COMPILIED BY: BERNARD SHERO
This book was compiled by Bernard Shero for use by Girl Scout/Girl
Guide Leaders for the benefit of their troop and
program. Theshes
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Sponges (kitchen sponges cut in irregular shapes work fine)
>
Nail and Hammer
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about 15" of heavy wire
>
Raftia
>
> PROCEDURE:
> FIRST: Make
sure cans are clean and there are no rough edges
> along the top for little fingers to get cut on!
>
> 1. With a nail and hammer - punch 2 holes near open end (this will
be
> for your handle). The easiest way I found is to hold the can on a
block
> of wood and hammer the nail
CRAFT COMPILIATION FALL, 1998
COMPILIED BY: BERNARD SHERO
This book was compiled by Bernard Shero for use by Girl Scout/Girl
Guide Leaders for the benefit of their troop and program. The compilier
hereby grants copying and distribution rights of the entire compiliation
to all Girl Scout Volunteers worldwide with the limitations that any modifications
be approved by the compilier, and that distribution is done freely or at
cost. Individual craft copyrights remain the property of the contributer.
CRAFT TITLE: Fall placemats
AGE LEVEL: 5-8, or any age at camp
MATERIALS: bristol board or other firm lightweight card stock
fall leaves - dried by pressing in a telephone book for a
week or so to remove excess moisture
white glue
clear contact paper (Mactac or other brand)
PROCEDURE: Cut cardboard to size you want placemats to be.
Arrange some leaves in a pleasing pattern. Lightly glue in place.
Cover the leaves (when glue is dry) with clear contact paper. Trim
contact paper to size of placemat.
Apply a second piece of contact paper to the back side if you
wish your placemat to be waterproof. If you are fortunate enough to have
access to a laminator at reasonable cost, a great alternative!
SPECIAL NOTES: Other ways to decorate:
- arrange leaves as above but create drawings incorporating
the leaves ( a person with a leaf body, an airplane with leaf for plane,
an insect with a leaf body, etc)
- use sponges (dipped in tempre paints) to decorate placemat.
- Cut sponges into leaf shapes or purchase ready
made ones. Trim the edges of placemat with a pair of apeciality scissors
for a fancy edge. Girls can sign their name and date to their art
work for a lasting memory.
CRAFT TITLE: Wise Old Owl magnet
AGE LEVEL: Brownies
MATERIALS: Brown foam
Beige foam
Small Woodsies shapes
Craft glue
piece of magnetic tape
PROCEDURE:
Cut a heart shape out of the brown foam for the body. This
can be drawn on the foam for the girls to cut, or pre-cut for the
girls to glue. The head is made out of the beige form. The
pattern for it can be made out of a slightly smaller heart shape with the
bottom peak of the heart cut out to form a "V" shape. Turn this so
the peaks where the "V" is are at the top --this forms the
ears and face. Glue the beige head on the upper portion of the brown
body. Glue two small round Woodsie shapes on the face for the eyes and
a thin oval Woodsie up and down between the eyes for the beak. Add
a small triangle Woodsie on the back at the bottom point of the brown heart
to form the legs. Add the magnetic tape to the back.
CRAFT TITLE: Brownie Story Box
AGE LEVEL: 7 - 11 y.olds
MATERIALS:
Shoe box
White/Fawn felt
Glue Gun
White stuffing
Red spotty material
Needle
Red thread
Dolly Clothes peg
Srcaps of material
Natural materials (stones, sticks)
Green crepe paper
Paint
Paint brushes etc
Bits and pieces
PROCEDURE:
This story box of the Brownie story was made over several weeks
at brownies. It uses several different craft skills. You should be able
to use scraps and bits and pieces.
Box - paint the inside of the shoe box. Blue for sky on top and
sides, green for grass on bottom.
Pond - use blue paper or card and cut into a circle shape. Stick
inside the box. Use collected stones to make a ring around the pond. Use
thin leaves of green crepe paper to make reeds and grass around the pond.
Trees - use collected twigs and green crepe paper to make trees.
Fix them into the box using either hot glue gun or plasticine.
Flowers - use match sticks (the craft ones with no head) and
paper scraps to make several flowers. Attach inside box as for trees.
Brownie/Girl - use old fashioned dolly peg and fabric scraps
to make 2 little girls for the story. (I think from memory - I used small
beads for a nose) Scraps of wool for hair etc. Felt tipped pens for features.
Mushroom - (All Australian brownies dance around a mushroom!)
Use a strip of fawn felt and roll it into a stalk. Either sew or glue the
edge down. Use a circle of the red spotted fabric and gather it into a
mushroom top. Use a little fibre fill stuffing inside. Sew or glue
the mushroom top to the stalk.
Owl - we used a natural seed pod for the body and head of Owl.
Perhaps you could substitute a small pine cone or seed pod native to your
part of the country. Glue on wiggle eyes and sunflower seed for a beak.
Stick some clear cellophane over the open side of the shoe box
if you want just s display. Or leave it open so the girl can play with
the brownie and owl figures.
CAUTIONS/SPECIAL NOTES: This uses a range of skills and suits
most girls in the age range. (Even
those with special needs) The older girls will take special care, the
younger ones may need a little extra help!
CRAFT TITLE: HALLOWEEN GHOST PIN
AGE LEVEL: JUNIORS AND OLDER
MATERIALS:
Hot Glue and glue gun, 3 mm black half rounds (use 3mm rounds if
you cannot find half round.) pinback. Glue pad (can be found in craft dept
at Walmart; Michaels; should be able to find at most craft store) or some
surface that you can peel up the hot glue when cool very easily.
PROCEDURE: Squeeze hot glue directly onto glue pad, make sure pad is
one that glue easily peels up off of in one piece) Pull trigger 3-4 times
keeping glue gun in one spot until you have a small glob then as you squeeze
draw the gun downward and ease up on trigger, glue should come to a point.
Pull away. Place the two half rounds near the top for eyes. Let cool
completely-about 5 minutes. Peel up from pad. Glue on pinback.
Cute ghost pin.
CAUTIONS/SPECIAL NOTES: Hot glue can burn so need to be careful adding
the eyes. Gently drop on and push into glue slightly to anchor. This
also makes a good swap for Fall events.
CRAFT TITLE: Halloween fence magnet
AGE LEVEL: All ages
MATERIALS: Popsicle sticks
Glue
Orange and black shredded paper (like Easter Grass--sold at
Joann Fabric around Halloween)
Black Cat and pumpkin Stickers or halloween stickers
Magnet
Orange or Black ribbon 1/8" wide for making small bows
PROCEDURE:
Glue popsicle sticks side by side vertically (use another popsicle
stick horizontally as a guide for width - approximately 8 sticks for width).
Then glue the horizontal stick approximately 1 inch from the top, and another
horizontal stick one inch from the bottom. This gives a gate effect.
Take the orange and black grass and glue to bottom--just below the horizontal
stick. Stick the black cat on the top horizontal stick as if it were
running along the fence. Place pumpkins, scarecrows, etc. between
both horizontal sticks. (The children can use their own imagination).
Make and glue bows on. Glue magnet on the back.
CRAFT NAME: Scarecrow
AGE LEVEL: Older Juniors and up
Materials: 1 large brimmed straw hat
2 large google eyes
1 nose (can be made of gords - just cut the bottom off to glue)
1 piece of yarn long enough for his mouth. fall flowers to decorate
raffia for hair
>
fall pick for top of hat
>
hot glue gun and glue
>
lots of imanigation
>
> Procedure: Take the large brimmed hat and determine where the
top is.
> Use and much or little raffia you want for the scarecrow's hair.
Hot
> glue in place at the top and let it flow freely down the sides.
Pick
> the center of the "face" (bowl of hat) and after cutting of the bottom
> of the gord, glue the curvy end in the center (make sure the end
of his
> nose points down). Then place his eyes and mouth and the personality
of
> Mr Scarecrow beings. Fold down the top of the brim till it
lies flat on
> the side of the bowl of the hat
> and hot glue. (I use the pick here to help keep it in place).
Decorate
> to taste with fall leaves, bow tie for a boy, ruby cheeks for a girl
and
> then hang on your door for fall and the holidays up to Christmas.
>
> Cautions/Special Needs: It helps to do this with a buddy.
Be careful
> with the hot glue gun. The hardest part is folding down the
top brim to
> cover top bowl and not loose any of the raffia. The pick helps
hold the
> brim in place while the glue drives and helps start decorating.
>
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> CRAFT TITLE: Southwestern chile bells
> AGE LEVEL: CAdette/Senior
> CONTRIBUTOR: Karen Norgard
> COUNCIL: Sahauro GSC Tucson, AZ
>
> MATERIALS: 1" clay pot, red and green acrylic paint, paintbrush,
green
> or red narrow satin ribbon, one round bead (pony size is fine), glue
> gun, and small jingle bell
>
> PROCEDURE: Thread the ribbon through the bell top. Make a 1"
loop and
> glue with hot glue gun. Thread the bead on the ribbon and push
down to
> half way. Put the unlooped ribbon up through the inside of the pot
and
> out the hole on what is now the top. Pull it out just enough
so that
> the bell just touches the bottom of the pot. Glue the bead
to the
> inside top of the pot along with the ribbon. Make a loop of
ribbon on
> top with glue. Using a flat, small brush, paint a ristra (chain)
of red
> chiles. Dip the brush in red paint.
> Start at the top, place the flat edge of the brush on the pot and
make
> strokes like you are drawing commas in both directions. Put
the last
> chile on the bottom so that it sticks almost straight down.
Clean the
> brush then dip it in green. Make two leaves on top of the ristra
by
> making slash lines from the middle out to an angle. Put 2 or
three
> ristras on the bell and there you have it. A nice southwestern
ornament
> for your tree or for a wind chime
>
> CAUTIONS/SPECIAL NOTES:
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> CRAFT TITLE: Pumpkin Cans
> AGE LEVEL: Any level
> CONTRIBUTOR: Lynn Dukes (AngelCrft@aol.com
> COUNCIL: Carolina Low Country Girl Scouts
>
> MATERIALS: Various sizes of cans (tuna to coffee)
>
At least one can per girl
>
Paints: (acrylic paints are water based and cheap and work great)
>
Orange, Yellow, White, Black
>
Paint Bruhrough the can into the wood. Best if done
> ahead of time as it is harder on the larger size cans and the
younger
> girls should not be doing this.
>
> 2. Now for the "creative" part. We have done these various ways over
the
> years. Sponge or paint the entire outside of the can white and allow
to
> dry completely. Sponge on orange, then yellow paint to give the
> "pumpkin" a mottled" look. Allow the paint to dry in between coats.
>
> 3. With paint or magic marker, make a "pumpkin" face. Be as creative
as
> you want here!
>
> 4. Carefully push the length of wire through the holes on each side
to
> form a handle. Tie on a piece of raftia and you are ready to go trick
or
> treating!
>
> CAUTIONS/SPECIAL NOTES:
> For the younger girls I always punched the holes myself. The first
time
> we did this I also spray painted the cans white - this cuts down
on the
> time.
>
> Also - with a little adaption you can make - Snowmen, Angels, Santa
> Faces, Bunnies, for each holiday. Our troop used tuna/cat food sized
> cans and made these as favors for one of the local nursing homes.