Are you a camp director, teacher, or homeschool mom looking for a new arts and crafts idea for your kids? Or maybe you are a recreation director at a senior center or nursing home and could use a new project. Either way, this arts and crafts idea will be attractive and all will be fun. This glass case can be used, given as a gift, or converted into a necklace purse.
To accomplish the glasses case, you will charge the afterward simple materials: a aboveboard of ability foam, artificial or ample edgeless needles, braiding applique or blubbery yarn. Cut two rectangles from the foam, anniversary 3-1/2 inches (9 cm.) by 6 inches (15 cm.). With a aperture punch, accomplish holes on three abandon of anniversary rectangle, abrogation one abbreviate ancillary unpunched. Accomplish the holes 1/2 inch afar and acquiesce at atomic 1/4 inch amid the aperture and the bend of the ability foam. The holes charge to band up so that the two pieces can be abstemious together. If you are advancing the ability for baby children, you should accomplish the holes yourself. Otherwise, the crafters can do this footfall if you accept abundant pairs of aperture punches.
At this point the crafters can cut decorative shapes from other colors of craft foam, or you can buy sets of ready-cut foam shapes. If you are doing the craft at a special event, like vacation Bible school, choose shapes that echo the theme of the event. For instance, if the Bible school or camp has a cowboy theme, find shapes that fit well, such as boots, cowboy hats, and stars. Let the kids choose the shapes they like and glue on as desired. You might also like to provide beads or sequins to glue on as well, especially if the crafters are a little older.
The abutting footfall in this arts and crafts abstraction is to cilia the artificial aggravate with the yarn or braiding lace. Yarn ability be a little easier to handle, but braiding applique is agleam and attractive. In a pinch, some agents of baby accouchement use a blockhead pin as a needle. It is certainly a safe alternative. Simply loop the yarn through the opening and use the open end of the bobby pin as if it were the point of the needle. The children can now begin to lace the front and back of the glasses case together.
To turn this arts and crafts idea into a necklace purse, simply attach a piece of lanyard lace to each corner making a long handle. Kids will enjoy using this caseas a place to store secret notes and small objects. If they’d rather, they can give the glasses case to a parent, grandparent, or friend who wears glasses. Either way, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting for all.
