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Crafts & Hobbies Information
You put a great deal of time, thought, and effort into your
scrapbook pages. Scrapbooks often are very personalized creative
works that are very meaningful to the creator.
A popular addition to scrapbook pages is newspaper clippings.
Newspaper clippings of birth announcements, team photographs, or
favorite celebrities add a personal touch to scrapbook pages.
For more dramatic results from your photographs, trying weaving
two copies of the same photograph together. This technique
creates a three-dimensional artist look.
Craft: Colored Bubbles Activities: Flyswatter Bubbles, Cotton
Ball Pickup, Balloon Water Fun Snack: Chewy Popcorn Balls Reading
Selection: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois CRAFT:
Colored Bubbles Need: dishwashing detergent food coloring or
washable paint a straw paper shallow pan. Directions: Mix about 1/2
dishwashing detergent, and 1/3 of water in a shallow pan (cold or
hot) mix any kind of food coloring until you get the ideal color
you want. If you use paint, make sure it is washable.
Summer is coming, and the kids will soon be out of school. Mom's
and dad's everywhere will soon here "I am board; I don't have
anything to do.
According legend, first nested doll prototype appeared in Russia
in the late 19th century (believed to be year 1890), it was
figurine of bold headed old man, Buddhist sage by the name of
Fukuruma, on the island of Honshu, Japan. According Hakone Town
Office, Japan, products such as "Shichifukujin" and
"Irokawaridaruma" have been created from Junitamago.
As a devoted scrapper, you probably gain satisfaction from
scrapbooking about others. Oftentimes, you are the one glaring
missing light in your scrapbook albums.
From baby pictures to vacation pictures, images of family and
friends are treasures that are kept for a lifetime. They make
great gifts and add cheer and warmth to the interiors of our
homes.
An attractive technique for placing photographs into scrapbooks
is the photograph mosaic. Mosaics stretch photographs into an
artistic rendition of the original photograph.
Another important writing implement for scrapbooking is a wax
pencil. Wax pencils are soft pencils designed to write on glass,
plastic and photographs.
Would you like to add more creative appeal to your scrapbooks?
Here are three methods to add more depth and creativity to your
scrapbook creations. A good way to make your own personal seals is
with Crayola Model Magic.
A leather look can add elegance to your scrapbooking page. To
create a unique leather look, simply distress cardstock.
Textured paper can add extra dimension to your scrapbooking page.
Textured paper can be used to highlight focus items on your
scrapbook page.
Ribbon and lace are by far the most common, and most beautiful,
border embellishment. The flowing nature of both materials
encourages a touch of softness and elegance.
Puzzle pieces make playful embellishments and borders. Puzzle
pieces give a creative and playful look to children's art and
educational scrapbooks.
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and 1/3 of water in a shallow pan (cold or hot) mix any kind
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