My Aunt Donna gave be this skirt a while back and as much as I love it- I just havent worn it much.
I decided to convert it into a peasant top so i would wear it more often… and SUCCESS!
It was so simple…
Step 1: Cut two slits equal distance from the edges.
I tried it on inside out and pinned it where I liked it.
Step 2: Sew along the slit to seam inner sleeves and sides.
Be sure your sewing wihile the item is inside out!
Step 3: You can hem your sleeves if you prefer!
But you are done!
I have been dying to make a cool cut-up tee.
After seeng my girl Aly’s shirt I was desperate to make my own!
Ispiration: Aly Freedman
Step 1: Old Tee
Step 2: Cut your desired Neckline
Step 3: Fold shirt in half but pull the front out to be sure you dont cut it!
Step 4: Cut in one inch intervals.
Step 5: Pull the strips to tighten them up.
And Voila! You have a straight cut tee!
If you prefer the knot tee continue to the below steps.
Step 6-10 : See Images. Repeat process.
Step 11: Stich the bottom loop to the bottom of the tee to secure the spot.
Step 12: Your tee is finished!
Hope you enjoyed!
See you Soon,
Kris
Hello everyone!
This week recycled craft is an amazing coffee filter butterfly!
Items needed:
– Large Coffee Filter
– Small Coffee Filter
– Pipe cleaner
– Liquid Watercolor Paint
– Water Droppers or Sponges. (We used droppers here)
Step 1: Have child paint the two coffee filters as they please.
Step 2: First, Pinch small coffee filter along the dotted line. Seen Below.
Step 3: Using the below image as a guide, wrap the small coffee filter with a pipe cleaner, twist twice and then repeat. Bend the excess pipe cleaner to make antennas.
Please excuse my how- to sketches!
Hope they made you laugh but most of all I hope they were still helpful!
See you soon,
Kristina
For this weeks Recycled Art lesson plan, we focused on Farm Animals.
We read I Love Animals (Big Book) by Flora McDonnell.
Which is absolutely ADORABLE!
We decided to create Sheep for our main project.
Check out the below for the details.
I must thank Luka for making our sample- he is so amazing!
Thanks Luka!
Materials:
Toilet paper roll, Cotton balls, Paper towel, Q-tips, Glue and Tape
Step #1: prepare the legs (see pictured)
Prep Work
Step #2: stuff a paper towel into the roll and form as desired
(we made two dots for eyes with a black magic marker)
Step #3: Give the child a plate of glue and cotton balls and let them decorate!
Final Creation: Sheep
Step #4: If you wouldlike you can add horns by rolling a 1.5 inch pipecleaner.
Voila! A Horned Sheep
Hope you enjoy!
See you Soon,
Kristina
Use jars and lids as flowers! Kids enjoy painting them and placing them as they want above their cardboard flower pot!
This week in my recycled art class – We read ” The Very Busy Spider” by Eric Carle. To stay with the theme, we learned the Itsy-Bitsy Spider song and created the most adorable spiders out of milk cartons! To make these spiders- we gave each child two spiders and had them paint them black. When the paint dried we slit the sides with a scissor to slide two sets of mini pipe cleaners in. (they chose the colors for there “fancy elgged spiders”). As a finishing touch-we glued on googley eyes!
The kids adored these! I highly recommend them!
Check it out :
Spiders made from Egg Cartons!
Materials: Egg carton (trimmed), googly eyes, pipe cleaners, black paint
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
Thansk for stopping in!
See You soon,
Kristina
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