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.
Category: DYI How Tos
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.
Mini Flagpole Project
Wondering how to make a mini flagpole for desk use or indoor decorations?
I came across this video by Curtos Noir (The Proper Gents @ youtube). It’s nice but a bit involved if you don’t want to do woodworking beyond cutting dowels or drilling holes. The easier way to do this is to get our pine wood plaques or wood discs or this candlestick base as a base and pick your favorite size dowel and top.
If you want a bigger flagpole, get one of our 1″ x 48″ wood dowels and one of these varnished flag pole finial with lanyard holes. A great easy project for Memorial Day or July the 4th!
The Casey's Wood Products Blog 