Summer Craft for Kids: Butterfly Gift Bag

Butterfly Wood Gift Bag

Have you been invited to a children's birthday party? Or are you planning a party and need an idea for goodie bags? This butterfly wood gift bag is so easy to make and can be a fun summer craft project for kids!

Supplies:

• Glue Dots®: Micro, Permanent, Glue Lines
• Our Craft Lounge: Blue-Berry Crafty Sparkles
• wood gift box ($1 at Michaels)
• painted carved wood butterfly ($.99 at Michaels)
• white acrylic paint
• paint brush
• black ribbon

1. Apply two coats of white paint on the wood gift box. Let dry.

2. Adhere black ribbon to the box using Glue Lines® and tie a bow on the front handle.

3. Use Permanent Glue Dots® to attach the butterfly to the front of the box.

4. Place two Micro Glue Dots® on top of the butterfly's eyes, sprinkle on Crafty Sparkles and remove the excess.

Insert gift (or goodies) and you're done! Try these other Glue Dots projects:

• Make a Party Banner With Glue Dots
• How to Make Cupcake Toppers for a Birthday Party
• Festive Hair Flair: Paper Flower Hairclip Tutorial

Disclosure: This blog post was written while participating on the Glue Dots design team.

Glue Dots 4th of July Craft Project: Patriotic Bird House

America is another name for opportunity.

Our whole history appears like a last effort of 

divine providence on behalf of the human race.  

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

What screams America more than the colors red, white and blue? If you are searching for a little 4th of July craft project, look no further! Turn a ready-to-finish bird house into a patriotic decoration by following the simple steps below.

Supplies:

• Craft Glue Dots®
• wood bird house
• 7 wood stars
• small decorative bird
• acrylic paint (red, white, blue, yellow)
• paint brushes
• emery board

1. Lightly sand the bird house with an emery board.


2. Paint the bird house: white for the base, red and white stripes on roof, blue for the main part of the house, and red on the perch.

3. Paint both sides of the stars yellow.


4. After the paint dries, use Craft Glue Dots® to adhere the stars to the front of the roof.


5. Pull the clip out of the bird (if there is one) and attach bird to the perch with a Craft Glue Dot®.


Note: Apply 2-3 coats of paint for each color and allow dry time in between coats.


Other Glue Dots Projects:

• How to Make Cupcake Toppers for a Birthday Party
• Photo Puzzle Blocks: A Perfect Gift for (Almost) All Ages
• Make a Party Banner With Glue Dots

Disclosure: This post was written while participating on the Glue Dots design team.

Paint, Pretty Things & Bubble Wrap on a Girlie Girl Scrapbook Layout

"The Girlie Girl" 12x12 Layout

She may look like a sweet, little girlie girl, but my two-year-old is fearless (well, almost...a single strand of hair floating in the bathtub water freaks her out) and she's known to get rowdy and loud like when she discovered bubble wrap for the first time. She doesn't mind getting messy with paint and enjoys using up my leftovers. Here she is painting after I completed the layout above:

To see how I painted the background of "The Girlie Girl" layout, go check out my Tuesday Tutorial post on the ScrapTiffany blog. (Hint: It involves marbles.)

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• What Did I Learn from 28 Layouts in 28 Days?
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