Winnie the Pooh Party Favor Jars

What you will need: Empty baby food jars, red and yellow/orange fun foam or construction paper, glue, tan, brown and a golden yellow acrylic paint, and a marker, candy

What to do:
1. Paint the bottom 2/3 of the jar with a tan or light brown paint and the top 1/3 with a darker brown paint and let it dry. Use a golden yellow paint to paint on the honey. Let the paint sit out a little bit if it is runny until it gets thicker. Put a lot of paint on your brush and then run it across the rim of the jar like you are trying to clean the paint off the brush. Do this all the way around so that the paint starts to drip a little. Make sure your paint is thick enough so that it doesn’t run all the way down the jar. When the paint is dry print “Hunny“ on the front of the jar.
2. Print out the pattern for winnie the pooh

. Trace the pattern onto fun foam and cut out. Use a black Sharpie to draw in the face and outline the body. Cut out a shirt from red fun foam or felt and glue onto Winnie. Glue Winnie’s belly and legs onto the jar.
3. Fill the jar with candy.

Bottle Cap Recycling Craft Project

Things needed;

9 plastic bottle caps 2 tiny goggle eyes or black permanent marker to draw eyes red permanent marker or red craft to make the smile features Instructions: If you have bottle caps in the right colors, this project will be very simple to put together. However, if you don't have the right colors, you can use craft paint to paint the bottle caps in the colors that you need. Start with one yellow cap and glue six red caps around it, then take two green caps and glue them to the ends of the flower caps as leaves. Let dry. On the yellow cap, glue on tiny goggle eyes, or draw on some eyes with black permanent marker. Draw on a smile with red permanent marker. Now place the smiley bottle cap flower onto a piece of felt. Trace around the flower shape and cut out this shape from the felt, cutting just inside the traced line. Glue the felt flower shape to the back of the bottle caps. When the felt is firmly glued and dry, attach a magnet to the back of the flower with glue. Place on the fridge with a new drawing that you have created. Enjoy!

glue felt magnet

Ribbon Spool Christmas Candle

What you'll need:

• Large cardboard spool from ribbon
• Foam bowl (recommended: 12 oz polystyrene disposable food bowl)
• 1 sheet green felt
• Scraps of orange, red and yellow felt
• 12” long piece of 1-2” wide holiday ribbon
• 3 green skinny chenille stems
• White acrylic paint
• White craft glue
• Pen
• Scissors
  

How to make it:

1. Paint the spool with white paint and set aside to dry.
2. Cut green felt into twelve 2” square pieces.
3. Cut chenille stems into fourths.
4. Poke the center of a felt square with your finger or a pen, gather poked end and wrap a piece of chenille around it, forming a 3D leaf. Repeat for all twelve squares.
5. Turn foam bowl upside down so the open side is faced down. Use a pen to poke a hole on the foam side of the bowl, about ½” down from the flat bottom. Insert the pointed end of the felt leaf into the hole. Poke the next hole about an inch from the first. Repeat this step until all twelve leaves have been inserted around the bowl. Trim the rim off the bowl so that the leaves are almost touching the table.
6. Glue the spool to the flat bowl bottom.
7. Cut a 2” tear drop shape from red felt.
8. Cut a 1.5” tear drop shape from orange felt.
9. Cut a 1” tear drop shape from yellow felt.
10. Glue the yellow felt to the orange and the orange to the red so that each color shows behind the one in front of it. Add white glue to the bottom of the felt and the opening at the top of the spool. Insert the felt flame into the top of the spool.
11. Tie ribbon into a bow and trim ends if needed. Glue to the front of your candle base, just above the leaves.

Ribbon Flowers

CRAFT MATERIALS:
	19 inches of green wireless ribbon, 1 inch wide
	Clear double-sided tape, 1/2 inch wide
	18-inch floral-wire stem
	Green thread
	3 (8-inch) lengths of green wired ribbon, 1 1/2 inches wide
	2-yard length of colorful wired ribbon, 1 1/2 inches wide
	Hot glue
Time needed: About 1 to 2 Hours

1. First create a stem and leaves by assembling the pieces as shown here.
2. Fold the stem ribbon in half, sandwiching the wire and leaf stems inside. Bend one of the leaves so it appears to be sprouting from the opposite side of the stem.
3. To make the blossom, stick double-sided tape along one long edge of the colorful ribbon, as you did for the stem. Peel 4 inches or so of the backing from the tape and wrap the sticky part of the ribbon around the stem top several times.
4. Peel off a little more of the tape backing, then gather the ribbon and press it firmly against the lower edge of the previous layer. Continue in this way, working around the stem until you reach the end of the ribbon. Don't worry about flattening the blossom as you work; you can reshape it when you finish. If you end up with a spot or two that's not holding well, simply secure it with a dab of hot glue (parents only).

How to Make a Girl's Diary, Notebook or Journal

Craft Fun Foam Diary
What You Need:

• Diary Cover Pattern
• Diary Pages
• Flower pattern or your choice of pre-cut foam shapes (or use stickers, pictures cut from magazines, or whatever cover decorations appeal the most to you)
• For a notebook or journal, you will need a supply of lined or blank paper
• Craft fun foam sheets in a variety of colors
• hole punch
• Ribbon
• small tab of velcro
• letter beads (optional)
• tacky craft glue or low-temperature hot glue

Girl's Diary or Notebook
Craft Instructions:

To make a girl's diary, print and cut out all the patterns, including at least four of the two inside diary pages.

To make a notebook or journal, print the cover pattern, the flower pattern (if using), and one sheet of the diary pages to cut out and use as a template for your own lined or blank paper.

Trace around the cover pattern and flower patterns on desired craft foam colors and cut out.

Cut the foam cover in half, where the center line is shown on the pattern, to make separate front and back pieces.

Line up the cover, with the tabbed section on the front and one of the diary pages inside. Use the paper punch to make three equally spaced holes on the left-hand side.

Stack the remaining inside pages, keeping them lined up neatly. Place the hole-punched diary page on top of these pages to show you where to make the remaining punch holes. Punch through all the pages.

Line up the top cover, inside pages, and the back cover, then thread a length of ribbon or yarn through each of the holes and tie in a bow at the front.

Glue on the flowers or other cover decorations.

Hot glue a small square of velcro on the inside of the tabbed latch. Glue the matching piece of velcro to the back of the diary to keep it closed.

If you don't have velcro, you could cut off the tab completely, leaving the diary as an open book. Alternatively, you can punch a hole at the end of the tab, punch a matching hole in the back cover, and tie the diary closed with ribbon.

Filled Glass Ornament

Gather your family and make these pretty glass ornaments–filled with just about anything. The possibilities are endless…

Step 1: Buy a pack of clear, glass ornaments. You can find them nearly everywhere, but if you go to a craft store like Michael’s or Robert’s–they were a bit cheaper. Laurie says, to try the dollar store too. These ones were about $3.00 for 12.

Step 2: You must solemnly swear not to skip this step–even if you think you are very careful and brave. Just mind me anyway. Take a small strip of masking tape and put it around the top of the ornament. Fold the top of the tape down inside so that no sharp edges are exposed anywhere.

This could actually be a project that you do with a middle aged child–as long as the edges are covered and they remember to handle the glass carefully. I know, I know…I sound like somebody’s mom. Sorry.

Step 3: Curl and cut up tons of curly ribbon…no kidding…tons. Kids would love this part too.

Step 4: Wad up bunches of ribbon and stuff it in the glass ball. Snap in the gold ornament topper. It’s that simple–you’re done!

Try filling some of the ornaments with random things—we used old video tape, yarn, raffia, and yes…those are push pins. Just be ok with letting everyone’s personality come out. Lyndi thinks gummy bears would be good. I’m a Cheetoes kinda gal myself, but they won’t fit…I know. I tried.

The good thing is that you can always empty it again if you don’t like how they look. Chances are—you’ll just love them!

Dog-Bone Wreath

CRAFT MATERIALS:
	12-inch cardboard circle, or a 12-inch Styrofoam wreath (available at craft supply stores)
	Scissors
	5 yards of ribbon and matching bow
	Large dog bones
	Dog toys
	Tape
	Evergreens, optional
Time needed: Under 1 Hour

1. If using the cardboard round, trace an 8-inch circle in the middle of it (a small mixing bowl or plate will be approximately the right size). With the scissors, cut out the inner circle, leaving a ring or wreath shape.
2. Tape the ribbon onto the back of the cardboard wreath or tie it to the Styrofoam wreath and start winding it around the circle on a slight diagonal. Once you have come full circle, cut the ribbon and tape it down.
3. Next, cut ten or so 9-inch lengths of ribbon for attaching the dog bones and toys. Attach eat treat separately by first placing the dog bone or toy on the wreath and securing it by placing a length of ribbon across it. Flip the wreath over and tie the ribbon securely in a knot, making sure there is no slack in the loop around the bone or toy. (This tying method allows the items to be removed one at a time without displacing the others.) Continue tying on the bones and toys in this fashion, leavi
4. For a fuller look, tape greens onto the cardboard round or push the ends into the Styrofoam wreath. With the remaining length of ribbon, tie a loop on the back of the wreath at the top so that it can be easily hung for all to see -- especially the puppy dog.