Category — Craft Tips

Deflated Mylar balloons make great novelty pillows for a kid’s room! Carefully cut open the seam along the bottom and stuff the balloon with fiberfill. Then close the seam by gluing or sewing.

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You’ve lost one of your favorite earrings! Turn the other one into a pin. Simply glue a pin back to the back of the earring and you’ve gained a fashionable pin!

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To keep needles and pins sharp, make and use a pincushion stuffed with fine steel wool.

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Gently rub candle wax or chewing gum with a Ziploc bag filled with ice cubes until the substance hardens. Carefully peel off frozen wax with a plastic spatula. Shatter gum with a blunt object, than vacuum up the chips.

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Save children’s artwork to use as wrapping paper. The kids will be thrilled, and their grandparents will love it!

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An easy method to glue a bead is to insert the bead on the end of a toothpick until it fits snugly. Apply glue, place bead on project, and hold the bead with your finger as you remove the toothpick. This keeps the bead from rolling and getting excess glue on the project.

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Spread parchment paper on your work surface when painting small wooden items—they won’t stick and cleanup is a breeze.

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When spreading glue or paint, use a strip of cardboard instead of a brush. The cardboard won’t soak up the paint or glue like a brush does and can be discarded when finished. You won’t have to spend time cleaning your brushes, and you won’t have to purchase a large assortment of brushes for all your needs.

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The most common way is to hold the thread under the first four or five stitches. Another way is with a waste knot. Thread the needle and knot the end of the thread. Insert the needle from the right side of the fabric, about 4 inches away from the first stitch. Bring the needle up through the fabric, and work the first series of stitches, when finished, clip the knot on the right side. Rethread the needle with the excess floss and push the needle through to the stitches on the wrong side of fabric.

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When working with small wood pieces, an emery board makes the perfect file to remove rough edges.

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