5 ways to make people smile and 11 New Ideas from CraftGossip for Saturday, 18th of April

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5 Ways People Around The World Are Making Strangers Smile During Isolation - And How You Can Do Too

5 Ways People Around The World Are Making Strangers Smile During Isolation - And How You Can Do Too

During the Coronavirus mandatory isolation requirements, levels of depression, anxiety, stress, unusual sleep patterns, and even high blood pressure have all been found to increase among everyday citizens. Keeping yourself busy seems to be the easiest way to get rid of stress and unhappy thoughts. So why not try your best to make a someone else happy - while still …

Free Patterns to Use a Bit of Bulky Yarn

While we are all at home I'll bet we are trying to use what we have more than ever, and that includes the yarn and projects we pick. I thought I would start doing some roundups using single skeins and small quantities of yarn to help you make the most of your stash. Here are some great free knitting patterns …

Celebrate the Helpers with This Matching Game

Learning about community helpers is a common thing in preschool and kindergarten, and now we are all relying on those vital helpers from mail carriers to doctors to teachers all the more than normal. Using this printable community helpers two-piece puzzle game from Tot Schooling, you can talk about these important jobs and how these people are often still working …

How to make prints with recycled styrofoam

I've made prints by carving depressions in styrofoam but not cutting all the way through but this sure looks easy and looks like you get a great print. Pop on over to the Gelli Arts blog to see the tutorial on how to make recycled styrofoam prints. I bet you could use take-out box styrofoam as well if you don't …

Book Review - One-Skein (or less!) Projects

One-Skein (or less!) Projects $5.99 SKU# 75495C DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT One-Skein (or less!) Projects by Marly Bird presents a big collection of fun little gifts to crochet. Make each design with less than one skein of medium weight yarn, or create coordinated sets using multiple skeins of yarn in different colors. Clear instructions are easy to follow, and bonus online technique …

Amazon FreeTime Unlimited Kids Apps and Books

Amazon FreeTime Unlimited Unlimited access to thousands of kid-friendly books, movies, TV shows, educational apps, games and premium kid’s skills. Amazon is offering 1 month free trial for their Freetimeunlimted service. This gives your children access to Educational apps, Games and more. kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will …

Ken Done World Famous Australian Artist Provides FREE Online Art Lessons

Ken Done World famous Australian artist is giving back to the Covid Crisis with free online Lesson sheets for Art Classes. The best thing about these Free Lesson is they are for older grades too. Right up to High school visual art students. Introduce your child to Ken Done's colourful Australiana art. Students can have a go at T-shirt design, …

Hedgehog Hugs Card

Hedgehog Hugs Card

I love how Laura created several different little scenes on this sweet Hedgehog card. She die cut circles, adding ink sprays for the green grass and blue sky and then added her cute little hedgehogs on each area. This is a really great way to create to dynamic card using smaller stamps. Visit the Heffy Doodle blog for more. -Heather

Dinosaur Adventure Layout

Dinosaur Adventure Layout

Katrina Hunt used some fun boyish/adventure themed products from Coca Vanilla to create this fun layout. But of course blues and greens, stripes and stars aren't just for boys, they work for lots of themes like in her Dino Adventure page. And it always helps the cuteness factor to have a dog in the photo :). Take a closer peek …

Easy Chocolate Lava Cakes

Chocolate molten lava cakes are a decadent dessert you can make at home. The recipe includes only 5 ingredients and takes just 25 minutes from start to finish. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. YUM!

Recycle Toilet Paper Rolls into Puppets

Are you looking for a fun, interactive crafting project for the kids? Then recycle your toilet paper rolls into puppets. Download these free cardboard tube puppets of characters from Paw Patrol, PJ Masks, Frozen, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Minions!

Mother's Day Paper Plate Roses

Everyone loves giving/ receiving flowers... until they die. Our Paper Plate Roses will last way longer, plus they are the sweetest keepsake craft to hold onto, long after your littles grow up! Another nice thing about this craft is that it can be made with items you most likely already have around the house!

Fade Your Scraps with This Pretty Cardigan

If you have some skeins of DK weight yarn hanging around, the Scrapper Cardi by Safiyyah Talley is a great use for it. This easy to knit and to wear piece is worked from the top down with a circular yoke and a Garter Rib stitch that gives it a thermal look. Use as many or as few colors as …

Copic Marker Coloring for a Stuffed Animal

Copic Marker Coloring for a Stuffed Animal

Elaine used Copic Markers to create a plushy, fluffy texture to this cute Kitty Cat stamp from Stampingbella. This idea could be used on many animal stamps to give them the look of stuffed animals. She's sharing a video tutorial over on their blog. Click here to watch. -Heather

Just What the Plague Doctor Ordered

I think we all know by now that we ought to be washing our hands well and often, but if anyone in your family still needs a reminder, or you just want a really cool stitched sign for your bathroom, check this one out. The classic plague doctor imploring visitors to wash their hands was designed by Snarky Art Company. …

A Look at Crafty Work Surfaces

A Look at Crafty Work Surfaces

Right now there are lots of different crafty mats and work surfaces available. From plastic, glass, magnetic, silicone and more but figuring out what's the right surface for your style of crafting or what's right for a certain project can be confusing. The team at Scrapbook.com have put together a very handy and helpful overview of all the mats on …

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