I recently took 'inventory' of what craft supplies I have on hand so I can put some projects together for the kids to work on gifts this year. Some of this stuff I have no idea what to use it for! I was hoping all you crafty readers could make some suggestions, so here's a list of the supplies I have excess of, or don't quite know what to do with this year. Any suggestions are appreciated. Anybody else have a closet full of stuff they could use suggestions for?
Thanks for the help! Dawny
19 gold painted wooden 8x10 frames w/no glass
plant moss
~10 plastic easter buckets
17 small Xmas plastic containers with lids (ok for food)
batting
tile (whole and broken)
grout
floral picks w/wire
floral tape
glass jewels, some clear, some with metal backs
taper candles, ~8 new, ~10 used
2 foam blocks, 1 ball
valentines picks
brown, orange, purple pipe cleaners
red, green, white poms of various sizes
5 small metal frames
plaster of paris (tub)
baby bottles, pins, rattles, shoes (cake decor size)
bookmarks
stamps & ink
paint
fake leaves (maple shape in fall colors)
candle wax in block and beads (may use in votives)
wood clothespins, skewers, lt switch cover, squares
2" birds and 4" grapevines
Xmas pictures cutout from magazines (for decoupage)
paper mache eggs
lace
fabric (lots)
rag garland
aquarium rocks
binder clips (lots, many sizes)
~26 aluminum mini loaf pans
4 aluminum pie pans
2 aluminum cake pans with foil/cardboard lids
4x6 acrylic frame
clear snowman jar w/removable 'head'
6 tiny clay pots
1 small glazed clay pot
2 rolls garden wall border
6 zipper pockets (for notebooks)
2 sheets magnets (may make photo magnets)
small round doilies
4 small cardboard boxes with photo insert space in lid
3 wooden star ornaments with photo insert space
paper cupcake liners
cream stationary (about 6x8), no envelopes
gold spray painted nuts
confetti
wooden shapes, mostly about 2 wide
hair barette backs
fimo clay for beads
3x5 and 4x6 index cards
stickers (LOTS)
tshirts, various sizes
stencils
baskets, various sizes
small decorative boxes with lids, about 5 wide & 2 tall
various boxes
empty jars with lids (many sizes - no baby food jars)
toilet paper tubes (about 100)
mini birdhouses on a stick
clear glass ornaments
evergreen vine
There is so much stuff that I am overwhelmed. For the frames, you can frame your children's favorite artwork and papers they bring home from school. Let the children decorate the frames with some of that stuff, and hang the framed works in their rooms. With the jars, you can decorate them by covering the lids with the fabric and fill the jars with anything you please-can use for your desk to store small things, use for Christmas when giving away hot chocolate mix, etc. You can use the stencils to decorate packages wrapped in packaging paper such as birthday presents rather than buying expensive wrapping paper. There is so much more that you can do but there are some ideas.
