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Crafting, Product Reviews

Crafts: How to use a Rainbow Loom

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Crafts Rainbow loom is the latest quick easy kids craft. How to use a rainbow loom, we are going to tell you how and recommend Rainbow Loom Patterns?   Rainbow Looms are the latest trend for kids this summer you use rubber bands, loom, and crochet hooks to make jewelry.   It is a great craft for your kids to make. The kids inner loop small little colorful rubber bands to make crocheted patterns.  The kids are trading the rainbow loom bracelets, think the new type of friendship bands.   Disclosure:this post contains Rainbow Loom Affiliate linksrainbow loom My daughter is loving playing with a rainbow loom it made for hours of fun.  All summer I have watched the girls at the pool use the Rainbow loom.  The child over laps the the small rainbow loom bands in a criss cross pattern, the length of the loom. Then pull the lower rubber band  with the crochet hook, through the upper rubber band causing an interlocking pattern, and use small little c hook to close the bracelets.

Rainbow loomSo on YouTube you can find some great videos of how to make all different Rainbow Looms Bracelets.  You will be amazed with the little girls that do these videos.

My favorite channel is Twistz bands .. which is now owned by Rainbow looms

Here is the link for a Basic Rainbow Loom Single Strand Bracelet Pattern

I love this fishtail pattern Rainbow Loom Bracelet

I made this Bracelet Liberty twist the blue and green one  rainbow_loom bracelet

This is a really  cool butterfly bracelet is fun to make.

My kids kids really loved the Glow in the dark Rainbow Loom Bands.  My daughter keeps on going in the closet to see if the bands glow.  My son has also enjoy making them.  The rainbow loom makes and excellent gift recommend ages is 8+.  I can also recommend visiting AC Moore for a case for the bands the case cost me $1.99, great way to organize your bands.  AC Moore also sells the bands, but they do not carry the Rainbow Loom,  yet.   You can order them through My Amazon link below for Rainbow Looms  and I have also found them at at Hallmark Stores.

Be sure to checkout Myscraps post Rainbow Looms not just for the Girls rainbow loom
girl using Rainbow Loom

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Cooking, Crafting

Chocolate Leprechaun Hats : St Patricks Day Cookies

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St Patrick day cookiesSt Patricks Day Cookies:   Chocolate Leprechaun Hats  using a chocolate marshmallow and sugar cookie. Cute little treat for the family on St. Patricks day.  Easy to make. They are also a no bake cookie. Here is how.

Ingredients:

Makes about 16-20 St Patricks Day Cookiescookie making supplies

  1. Melt chocolate following directions on package or if you have a Wilton Chocolate Pro Electric Melting Pot
  2. Dip the end  Marshmallow in to chocolate a place in the center of the cookie this fused the marshmallow with the cookiechocolate marshmellow cookie
  3. Allow the chocolate marshmallow cookie  to cool in the fridge for  10 minute till sethat cookies
  4. Roll the hat on the side in the chocolate till covered. I use a spoon carefully Place on wax paper to cool or place in fridge..away from blower to avoid bubbleschoclate covering cookiecookie in chocolate
  5. When cook decorate with band and clover-  I used glitter icing for my black it did not dry so I would use the same Betty Crocker  icing for both the black and white.
  6. You can buy little bags to protect the Chocolate Leprechaun Hats

You could also do Easter bonnets and use pastel chocolates.

For more tips on working with chocolate check out the Make and Mold Chocolate website

chocolate covered cookies that look like Leprechaun Hats

st. patricks day cookie

Have fun making a St Patricks Day Cookies

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Crafting, Giveaways, Product Reviews

Valentines Keepsake Trunk and AC Moore Giveaway

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wooden box covered with paper

Wooden Trunk covered using scrapbook paper and Mod Podge.  This idea was given to me by AC Moore.  The asked me to make a wooden trunk using the directions AC Moore provided.  It has been years since I worked with Mod Podge and AC Moore had everything I need to make the task fun.  I loved the idea of the trunk and the more I read the instructions I could not wait to try it.  The inside had little cards decoupage inside.inside the keepsake trunk

The idea of this craft was from AC Moores designer Robin Beam.. Click here for Robins instructions Valentines Keepsake Trunk.  Note: (the trunk size listed is a M   the patterns and sku is for a small trunk) .  I made the medium size which was larger so I adjust the templates.  Robins Templates where for the small trunk.keepsake box by Robin Beams

Robin @ AC Moore did her trunk with different paper than I did.  I choose 7 sheets of 12×12 scrapbooking paper open stock. (The apparel designers in me loved all the prints). But the instructions are the same.

  • Remove hardwear, I painted the inside and outside corners/edges.
  • I cut the templates, cut the scrapbook paper to size
  • Follow instructions added the mod podge, place paper, and smoothed out all the bubbles.
  • The tip Robin said about sanding the edges,  the excess paper will just sand away.. seriously really rocks takes the trunk from a simple project to a quality piece.  Make sure to remove all the dust from sanding, before applying next coat…..sanding the mod podge box
  • Be sure to read AC Moores full instructions.. Valentines Keepsake Trunk

By the time I finished I coated the Trunk with 5 different coats of Mod Podge .. I really love doing this project.  I loke the medium size box it allows me to put a full 8 1/2″ X 11 Paper in it flat.  My daughter keeps eyeing the box up.picture of a trunk

Ac Moore want you to create so they are providing a 50% coupon for this week to all my readers.   AC Moore Coupon 2/10-2/16

Also Ac Moore  wants one of my readers  to create something so they are Giving away $20 gift certificate to one of my readers.  Ends 2/24. US residents Only  Please use the rafflecopter form.
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Disclosure:  Ac Moore provided a Gift Certificate for me to purchase the supplies.  The opinions in this post are all mine own.