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 Thursday, March 01, 2012

A 30 Color Apple Barrel Giveaway
It is March 1st, and it is the first day of National Craft Month. This is a month full of creativity, and a great time to become more crafty. To kick off this month, we are having our first ever giveaway here on our kid's blog. This week on Plaid's Kids Craft Blog we are giving away a 30 color Apple Barrel paint set. One lucky Kids Craft blog reader will win this paint set full of primary Apple Barrel colors.


To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment below telling us what you would use this product to create? For extra entries (leave a separate comment for each):

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This giveaway will end tomorrow Friday March 2nd, 2012 at Noon EST. We will announce the winner tomorrow afternoon.





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Teaching Thursdays: Spring Fling Headband



Get your little girls ready for spring, by having them create this adorable headband. This headband was designed by, Cathie and Steve. This spring fling headband is the perfect accessory. It is bright, fun, and colorful. This is an easy to do project that your little girl is sure to love creating.

 

PLAID Supplies


·       Mod Podge ® Paper - Matte, 8 oz.


Other Supplies


1" foam brush, Scrap paper, Decorative paper, Pencil, Scissors, Wax paper, Rickrack trim, Hot glue gun, 3 small silk flowers, 3 medium rhinestones, Scrap of coordinating ribbon


Instructions


1.   Create a template of the headband by tracing it on a piece of scrap paper. Using the template as a guide, cut the headband shape from the decorative paper.

2.   Using a piece of wax paper and a foam brush, coat the back and front side of the paper with Mod Podge. Position the paper on the headband, press out any air bubbles with your fingers and smooth your brush strokes. Allow to dry.

3.   Hot glue rickrack trim to the edges of the headband. Hot glue silk flowers to the mid-top section. Hot glue a rhinestone to the center of the flowers. Hot glue a scrap of ribbon around the two ends of the headband to secure the rickrack. Allow to dry.

 



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 Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Web Wednesday: Spring Paper Bag Placemats


Looking for a way to jazz up your table with some spring decor? Try making these very simple spring place mats. Can you believe these place mats are made out of paper? This is such a unique craft project. This project was found on the site, Mom it Forward. It was created by, Diane Henkler. To create this craft project you will need several supplies including, Mod Podge, Apple Barrel Paint, and paper bags. Click here to see how this project was made. This is a very cool way to spruce up your table.



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