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Macrame Keychain
Macrame Keychain
Make a neat decoration for your keychain
Supplies
- Yarn or string
- Scissors
- Tape
- Keychain
Instructions
- Cut three two-feet strings
- Fold each one in half
- To create a knot insert the close end of the string into the keychain
- Loop the two loose ends through the hole made by the other end
- Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the other two
- Tape down the keychain
- Going from left to right, grab the third string and throw it over the second string
- Grab the end of the second string and loop it into the hole created by the third string
- Repeat the loop for the second string
- Toss the third string over the first string
- Repeat steps 8 and 9 for the third string
- Grab the fourth string and toss it over the fifth string
- loop the fifth string into the hole made by the fourth string
- Repeat the loop for the fifth string
- Toss the fourth string over the sixth string
- Repeat steps 13 and 14 for the sixth string
- Grab the third and fourth string
- Toss the third string over the fourth string
- Loop the end of the bottom string through the hole
- Repeat steps 18 and 19
- Repeat steps 7-21 until satisfied
- Separate the ends into three groups
- to create a knot, grab the ends of one group and create a hole
- Loop the two ends through the hole
- Repeat steps 23 and 24
Yarn Pom Poms
Yarn Pom Poms
Add some festive flair with yarn pom poms!
Supplies
- Yarn
- Scissors
Instructions
- Hold on to one end of yarn between your fingers
- Wrap yarn around your 4 fingers 200x or depending on how full you want your pom pom to be.
- Cut off the other end of the yarn and use the 2 ends to tie a knot around the center of the yarn loop. If you slide it off your hand, make sure to hold onto the shape of the yarn.
- Tie the ends together tight, then trip the loops with scissors, taking care not to cut the center loop
- Trim into sphere shape.
How to Make Origami Swans
How to Make Origami Swans
Make adorable swan decoration with just a piece of paper!
Supplies
- A square piece of paper
- Markers/Pencils for decoartion (optional)
Instructions
- Follow along with the video
- Pause the video when needed and rewind to rewatch steps
- Don’t worry if your swan doesn’t turn out the first time, they take practice!
Lip Scrub
Lip Scrub
Take off dry skin on your lips with this scrub!
Supplies
- Sugar
- Honey
- Olive Oil
Instructions
- Two scoops of sugar
- One spoonful of olive oil
- One spoonful of honey
- Mix it
DIY Shrinky Dink Keychains
Supplies
- Shrinky dink sheet(s)
- Scizzors
- Hole-puncher
- Oven
- Permanent marker(s)
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Keychain chains
Instructions
- Sketch out designs
- Draw designs on shrinky dink sheet
- Color design with permanent marker(s)
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees
- Cut out keychain charms and poke a hole out with a hole-puncher
- Place keychain charms on a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Put in oven for 3-5 minutes
- Turn off oven
- Connect charms to keychains
Thanksgiving Pop-Up Card
Thanksgiving Pop-Up Card
Make your Thanksgiving popping with this card!
Supplies
- Brown paper
- Orange paper
- Yellow paper
- Scissor
- Pen
- Pencil
- Glue
Instructions
- Fold the brown paper and cut it in half
- Cut both pieces of brown paper into squares
- Fold both squares in half
- Take one of the squares and fold the corners inwards
- Fold that piece in half again and cut the corners into rounded edges
- take the other half and cut one of the corners into rounded edges
- Grab the yellow paper and fold it in half
- Grab the round paper and place it on the middle part of the yellow paper
- Make sure the fold of the round paper is facing inward
- Glue the bottom folds of the round paper onto the yellow paper
- Grab the other brown paper and place it between the yellow and brown paper
- Make sure that the fold is facing outwards
- Glue the top folded corners to the other brown paper
- Cut the round edge to make feathers
- Grab one of the excess brown paper and cut out a neck and head
- Glue those onto the body and make sure the head is not over the fold
- Grab the orange paper and cut out legs, beak, and leaves
- Glue the legs, beak, and leaves onto the card
- Draw eyes and details for the leaves
- Add phrases and decorate your card to your fitting
Flip Book
Flip Book
Bring any notepad to life!
Supplies
- Pencil
- Pen
- Paper Pad
Instructions
- Plan out your animation path, keeping in mind how many frames/pieces of paper you’ll need.
- To give your animation more life, keep in mind the 12 principles of animation
- Flip back and forth between pages, outlining your animation with pencil.
- Flip through to check your pacing
- Trace with pen when you’re happy with it!
Among Us Paper Mache Helmet
Among Us Paper Mache Helmet
Among Us Paper Mache Helmet
Supplies
- 1 Part Flour
- 1 Part Water
- Bowl/container
- Newspaper/magazine paper strips
- Balloons
- Plastic Face Shield visor
- String
- Pen/marker
- Scissors
- Tape
- Mirrored Window Tint
- Spray Paint
- Hot Glue
Instructions
To start:
- Mix equal parts of flour and water to make paper-mache paste.
- Blow up the balloon to desired size. It should be slightly larger than your head.
- Tear the paper into strips, dip into the paste, and put it on the balloon.
- Repeat until the balloon is covered with about 2 layers of paper.
- Let it dry for at least 4 hours.
In the meantime, make the visor.
- Measure ear-to-ear and eyes-to-nose for length and width of the plastic visor.
- Cut visor to the same measurements.
- Cut mirrored window tint to the same measurements.
- Spray visor with water. This will help the tint covering to stick to the plastic.
- Apply the covering to the visor.
Once the balloon is dry:
- Spray paint the helmet and let it dry.
- Pop the balloon and remove from the shell.
- Trim the opening to make sure your head will fit through.
- Draw a rectangular hole in the front of the helmet to fit the visor.
- Cut out the hole.
- Hot glue the visor over the hole.
Paper Mache Pencil Holder
Make a Paper Mache Pencil Holder!
Using just a can and some junk mail...
Supplies
- junk mail (like grocery ads or newspaper)
- empty can
- scissors
- colored paper to decorate
- flour
- water
- bowl
- spoon
Instructions
- Obtain an empty can, make sure it is clean and take the label off
- Rip junk mail into strips of paper approximately one inch wide by four inches long
- Mix flour and water together until you reach a gluey consistency (see video)
- Dunk the paper into the mixture, squeeze off any excess and start wrapping around the can
- Complete a few layers of this, and let dry
- Cut the colored paper into whatever shape you want to follow for your final design
- Using the same method, coat the paper with the “glue” and cover the can with the paper strips
- Let dry. Fill the can with writing utensils of your choice!
Cardboard Automata 2
Designing your own Automata
Build on your skills from the first Cardboard Automata to begin designing your own!
Supplies
- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Wooden Dowels/Skewers
- Glue
- Straw
Instructions
- Using inspiration from other automata, design the movement you want your automata to have.
- Cut out a box with one side exposed, stick in wooden dowel for the central turn mechanism
- Arrange your other cardboard pieces
- Glue down non-moving cardboard pieces, mark where you’ll have moving cardboard pieces.
- Consider the range of movement of the wooden dowels that will move your cardboard pieces when designing your gears.
- Place feet on moving wooden dowels to better slide across gears.
- Use straws to help guide wooden dowels and reduce friction.
- Assemble your pieces together and test before gluing in place. This may take some trial and error. Consider changing the direction of spin, making gears more smooth and moving pieces around.
- Decorate!