- or stick on if your Velcro is stick on- the soft part of the Velcro to the top side of one end of the sticks and the rough side to the underside of the other end.
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4. Once the glue is dry, set to work making sentences!

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DIY Delicate Vintage Lace Flowers

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Delicate and with a vintage flair, this lace flower is a sweet and simple embellishment to top a gift or to pin onto your jacket. Use the same technique to create multi-layered flowers or keep them simple and light, all you need is a little thread, some pretty lace and a fun button.

Things you’ll need:
2 inch wide lace
Scissors
Needle
Thread, matched to the lace
Buttons

Things to do:
1. Cut two eight-inch pieces of lace.
2. Thread your needle and, securing it at one end, sew a running stitch along one of the long ends of the lace.
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3. Draw the thread through tightly, bringing the lace into a gathered circle and sew the cut ends together.
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4. Fold the second piece of lace in half lengthwise and repeat the process, this time bringing the thread down the fold to create a smaller, double layered circle. Stitch the ends together to close.
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5. Layer the lace flowers together and sew a button in the center, drawing the thread through both circles to secure. Add to a broach, a hairclip or in place of a bow on a special gift.
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