http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/clay-pot-crafts-10/ Crafts, Projects and Ideas, holiday craft projects, kids craft ideas. Free arts and Crafts for all ages. en 60 enlighten/misc/rss.jpg http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/clay-pot-crafts-10/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/spring-bouquet-31/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/spring-bouquet-31/ Attachment 57

Pot
Paint clay pot light blue below the rim. Paint the rim yellow. Paint a squiggly line around the center of the yellow rim with white. Paint various colors of spots around the rim. Using green and a stipple brush, paint the grass using a pouncing motion around the bottom of the pot. Paint various lengths of green stems and leaves around the pot above the grass. Let dry.

Spray varnish the entire pot according to manufactures directions. Let dry.

Glue various size and color buttons above the painted stems. You can use a small button on a larger button for a fun effect.

Cut a piece of floral foam to fit inside your pot. Press foam into your pot and glue Spanish Moss over the foam to cover it.

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Flowers
Cut 15-20 strips of print fabric ½ inches wide by 1 ¾- 2 1/2 – inches long. The longer you make your strips the bigger your flower will be. The more strips you use the fuller your flower will be. You can make as many flowers as you would like for this project and you can make them various sizes. Thread a needle and put aside. Fold each strip of fabric and stack them on top of each other with raw edges even. Poke needle in through all layers of fabric near raw ends (see fig. 1). Pull thread through fabric. Rotate each strip of fabric and adjust to form a flower. Thread a button onto your needle and bring needle back through button and back through fabric layers. Tie thread in back of flower and set aside.

Stems
Cut a piece of wire desired length for stem plus 2 inches. Cut a strip of green print ½ inch x 18 inches. Glue one end of fabric to end of wire and slowly wrap strip around wire turning stem as you go. Leave 2 inches of the wire unwrapped for inserting into your pot. Glue end of fabric to wire and cut any remaining fabric off.

Glue the stem to the back of the flower. Poke unwrapped end of wire into your pot. Continue to make as many flowers for your pot as desired.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:35:32 Decorative Clay Pot Crafts Decorative Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/moms-recipe-holder-30/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/moms-recipe-holder-30/ Attachment 56 Attachment 55

Paint the pots white and let dry. Glue Pots to saucers, making sure to plug up the hole in the bottom of the pot. Fill with plaster(mix according to package directions) When it starts to set, insert plastic flowers and fork with tines UP and cover plaster with moss.

When completely dry, decorate the outside and insert moms favorite recipe on a card in the fork!!]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:29:53 Decorative Clay Pot Crafts Decorative Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/egg-tulips-29/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/egg-tulips-29/ Attachment 51

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1. Fill the flower pot with modeling clay.

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2. Insert pipe cleaner into the large hole of each egg. Push the pipe cleaners into the modeling clay. You may have to trim the pipe cleaners to keep the tulips from drooping.

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3. Trace a leaf shape onto the poster board three times and cut out. Cover with green paper. Push the leaves into the clay at the base of the pipe cleaners. Fill the pot with Easter grass.

4. Tie the ribbon around the flower pot.

These tulips look just like the real thing.

About Author
Ann DeLong was a day care provider for thirteen years so she could stay home with her daughters. She found that she loved doing day care as a profession as well. Ann made a good living being a day care provider but the salary raises were few and far between.

In the last 2 1/2 years Ann started a home based business that has become full time in just one year. You can check out Ann's website: Biometics and enter her contest to win samples of her biometics products every month.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:25:17 Decorative Clay Pot Crafts Decorative Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/thanksgiving-clay-pot-turkey-craft-28/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/thanksgiving-clay-pot-turkey-craft-28/ Attachment 50

Body
Place newspaper down on work surface. Turn clay pot over and glue wooden ball to bottom of pot. When glue is dry, use large paint brush to paint entire the outside of the clay pot and the entire wooden ball with brown paint. Let dry and apply a second coat. When dry, use large paint brush to fleck on spots of tan paint for effect. This does not have to be perfect! Using small paint brush, paint on feet and beak, use the photo as a guide if needed.

Head
Use small paintbrush to paint on the gobbler in red. Dab large paintbrush or stencil dotter in rose paint. Dab onto newspaper or paper towel until all excess paint is removed. Gently dab onto "cheeks" of turkey's face. With the black finetip marker, drawn on eyes and dot nostrils onto beak. Spray entire surface with clear coat.

Finishing Touches
Glue miniature bow tie in place, or fashion a simple bow out of ribbon and glue in place. Trim excess to suit your tastes. Tie a piece of jute or raffia through the holes of the green button. Tie a bow and trim excess. Glue button to the body below the bowtie. Glue feathers to the back so that they stick up above the back of the turkey's head.

About the Author:
Amanda Formaro is the entrepreneurial mother of four children. She is also the owner of FamilyCorner.com Magazine. Subscribe to her free newsletter by going to http://www.familycorner.com/services/lists.shtml]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:12:13 Decorative Clay Pot Crafts Decorative Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/clay-pot-snowmen-27/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/clay-pot-snowmen-27/ Attachment 49

Place newspaper down on work surface. Turn clay pot over and glue wooden ball to bottom of pot. When glue is dry, use large paint brush to paint entire the outside of the clay pot and the entire wooden ball with white paint. Let dry and apply a second coat.


Cut the foot end off of the child's sock. Create a brim by folding up the cuff of the sock, then position the cuff of the sock onto the "head" of the snowman (see photo). Glue the brim in place. Tie a piece of gold ribbon around the top of the hat and fringe the top with scissors. Adjust the fringe edges with your fingers until they look the way you want.

Tie a strip of material or mitten scrap around the neck to fashion a scarf. Glue in place if desired. Glue two buttons to the front of your snowman. With black finetip marker, dot on eyes and mouth. Use a small paint brush to apply orange paint for a nose and gently dab on a thin amount of pink for the cheeks.

About the Author:
Amanda Formaro is the entrepreneurial mother of four children. She is the Chief Editor of FamilyCorner.com Magazine. Subscribe to her free newsletter at http://www.familycorner.com/services/lists.shtml]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:54:06 Decorative Clay Pot Crafts Decorative Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/halloween-candy-corn-treat-clay-pot-26/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/halloween-candy-corn-treat-clay-pot-26/ Attachment 47 Attachment 48

Paint rim of pot and inside of pot yellow. Let dry and paint 1-2 more coats of yellow.

Paint the middle of the pot orange leaving 1/5 of the bottom of the pot unpainted. Let dry and paint 1-2 more coats of orange.

Paint the bottom 1/5 of the pot white. Let dry and paint 1-2 more coats of white.

Paint the wood plug white.

Enlarge or shrink the face pattern for the size of your pot. Copy the pattern onto your pot. Paint the eyes and mouth using black and white paint as shown on pattern. Glue the nose in place.

Cover the entire surface of pot with decoupage or other clear finish according to the manufactures directions.

If using for unwrapped candy be sure to use a non-toxic clear finish.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:48:11 Container Clay Pot Crafts Container Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/clay-pot-easter-bunny-craft-project-25/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/clay-pot-easter-bunny-craft-project-25/ Attachment 44 Attachment 45

Paint inside and out of entire pot with country blue. Let dry. Squeeze some country blue onto your palette and add a small amount of whit paint. Mix to create a shade slightly lighter than the original country blue. Take the scrap of cloth and wand it up. Dip the clothe into the mixed paint and blot on a scrap of paper. Next blot the cloth several times over the outside of the clay pot. Repeat blotting procedure several times until you are happy with the look. Let dry.

To paint flowers around the rim you will need to use the blunt end of a paintbrush. You will need one with a small round end. Dip the blunt end of the paintbrush into the yellow paint and stamp several dots around the rim of the pot about an inch apart for flower centers. Clean the end of your brush. Dip the end of the brush into the red paint and stamp several dots around one of the yellow dots. Repeat with different colors around the rest of the yellow centers create the flowers. Let dry.

Print the fence pattern by clicking here. Trace the fence onto white felt and cut out. Glue around the bottom of the pot. Paint grass around the bottom of the fence using green paint.

Glue small pompom to large pompom. Glue large pompom to the top edge of the pot so the small pompom faces the outside. This will be the bunny’s rear end.

Print the foot pattern by clicking here. Trace 2 feet onto the white felt and cut out. Trace 6 small circles and 2 large circles onto pink felt and cut out. Glue the pink circles to the white feet as shown in the pattern. Glue the feet just below the large pompom as shown in the picture above.

Fill pot with Easter grass and eggs.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:38:39 Container Clay Pot Crafts Container Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/country-toothpick-holder-24/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/country-toothpick-holder-24/ Attachment 42

Cut a small circle of felt the size of the inside bottom of the pot.

Using the paintbrush, paint glue over the entire surface of the pot. Allow to dry.

Glue the piece of felt to the inside bottom of the pot.

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Paint glue heavily on the outside of the pot. Staring at the bottom glue cord around and around the pot ending at the top. Cut cord and let dry.

Embellish with buttons, beads or other items.

Fill with toothpicks.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:34:12 Container Clay Pot Crafts Container Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/leprechaun-pot-of-gold-23/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/leprechaun-pot-of-gold-23/ Attachment 33 Attachment 46

Cut out pattern pieces. Following the patterns cut out all felt pieces. Set aside.

Body, Legs and Pot:

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Using a saw cut clothespin 1/4-inch below top of slit. The top of clothespin will be the body. The bottom pieces will be the legs. Cut each leg in equal halves. You now have 5 pieces, four leg pieces and one body piece. Cut 3/4-inch from each end of craft stick for feet. Discard the middle of the craft stick. If the upper part of the clothespin does not fit over the side of the clay pot, use sand paper to sand a small section of the pot rim to thin it out so the clothespin will fit.

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Paint outside and inside of the clay pot black. Paint the leg pieces green. Paint the feet black. To assemble the legs, glue one foot piece to the end of a leg piece. Be sure rounded sides face the same direction. Glue a second leg piece to the other end.

Repeat to create the other leg.

Press clothespin over edge of clay pot using glue to secure in place. Glue legs to clay pot on each side of the body


Attachment 37 Paint buckle on front of leg above foot.

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Arms:
Use a ruler to measure, then fold over 2 3/4 inches on both sides of pipe cleaner. Twist together. For hands, push a small bead onto each folded end until stem is flush with end of bead.
Center arms on neck of clothespin. Wrap to back of body and back around to sides. Adjust arms slightly bending at elbows.

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Shirt:
Insert neck opening of shirt over top of clothespin. Fold and glue sides of shirt together under arm. Wrap belt around waist and glue in front. Glue a buckle over belt in front.



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Head and Hat:
Paint head as shown in. Let dry. Glue head onto the top of clothes pin.

Glue short ends of hat sides together slightly overlapping. Shape to form a circle. Glue hat top to top edge of side piece. Glue hat brim to bottom edge of side piece. Wrap hat band around hat just above brim. Glue in front. Glue a buckle piece to hat band at the front of the hat. Glue hat to leprechaun head.

Fill pot with chocolate coins or gold foil Hershey’s kisses.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:59:43 Container Clay Pot Crafts Container Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/patriotic-painted-pot-craft-project-22/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/patriotic-painted-pot-craft-project-22/ Attachment 32

Paint entire saucer blue. Paint outside of the pot's rim blue. Paint remainder of the pot white. Allow to dry. Apply a second coat of blue and white paint to pot and saucer.

Apply strips of masking tape evenly spaced vertically from rim to base of pot. Paint stripes with two coats of red paint. Allow to dry and carefully remove tape.

Create a star on thin cardboard to use as a pattern. Trace star outlines evenly spaced around rim of pot. Paint stars white.

Sand wooden ball in one spot to make a flat area. Paint ball white. Glue flat area to center bottom of saucer with glue gun. This creates the lid.

Spray pot and lid with varnish.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:56:42 Container Clay Pot Crafts Container Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/watermelon-painted-pot-21/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/watermelon-painted-pot-21/ Attachment 31

Apply Masking tape under rim of pot. Paint inside and outside of rim with green. With #6 brush, paint a line of off-white beneath green rim. While off-white is still wet, paint remainder of pot with spongebrush and red, using brush to blend red and white together. Allow to dry. Dip damp sponge into off-white and lightly apply over entire pot. Allow to dry, then lightly sponge red over off-white line. With #3 brush and black, pant small "seeds" over red section of pot. Highlight one side of seed with small stroke of off-white.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:53:49 Container Clay Pot Crafts Container Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/honey-bee-clay-pot-gumballcandy-dish-20/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/container-clay-pot-crafts-11/honey-bee-clay-pot-gumballcandy-dish-20/ Attachment 30
Paint the pot saucer and ball, once dry use the silicone and turn the terra cotta pot upside down apply the silicone to the rim of the pot and place the ivy bowl firmly on top of the pot let dry over night. Glue the wooden ball to the middle of saucer place saucer on top of the ivy bowl and fill with your favorite candy and you have a very cute candy dish that looks like a gumball dispenser!!! Another way to make this is instead of gluing the wooden ball onto the saucer you drill a hole in the center of the saucer and you use a drawer pull and you use a 10X 5/8” screw and screw the drawer pull into the saucer. It works really well. There are a lot of things you can do with these candy dishes you can use different size pots and glass bowls to make big or smaller candy dishes.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:50:21 Container Clay Pot Crafts Container Clay Pot Crafts admin en