Yes… You can dye unfinished wood with Kool-Aid! Here’s a how to do guide from pet scribbles. A different approach compared to the usual painting process. Skip the acrylic sealer if you want but be prepared to redo the dye time to time.
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A little project with wooden spoons…
At ActivityVillage.co.uk (a British website), there’s a nice article on a little project involving wood spoons. You… make a shark with it! Yes… take a look and have fun.
How to make your own story dice…
Story dice or cubes are a way to help you create stories at random. Roll a dice and whatever comes up you make up a story with that – either storytelling or written stories. As an aside, I always carry a quarter coin with me… So that when I have trouble deciding I toss the quarter and let heads or tails decide for me. Let randomness decide for you! It works very well. Story dice is just the same but with more sides than a coin.
There’s many different methods of making story dice and I thought this article by stitch/craft was the best one. It happens to be pretty old, almost 10 years old according to the article’s date. An oldie but goodie.
Making foam stamp blocks
Here’s a guideline on how to make foam stamp blocks. You start with wooden blocks and stick on self-adhesive craft foam on the blocks. This how-to-guide is written by onegoldenapple. It’s fun to do. I intend to try this – have to find the self-adhesive craft foam then do this.
Spool Ribbon Holder Racks
While searching for ideas on what to do with wooden spools I came across this Etsy seller’s site in Etsy… DesignsbyDuane. These spool ribbon holders are really nice and simple. You can buy from DesignsbyDuane (or others – we don’t sell these) if you prefer ready-made with no further work. If you want to make your own custom version, just buy wood dowels, ball dowel caps, and cuphooks from us! One possible improvement on the design: Add r-cotter pins or linch pins to the end with no balls to prevent dowels from falling out of the cuphooks from happening.
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