Though we love to recycle old bottles or tins for crafts, they are often covered with labels which are sometimes hard to take off. The easiest way to do this is to fill a washing-up bowl with some warm water and soak the bottle in the water for ten minutes. The label should peel off very easily.
Or you might want to try applying a thick coat of cooking oil onto the label. Let the oil soak in overnight. Peel the label off. You may need to reapply oil onto sticky or partly dissolved glue that remain. Once the label is completely removed, wash with warm soapy water. You’ll get squeeky clean bottles or tins 😀
We set up a Christmas tree in the studio the other day and the kids wanted to help with the decorations. Let me tell you something… we haven’t get any ornaments YET!
BUT that did not stop the kids from decorating the tree! Look what happened…
Guess what? They took the craft samples and put it on the tree!
Trying to chuck in as many crafts as possible…
Showing off what they gonna put next..
There! Our one of a kind – Craft Christmas Tree! 😀
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Today we are going to make a different kind of art. An art that requires the use of candle and flame. This requires close supervision of an adult. NEVER let your kid do this unsupervised.
Candle Polka Dots
First, I demo to my son how I lit a candle and let the wax drip on the art block.
Once I’m confident that he understands, I let him try.
He then paint the art block with various colours
Light a candle and let the wax drip on the colours.
Use a sponge and paint the whole art block with a darker color. We use black 🙂
Once the paint dries, use a coin to scrape off the candles and you’ll get beautiful dots of colours!
A beautiful work of art 😀
Coming up – See how we use the same technique to create a Christmas themed art 🙂