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Nerdy crafty projects (and project "attempts") by K. Novice to all things crafty including fabric glue, sewing machine stitches, shirt stenciling, and paint. Lots of paint. //
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Bowser aka King Koopa shell pieces, it’s going to be a busy time putting this felt together for Halloween. #fingerscrossed

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Halloween 2012- King Koopa aka Bowser patterns begin!

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Finished and glows in the dark!

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Darth Vader freezer paper stencil- on a black shirt- with glow in the dark paint #fingerscrossed it works great. Since the paint is thin, this is 3 coats in, and it will require at least 2 more of white.

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Silly panda I drew (note: I have no drawing skills) with the help of drawingforkids.com and painted her with acrylics. Use 1 in. metal braces to attach the 3 canvases together and mounted it on the wall. The last step is a coat of acrylic varnish and we’re set!

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Piece 2 of 3 painted with green and white acrylic paint. One more to go, and then attaching them all together and hoping it stays. Oh, and google told me that I need to coat them with acrylic varnish so none of the paint fades or rubs off since it’s near people’s heads and hands.

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Creating a guest bed headboard from 3 stretched canvases, all with different and completely random motifs. Also, I don’t know how to paint.

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After looking up youtube videos on how to make a hairtie, and then refusing to go dig up my hot glue gun, I spent about 20 mins getting this green bow made from some leftover ribbon lying around the house. Panda pillow is stuffed about 1.5 inches thick and sewed half an inch around the border, with 2 black button eyes. All feltie!

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Fabric bowtie- for the panda pillow’s head (it’s a girl) that I fancied up from some scrap piece of ribbon and a clear chiseled shaped button with green thread. I just folded it up to look nice, poked a large pin to hold it in place, and then sewed around it to hold it together. ‘Twas too much work figuring out the exact steps in creating a bowtie.

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Finding so many panda crafts and felties on both Etsy.com and Pinterest.com, I thought I’d give it a try. Luckily I had the exact amount of white/black felt. So here goes….I busted out the protractor again to have a perfect-ish circle and the kindergartner helped me cut out the cardstock patterns.

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After heat-sealing both the small and the large painted stencils (and picking apart the leftover remnants of freezer paper with tweezers)- I sewed the small one as a front pocket/patch so there are contrasting colors on both sides of the tee. Harry Potter phase down.

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Gryffindor stencil in a mini-version and also a larger version. The key and the flaw, with using the freezer paper as your stencil is all in the details. The more cut-outs you have and the more you saturate the paper with paint, the harder it is to remove all pieces. Hard work pays off if you’re a Harry Potter fan!

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Finished Darth Vader - with a red light saber. I made a green one for Yoda and was reminded to remember the color of his is the same color as his body. Duh mom. The light sabers are detachable- I just used a small piece of sticky-backed velcro wrapped around the felt handle, around a pipe cleaner. Darth’s helmet was a little tricky but turned out ok.

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Felt finger puppet time! It’s the perfect project to dive into while watching some awesome weekend tv. I used a smaller body template and it took twice as long as the bigger Yoda. I didn’t have a template for the rest of Darth Vader, so I winged it….

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Yoda! finger puppet style of course. Used some fabric glue for his nose, mouse, and two googly eyes and he’s finished! He was way easier than R2D2 since less gluing was involved, and will also probably hold up better with the kid play. A new request was made: a light saber for Yoda. #upnext

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