Crafts & Hobbies

[Rigatoni]

I just remembered some more crafts I've made. I've made cards for birthdays and holidays. I've made my own board games. Some years my brother and I made paper chains together to count down the days to Christmas; two years ago I made one by myself and drew and wrote things on the chains.
One year I made my own Advent calendar, one time I turned a cardboard box into a bed for my stuffed toys, and one year my parents and I decorated Christmas stockings for the family. Here are pictures of those.

And that makes me think...now that I know how to sew, I think it might be fun to make an Advent calendar from fabric.

I used to love making my own board games as well lol.

These are very nice btw! Did you make that Pikachu?

 

[Rigatoni]

Here's a few more shots of some homemade gifts I made in the past (a snow globe for my brother with his business logo, a manger scene ornament and the large manger model again):

 

[Multifavs]

I used to love making my own board games as well lol.

These are very nice btw! Did you make that Pikachu?

Cool! They're fun to make.
Thanks! I didn't make that Pikachu, but I did make two little beanbag Pikachus before. ^-^ Those crafts were from before I knew how to sew.

Here's a few more shots of some homemade gifts I made in the past (a snow globe for my brother with his business logo, a manger scene ornament and the large manger model again):
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Those are awesome! I think it would be really cool to make a snowglobe!

 

[Rigatoni]

Cool! They're fun to make.
Thanks! I didn't make that Pikachu, but I did make two little beanbag Pikachus before. ^-^ Those crafts were from before I knew how to sew.


Those are awesome! I think it would be really cool to make a snowglobe!

Yeah, I had so much fun making them lol. A close friend of mine and I also used to make strategy games out of army men. There were different phases you would go through, like a troop movement phase, fire phase and morale phase. =)

Thanks! I got the globe itself from a local craft store, and made the frame from basswood, which was painted to look like a Christmas present lol. I think it turned out pretty well.

 

[Multifavs]

Yeah, I had so much fun making them lol. A close friend of mine and I also used to make strategy games out of army men. There were different phases you would go through, like a troop movement phase, fire phase and morale phase. =)

Thanks! I got the globe itself from a local craft store, and made the frame from basswood, which was painted to look like a Christmas present lol. I think it turned out pretty well.

Haha the strategy games sounds like they would have been fun. I tried to do things like that with my Pokemon figures but never got far. Sometimes I pretended they were my pets and I took care of them instead, haha.

Snowglobes are nice.

 

[Rigatoni]

Haha the strategy games sounds like they would have been fun. I tried to do things like that with my Pokemon figures but never got far. Sometimes I pretended they were my pets and I took care of them instead, haha.

Snowglobes are nice.

lol really? In elementary school I did the same thing. =P One of my friends brought a toy Bulbasaur to school and started treating it as a pet. I got jealous and a few days later I ended up doing the same thing with a Bulbasaur toy I had; I made a house for him and everything haha.

 

[sunshineforJesus]

I like this!

me too,sounds good to me

 

[Multifavs]

lol really? In elementary school I did the same thing. =P One of my friends brought a toy Bulbasaur to school and started treating it as a pet. I got jealous and a few days later I ended up doing the same thing with a Bulbasaur toy I had; I made a house for him and everything haha.

Haha I'm sure that was fun. Just like what I did.

 

[Swan7]

I'm gonna make a Qiqurn... >.>
Well try to anyway... <.>

 

[Toro]

I'm gonna make a Qiqurn... >.>
Well try to anyway... <.>

TA-DA!!!!

 

[LadyOfMystery]

I'm going to assume this is crafting, so if it's not I sorry!

^ ^ ^ Has anyone ever made a sugar scrub before?

Also.... Magnets I've made magnets before and they're a lot harder than you would think to make, haha. Also I really shouldn't be allowed near hot glue guns.

 

[Multifavs]

I'm going to assume this is crafting, so if it's not I sorry!

^ ^ ^ Has anyone ever made a sugar scrub before?

Also.... Magnets I've made magnets before and they're a lot harder than you would think to make, haha. Also I really shouldn't be allowed near hot glue guns.

I never heard of a sugar scrub until now. I love the colors of those ones, though!
I made a few magnets years ago in school, but that's it. A Halloween one and a Valentine's Day one, if I remember correctly. I love those glitter magnets!

 

[Travelers.Soul]

I think this would be something great to do with old candles but then again I'd like to learn how to make my own candles anyway.

How to Melt Old Candles to Make New Candles | eHow

 

[LadyOfMystery]

I think this would be something great to do with old candles but then again I'd like to learn how to make my own candles anyway.

How to Melt Old Candles to Make New Candles | eHow

Oooh that's a great idea!

 

[teresa]

Oooh that's a great idea!

Love the salt scrub idea a lot!

When you use it to scrub your body, the salt melts in the warm shower or tub and leaves behind the oil to soften the skin.

What is the nicest kind of oil to put into the body scrub?

 

[teresa]

PS-you can use sea salt for a body scrub too!

 

[teresa]

Candle question: anyone got the idea to also use up all old candles into various designs in one glass holder?

I've got old green and red ones from holidays and other colors too.

Using the double boiler method is super easy!

(I use a double boiler to make fudge from baking cocoa powder, powdered sugar and add in Hazelnut extract or Mint extract and nuts!)

 

[MehGuy]

I like to stare at the clouds and try to see shapes in them. I also like to follow a particular cloud and see where I end up.

 

[Sif]

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[LadyOfMystery]

I forget if I've mentioned this or not but I use to make beaded jewelry, I wish I still made it.. Or had room to make it. I've sold a few pieces of it so that would be kind of neat to do again.