My aim is to help keep our elderly and less-abled folk busy and happy! However...many of the crafts and activities will also appeal to all ages and abilities, so do have a browse...Loads of different crafts and quizzes - very easy to find by clicking on category buttons below! Have also introduced some discussion on ACEO Miniature watercolour painting - a new hobby?
Saturday 9 July 2016
Sunday 19 June 2016
Felt Bunnies Wall Hanging - Tutorial and Templates
A simple little felt wall hanging - here is how to make it...
You will need...
A4 sheet of felt for background
Scraps of felt for bunnies and flowers
Buttons
Pom pom or cotton wool balls for tails
Double-sided sticky pads to attach tails
Embroidery thread
Wooden dowel and ribbon to hang
How to make...
Print out the Bunnies and Flower templates
(my flowers were cut from a die on my Big Shot, but if you want to cut by hand here is a flower template to use)
Bunnies Template
Flower Template
Take your A4 sheet of felt and turn over a hem of 2cm (width of hem depends on the thickness of your wooden dowel - we used green garden stakes trimmed to size)
Bunnies Template
Flower Template
Take your A4 sheet of felt and turn over a hem of 2cm (width of hem depends on the thickness of your wooden dowel - we used green garden stakes trimmed to size)
Stitch across leaving ends open - either on machine or by hand
Cut out your bunnies and flowers
Stitch the bunnies onto the background, using a running stitch
Using double-sided sticky pads, stick on the bunny tails
First stitch both layers of flowers, together with the button and then stitch onto the background felt
Stitch stems with embroidery thread
Friday 17 June 2016
Mencap Wins Best Float in Braintree Carnival...!
Friday 27 May 2016
We Made Tissue Paper Flowers at Mencap for Braintree Carnival
Our Thursday Art and Craft group was asked to make lots of bright colourful Tissue Paper Flowers to put on the float and so we had a lovely afternoon making them.
We followed this excellent tutorial...
Tissue Paper Flower Tutorial
Our tissue paper came in A4 sheets, so using 5 sheets for each flower, we made them up as per the tutorial.
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