Recently, I've been doing loads of D.I.Y projects, random things like creating a paint bubble print (I will show you how to do this later!), a coloured tea light glass and valentines day paperchains -which my best friend Solene first made to put in her amazing room! I don't quite know what has taken hold of me really, but it is a good way to pass the time. I will do 1 post every month that will have D.I.Y projects in it.
So I'm going to show you how to do a few of your own projects that will -hopefully- entertain you.
1) Bubble Print! :)
You will need:
- A baking tray
- A piece of canvas or good printing paper
- Liquid food colouring
- Washing up liquid
- A straw
- A pin
- Put 1/2 cm of washing up liquid in a baking tray.
- Add 5 drops or more of food colouring, stir well.
- Poke a small hole near the bottom of the straw.
- Using the straw, blow into the mixture to form bubbles.
- Now, decide if you only want one colour or two... (if you want 2 colours, skip to number 8)
- One colour only- Take the paper/canvas and lay it gently on top of the bubbles.
- Press down gently then peel the paper off the mixture and leave to dry.
- Two or more colours- only lay a section of the paper down on the bubbles and press lightly, choose 2-3 sections on the paper and do the same.
- Wash out the baking tray and repeat instructions 1-4 with a different colour.
- Do the same thing as number 8 and repeat as many times as you wish, then leave your art to dry! :)
You will need:
- 2 glow sticks (per jar)
- A jam jar/glass jar + lid
- Silver glitter/'fairy dust'
- Snap the glow stick and put the inside into the jar.
- Pour in some glitter (it's up to you how much!)
- Seal the jar with the lid and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
- Turn out the lights and enjoy your glowing creation! :D
You will need:
- A plain mug
- Some sharpies/permanent markers
- Preheat your oven to 175 C, 350 F or gas mark 4.
- Draw your design in pencil on the mug -make sure it's faint.
- Go over it in sharpie and colour in anything you need to.
- Put the mug in the oven for 30 minutes.
- Take the mug out and let it cool! :P
4)Awesome Easter Eggs!
You will need:
- Some eggs
- Some leaves, flowers and bits of plants
- Muslin
- String
- A pan + water
- Using a little brush of water, stick the plants onto the eggs.
- Boil a pan of water.
- Carefully wrap the eggs tightly in muslin and tie with string.
- Boil in the water for 10 minutes then remove.
- Take off the muslin and peel off the plants.
- You will be left with beautifully patterned eggs! :o
You will need:
- A plastic bottle (cola or sprite etc)
- Cheap wax crayons, 8-10 per each colour. (you'll need about 3-5 colours)
- Scissors
- Pan
- Braided cotton
- Put one colour of wax crayons in the pan and heat them, make sure they don't have any paper on them.
- Once melted, pour them into the bottle. As you pour put the length of cotton firmly in it and leave to cool.
- As they set, melt the second colour in the pan and pour into the bottle on top of the other color, pulling the cotton up, taught so the wax sets around it.
- Repeat steps 1 & 2 with the different colours but don't reach the bottle neck, (remembering to pull the cotton taught as you pour the wax in and as it sets) and leave the whole thing to cool in the fridge for a while.
- Take the bottle out of the fridge and cut from the bottle neck down to the top of the candle.
- Pull apart the plastic and tear the bottle apart away from the candle.
- Make sure only about a cm of the cotton -which will act as the wick- is coming out of the candle.
- Viola! You have a pretty, layered candle! ;)
Abby x
PS- I have said on MyStyle but my friend Sophie has started a really entertaining blog that you will enjoy! Please check it out by clicking here! Thanks!
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