So this year I have decided experiment with holiday cookies. To make and receive holiday cookies is something millions of people out there enjoy during the holiday season. Personally I am a classic girl: give me sugar cookies during the holidays and I am a happy camper. But with tons of types of cookies out…
Todays DIY Craft will be a paper wreath made from cardstock, to put a personal touch on your greeting cards. We will be using the quilling technique which is the art of curling ,rolling and glueing paper together to make pretty designs. At first I didn’t know the name of this art stye until I…
Last week in class we made “Lace Pancakes” with the kids .Just like regular pancakes we had to make the batter , by whisking together all the ingredients and making sure it didn’t have any lumps. The fun part of these types of pancakes is the ability to create fun designs. The class went well…
I first came across the DIY several years ago. The original DIY was to make a paper Umbrella. But as I was making samples I glued it incorrectly and the ballerina was born. Here is our DIY for the umbrella we made a while ago. As briefly mentioned above, Ballerina came about accidentally. As in…
About a week ago, I got to one of. my schools to find two big platters of veggies from an event the night before. Since they were going to throw them away, I decided to grab the mini bell peppers and the mini zucchinis. I kind figured I could always find something to do with…
Supplies: 4 silk shantung squares that are 2.5″ x 2.5″, 11/0 sized glass beads, glass beads size 20lneedle, thread the same color as the fabric, 2 head pins, not shown: hot glue gun, Crafter’s Picks glue or similar to help adhere beads to fabric Take the first square and place it in front of…
Last Friday at one of my schools, I came to find 2 platters of veggies from an event the night before. They were gonna throw the veggies out so decided to grab a ton of small bell peppers and some mini zucchinis. I decided to make one of my fav soups: Roasted Red Pepper Soup.…
During the spring 2018 term, I was looking for a jewelry activity to do with my Craft Market students. For the winter term, we had used the basic French braid to make friendship bracelets. But now I wanted a fairly easy technique to make a different bracelet. I came across a DIY on Pinterest one…
We recently made Mac ‘n’ Cheese Bites in all our cooking classes. Always a big hit with the kiddo’s, I would say that the classes went well. Well … they went well for the most part, the Cooking Wars! and Baking Wars! classes did have a few issues, which included teams forgetting to add some…
Over the summer we held a number of workshops at Grand Bazaar Market on the UWS. The kiddos had a fabulous time as did I. Check out a few of the pix I managed to take.
