Is it possible to be "craft-bi-polar"? I keep alternating between crafting for Halloween and Christmas. It's making my head hurt a bit. Well, today you get Christmas. I made these Tis the Season beaded bobeches with recycled soda bottles for the candle stick part.
I started with a bobeche that I had taken the plain crystals off of.
Then I picked out a fun assortment of beads and charms from the Prima bead Tis the Season collection.
I simply formed a small loop on one end of a 3 inch piece of wire. I linked a charm onto the loop. Then a few beads and then through the hole in the bobeche from the bottom to the top. Then I trimmed the wire down to about 3/8 inch and formed another little loop.
The bobeches worked great on regular candle sticks but I wanted to use some cool soda bottles I had that had red and green labels. I did need to trim the candles down and used a bit of quake wax to secure the bobeches but I really like the look.
If you are looking for more beading ideas or fun dimensional and mixed media projects to do with your kids check out the new book:
3D Art Lab for Kids: 32 Hands-on Adventures in Sculpture and Mixed Media - Including fun projects using clay, plaster, cardboard, paper, fiber beads and more! (Lab Series)
by Susan Schwake
An inspiring collection of ideas and projects for encouraging an artistic spirit in children!
3D Art Lab for Kids
includes 36 kid-friendly fine art projects in paper, clay, textiles,
sculpture, and jewelry. Each project is inspired by the work of a
prominent artist and is illustrated with step-by-step full-color
photographs of the process as well as finished samples and variations.
Whether
you use these projects independently or as a curriculum for hands-on 3D
art experiences, you’ll find that the lessons in this book are
open-ended so they can be explored over and over–with different results
each time! Colorful photos illustrate how different people using the
same lesson will yield different results, exemplifying the way the
lesson brings out each artist’s personal style.
3D Art Lab for Kids
is the perfect book for creative families, friends, and community
groups and works as lesson plans for both experienced and new art
teachers. Children of all ages and experience levels can be guided by
adults and will enjoy these engaging exercises.
Susan Schwake is an art instructor in her own art school,
where she has created her own curriculum. Her vision to teach and share
art on her own terms has grown into artstream studios, which includes a
contemporary gallery, an adjunct teaching staff of three, workshops and
retreats most every day of the year, and their own full media design
firm. She lives in Rochester, NH. She is the author of Art Lab for Kids (Quarry Books, 2012).
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