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Want to catch a fairy? If you're looking for a fun craft to make with your kids, why not make a glow in the dark fairy jar like the ones pictured here? Sometimes kids have trouble falling asleep and these glow in the dark jars would make a nice night light for them. They are fun and inexpensive to make, too!  P.S. They only last about 8 hours. All you need are four items:  a clean mason jar , paintbrushes,  white school glue (optional), and   glow sticks . Click here for more detailed instructions, or watch the video below. Be creative, and be happy!

Creating original, fun and great coffee mugs with Sharpies is a great way to personalize a simple gift like a coffee mug and give them to friends and family for the holidays. Follow the instructions in the video below to get some ideas, but use your imagination to create whatever you want with a Sharpie. Sharpies are permanent markers that come in a large variety of colors.  after using Sharpie markers to decorate your ceramic mug or plate, you can secure the ink to the piece by baking it in the oven. This will keep it from fading and also make it usable to eat or drink from. So all you do is decorate your mug using Sharpie pens.  Let the ink dry for an hour or so.   Bake the decorated ceramic piece in a regular kitchen oven for 1/2 an hour at 350 degrees.  I recommend placing the piece in the oven, turning the oven on to 350.  Once it reaches 350 degrees, set your timer for 30 minutes.  When the timer goes off, turn the oven off, let the piece cool ...

You will need the following supplies to make the beautiful Christmas canvas: 16 x 20 white canvas 100 mini lights Silver Sharpie Sticker or alphabet stencil with the letters or words you would like on the canvas Screwdriver to punch holes in the canvas For detailed instructions, please visit Hometalk.com

Summer may be over, but you can still have strawberries in the house. Turning little stones or rocks into strawberries is easy.  Just collect some small pieces and wash them off. Gather your paints and brushes and watch the video below, and just have fun with this.  The kids will love it, and strawberries could just be the beginning.

This celtic knot ring is so beautiful, and with the tutorial given here is probably not that difficult to make if you follow the directions on it. I can not wait to try this project and will post the results once I have them. The meaning of the celtic knot is a spiritual one.  When we look at the celtic knot, we can see there is no beginning or end, which in my own particular frame of reference, means that we are the divine and infinite creations of God (you can substitute another word here based on your own beliefs). Wire jewelry is all the rage.  The rings in the tutorial below are fashionable, and really very simple to make.  I made about three of them in less than an hour!  Not bad if you need a fun gift to give a friend, or if you need a piece of jewelry in a flash to go with a new outfit.. This project is great for beginners.  Check it out below...  Just get creative, look for beads that sing to you, buy some wire and some wire tools and get going! ...

Do you remember painting on rocks as a child?  I do. My first painted rock looked similar to, but not exactly like the one pictured here... Back in the summer of 1972 in the mountains of upstate New York I painted my first rock on summer vacation with my best friends.  Their family owned 117 acres of land there and they took me with them quite often. We loved to spend the days exploring, climbing mountains, picking strawberries and playing in the creek. It was always fun, we had no place to go and all day to get there. My best friends happened to be sisters and only 13 months apart in their ages. My age was right in between so we were great friends (well, being sisters I guess they didn't always get along, but when it was the three of us together we had great fun, lol!) Their mom, Mrs. "P", was like my second mother. She was very creative and loved anything crafty, in addition to being an avid seamstress.  While upstate on one particular day she told us to go down to the...

Decoupage has been around for centuries.  It may seem like a new craft,  but it actually dates back to twelfth century China and gained popularity  in Italy and France during the seventeenth century. With the supplies and graphics available today, it is easier than  ever to create beautiful items with the art of decoupage. Pretty decoupaged tray! Decoupage is the art of cutting out images and gluing them onto  another surface,  then sealing the item with a finish to enjoy for many years. I made the welcome plaque below using decoupage techniques that I have  outlined here on my webpage.  There you will also find specific instructions on how to print the images to cut out for the use in the art of decoupage. I used images from Dover Publications.  I love flowers and I bought a book of floral images from them.  However, they offer a wide variety of images you can use for decoupage arts and crafts, almost too many to pick from. Here is th...