Welcome to another week. We hope you had a craftastic weekend. Are you all set for Valentine’s Day on Thursday? Well even if you are, we wanted to remind you that this day of love is for all ages, young and old alike. Kids enjoy this special day because they receive sweet treats. If you are in need of a kid friendly Valentine’s Day craft, and a place they can store their candies then we have the perfect option for you. This 'love bee' is the perfect bearer of candy or small gifts for Valentine's Day. Sherrie Ragsdale designed this adorable project using FolkArt acrylic paints. This is a fun and simple project to do that will only take about an hour to complete. All the supplies for this project can be found below, along with their instructions.

PLAID Supplies

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Baby Pink, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Wicker White, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Calico Red, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Licorice, 2 oz.

Other Supplies

Medium clay pot
Small clay pot
Small clay saucer
White Black and green chenille stems
Red craft foam
Pencil
#12 flat brush
¾” flat brush
Liner brush
4” lace ribbon
Hot glue

Instructions

1.    Base coat the two pots Baby Pink. Base coat the saucer and the inside of the larger pot with Licorice.  Allow to dry.  Add Calico Red Stripes to smaller pot.

2.    Add Wicker White eyes using the end of a pencil eraser.  Use a stencil brush with all of the excess Calico Red removed for the cheeks.   Paint the mouth with a liner brush in Licorice.  Add the black dots to the center of the white eyes with the end of the paint brush.

3.    Glue the pots together.  Glue the body of the bee to the black saucer.

4.    Tie a lace bow for the wings and glue to the back.

5.    Glue a black chenille stem to the back of the bee for the arms and roll up ends.

6.    Glue two black chenille stems the saucer for the legs.  Roll up the ends and bend at knee.
 

7.    Fold a green chenille stem in half and roll up the ends and twist after bend.  Cut out a heart from red craft foam.  Write “be mine” with extra fine marker.  Glue heart  to the green chenille stem. 

8.    Fold white chenille stem in half and roll up ends for the antennas.  Glue to the inside of front of pot.

Hooray! It’s Friday and the weekend is here. To start it off on crafty note we wanted to share with you a fun and easy project. If you want to add a little sparkle your life create this DIY Glitter Ring. Melissa from No. 2 Pencil created this stylish project using a few supplies and Mod Podge Dimensional Magic. A list of all the supplies Melissa used can be found below, and to see the instructions click here. Now you don’t have to buy a statement ring, you can make your own. Enjoy!

Supplies needed:

Ring blank with small lip- found at Michaels for around $3

Mod Podge Dimensional Magic 

Glitter in any color

Scrap foam or box to hold ring level while drying

By Candie from Candie Cooper’s Journal

Here's a project that's a conversation heart in its own special way.  It has been painted with chalkboard paints so that you can write and doodle your own sentiments.

You will need two wood hearts-1 sold and 1 filigree.  Paint each of the hearts with Plaid's chalkboard paint.  I chose old school green and black, but Plaids chalkboard paint comes in many colors.  Pick your two favs!  The solid heart will need the back painted as well.

Adhere the filigree heart to the solid heart with thick craft glue.  It helps to set a book on top of the layers to keep the pieces flat while the glue sets up.

Doodle on the heart with colored chalks.  Add small hearts, polka dots, scallops, stripes and more. 

Painting the back of the heart makes the chalkboard reversible!  How about cutting a heart from a small sponge to act as an eraser?

Now it's time to erase and repeat.  This would make a fun teacher valentine for sure!