Egg Shell Mosaics

 

 

Instructions for using colored egg shells to make a mosaic picture.

Materials Needed:

Instructions:
Save the shells from your Easter eggs and use them to make a great mosaic picture!

If you want, you can draw a design on a dark piece of poster board using the crayons or markers.

Break the colored egg shells into small enough pieces so that they are fairly flat.

Use a cotton swab or an old paint brush to liberally spread glue onto your paper. Stick the egg shell pieces, colored side up, onto the glue.

 Spread the glue in small sections while you work! Set your mosaic aside to dry completely.

(You can also use lighter colored paper, but the dark paper really sets off the colors of the egg shells!)

 

 

Lip Gloss Recipe

Make your own lip gloss using this recipe.

Materials Needed:

·                                 Paraffin wax

·                                 Coconut oil

·                                 Petroleum jelly

·                                 Candy melts (to color the gloss and make it taste sweet)

·                                 Oil-based candy flavoring (if you want a special flavor)

·                                 Grater

·                                 Wax paper

·                                 Ziploc bag

·                                 Small container (recycle old makeup containers or 35mm film containers, or look in stores that carry beads, crafts, or fishing tackle)

Instructions:
Grate some paraffin wax onto wax paper. Measure 1/4 teaspoon grated wax into the plastic bag.

Add 1 teaspoon coconut oil, 1 teaspoon petroleum jelly, and 1 candy melt. Add 1/8 teaspoon oil-based candy flavoring if you like.

Seal the bag and carefully put it in a bowl of hot tap water to melt ingredients, about 3-5 minutes.

(Use tap water! Never use a microwave or stove to heat the water).

Once all the ingredients are melted, remove the bag from the water. Squish ingredients around in bag to mix; work quickly!

Clip off a tiny corner of the bag and squeeze gloss into the clean container. Let it set for an hour, or put it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.

There you go! Use a cotton swab instead of your finger to apply gloss. Your lip-gloss should last a long time. If it changes color, odor, or texture, though, throw it away.

 

 

Cell Phone Pouch

 

instructions for making a holder for your cell phone .

Materials Needed:

Felt

Instructions:
You can use fun felt to make a pouch for the cell phone.

The loop and button on the top fastens around the strap of the purse and lets the cell phone hang just inside the purse for easy access.

Use a 3x5 card as pattern. Fold a piece of felt on half and place the long side of the index card on the fold, cut out.

Cell phones do come in different sizes so you may have to adjust the size of the pouch.

Cut a piece of yarn atleast a yard long.

 Thread one end of the yarn into the eye of the needle and sew overlapping stitches down one side, across bottom, and up other side to attach the two pieces of felt together to make your pouch.

You may want to put the same decorative stitch along both of the edges at the top. Before you tie off your yarn, stitch the button to one of the top corners of the pouch. Once all your stitching is done, tie both ends of the yarn.

Separately, use the yarn annd crochet a chain of about 30 stitches, depending on needle size and how tight stitches are. At end of chain, leave your crochet hook in the last loop and count back 6 or 7 stitches and attach the end to the chain using a slip stitch to form a loop. You may have to adjust the size of your loop to fit your button.

Attach the non-looped end to the corner of the pouch that you sewed the button to. You can thread the yarn tail onto the needle and stitch the chain onto the pouch.

You can now use your new cell phone pouch! Why not make a matcking pouch to collect your spare change in!