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 Here's a tip for just about everyone!  Keep a spray bottle at your desk for cleaning up small messes, wetting stamping sponges or paint on a pallette!  Once you've tried it, you'll always keep a bottle around.
We're running out!  Please send in your tips!
 
Chopsticks into Hairsticks! 
Sent in by BrendaLea Abbott from DuQuoin, Illinois. 
 

I have taken chop sticks and cut a 2-3 portion off to make them more useable size as well as using purchased wooden hairsticks.  If I use chopstick I do sand the end so that it is smooth and I usually drill a hole across the width and do peyote around the end for about an inch or so and anchor that in the hole that I drilled.  I also will string several sets of matching beads from the end, as dangles.  Using  different beads in matching colors.  These dangles make the hairstick more of a piece of jewelry. 

If I use a purchased hairstick, they are normally drilled at the end so that an eye pin can be glued into the hole and I again dangle about 3 (and sometimes more) head pins with coordinating beads.  Sometimes I will place a larger matching bead at the end of the hairstick before the dangles for a bit more color.  See the picture above. 

These hairsticks are fairly fast and easy to make and for anyone with long hair they are an extra ornament/jewelry to be worn. 

NOTE:  when glueing an eye pin in the hole DO NOT use E-6000 as it is pliable and eye pin will not be secure.  It is best to use a firm bonding glue.  

 


Many thanks go to BrendaLea for sending in such a fun idea!
 
 
 

.....Always make sure you get permission before working!
  Egg Bunnies for Spring! 

Materials Needed: 
1 plastic egg 
Straw hat 
Wiggle eyes 
2 white pom poms 1/2 inch
1 small pink or black pom pom 
Wool or shenille stem 
Craft foam in white and pink 
Small rose and piece of ribbon 
Gluing can be done with a low temp glue gun but please make sure to supervise your children  

Cut White foamie into a 2" heart for feet 
Cut ears out of white 2" high by 1/2" wide 
Cut small piece of pink for inside of ears or use a felt pen 
Cut Wool or shenille into 3" pieces for wiskers 
  
Put some glue onto to of plastic egg,and put on hat, stick ears at each side of hat.  Place ribbon and rose on hat. 
  
About 1/3 down egg place eyes.  Just below about 3/4 " put shenille or wool to form wiskers.  Put nose just above and white cheek pom poms on top.   
  
Finish by putting heart shape foamie on the bottom of the egg so it can stand up. 
  
You can fill the eggs with chocolates the kids love it. 
  
Hope you can use it.  If you can could I get the assort. of beads, I'm not a teacher but I would give it to my sons school. 


Article sent in from Liz Ferreira from Trinidad in the West Indies!  Thanks so much Liz!
 
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