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Craft Fair Crafts
Craft Fair Crafts
KUDZU CRAFT FAIR (Girl Scouts)
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>Every December, Kudzu Service Unit hosts a craft fair. Tickets are sold for
>a quarter apiece for food and crafts (see list). Each troop operates a
>booth and provides material for roughly 100 sets of their kit. Proceeds go
>to buy gifts for the DFACS foster children that the service unit is
>sponsoring. In addition they sold paper cups of drinks and sandwich bags of
>food (like 2 big cookies) for 1 ticket each.
>
>PUZZLE PIECE PIN 1 ticket
>
>Take a piece from a 100 piece puzzle (roughly an inch square)
>Paint it holiday colors (red, green, blue, gold, silver, white) - this was
>done before
>
>(probably 2 puzzles worth)
>Hot glue pin backs on the pieces
>At the fair, smear Elmers glue on the puzzle pieces.
>Add glitter, sequins, large sequins, and one jewel.
>Let dry
>
>FUN FOAM PINS 1 ticket
>
>Before the fair, cut fun foam into holiday shapes (stocking cap - red,
Christmas
>stockings - red and green, tree - green)
>Hot glue pin backs on
>At the fair, allow the kids to decorate with glue and glitter
>
>BOOKMARK 1 ticket
>
>Before the fair (end of the previous season?) purchase Christmas cards each
>bookmark
>was a Christmas card folded in thirds (so that its longer than it is wide)
>and the folded edges glued down
>You could make these fancier by having a hole punch, punching a hole in the
>top, and adding a ribbon
>
>TREE NECKLACE 3 tickets
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>Take a piece of ribbon roughly 42 inches long (if you stretch your left hand
>out,
>holding one end, the other end will be about your right ear). Best color is
>red with green, gold or white being second. You can use 1/8 inch ribbon or
>round ribbon - if you know what I mean.
>Need 10 green pony beads, one gold pony bead, and a glow in the dark pony
bead)
>Thread day-glow bead first, to middle of ribbon, then thread one end through
>again so that it wont slip.
>Thread 4 green beads on one side, then thread the other ribbon end through 4
>beads,
>then center over day-glow bead.
>Do the same thing with the row of three (double threading, then center over
>row of 4)
>Do the same thing with the row of 2
>Do the same thing with the row of 1
>Then thread the gold pony bead.
>Tie the ends of the necklace closed
>
>DMC FRIENDSHIP BRACELET 2 tickets
>
>Instructions came from DMC and used floss (red, green, and white or blue and
>gold)
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>SPOON SKATER 2 tickets
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>Before the fair: cut felt hat and scarf, ribbon for loop, doll hair lengths
>Plastic spoon. Have children draw faces on with Sharpie pens 1/2 way down
>back of
>spoon
>Take two pieces of doll hair (purchased from a store like Michaels) - rub
>between
>fingers to fluff it up, and glue one to each side of the head using Elmer's
>glue.
>With glue gun, dab 1/2 way down back of handle, then wrap blue felt shawl (1
>inch by 6 inch) around handle. You will need another dab of hot glue to
secure.
>With Hot glue, dab top of head, between pieces of hair then glue pre cut
>skater's hat (felt triangle)
>Take 2 cotton balls. Use one as the edge of the cap (sort of pick it apart)
>and the other as the ball on top
>Use hot glue to attach ribbon loop behind head. SNOWMAN 1 ticket
>Before the fair, pre-cut white material (or white on white material) into 6
>inch squares.
>Cover a tootsie roll pop with a square, fastening at the neck
>Glue on a red pom-pom nose, a felt scarf at the neck (1.5 inch by 6 inch),
>jiggly eyes.
>
>REINDEER 1 ticket
>
>Before the fair, pre-cut brown print material into 6 inch squares.
>Cover a tootsie roll pop with a square, fastening at the neck
>Glue on a red pom-pom nose, jiggly eyes, and brown pipecleaner antlers
>
>POPSICLE SANTA OR SNOWMEN 1 ticket
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>Before the fair, hot glue ribbon loops on the back of popsicle sticks,
>pre-printed white
>Let the children paint eyes, mouth, buttons (for snowman)
>Let the children paint red hat, Santa face, red Santa suit
>
>
>LACE WREATH 2 tickets
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>Take a length of 2 inch wide ribbon (about 15-18 inches long)
>Thread a 4-5 inch long piece of pipecleaner through one long side, gathering
>the lace up as you go.
>When you are done, twist the pipecleaner closed.
>Thread a piece of ribbon though the outside edge for a hanger
>
>GODS EYE 2 tickets
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>Before the fair, 2 popsicle sticks, hot glued as cross, glue ribbon loop to
>one arm
>Using yarn, thread the Gods Eye (around and over the front of one, around
>and over
>the back of the next)
>
>DOILY ANGEL 2 tickets
>
>Each angel takes a whole doily (6 inch) and 2 halves (4 inch), also 2
>quarters of a 4 inch gold doily.
>Before the fair, also cut 1 inch circles and paint them flesh colored.
>Take the 6 inch doily and fold 2 sides back to make a pie shaped wedge.
>Fold each half to form bells (sleeves), then glue sleeves to 6 inch doily,
>then draw face on circle with sharpie and glue to doilies.
>Form halo with 3 inch piece of metallic garland and glue to back of head.
>Glue 6 inch ribbon loop to back of head.
>Finally glue gold wings to back of figure.
>
>FRIENDSHIP BRACELET 2 tickets
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>This pattern used raffia and beads.
>
>CHRISTMAS MASK 2 tickets
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>Half a paper plate is the mask
>Paint with glue and let the children arrange glitter in designs.
>
>PINECONE ANGEL 3 tickets
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>Before the fair, hot glue a large wooden bead (2 inch diameter) to the top
>of each
>pinecone); pre cut lengths of starry garland for halos and paper twist
>(about 6 inches) for wings)
>Each child is given a pinecone and draws a face on the bead.
>Spanish moss is glued on the bead for hair
>A 6 inch length of pipecleaner (white) is inserted into the back of the
>pinecone for hands (bend pipecleaner in a U shape. Center of the U goes to
>the back of the
>pinecone. Each end is pulled through the pinecone petals to the front as
>hands and
>arms)
>Spread the paper twist out then twist in the center and glue to the back of
>the angel head.
>hot glue a ribbon loop to the back of the angel head for a hanger
>Using Elmer's glue, attach the starry garland as a halo
>
>CHRISTMAS BAGS 2 tickets
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>Take lunch bags and let the children decorate with pre cur traingels (3,
>diminishing
>sizes) of green print material (to form a tree) glued on the front.
>Add glue and glitter.
>For a treat, give each child a pencil and eraser to put in the bag
>
>CHRISTMAS BELLS 1 ticket
>
>Before the fair, thread a ribbon through the point of the a cone shaped
>paper cup, so there is a jingle bell inside the cup and the ribbon hanger
>outside
>Turn upside down and dip new bottom into bowl of Elmers glue
> Let excess glue drip off, then dip into bowl of glitter
>Can let children apply decorative dribbles of glue and more glitter
>Let dry
>
>HOLIDAY PINS OR MAGNETS 2 tickets
>Before fair, pre-cut 2 inch squares from posterboard and cover with metallic
>paper in holiday colors
>Also precut fun foam shapes (bells, trees, snowmen) and have bowls of
>glitter and
>metallic confetti and sequins.
>At the fair, paint the squares with glue then decorate with the shapes and
>glitter and sequins.
>Finish by hot gluing a pinback or magnet on back
>
>CORK REINDEER 3 tickets
>
>Candy Cane striped wooden dowels (very thin) are inserted into the side of a
>cork.
>This becomes the neck of the deer.
>Then glue on jiggly eyes, a red pompom nose, and berry branches (from floral
>section) as antlers
>
>NAME NECKLACE 2 tickets
>
>These were plastic letters strung on plastic lanyards
>
>BEADED CANDY CANES 2 tickets
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>Red and white tri-color beads strung on 6-8 inch pipecleaners
>The pipecleaners are then bent to a candy cane shapes
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