Tuesday 31 March 2015

Knotted friendship bracelets



Hi Guys!
It's easter holidays for us. Yay! This means chocolate and spare time and (for some of us) holidays.Hopefully I'll be able to post more, as I'll have more time than usual. Today I'm going to teach you how to make a simple friendship bracelet, made from lots of knots stacked on each other. As this is very simple you can do it in the car, or whenever you have a spare moment, and it can be packed away easily.

You will need:
-a paperclip, or a safety pin
- three or four lengths of embroidery thread, each two arm lenths long. The more colours you use, the thicker the bracelet.

1-take all your threads and fold them in half, making a knot not too far from the top.
2-put your paperclip or safety pin through the loop created, and pin to a clipboard or your trousers if you are travelling.
3-take one thread. Cross it on top of all the others.
4-then bring it under the other threads.
5-now bring it over again, and pull tight so the knot goes to the top.
6-repeat this five time with the same colour, then do steps 3-5 with another colour
7- keep changing colours till you bracelet is long enough, then knot it at the bottom, and tie around your wrist.

There you have it, your own friendship bracelet which you can give to a friend, or wear yourself until it (sadly) falls off.


By Annie

Saturday 28 March 2015

How to make a scrunchie

Hi guys!
Today i'm going to teach you how to make a fabric scrunchie which ia both very cute and very practical.
You will need:
a needle
some thread
scissors
fabric, 35cm x 13cm
a piece of elastic 16cm long
1-Cut out your fabric and elastic. fold the fabric in half widthways
2-Sew along the long raw edge of the fabric, leaving a two cm gap at the top and the bottom. Make the top and bottom of the scrunchie meet, and sew along, only leaving the gap we made at the top and bottom of the fabric.
3-put the elastic in a safety pin and thread through the scrunchy, then tie both ends together.
4-sew up the last remaining gap

Saturday 14 March 2015

How to decorate a notebook


Hi guys!
Today I'm going to teach you how to decorate any plain old notebook you have.
You will need:
A notebook
Some pretty paper
pva glue
Something to spread the glue, e.g. a popsicle stick
Washi tape

1) place a strip of washi tape along the spine to cover it up, as it is hard to paper the spine of books.
2) put the paper on top of the book. Cut the paper to the size of the book. Do this twice, for each side.
3) cover the book with the glue. Spread the glue around, then put the paper on top of it. Leave the book to dry for about 15mins. I put some heavy books on tip of it, so ther are no bubbles.
4) When the glue has dried, put any washi tape patterns you like on the book. You could also draw on it, or add any other decoration that you like.

By Annie