How to Make Cool Stuff
Today I’m going to show you how to make a Paper Bead Necklace. Believe it or not the beads are made out of magazines and glue, but you would never know that by looking at the finished craft. The finished Paper Bead Necklace turns out beautifully. Beautiful enough that you could give it as a gift this Holiday season. Or, keep it for yourself…. the choice is yours.
Oh boy, do I have a fun craft for you today. I’m going to teach you how to make a Braided Jump Rope. And, don’t worry if you don’t know how to braid…. I will be teaching you that as well. Jumping rope is an excellent form of exercise… not to mention that it is extremely fun. Would you rather play Tug-of-War??? If so, this braided rope will be perfect for that too. So, let’s get started.
Christmas will here before we know it. And, with Christmas comes the fun part of decorating. You can help your parents decorate for Christmas with this next craft. I am going to show you how to make a Stand-up Santa Claus Paper Craft perfect for decorating for the Christmas holiday. The cool thing is all you need is a printer, paper, scissors and a glue stick…. so let’s get started.
I have a great way to use up that Halloween Candy that you still have stashed away…. use them to make a Christmas Advent Calendar. That’s right…. I’m going to show you how to make a Candy Advent Calendar to Count Down to Christmas. This is a great way to get the kids excited about Christmas…. as if they weren’t excited already. This Advent Calendar is a magnet craft…. perfect for displaying on your fridge. So, let’s get started.
Today I’m going to show you how to make Starmen from Super Mario Bros. with Perler Beads. If you are a fan of Super Mario Bros. you know that getting a Starmen is a good thing. Your player becomes invincible to most anything that comes in his path. Not only does it make your player invincible it also increases the speed of your player. So, let’s get started making Starmen.
Today I’m going to show you how to make a Piranha Plant from Super Mario Bros. with Perler Beads. Piranha Plants are large, carnivorous plants that eat anything in its vicinity. Usually piranhas come out from warp pipes, but now they can also be found other places in the game as well. If you have been making the other Super Mario Bros. Characters out of Perler Beads with me then this Piranha Plant is a necessary addition. So, let’s get started.
We are going to continue with the Super Mario Bros. Perler Beads fun by making Coins from Super Mario Bros. Coins are a very common item in the Super Mario Bros. games. They are worth 10 points for each coin…. if you collect enough of these coins you can earn another life. Why not make a couple of these coins and add them to your Super Mario Bros. Perler Bead collection…. you could have your very own Mushroom Kingdom.
We have been making all the characters and items from Super Mario Bros. out of Perler Beads for quite some time now. Well, we couldn’t have all of the Mushroom Kingdom with all its characters and items if we didn’t have clouds. So, today I’m going to show you how to make the Clouds from Super Mario Bros. with Perler Beads. It’s going to be a fun craft, so let’s get started.
Last month I spent a week showing you how to make Super Mario Bros. characters and other Super Mario Bros. items out of Perler Beads. Well, the fun isn’t over yet. I have a few more Super Mario Bros. Perler Beads crafts for you. Today I’m going to show you how to make a Koopa Troopa with Perler Beads. In case you don’t already know about the Koopa Troopas…. they are enemies of Mario and Luigi. Koopas work for Bowser and are turtle-like creatures with shells that come in many different colors. So, let’s get started on this Koopa Troopa Perler Bead Craft.
Oh boy….. do I have a fun craft for you today. I’m going to show you how to make a Clothespin Airplane Toy. This airplane toy actually works. After the craft is done the child will simply hold on to the airplane’s string and start running…. the airplane should start flying. Doesn’t that sound like fun? Almost as much fun as it will be putting the craft together. So, let’s get started.
Pilgrims are an important part of Thanksgiving. After all, if it wasn’t for the Pilgrims we would have no Thanksgiving at all. Today I will show you how to make a Pilgrim Girl Puppet perfect for the Thanksgiving Holiday. It is a fun craft that you can make out of things that you probably already have in your home…. such as a shirt sleeve, sock and glove. So, let’s get started.
In 1620 the Pilgrims came to America from England on a 3000 mile voyage. They came here on the Mayflower and landed on Plymouth Rock. Today we will celebrate this first voyage by making a moving Mayflower for Thanksgiving. After all, if the Pilgrims never made this trip on the Mayflower there would be no Thanksgiving. I shutter at the thought.
When I was a child I hated sitting at the Thanksgiving Kids’ Table. I always felt I was missing what was going on at the adult’s table. Well, I found some ideas around the internet that would change any child’s idea of the yucky kids’ table. Any child would love to sit at any of these crafty and creative Kids’ Tables. I am sure you can get some ideas from these for your own kid’s table. Don’t forget to leave a comment and let me know if you tried any of these ideas or if you came up with your own. Take a picture of your kids’ table and leave it in the comments so I can check it out.
Today I am going to show you how to have fun with light. Yep, I said light. Using pieces of tin foil and the light inside or outside….. it is reflective fun. The light reflects off the tin foil making a light show all over the walls. Or, grab a friend…. each having their own tin foil cardboard and battle one another. That is just hours of fun waiting to happen.
Fall is a great time to play with boats in the water. There is a nice crisp breeze in the air perfect for giving the boats the momentum to go. Don’t have a boat? No problem. Today I’m going to show you how to make a Boat out of a milk carton and a paper plate. The craft is an easy one…. perfect for kids of any age. So, grab a pair of scissors, a milk carton and a paper plate and let’s get started.
When I was a child my grandma tried teaching me how to knit. I wanted to learn, but it was so complicated. I never did master the craft of knitting. Knitting can be a difficult thing to learn, but I am going to show you a much easier method of knitting… Finger Knitting. You are actually going to use your fingers to knit. No knitting needles need. All you are going to need is yarn and your hand. So, let’s do it.