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Coffee Filter Crafts
By Brenda Hyde
Coffee Filter's are inexpensive and they have many
fun and practical uses. We used the basket style
filters, which were on sale for less than $1.00 and
there were 200 in a package.
The main idea behind the following projects is
creating a tie-dye appearance on the coffee filters
before making the various crafts. You can do this
using one of these methods:
-colored water in eye droppers
-food color added to spray bottles of water
-draw designs with water color markers and mist
with plain water
We found the last method worked good for us.
Even our 3 year old was able to make her designs
by herself. We then placed the finished coffee filter
on a paper plate, misted it all over with water from a
spray bottle, then transferred it to some newspapers.
After it had dried slightly, I finished drying it with a
blow-dryer set on low speed. Once you've finished
this step you can start crafting.
Coffee Filter Butterflies
Fold and gather your colored coffee filter in an
accordion style. At this point you can wrap it
with a chenille stem and use it to form antennas.
then you can attach wiggle eyes with glue if you
wish. Clothes pins are fun too, and you can glue
an eye each side of the wood or plastic or draw
eyes with a black marker. We also experimented
with rolling a small piece of construction paper
into a tube and gluing it to the wings. This worked
out pretty neat, and is good if you run out of pipe
cleaners or clothes pins on a rainy day like we did!
Once the body of the butterfly is finished you can do
several other things. Glue a magnet on the back, glue
a popsicle stick to the body to create puppet, or if you
have a piece of wooden dowel you can make butterfly
wands.
About the Author:
Brenda is editor of Old Fashioned Living and a freelance
writer. She is also a wife and mom to three kids who
love to craft.
About The Author
Brenda Hyde is a freelance writer living on ten acres in rural Michigan with her husband and three kids. Stop by and visit her garden blog, Garden of Grace & Whimsy, and her photography blog, A Dance of Words & Photos.
SeptemberLady "Born and have lived in Southern MD most of my life. My husband and I just finished building a new home on the family farm, where I hope to retire in the near future.
My interests: Doll collecting, cookbook collector (especially old ones), antiques, family/friend get-togethers, cooking/baking, flower and vegetable gardening, bird-watching."
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