Saturday, March 17, 2018

Super duper fluffy slime!!

This is THE BEST FLUFFY SLIME RECIPE EVER. My friend gave this recipe to me and it is amazing. Its like you are holding a cloud in your hand.
The materials that you will need are:
-Shaving Cream
-Saline or Contact Lens Solution
-Elmer's school glue
-Baking Soda
-A bowl and spatula
-Food dye
-Any other things that you want to add in!
Put one pinch of baking soda into your bowl.
Add the glue (The amount doesn't matter) and mix. Add one cup of shaving cream, and add more to make more fluffy. Mix and add Contact Lens or Saline Solution. (A little bit at a time till the slime is activated)Make sure you mix very
 very well. After this is all mixed up, add any other decorations, like glitter or beads or balls, and then add your colors. Personally, I think it is cool if you keep it white, because it looks really cool.
Some tips: If you add more shaving cream it makes it fluffier. Also, this slime gets kind of sticky now and then, so add as much Contact Lens or Saline solution as you like.

Slime it up, guys!!

(I made a LOT of this slime! 😁 )
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(Just can't get over how awesome it is!)
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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Elmers Jumbo Colored Slime!! (With glitter!)

This is an awesome slime recipe that totally works! I'm proud to give you a trustworthy slime recipe that is awesome-not one of those so called recipes that are terrible on other sites. I've tried this 3 times and all of them have turned out great. Lets get started!

Materials:
Elmer's big bottle of school glue, or 3 4 ounces of the tiny school glue bottles.
1 1/2 TBSP of Baking Soda
3 TBSP of Contact Lens solution
Your choice of food coloring
Glitter from Tree House Studios (Available at local craft stores)

1.Find a bowl, cup or plate to mix your slime in
2. Pour the entire contents of all 3 of the 4oz of Elmer's school glue into the bowl, or 12 ounces measured from the big bottle.
3.Add 1 1/2 TBSP of Baking Soda and mix
4.After mixing, add your choice of food coloring
5.Mix and/or add more food coloring until you get the color you want.
6.Add 3 TBSP of Contact Lens Solution
7.Mix until slime forms and it begins to get harder to mix or it pulls away from the bowl
8.Take the slime out and begin kneading with both of your hands until it achieves the consistency that you want.
9.You are done!!
If needed, add 1/2 TBSP Contact Lens Solution to make the slime less sticky, or however much needed. Also, add glitter if you want.
Well, how is it? Didn't I tell you that it was going to be awesome? This is a great and very easy craft to do with little ones.Have fun!

Friday, March 2, 2018

Valentine's day heart tote bag!!

I know that Valentines day is long gone, but who can resist a cute heart tote bag?


The materials you will need for this project are listed below:

  • Marker (If you are drawing a heart)
  • Canvas tote bag, the size of your choice
  • A heart
  • Red and/or pink paint
  • Pencil with full eraser
Step one: Tap end of pencil/eraser into the paint. Gently tap around the edge of the heart in the middle. Tap up and around the heart until the paint runs out. Continue around the heart in the same way, making darker and lighter dots to give the look texture and feeling.

After you are done with your first color all the way around, you might want to let it dry before you paint over with another color, just so it doesn't blend. But if you don't want to wait, just plow right on ahead!

After you have done the extra paint, let dry and you are done!!

So cute, right?!?


Sunday, February 25, 2018

Bead bracelets for teens!!

I again did this at a party and it was a cool craft to do. I would not recommend this one to kids lower than age 10. It is kind of meticulous and is dealing with sharp things, like safety pins.
Materials:

  • Bead design co. wood beads
  • #95 paracord white string
  • Sew-ology assorted safety pins 
Measure a length of paracord around your wrist, wit ha little extra to tie.
Set aside, and pull out some safety pins. 
Get a bunch of pins and start feeding beads onto it after you unlock the little thing that's hooked on it. 
You can put beads on it in a pattern, but make enough that when you string the pins onto the 
string that it bunches together and is close like that upper picture. 
Take your string and cut one the same length as the first. This will be your lower string.
String the pins on the upper string and push together. Feed the lower string through the lower part of the pins and pull.
Tie the ends of the top string together and the lower string together.
You are done!!
This is perfect for teens and a long craft to keep the kids occupied.

Beautiful tape paintings!!

This is a traditional, but its a great craft. I made this once with my girlfriends and all of them turned out awesome.
 All the materials that you need are:

  • Painters tape
  • Canvas
  • Brush
  • Paint
The trick to this is to be creative. 
Stick the pieces of tape down on the canvas in the pattern, letter, or whatever your idea is. Press really hard onto the canvas so the tape is sure to stick. 
Now take your paints and just brush over the tape in whatever color or pattern you are doing. 

This is when it is important to make sure all edges of your tape are secure and not flipping up. You can do multiple layers of tape to make sure the paint does not leak through. Don't worry about going along the lines. Just paint over them.There again is a good reason to press the tape down.
Let the paint dry. This is an awesome craft to do at a birthday party and you can watch a movie or eat a snack while you wait.
After the paint has dryed, peel the tape off slowly. once all of it is off, you can touch up the paint with a fine tip brush.
Hang on your wall, because you are done!!

This, as I said, is perfect for birthday parties and sleepovers, or as a gift for a teen.
You can try a few techniques with this, like sponge blotting, or spray painting.
Have fun!!

Foam Dough: Perfect for rainy days!!

This is an awesome craft, perfect for entertaining kids on rainy days when they are bored and lolling around the house.
 It is really simple: The ingredients are just corn starch, shaving cream, and food coloring.

Step 1: There’s only one step! Just pour any amount of cornstarch, and squirt about the same amount of shaving cream on top of the cornstarch (you can add more of either if you need to as you mix it until you get a moldable dough). Then just mix it by squishing it with your fingers (Kids really love this part!).  You can also add some food coloring if you want to add some color. That’s it! Super easy. Super quick. Super fun! Enjoy!

You may want to cover up your surface before making just because of the dye, but if it is natural stones, like mine is granite, with a gloss, you should be fine. Also, your hands or the kids hands might get stained a little, again because of the dye, but just wash, and soap, and after a few days it will come off.

Have fun with this one, guys!!
P.S. You can shape it to!!

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Duct Tape Wall Decor!!!

I think this is a super awesome piece of room decor that is perfect for any girl in the family. This is also great for a teenagers room, because they can really personalize with this and decorate their room. I did this with duct tape from the Duct Tape brand and a Martha Stewart Simple Circle Cutter. I used a plastic, see through cutting board with numbers and measurements on the side for surface protection. 

I simply placed strips of duct tape on the cutting board, of no particular length, and place the circle cutter on the tape. There will be a cutter that fits in the holes of the cutter and stick it in there and press hard.

Swill around and around until cut.
Move to a different spot on the tape, and repeat with a different size hole.
After you are done, or you feel like you have enough circles, peel the excess tape off slowly.
You will be left with several circles if you have done it correctly.
Paste on the wall as needed. 

Some important things to remember are that it will/the duct tape will not peel off the paint or stick to much to most walls. It did not peel off mine, so I'm thinking that it will keep your paint safe if it is a Sherwin Williams paint.
Have Fun!!!