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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

Our first craft challenge was to make something Spring themed out of toilet paper rolls and the ideas that everyone came up with were GREAT! I meant to share these links to other tp tube projects with that post but forgot, so here are a bunch of projects I’ve found from around the internet. You know, when I used to think of making crafts from toilet paper rolls, it was always children’s crafts but check out these links and you’ll see that the humble tp tube has now become quite sophisticated and can be used for not only adorable kids’ crafts but really lovely adult ones as well!

An adorable Spring egg nest (perfect for Easter eggs) and napkin ring
http://highoncraftblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/toilet-paper-roll-craft-egg-nest-and.html
Sweet pincushion
http://michelemademe.blogspot.com/2010/07/tutorial-toilet-paper-tube-pincushion.html
A darling family of bunnies
http://www.craftsbyamanda.com/2011/03/cardboard-tube-bunny-rabbit-family.html
Pretty cuff bracelets
http://www.flipflopsandapplesauce.com/2008/08/cuff-bracelets-from-toilet-paper-rolls.html
Easter bunny
http://childmadetutorials.blogspot.com/2011/02/paper-roll-easter-bunny.html
Puppy – seriously, you have to see this blog…she makes such cute stuff and the things she can do with tp tubes!!!!!!!
http://childmadetutorials.blogspot.com/2011/02/paper-roll-puppy.html
Shamrocks
http://childmadetutorials.blogspot.com/2011/02/paper-roll-shamrocks.html
This tree is quite amazing! I think I’m going to make one to hang in my living room!
http://childmadetutorials.blogspot.com/2011/03/paper-roll-twisted-oak-tree.html
I <3 this wall decor! Geometric and modern!
http://delicateconstruction.blogspot.com/2011/02/paper-towel-roll-wall-decor.html
Cute little bird feeders that kids would love to make.
http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2011/01/toilet-paper-tube-craft-bird-feeders.html
This is a Christmas village but you could easily make it for Easter or anytime!
http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2010/12/make-a-recycled-cardboard-tube-christmas-village/
These flowers are beautiful.
http://designbynight.blogspot.com/2010/08/paper-towel-roll-flowerstuturial.html
If you hung this in your home, I bet no one would have any clue that it was made from toilet paper tubes. It is gorgeous!
http://allthingspaper-annmartin.blogspot.com/2011/02/faux-metal-wall-art.html
A variety of cute animals – they used them for Valentine’s Day but they could be used anytime. How about a whole zoo of tp tube animals?
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/02/toilet_paper_tube_valentine_an.html
A really novel idea – pixel art made from cardboard tubes
http://yayeveryday.com/post/7692
Finally, you have to see what these artists are doing with paper tubes. Intricate dioramas, amazing faces, and more – you just can’t imagine how stunning these are!
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2009/10/26/toilet-paper-roll-art/

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Creative EdVentures Show Updates

This past Friday on In the Spirit, we talked about how posting affirmations, quotes, or lines from favourite books, movies, and songs around your house can be an inspirational and uplifting thing to do. I used to just put them on pieces of paper or Post-it notes but then I decided to jazz them up a bit. I made frames from empty CD cases that I upcycled – because of the design of the case, it’s really easy to switch out the quotes you’ve put in them any time you’d like. I also showed some painting techniques for creating fireworks type effects to go along with my love of the song Firework by Katy Perry and the lyrics in it.

Check out the playback link to see the show: http://www.linqto.com/PlaybackRoom.aspx?roomname=creativeedventures&name=SingleExplicit_2011_02_25_11_59_44_324

Then on In the Zone this past Monday night, our theme was These Boots are Made for Walking! For many of the shows, we’re using the song that was the Billboard #1 hit for that week and in 1966 it was this song made famous first by Nancy Sinatra. Robi tuned in from her road trip but had some technical issues with sound so she wasn’t able to do any demo’s that night. I showed two projects: a felt baby bootie and a brown paper cowboy boot '”pocket” that can be used as a wall or door hanging holding dried flowers or as a little gift bag for a small present or some candies and much more. I showed a painting technique for mimicking the look of leather on the brown paper.