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The Craft Closet at our House

Posted in Homeschooling, Must Have Products, Crafting with and for Kids | Monday, January 8th, 2007 | No Comments »

sage and kiya felting.JPGThis is a list of what I keep on hand for art and craft time at our house. We actually keep a special set of block and stick crayons and Ferby pencils just for school work, along with the expensive watercolors and paper. The rest is open for use as needed.

· Plain White drawing paper
· Cardstock- soft ivory and black, plus a color assortment
· Watercolor paper (the medium cheap stuff from Strathmore, save Arches cold press 300 lb. for our best work) I buy 50-20×30” sheets at the beginning of the year
· Recycled papers from wrappers, magazines, catalogs
· Old greeting cards and photos I’m not using for our scrapbook
· Tissue Paper- bleeding and non-bleeding types

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How to Dye Your Own Play Silks

Posted in Crafting with and for Kids | Sunday, September 10th, 2006 | No Comments »

basket of single silks.JPGHow do you make a basket full of imagination for under $50? Let me show you!

Supplies for dying a basket full of silks:

12 - 35” prehemmed silk squares www.dharmatrading.com is $30

The Teeny Tiny Dye kit from www.dharmatrading.com is $14, comes with all the dye, chemicals, gloves and you need for 12 silks.

OR you can buy the dye and chemicals separately, it’s more expensive but you’ll have enough dye to make many many more silks or do some clothing as well.

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