Velvet ribbon and pearl bracelet

I found this tutorial online and decided to get one of my students to try making this gorgeous bracelet.
It was fun and (not too) easy to make! Quite satifying!
Hope you try it too!

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Match box card

This post is a little overdue...We did this project in class last month! It is a cute little matchbox that one can use to give a gift, or, as one of my students did...use it to  give a card in. 

You will find the tutorial here.( I simplified it by making only the box.)

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Hope this post inspires you...always love to hear from you!

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Rakhi braid

A little late... but, I though I'd share with you what my daughter made for Rakshabandhan this year.

We got the tutorial for this braid here.

We added a really cute boy and girl charm. Since boys take off and throw their rakhis...I thought it would be nice to have one that we can use year after year and it would remain as a memory.

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Friendship day bands

Last week on the occassion of Friendship Day, we made these gorgeous fun bead bracelets! The kids had so much fun...it shows on their wrists doesn't it?!

Tutorials can be found here.(its the second tutorial in the video, so please be patient!)

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Monster bins!

Hello everyone,
I haven't posted in a while...kids home on holiday, seasonal flu, etc...etc...
Life is slowwly getting back to routine!
This week in class we make these OH!so cute monster bins! Inspiration for these bins came from
Danielle's Place of Crafts and Activities.
We made them out of old Nestle slim milk cartons. They have turned out soooo cute, haven't they?!
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GIANT POPPIES AND PINCUSIONS

We made some fun things in class recently.
The giant poppies were inspired by the ones I saw on this 
blog. the tutorial is fab..do try it out!

The pincusions were inspired by this fabulous tutorial...so easy to make..so much fun!!

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HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY!!

Since it is Republic Day today, I thought it would be nice for the kids to do something his week, using our Indian flag colours.

Here's what we made...

Super cute bracelets...We made the paper beads and then threaded them on elastic with coloured plastic beads inbetween.
The girls loved them...all said they would wear them to school tomorrow for show and tell!!!!
What bigger compliment can I get?!

And then we made this gorgeous star...looks so complicated and WOW! But so easy!!! 

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IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH!

I haven't posted in the new year, 'coz I have been really busy!
It's a good thing...lots of work, frame orders and preparing for my sale at the Candies Bazaar (Pali Hill, Mumbai) on February 4th 2012.
Classes have been great these last two weeks and the kids have made some amazing stuff!
Here's a look...
Here's where I found the inspiration for the calenders...handmade calenders
The calender templates are available at calender templates

My little ones made these bookmarks this week. Cute, easy and a lot of fun!

These star lanterns turned out fantastic, don't you think?! The kids found it a bit challenging, but the end result was so worth it!!!

Here is the link to the tutorial...star lantern tutorial

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BOX BAGS

Inspired by an activity in the "big book oF Papercrafts" by Vivienne Bolton, 

we made these cute box bags this week. To decorate, the kids used the paper weaving and quilling that they learnt earlier.

They turned out quite well, don't you think?!

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ANIMAL CLOTHESPIN MAGNETS AND WOVEN BOOKMARKS

A few things we've made in the last couple of weeks...

 We tried paper weaving using quilling strips...quite successfull I thought!
Our project was inspired by a project from the book, "big book of papercrafts" by Vivienne Bolton.
The kids decorated the bookmarks in a variety of ways, as you can see...
In the picture above, my student Millie, used various stips of paper to make an evening sky and then she stamped an image of palm trees and sea gulls in black to make a silhouette. It looks remarkable...don't you think?!
Stamps are from Inkadinkado's 'coastal maritime' stamp set.

 Here, my younger students made animal clothes peg magnets. Asimple project, they made it by drawing, colouring and cutting out animal faces and then fixing them to wooden clothespins. They then attached magnetic strips to the back of the pegs making them perfect  and useful fridge magnets to delight their moms!

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CLASSES...

It's been a while since I posted my students' work...
Here's what we have been upto...


We made Durga faces ...painted on Thermocol with markers and then created the rays emanating from her face, with a hot knife pressed into the thermocol.  The kids took it home to be framed and displayed!

For Diwali, we made thorans...with a twist!

The children traced out the outline of their cute little hands on card paper and decorated them with a mehendi design. We then cut out the hands, and along with some flowers we made, we stapled them onto the gold ribbon to make a thoran.  

The hands of Goddess Lakshmi blessing your home!

The kids have been clamouring to learn quilling...

This was the first basic class, where they learnt how to make a simple swirl and control the paper.

The cards they made a real pretty aren't they?

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Stationery folder

Something we made in my craft class this week...The kids and their moms loved it!!!

The closed folder, decorated with punched out shapes and ribbon.

Each folder has five 4"x7" letter papers with matching envelopes.

The folder is made by folding an A4 size card paper into half. The sides are then folded up and inch to crate the pockets. These pockets are stuck down at each end using gluedrops from Fevicol. The designs on the co-ordinated letter paper and envelopes are made by using simple and fun shaped punches.