You will need: Glass jar of any size Small stones Potting Soil Plants of your choice* Scissors Water Decorative rocks and figurines How to: Wash the glass container in hot, soapy water. Rinse and dry completely. Create of stones on the bottom of the jar. Spoon in a layer of potting soil....
Recycled Book Rolo...
Materials Needed: Hard Cover Book Hot Glue Gun Other decorations of your choice Directions: Take one hard cover book and fold each individual book page in half. The end of the pages should now be touching the spine. All pages need to be folded in one direction. Now take any decorations...
Up-cycled Book She...
Materials Used: 2 or 3 Large but lightweight hardback books 2 to 4 2 ½ in L-Brackets for mounting Paint (optional) Glue (Tacky, Wood, or Hot Glue) White School Glue Drill Small Drill bit Screw Driving Attachment Protective Eyewear, etc… Instructions: Select 2 or 3 large, but...
Photo Frame Art
Materials Needed: Photo Frame Torn poem from a book or printed poem Piece of construction paper Decorating Wire of the color you wish to use Tape Scissors Directions: Step One: Find a poem you would like to tape to the construction paper. Print it out and tape in the middle of construction...
Angel Book Craft
Materials Needed: Book or Church Hymnal 2 in. foam or wooden ball 6 in. doily with a hole in the middle Yarn or anything for doll hair Skin colored tights Hot glue gun Instructions: Fold the first twenty pages from the bottom corner up toward the cover of the book. Each page should be...
Book Tree
Materials Needed: Hardback and Paperback Books Strand of Lights Star or Other Tree Topper Ornaments (Optional) Garland (Optional) Instructions: Stack books in a circle starting larger at the base and getting smaller as the tree gets taller. When the tree shape is formed, add a strand of...
Harvest Center Pie...
You will need: Clean spaghetti jar Twigs Pebbles Jute, raffia, or hay string Old paper or brown sacks Old book pages Instructions: Fill up clean spaghetti jar with pebbles Place twigs in spaghetti jar Wrap jute/raffia/hay string around mouth of jar; tie in bow Write messages on old paper or...
Ghost Pop-Up Book
Materials Needed: Book Scissors Pencil Black marker Scotch Tape Instructions: Find a book that has a black cover. Open the book until it lays half way open. Draw or trace a ghost on each page that is facing up. Use a black marker to draw eyes and a mouth on the ghosts. Cut the ghosts out...
Flower Pumpkin Vas...
Materials Needed: Pumpkin Flowers Knife or something to clear the insides of the pumpkin out Instructions: Carefully cut off the top of the pumpkin around the stem. Clear the insides of the pumpkin out. Carefully cut the bottom of the stems off the flowers enough that they will fit inside...
Civil War Recipe C...
Materials Needed: Card Stock (Paper) Computer and Printer Tea Water Container to hold tea Ribbon or Raffia Instructions: Type recipes on a piece of card stock paper. You can usually fit 2-3 recipes per sheet. Print them out. Cut them out. Next, fill a container half way full with...




