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Foam Sheet Glasses Case: Arts and Crafts Ideas

By: Victor Torrealba

Are you a camp director, teacher, or homeschool mom looking for a fancy arts and crafts idea for your children? Or maybe you are a recreation director at a senior center or nursing home and could use a new project. Either way, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting and enjoyable for everyone. This glass box can be used, given as a gift, or converted into a necklace purse.

To make the glasses box, you will need the following simple components: a square of craft foam, plastic or large blunt needles, lanyard lace or thick yarn. Cut two rectangles from the foam, each 3-1/2 inches (nine cm.) by six inches (fifteen cm.). With a hole punch, make holes on three sides of each rectangle, leaving one short side unpunched. Make the holes 0.5 inch apart and permit at least 0.25 inch between the hole and the edge of the craft foam. The holes ought to line up so that the two pieces can be tangled together. In the case that you are preparing the craft for little kids, you ought to do the holes yourself. Otherwise, the crafters can do this step if you have sufficient pairs of hole punches.

At this point the crafters can cut decorative shapes from different colors of craft foam, or you can buy sets of ready-cut foam shapes. If you are making the craft at a special event, like vacation Bible school, choose shapes that echo the theme of the event. For example, if the Bible school or camp has a cowboy theme, find figures that fit well, such as boots, cowboy hats, and stars. Let the children choose the shapes they like and glue on as desired. You might also like to provide beads or sequins to glue on as well, especially if the crafters are a tad older.

The next level in this arts and crafts idea is to weave the plastic needle with the yarn or lanyard lace. Yarn might be a tad easier to handle, but lanyard lace is shiny and fancy. In a pinch, some teachers of small children use a bobby pin as a needle. It is certainly a safe option. Simply loop the yarn through the opening and use the open end of the bobby pin as if it were the point of the needle. The children can now begin to lace the front and back of the glasses box jointly.

To transform this arts and crafts idea into a necklace purse, simply attach a piece of lanyard lace to each corner making a long handle. Kids will enjoy using this box as a place to store secret notes and tiny objects. If they'd rather, they can give the glasses case to a parent, grandparent, or friend who wears glasses. Either way, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting for everyone.

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Victor Torrealba is the owner of origami-kids.com, a great place for learn how to make Avions en Papier, Victor also has a amusing Juegos Gratis web site : zonaminada.net

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