Have fun transforming a tissue box into a silly face! This is a great craft project for kids of any age to make.  One of our talented designers, Debbie Saenz made this funny craft project. A perfect craft to make for Halloween. Use your favorite Apple Barrel paint colors to create your own silly face tissue box. This is a beginner craft that will only take between 30 minutes to an hour to make.

Plaid Supplies Needed:

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20246 Plum Kiss, Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20740 Parakeet, Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20504 Black, Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20764 Apricot, Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20503 White, Mod Podge - CS11302 Matte

Additional Supplies Needed:

Tissue Box, Corrugated Cardboard, 15 Foam Packaging “pop-corn”, 2 Green Chenille, 1 silver Chenille, 2 Plastic Water Bottle Tops, Scissors, Paint Brush, Hold Puncher, Craft Knife, Top of Spray can (or other 2.5 inch circle template), 3 popsicle sticks

Instructions:

1. Remove plastic from inside opening of empty Tissue Box.

2. Paint box with Plum Kiss. Allow to dry.

3. Paint a “wavy” mouth around opening with Parakeet. Allow to dry.

4. Use Spray can top to draw 2.5” circle eyes onto cardboard, draw ears; cut out.

5. Paint eyes with Black and ears with Apricot. Allow to dry.

6. Paint water bottle tops with White, Allow to dry.

7. Paint one packaging “popcorn” with Apricot for nose. Allow to dry.

8. Cut Green Chenille stems into 2 inch pieces. Insert into the “holes” of the corrugated cardboard on top of each eye as eyelashes.

9. Punch a hole into each earlobe with hole punch. Cut silver chenille stem into two 3 inch pieces for earrings.

10. Insert a popsicle stick between the corrugated cardboard up through the bottom of each eye.

11. Cut remaining popsicle stick in half and, in the same way, insert a half into the straight side of each ear. 

12. Use Mod Podge to glue “teeth” and nose in place; and water bottle tops on cardboard eyes.

13. With supervision, use craft knife to cut slits into tissue box for eyes and ears, insert popsicle sticks and use a dap of Mod Podge around each popsicle stick.

Going back to school always brings up different memories for students…some good and some, like not finding your locker in the never ending halls of metal doors can be a nightmare. Banish those bad memories by creating a fun and distinctive initial that will forever make your locker stand out. Plaid Designer, Julie Lewis shows you how in these simple steps.

Gather your supplies.

Paint your initial black.

Now paint your discs black as well.

It’s now time to apply my favorite thing…glitter!

Apply black glitter to your letter…

and your discs…apply multiple coats as desired.

Trace your letter on top of your paper.

Cut out your letter.

Apply Mod Podge liberally to your letter front.

Place paper on top of letter and gently squeegee excess glue. Let dry 20 minutes.

Apply several coats of Mod Podge over letter to seal.

Paint your letters white and let dry.

Apply Hologram glitter to letters.

Trace bottom of paper cup onto foam.

Here is what you will have…and now…

Cut circle out with scalloped pinking shears just outside pencil line.

Cut between scallops towards center about 1/3 of the way in to create petals.

Here they are…

Glue wood discs to foam flowers and…

letters to wood discs.

Now we are ready to finish!

Run a bead of glue down one side of letter…or along the desired edge for your particular letter.

Place letters over glue and here is a tip…

Use your paint bottles to hold in place while drying.

Cut lengths of magnetic tape to fit your letter. Peel off backing and stick to the back.

Finished…fun and all you!

Here is what you will need to get started:

FolkArt® Acrylic Paint – 938 Licorice, 901 Wicker White

FolkArt® Extreme Glitter™ - 2796 Hologram, 2797 Black

Mod Podge® Gloss – CS11205

Craft glue

Black and white scrapbook paper

Wood/paper Mache letter (mine was 6 ½” tall, but use a bigger one to fit your name)

2mm foam sheets – lime green, turquoise, hot pink, orange

Rubber squeegee

½” flat brush

Pencil

Scissors

Scalloped pinking shears

1 ¼” wood discs

1 1/8” wood letters

Small paper cup

Adhesive backed magnetic tape

There is still a little bit of an Indian Summer going on in certain parts of the country, so I wanted to share this summer themed wind chime with you. This is a great craft to make for the kids. It can be a great keepsake to remember the family vacation to the beach this summer. See below for step-by-step instructions on how to create this fun kids summer wind chime.

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Apple Barrel Paints:

20740 Parakeet

20226 Petunia Purple

21389 Ecru

21185 Parrot Blue

20588 Pumpkin Orange

20562 Laguna

20403 White

20513 Bright Yellow 

Plaid 1 ¼” Spouncer 1534

Plaid ¾” Spouncer 1536

Small round brush

1/2” flat brush

2 – 3 ½” clay pots

1 – 4” clay pot

84” Twine

4 – ½” wooden beads

1 -1” wooden bead

5 – Seashells

Glue

Extra fine Permanent Black Marker

1. Paint waves and sun on one of the 3 ½” clay pots using Laguna and Bright Yellow. Paint the second 3 ½” pot with Laguna

2.  Paint the bottom of the 4” clay pot with Ecru and then add the Laguna at the top.

3. To make the fish, use the a large and small spouncer dipped in Parrot Blue, Pumpkin Orange and Petunia Purple.

4.  Paint the lips, fins and tail with small round brush.

5.  Add eyes to the fish with the end of the ½” brush dipped in white.

6.  Make the bubbles with the end of the brushes. Make the eye with the black permanent marker.

7.   Paint seaweed with round brush in Parakeet.

10.  Tie a knot for the larger ball to hang. Add ball and then tie another knot. Cut pieces of the twine so that the length is the same length between the bottom of the last pot hanging and the large ball.

11.  Glue shells to one end of the twine and the other end to the underside of pot. Glue the largest shell to the end of  the twine that goes though all of the pots.

Supplies

• FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Apple Orchard, 2 oz.
• FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Perfect Purple, 2 oz.
• All Night Media ® Embellishments - Pop Dots™ Micro
• FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Licorice, 2 oz.
• Plaid ® Wood Surfaces - Letter Packs - Cursive
• Mod Podge ® Sparkle, 8 oz.
• Mod Podge ® Hard Coat, 8 oz.

Instructions

This is a beginner skill level craft, and good for kids to make. This project should take between 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete.

1.  Base-coat the cone with aquamarine. While drying make the limbs of tree by snapping the stick in two and gluing together. 

2.  Once the glue has dried, paint the limbs aquamarine. Glue into the tree.

3.  To make the flowers snap off 1" pieces from the ends of the stick and glue together by a button. 

4.  Paint each flower Orange, Bright Yellow, Concord Grape and Pink Parfait.  Allow to dry.

5.  Cut out circles from felt and glue behind the flower.  Cut out two leaves from green felt and glue to the back of the felt.  Glue each flower to the tree.