Wool Coasters

Supplies:
· Wool Sweaters
· Embroidery Floss
· Needle
· Scissors
· Hoop
· Washing Machine
· Paper
· Painters Tape or Masking Tape
Directions:
1. Wash the wool sweaters in hot water with laundry detergent. The agitation of the washing machine will felt the wool together. Lay out to dry or if you would like the felting to be tighter dry the sweaters in the dryer.
2. Cut a sleeve off of each sweater and cut along the seams to open up the arm. Place the hoop onto the sweater that you are going to embroidery on.
3. Cut a piece of tape 3” long and mark the middle (1 ½”) with a black pen. Place the tape onto the sweater in the hoop.
4. Use the tape as a measuring tool and straight edge and embroidery back stitch from end to end of the tape. You will have a straight line that is 3” long. Add a V at the ends of the 3”stitching. http://www.craftown.com/instruction/embroidery.htm
5. Turn the tape 45 degrees (Make sure the black mark is in the middle of the other 3” stitching.) and repeat step 4 three more times. (I added an extra V on every other 3” stitch.)
6. Cut a template out of the paper. (My coasters are 3 ¾” circles.)
7. TOP COASTER: Hold or pin the template on the area that you embroidered on and cut around the template.
8. BOTTOM COASTER: Cut another piece of wool from your template.
9. Blanket stitch around the bottom and top of the coaster. http://primrosedesign.blogspot.com/2006/11/stitch-school-blanket-stitch.html
10. You are finished! Great job! Try other embroidery patterns.

May Day Flower

Supplies:

Tissue Paper
· Green Construction Paper
· Egg Carton
· Popsicle Sticks
· Green Paint, Paint Brush and Water
· Glue
· Paint Brush
· Scissors
· Knife (adult use only)

Directions:

1. Cut the egg carton into twelve cup shapes containers with the scissors.
2. Cut a slit in the bottom of the egg carton cup shapes, with the knife. (adults only)
3. Paint the popsicle sticks green. Let them dry and insert about ½” of the popsicle stick into the egg carton cup shapes.
4. Cut tissue paper into 4” x 4” squares. (4 per flower)
5. Put some glue in the base of the egg carton cup shape. Find the center of the 4” x 4” tissue paper square and pinch it with your fingers. The corners of the tissue paper should stand up to look like a flower. Repeat and glue the tissue paper in the base of the egg carton cup shape.
6. Fold the other two 4” x 4” pieces of tissue paper so that the corners meet to make a triangle. Glue both on the outside of the egg carton across from each other.
7. Cut out two leaves from the green constructions paper and glue to the popsicle stick.
8. You did a great job!! You have made a beautiful flower!

Valentine's Day Fairy

Supplies

· Plastic Water Bottle
· Apple Sauce Individual Container
· Toilet Paper Tube
· Pink Paper
· Pink Tissue Paper
· Yarn
· Glitter or Plastic Bags
· Water
· Hot Glue Gun
· Glue
· Markers
· Scissors
· Ruler
· Stamps and Ink Pad

Directions

1. Put 1 tablespoon of glitter or any other material that will keep its shape in water into the water bottle. Ex. Cut up a plastic bag that is red and white.
2. Fill the container ½” from the top with cold water. (warm/hot water my make the water look cloudy)
3. Glue the lid on with the hot glue gun. (Adults only)
4. Cut the toilet paper roll at an angle with your scissors. Mark one side 1 ½” and the other side 2 ½”. Draw a line to connect the two sides and cut along the line. Glue onto the top of the bottle with hot glue. (Adult Only)
5. Cut a piece of tissue paper 6” x 6”, crumble, open and glue onto the outside of the apple sauce container. Glue the apple sauce container onto the top of the toilet paper roll with the hot glue gun. (adults only)
6. Cut a pink piece of paper 8 ½” x 1 ¼”. Fold like an accordion every inch. Cut out a heart shape with your scissors, not cutting the folds on the sides. Unfold and glue to the middle of the water bottle.
7. Cut a pink piece of paper 8 ½”x ¾”. Glue onto the hearts, one will be on the left side and the other on the right side of the water bottle. Glue in the middle. These will be the arms.
8. From the pink paper cut out a 2” heart. With your markers write, “I Love You!” or “Happy Valentines Day,” on it. Cut a 2 ½” heart out of the pink tissue paper and glue on the back of the 2” heart. Glue where the arms meet in the middle front of the water bottle.
9. Cut the yarn into 3- 24” pieces and tie in the middle and on each side. Tie the yarn around the water bottle where the toilet paper roll and water bottle meet.
10. Cut a 6” heart out of pink paper and stamp with the stamps and ink pad. Glue onto the back of the water bottle.
11. Add a face on the toilet paper roll with your markers.
12. You are done! Shake it up and watch the glitter! Great Job!!!

Valentine's Day Box

Supplies
· Empty Cracker or Granola Bar Box
· Ribbon (about 2 feet)
· Tissue Paper
· Scraps of Construction Paper
· Stapler
· White Glue or Glue Stick
· Pen or Pencil
· Scissors
· Hole Punch

Directions
1. Cut the front of the box along three sides with your scissors.
2. Staple the sides of the box, in order to hold the box together.
3. Cover the box by using the glue and construction paper. This is where the fun comes in. You can tear the paper or use large pieces of paper, be creative. Decorate the box with hearts, buttons, or ribbon.
4. Draw a heart with your pen or pencil on the inside of the box.
5. Cut the tissue paper into 2”x2” squares.
6. Wrap the tissue paper around the flat end of a pen or pencil and dip into your glue. Gently place the pen/pencil with the tissue paper onto the heart, which you drew in your box. Remove the pen/pencil. Repeat this process until your heart is complete. (It was easier using a glue stick for this process.)
7. Add any hearts, notes, pictures or decorations inside the box.
8. With your hole punch, punch two holes in the middle front of the lid, about ½” apart and two holes on the front of the box ½” apart. Make sure the holes lines up with each other.
9. Cut two 12” pieces of ribbon. Lace one piece of ribbon into the two holes on the lid and tie in a knot in the middle of the ribbon. Lace the other piece of ribbon into the two holes on the front of the box and knot in the middle of the ribbon.
10. To keep the box closed, tie the ribbons together.
11. Great Job! You did it!!