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Sunday, December 8, 2013

Glitter Playdough

Homemade Gift Idea: Glitter Playdough

Here's a great, sparkly stocking stuffer to make for kids of any age. Take a look at how you can make your own glitter playdough:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup salt

2 cups water

1 tablespoon oil

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

food coloring (your choice)

glitter

Here's how you do it:

To evenly distribute the color, add your food coloring to your water.

Combine flour, salt, colored water, oil and cream of tartar in a large saucepan. Cook this mixture over medium heat until it turns to a playdough consistency. Stir constantly while heating.

Take dough out of the saucepan and let it sit until cool. Once able, flatten the paydough on the counter and sprinkle with glitter. Thoroughly knead the glitter into the dough.

Store in airtight containers. This recipe should yield up to 4 jam jars.

Check out more pictures and the full post over at Tradewind Tiara's DIY Project: How to Make Glitter Playdough.

Judy is hard at work again with these darling Barbie outfits

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

http://myfantastictoys.blogspot.com/2009/05/cat-toy-plushies.html

Choose a critter and cut out pattern from the paper. Pin pattern pieces to the felt and cut out accordingly. Sewing- A ladder stitch is recommended for best results.

1. Start out by sewing bird belly to one side of bird half and continue up and around over head until you reach the tail. 2. Continue on with the tail in position until the end, knot, then finish the other side of tail.
3. Now go back and finish sewing the other side of the bird belly. Wow you can see the bird taking shape!
4. Sew about 3/4 of the bird base on leaving enough room open to stuff bird. Fill with fiber fill or a premium catnip, finish sewing base on.5.Now your ready for the eyes and wings. Knot thread to position of eye, slide on glass bead and go through to other side and slide on other the bead, pull tightly to create small indentation in felt. Go through a couple of times to securely fasten eyes. (You may choose to glue felt eyes on instead to prevent any injury to your cat.) Clip wings to give the illusion of feathers then fasten to bird body as indicated on pattern. 6. Stitch on bird feet. Voila your finished!! Now go make the other two critters, the same technique may be applied to those as well.