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Sunday, December 8, 2013

Kid Craft: Holiday Cards for Dolls

My family and I our in the full swing of the holiday season.  The Christmas tree and other decorations are up.  The kid's have been feasting on their chocolate advent calendars.  Dates for holiday gatherings have been set.  And last but definitely not least, we've been crafting.  My daughter and I have been making these tiny holiday cards for her American Girl doll.  They're such an easy craft, I thought some of you or your children might enjoy making them too. 

Supplies:


Christmas images (about 1 /12in by 1 in) - we cut out images of cards from a Paper Source catalog.  Any small Christmas images will work. Look through all those catalogs you been receiving in the mail.

Scraps of card stock

Glue dots or glue stick

Scissors

Scoring Tool (optional)

Instructions:

1. Adhere image with glue dots to the right side of a card stock scrap.


2. With a scoring tool or by hand, fold paper behind image to make a card shape.

3.  Hold the card shut flat and trim off excess paper.  Making the cards this way opposed to measuring out the card stock first is easier for children.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Show and Tell Stuffies

About a year ago my daughter received an American Girl doll craft set for her birthday.  And about a year ago we started on this project.  We first started on the tiny racoons so technically he took a year to make.  Once my daughter finished the tiny raccoon, she then moved on to the large raccoon.  He took only two days to make! Amazing how a long summer day with no TV can motivate a child.

 
Serious sewing going on here.

The finished raccoon stuffies.

I wish I had a project I could share too.  I've been working on a large project but I have to keep it under wraps for now. 
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