Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 22:23:02 -0500 From: "April L. Peters" Subject: Older Girl Crafts (Complete List) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thanks for all of the Craft ideas. Several ladies were interested in finding out all of the ideas that I have gotten for older girls. These are the ideas that I received. I received several from ladies who suggested the beadie critters, but I only included it once. 1. bead weaving- with seed beads. Use the top of an egg carton to make the loom. And they can do friendship bracelets out of embroidery floss. 2. creative cooking, folk art, etc. this way, they can also, inadvertently earn parts of the badges. the junior badgebook may also, have ideas in their requirements. how about jewelry..make fimo clay beads, then string onto thin leather shoelace/jewelry cording for necklaces/bracelets. seed beads and safety pins are fun -- there are lots of books of ideas at the local craft stores. to use up lots of yarn that had been sitting around camp for YEARS, I had planks of wood cut into squares (I think they were 8x8x1/2). the girls sanded all surfaces smooth. the cheap, white, fluted paper plates fit within the square beautifully. 'finishing' nails were hammered into the plate around its circumference, every other flute, until the paper plate was attached to the board. the nails went in only a little bit......the plate (pattern) was removed. the yarn was knotted to one nail, and skipped over to another nail approximately 1/3 the distance, and eventually a pattern, as in a spirograph, was formed. several colors, layers, patterns were produced by the girls. they did not chose to follow any of the directions that I had copied from craft books. the result? interesting and individual works of art. a tab on the back and they were suitable for framing. don't forget the value of cute little things -- otherwise known as swaps. this could be invaluable as the girls start to travel to other locations...... a pin hot glued on the back makes wearable art.....they can all be attached to a camp tie/scarf/hat/album/corkboard/etc. 3. How about painting those bird houses like the country craft stores are doing? Tye dying is always a kick - not just shirts but shorts, sock, hat, hair scunchy! How about Indian (seed) beading a necklace? Making picture frames from nature. Quilt squares, puppets (marionettes.) 4. Poured candles made in milk cartons with ice, Beadie Critter necklaces this was such a hit last year that this year we are having the brownies make a bumblebee and juniors and cadettes are making the caterpillar. these are from Margo Meads website. We ordered the pony beads from Boleks in mass quantity! Bubble wand necklaces made from empty film canisters. I got this from the guidezone. Homemade beads made from wrapping paper. Homemade sidewalk chalk. My 10 year old still loves to do this! Fossil prints Older girls also liked making the friendship pins from seed beads and safety pins year before last. We got an instruction booklet from hobby lobby.. 5. How about plaster masks of the girls' own faces? 6. How about hemp necklaces? It is basically macramé on a smaller scale. Pony beads can be added for color (and are much less expensive than other beads you see on hemp jewelry). They are very "in" right now. You can probably find an instruction book for these at your local craft store. I bought one last summer. 7.Another hot craft is mosaics, made out of smashed pottery and a grout. On the craft show they showed a mold from Faster Plaster where you could make craft pieces and paint your own.. They uses the mosaics on a variety of things, votive cups, picture frames, small furniture like stools and shelves I hope these ideas help you, they did me... April Tulip trace Council, Indiana 1