Supplies:

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
Wreath: Any Size

Other Materials:
Fabric: Any Color
Ribbon to Coordinate

Tools:
Foam Tools (Tuck Tool)
Scissors

Instructions:

1. Cut the fabric into 3” squares.  It takes about 90-3” squares to cover an 8in extruded foam wreath.
2. Use the tuck tool to push the center of the squares into the wreath about a ½”.  Continue tucking the fabric squares in about ½” apart to completely cover the wreath.
3. Tie a loop of ribbon around the top of the wreath for the hanger.

™*STYROFOAM is a Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company.

Supplies:

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
Ball: 2.5”
Egg: 2.5”

Other Materials:
Feather Boa: Any Color
Small Feathers: to coordinate
Felt: Orange or Yellow
Eyes: 18mm Black
Acrylic Paint: Yellow or Orange
Pins

Tools:
Design It: ® Foam Cutter
Low-Temp Glue Gun

Instructions:

1. Pin one end of the boa to the ball. Wrap the boa all the way around the ball and pin again dividing the ball in half.  Wrap the boa around the ball in the opposite direction dividing the ball in quarters.  Now fill in the ball by pinning the boa at the top and bottom in each of the bare sections.
2. Cut the egg in half lengthwise for the feet.  Paint the feet yellow or orange and let dry.  Glue the feet to the bottom of the bird.
3. Form a cone shaped beak from the felt and glue to secure.  Clip a few feathers from the front of the face and glue the beak in place.  Glue the two eyes just above the beak.
4. Glue a few small feathers to the top of the head.

™*STYROFOAM is a Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company.

Supplies:

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
Sheet: 18×2

Other Materials:
Fabric: 2/3 yard (peace theme)
Fabric: ¼ yard coordinating color
Ribbons: 1” pink, ½” pink and 5/8” peace symbol
Flower Appliques
Peace Symbol Charms
Decorative Push Pins
Mirror: 5×5”
Sticky Back Velcro
Tools:
Design It: ® Foam Cutter
Low-Temp Glue Gun

Instructions:

1. To create the two sizes of bulletin boards; cut 6” off the end of the sheet so that you have one 12×12” square and one 6×12” rectangle.  The 12×12” board can be used at home and the 6×12” board can be used in a school locker.
2. Use a pencil to draw about a 4.5” wide 5 petal flower shape in the top left corner of the 12×12 board.  Draw a 3.5” x 3.5” square 1” up from the 6” end of the 6×12 board and cut out with the cutter.  Save the cut out square for future step.  Use the cutter to carefully cut out the flower shape; be careful to cut only on the pencil line as you want the flower to fit nicely back in the cut out space.  Now cut the flower in half so that it is only 1” thick, save the other half of the flower for a future project.
3. Cut an 18” x 18” piece of the fabric and cover the 12 x 12” board.  Cut an 18” x 12” piece of fabric to cover the 6×12 board.  Wrap with fabric just like wrapping a present, gluing the fabric tightly in place at the back of the boards.  Use the tip of your scissors to snip an opening in the center of the cut out spaces.  Now cut slits in the fabric from the center to the outside edges of the openings.  Glue the fabric down inside the openings. Glue ribbon to cover the inside edges of the cut out spaces on both boards. Cover the cut out flower shape with fabric and glue ribbon around the edges.  Glue a piece of fabric to the back of the cut out spaces on both boards.  Be sure the right side of the fabric appears in the opening.
4. Cut three 1”x ½”x ½” cubes from the left over cut out square.  Cover each cube with ribbon and glue them to the inside edge of three of the flower petals on the board.  The cubes should be glued all the way into the bottom of the opening.  Now glue a small piece of Velcro to the top of each cube and to the backs of the flower petals.  Now the flower will stay in place and hide your secret stash.
5. To attach the mirror to the 6×12 board; cut two 14” pieces of ribbon, fold them in half and glue the ends together to form a loop.  Slide the mirror into the looped pieces of ribbon with the glued ends at the top.  Glue to secure the ribbon along the edges of the mirror front and back.  Glue the glued ends of the ribbon to the front of the board so that the mirror hangs in front of the opening.
6. Cut lengths of ribbon and glue to the backs of the boards for hangers.
7. Embellish your boards with ribbons, charms and appliques.

™*STYROFOAM is a Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
One: 12″ Beveled Ring/Wreath
One: 10″ Beveled Ring/Wreath

Pedestal style cake plate
Six 6″ diameter silk Gerber Daisies
Ribbon:
8 yd. 24″ length of 1 1/2″ wide sheer white polka dot
9 yd. length of 7/8″ wide sheer white stripe
3 1/4″ diameter x 9″ tall clear cylinder vase
Three 12″ long, thin, white taper candles
White sand
White spray color (Design Master® ColorTool®)
Glue gun and glue sticks
Old Newspapers

Instructions

1. In a well-ventilated, newspaper-covered area, spray pedestal cake plate white. Let dry.
2. Wrap striped ribbon around 10″ diameter ring, slightly overlapping each wrap, until covered. Use glue gun to secure ribbon end. Similarly wrap polka dot ribbon around 12″ ring.
3. Center 10″ ring on top of 12″ ring and use glue gun to connect. Place 12” ring onto cake plate. (Glue if desired.)
4. Place vase in center of rings. (Glue to cake plate if desired.) Place five of the six Gerber Daisies on top of rings, against vase and glue in place.
5. Fill vase with white sand. (Note: Decide if you want the sand to show. If not, stop filling sand  just below level of Daisies so it doesn’t show.) Twist candles into sand, either vertically or angled, as desired. Place last Daisy at base of cake plate.

Sources

FloraCraft®
(800) 253-0409
One Longfellow Place
Ludington, MI 49431
www.floracraft.com

Design Master®
(303) 443-5214
P.O. Box 601
Boulder, CO 80306
www.dmcolor.com

™*STYROFOAM is a Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company.

FloraCraft® Foam:
Balls:
One – 3”
One – 2.5”
Two – 2”
Two – 1.5”
Sixteen – 1”
Other Materials:
Acrylic Paint: orange, black
Chenille Stems: green
Tools:
Low-Temp Glue Gun
Design It: ® Foam Cutter
Paint Brush

Instructions:

1. Cut one 1.5” ball in half for the feet.
2. Paint the two 2” balls, the 3” ball, one 1.5” ball and two 1” balls orange.
3. Paint the remaining balls green and let dry.
4. For the body; glue together the 3” ball at the bottom, the 2.5” ball and then a 2” ball on top using a small piece of stem in between the parts.
5. For the legs; thread a half ball and three 1” balls onto a piece of stem repeat for second leg.  Glue in place on either side of the 3” ball.
6. For the arms; thread three 1” balls onto a stem, repeat for second arm and glue in place on either side of the 2.5” ball.
7. For the tail; thread a 2” ball a 1.5” ball and two 1” balls onto a stem and glue in place.
8. Glue 1” balls onto two, 2” pieces of stem for the antenna and glue in place.
9. Cut piece of chenille stem to create the mouth, use a dot of black paint for the eye.

FloraCraft® Foam:
Ball: 3”
Other Materials:
Acrylic Paint: bright green
Chenille Stems: orange
Wiggle Eyes: 15mm
Pompoms: ½” orange (2)
Tools:
Low-Temp Glue Gun
Paint Brush

Instructions:

1. Paint the ball green and let dry.
2. Shape stems into feet and insert and glue into the bottom of the ball.  Shape stems into antenna and glue into the top of the ball.
3. Glue a wiggle eye to each of the pompoms and glue in place on the face.  Shape a stem into a mouth and glue in place.

Red Alien

FloraCraft® Foam:
Ball: 4”
Other Materials:
Acrylic Paint: red
Chenille Stems: black
Wiggle eyes: 15mm
Pompoms: black ½” (2)
Tools:
Low-Temp Glue Gun
Paint Brush

Instructions:

1. Paint the ball red and let dry.
2. Shape two chenille stems into feet and insert and glue into the bottom of the ball.  Shape two stems into antenna and glue to the top of the ball.
3. Glue the wiggle eyes in place and glue two small stem eyebrows above the eyes. Shape a stem into a mouth and glue in place.

FloraCraft® Design It:® Products:
Desert Foam® bricks: Green, 2 5/8″ x 3 1/2″ x 7 7/8″, two
Dyed Spanish Moss
Floral / wire cutter

The Paper Company™ / TPC Studio™ “Happy Spring™” Collection:
12″ x 12″ scrapbook paper: two “May Flowers” and one “Pinstripe”

Matteboard Sticker and Rub-on
White gift bag, 4″ x 7″ x 9″
Silk floral stems: One yellow iris; three white daisies
3/8″ wide ribbon: 32″ length purple gingham and 40″ length yellow
Buttons: 1″ diameter yellow flower and 1/4″ diameter white
1/4″ paper punch

Elmer’s® CraftBond™:
Glue spots, thin small
Extra strength glue stick
Foam mounting tape
Tacky glue

X-ACTO®:
12″ rotary paper trimmer
12″ metal ruler
5″ precision tip scissors

Instructions

1. Use rotary paper trimmer to cut two 6 1/2″ x 7″ “May Flowers” and two 2 1/2″ x 7″ “Pinstripe” pieces. Use 5″ scissors to remove handles from gift bag and discard.
2. To decorate bag, apply glue stick to back of one “May Flowers” and position on bag front, aligning bottom and side edges. Apply glue to one “Pinstripe” and attach, aligning top and side edges of bag. Similarly cover back of bag. (Note: Sides of bag are left uncovered.)
3. On back of bag, use glue stick to attach gingham ribbon over seam of adjoining papers. Evenly trim ribbon with bag sides. Similarly attach ribbon to bag front. Cut 8″ length ribbon, tie into bow and diagonally trim ends. Use glue spots to attach bow approx. 2″ from left edge of ribbon strip. Layer and use glue spots between buttons and to attach to bow.
4. For handles, use paper punch to re-punch bag holes. Cut 20″ length yellow ribbon. On bag front, thread ends through holes from inside to outside of bag and knot each end. Use remaining yellow ribbon to make handle for back of bag.
5. Stack and use tacky glue to glue together 7 7/8″ sides of Desert Foam®. Let dry. Apply tacky glue to one short end of Desert Foam® and place glue-side-down into bag. Let dry. Refer to photo. Place yellow iris down into Desert Foam®, positioned in center of bag. (Trim stem end as needed for proper height, according to photo.) Add daisies to either side by pressing down into Foam. Apply tacky glue to visible Desert Foam® and cover with Spanish moss.
6. Apply “Spring Fever” sticker to matteboard tag. Cut two 6″ lengths gingham ribbon, tie into ends of tag and diagonally trim ends. Attach to lower right front of bag with two layers of foam mounting tape for added dimension.

Sources

FloraCraft®
(800) 253-0409
One Longfellow Place
Ludington, MI 49431
www.floracraft.com

The Paper Company™/ TPC Studio™
(800) 525-3196
510 Ryerson Road
Lincoln Park, NJ 07035
www.tpcstudio.com

Elmer’s® Products, Inc.
(888) 435-6377
One Easton Oval
Columbus, OH 43219
www.elmers.com

MATERIALS:

FloraCraft® Brand Products:
Gala® Bouquet Holder, 4″ x 9 3/4″, crystal handle
FloraCraft® Foam white Ball, 4″
1/2 yd. white tulle

Ribbon:
3 yd. length of 1/4″ wide white picot-edged
1 yd. 12″ length of 1/2″ wide white and pink heart
1 yd. 12″ length of 3/8″ wide pink polka dot
1 yd. 12″ length of 1/4″ wide pink gingham
14″ length of 5/8″ wide pink and white stripe

Twenty 1 1/2″ diameter pink and white sheer flowers

Elmer’s Products;
CraftBond™ Glue Tape Runner
CraftBond™ Tacky Glue
X-ACTO® 5″ Precision Tip Scissors
Rotary cutter, cutting mat and acrylic ruler

Craft pick (or something to make small holes)
Paper plate

Instructions

1. Carefully remove top of crystal section and green foam ball from Gala Bouquet Holder™. Set aside green foam ball for future use. Replace with white STRYOFOAM™ ball, using tacky glue to secure in place. Reassemble Gala Bouquet Holder™.
2. Use rotary cutter on cutting mat and acrylic ruler to cut eight 2″ wide strips of tulle. Similarly cut each strip into 2″ squares.
3. To attach tulle square, use craft pick to make a small hole into STRYOFOAM™ ball; squeeze tacky glue into hole and use craft pick to push double layer of tulle into hole. Give pick a little twist before removing. (Tip: Start in lower sections of holder working up to top of ball.) Continue until all sections are covered.
4. Use scissors to cut two 24″ lengths white picot-edged ribbon and set remainder aside. Cut all pink ribbons into 24″ lengths, except 14″ length of pink and white stripe. Apply tape runner to ribbon and attach, going from center band vertically down one spoke to base of handle. (Note: It may be necessary to separate tulle to reveal spoke.) Repeat to attach ribbons to all vertical spokes, alternating ribbon type.
5. Apply tape runner to pink and white stripe ribbon and attach to center band of holder. Trim ends. Gather all ribbons around base of handle and use remaining length white picot edge ribbon to wrap and tie into bow. Trim ends of ribbons to various lengths.
6. Refer to photo and attach flowers to centerpiece and ribbons with tacky glue.

SOURCES

FloraCraft®
(800) 253-0409
One Longfellow Place
Ludington, MI 49431
www.floracraft.com

Click here for online shopping for the Gala® Bouquet Holder

Elmer’s® Products, Inc.
(888) 435-6377
460 Polaris Pkwy. Ste. 500
Westerville, OH 43082
www.elmers.com

Supplies:

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
Ball: 3”

Other Materials:
Felt: brown, orange and red
Pompom: 1” brown (head)
Black Beads: 3mm (2)
Chenille Stem: orange
Feathers
Magnet

Tools:
Low-Temp Glue Gun
Scissors

Instructions:

1. For the body; cut the 3” ball in half.   The ball will create two turkeys; you can give one as a gift or set aside a half ball for a future project.
2. Cut a 3” circle from the brown felt and lay over the rounded side of the half ball.  Pull the edges of the felt tightly around to the back of the ball and glue in place.
3. Glue the head (brown pompom) in place about 1” down from the top of the body.
4. For the eyes, glue the black beads in place (See photo below for placement)
5. Cut a small triangle from the orange felt and glue in place for the beak.  Cut a small oval from the red felt and glue in place for the wattle.
6. Glue the feathers fanned out to the back of the ball for the tail; glue a few tiny feathers around the turkey’s neck.
7. Shape a small foot in the end of a piece of chenille stem.  Bend the stem up and cut about 2” for the leg.  Repeat for the second leg and glue to the back of the ball.
8. Glue the magnet to the back of the ball.

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STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
Sheets: 1×12x36”

Other Materials:
Scrapbook Papers: (asst. colors/patterns)
Ribbon: 5/8” (coordinating color)
2” Wood Lettering
Acrylic Paint: white, blue

Tools:

StyroCutter® Plus
Design It: ® Foam Cutter or a serrated knife
White Tacky Glue
Decorative Edge Scissors
Paper Punches
Black Marker
Ruler

Instructions

1. Use the foam cutter, serrated knife, to cut the sheet into three equal 12×12” pieces.
2. Lay out the lettering for the inspirational words across the top of the three separate sheets. Lettering should be about 2” to 3” down from the top of each sheet.  Use the marker and ruler to draw a box around each of the words.  Remove the lettering and cut the boxes from the foam with the StyroCutter®.  Follow the package instructions carefully while using this tool.
3. Use the marker and ruler to create the smaller boxes with rounded corners on each of the sheets and cut them out.  Paint all the inside edges of the cut out boxes blue or a coordinating color and let dry.  Paint all the wood letters white and let dry.
4. Lay a 12×12” piece of background scrapbook paper onto each of the sheets and mark where the boxes need to be cut out of the paper.  Cut out each of the boxes from the paper and glue the papers to cover each of the sheets.
5. Cut squares of coordinating papers slightly bigger than the cut-outs on each of the sheets.  Glue the paper squares to the backs of the sheets creating a background for each box.  Glue the words into the corresponding boxes.
6. Glue paper punch shapes inside the smaller boxes and to embellish around each of the sheets.
7. Use decorative edge scissors to cut strips of coordinating papers to embellish each of the sheets.
8. Glue lengths of ribbon across the sheets to add texture.
9. Arrange the panels on the wall.