Thursday, July 21, 2016

DIY Sewing Cards for Kid's

It's Craft Lightning time again and this one is all about Scout Crafts!

I remember as a young girl attending Brownies and Girl Scouts was always a fun adventure and my favorite part was all the crafts we did!

These organizations always taught such good values and important skills as well.

Sewing was one of the skills I learned back then and this project is a very basic way to teach beginning sewing skills!


I first did this project with my Grandaughters a few years back, to help teach them to sew and now I am proud to say my 8 year old Granddaughter has graduated to using a sewing machine!


As you know, I love to upcycle/recycle things in my crafts and these sewing cards were no exception.

I used old cereal boxes for the cardboard and printed out cute and colorful pictures/graphics from the internet to paste on the cardboard.

I found that the pictures looked better if I used a drier type glue to adhere them to the cardboard, such as "Zip Dry" glue which is used a lot in Scrapbooking projects to preserve the integrity of the photos and not make them appear "lumpy".

I made two versions of the cards, one with small holes for older kids and one with larger (and less) holes for the little ones.


I used some washi tape to cover the edges and poked the holes using a metal scribe on the small holes and the Crop-a-Dile II from We R Memory Keepers for the card with larger holes.


My Granddaughter who was 6 at the time was able to help with almost all of the steps in this project, so I would say it is perfect for any Scout troop with children ages 6 and above!


She was mighty proud when she was done...and so was little sister!


Here are the steps for making the sewing cards:


Here are the Supplies and Tools I used for this project:


Tools & Supplies Used:

Light to Med Weight Cardboard (such as a cereal box)
Photos or Graphics printed out from the Internet
Paper Trimmer, Fiskars
Ruler
Scissors
Razor Blade (Adult Use Only!)
Glue, Zip Dry
Wax Paper (Not shown in photo above), to cover photos/graphics while drying glue with pressure
Heavy Book or Flat Weight to aid in drying glue on cardboard smoothly and firmly
Metal Scribe Tool
Crop-o-Dile II, We-R-Memory Makers
Washi Tape, Scotch Brand
Yarn (Variegated, Multi-Color)
Colored String (Variegated)
Needle, Plastic (for yarn)
Needle, Metal (for string)

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Thanks for visiting my blog, hope you will find this project useful and fun!




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