Thursday, November 20, 2014

May Arts: Kids Crafts



Welcome to my kids craft post!
Hadley and I thought it would be fun to make birdseed ornaments for gifts this year. We found this post and used the recipe to make our own!


Cookie cutters work great but I have very few of those so we made most of ours in a muffin pan. 
Straws were pushed into each ornament to hold a space to put our ribbon through.
After they had set up we used 5/8" red cotton stripe ribbon to hang our ornaments. 
For reference, the recipe from the linked post made a full pan of 'muffins' as well as 2 cookie cutter ornaments.


Since we used a ribbon wider than our hole we used silver string/metallic ribbon as our threader. 


Worked like a charm!


These were really fun to make & didn't take too long! I think we will make another batch up for more gifts!


There are even directions for making a box on the blog we found the recipe- so I used some Core'dinations to whip up a quick box, tying it with that same cotton/stripe ribbon. I added some holly leaves because they always make holiday gifts look festive!

A bit of the new kraft raffia for padding inside!


Lots of Kids Crafts inspiration to be found at the blogs below!
You know the Ribbon Lady loves a giveaway-stop by the May Arts blog for the details!!




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10 comments:

  1. Oh so fabulous!!! Love the image of Hadley holding the heart- so precious.

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  2. I really like this craft idea! Thanks for sharing.

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  3. What a FUN project Jen :)
    They look great and will be much appreciated by the birds and bird watchers ... I know that we enjoy watching the birds coming to feed at our house and think this is a great way to keep them around longer => THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION with the recipe link and lovey photos!!!

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  4. Great idea and I like how you packaged them.

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  5. Such a fun and
    thoughtful gift!
    Carla from Utah

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  6. Love green crafts and these are so adorable. Your box is so cute too! What a sweet little gift.

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  7. Pretty and useful gift. Wrapping it in the nice box added to the love that was being given with the present.
    thanks for sharing.

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  8. Great idea, love the way it looks and sounds easy for me to do. TFS.

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