
February 2021 Craft Corner: Round Box Snowman
Time to Complete: 6 hours
Skill level: Intermediate
Cost: $30
Instructions:
Paint round cardboard boxes. Add face, scarf, ribbon and buttons.

January 2021 Craft Corner: Dollar store snowman candle
Time to Complete: 30 minutes
Skill level: Beginner
Cost: $2
Instructions:
Purchase a tall jar pillar candle from a dollar store. Remove the outside labels. Paint on face. Tie on a scarf from a piece of fabric.

December 2020 Craft Corner: Wine Cork Christmas Tree
Time to Complete: 2 hours
Skill level: Beginner
Cost: $6
Instructions: Glue corks onto a styrofoam cone. Add star to top.

November 2020 Craft Corner Scarecrow
Time to Complete: 2 hours
Skill level: Beginner
Cost: $8
Instructions:
Paint a clay pot for the base. Glue a small, round glass vase/fishbowl to the upside down clay pot. Paint a scarecrow face onto the glass vase. Fill the glass vase with moss/raffia/straw. Cut out a circle from burlap. Glue moss/raffia/straw around the top of the vase. Using jute or string, attach burlap around the top of the vase to make the hat.

October 2020 Craft Corner: Frankenstein Bowling Ball
Time to Complete: 4 hours (Mostly drying time!)
Skill level: Beginner
Cost: $6
Instructions:
Paint the bowling ball
with a primer or gesso. Paint entire ball
green. Repeat. Paint the hair on top black
and using the 2 finger holes as eyes-white.
Repeat. Paint stitches.
Use anything you would like
as the bolts. I used old foam curlers
and painted them. Hot glue them
to the bowling ball.

August 2020 Craft Corner: Chalkboard Made from a Cupboard Door
Time to Complete: 6 hours
Skill level: Intermediate
Cost: $20
Instructions:
https://snapguide.com/guides/make-a-chalkboard-from-a-cabinet-door/
July 2020 Craft Corner: Paper Wreath
Time to Complete: 12 hours
Skill level: Intermediate
Cost: $2
Instructions:
June 2020 Craft Corner: Mini Flower Pots Wreath
Time to Complete: 4 hours
Skill level: Intermediate
Cost: $30
Instructions:
May 2020 Craft Corner: Garden Angel
Time to Complete: 1 hour
Skill level: Intermediate
Cost: ??? Used items found over several years in antique stores,
flea markets, resale shops and garage sales.
Instructions:
Base of angel is an old wooden shutter. Wings are pieces from a picket fence.
Arms are wood canes.
Head is a vintage kitchen utensil.
The halo is made from rusty wire.
We drilled holes and attached all items with screws.
The head kitchen utensil had a handle so holes were drilled
into the top of the wood shutter
in order to wrap wire around the handle to attach.
Any item can be added to her hands for her to hold something.
Be creative and use anything you can find!!
April 2020 Craft Corner: Easy Tie-Dye Easter Eggs
Time to Complete: 10 minutes
Skill level: Beginner
Instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW_aXK4CDx8

March 2020 Craft Corner: Wood Bookmarks
Time to Complete: Several Days | Skill level: Intermediate
Instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dYar0duqsY

February 2020 Craft Corner: Scandinavian Ribbon Heart Wreath
Time to Complete: 2 hours | Skill level: Beginner | Cost: $20
Pattern/Instructions in the book: Scandi Christmas
Shelf Location: 745.59412 M996s 2017

January 2020 Craft Corner: Mitten Garland
Time to Complete: 10 hours | Skill level: Intermediate | Cost: $20
Instructions in the book: Scandi Christmas
Shelf Location: 745.59412 M996s 2017

November Craft Corner: Wool Acorns
Time to Complete: 4 hours | Skill level: Intermediate | Cost: $3/dozen
Instructions: https://www.instructables.com/id/Making-Needle-Felted-Acorns/

December 2019 Gnome Tree
Time to complete: 1 hour | Skill level: Beginner | Cost: $20+
Pattern/Instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjmvOiSPMa4