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Keep the focus on the simple delights of the Holiday season with a lot of artful snowflake crafts. What could be more beauteous than simple decorations for a setting that is unassuming, honest, welcoming and warm? And what could be less sophisticated than a snowflake? It’s an effigy that let’s us travel to the days of our Christmas youth and all the years in between. Here are a few ideas that I have for you to fetch the snowflake into your Holiday decorations by painting them on fabrics and much more! You’ll even find a lot of tips on making distinctive gifts for giving. Snowflakes are always six sided. So, to make paper snowflakes you need to fold the paper for a finished design with 6 symmetrical extensions. First, fold a piece of paper starting with the top right corner making sure that the top edge of the paper and the right side are lined up. Cut away the paper that is not in the folded area. Bring the two points on the folded side together and mark the center. From the unfolded point, measure 3 and 1/8″ along either side and make a mark. Draw two lines from the center mark on the fold to each of the marks on the unfolded side and fold along each line. It seems elaborated for just a paper snowflake but once you see how it’s done you’ll find that it’s easy to just fold without measuring. For the snowflake crafts projects you will need to create a snowflake cutout and a stencil. For cutout paper snowflakes, fold the paper and cut away a few pieces. To cut openings along the side, use a scissors but if you want to create a more elaborated design, use a craft knife to cut openings in the center of the folded paper. I find it best to sketch out a design plan before I begin cutting. Unfold the paper conservatively and flatten for your snowflake cutout design. Create a stencil by tracing the snowflake design on to a sheet of paper or stencil film (for a permanent, multiple use stencil). Cut out the design with a craft knife. It’s like creating a negative. Now that you have a snowflake stencil and a cutout, you’re ready to commence having fun creating some extremely pleasing crafts. If you need a dissimilar size, you may put the designs on a copy machine and reduce or enlarge the size to fit your project area. Set a distinguishable and festive Holiday table this year by embellishing cloth napkins. I found a great pack of colorful cotton napkins at a discount section store and painted a little snowflake in the corner. When the napkin is folded or strung through a napkin ring, the snowflake is the centerpiece. Make sure to find a napkin that is made from a smooth fabric that does not have a texture to it. You may find fabric paints at your local crafts supply store. When applying paint to the napkin through the stencil use an up and down, dabbing motion to employ paint to the fabric. A back and forth motion with the brush will push paint under the stencil and smear your image. Use a brush made for stenciling. Foam brushes work well too. Keep the brush on the arid side. A brush loaded with too much paint may cause paint to seep beneath the stencil. Heavier color is achieved by applying various light layers of color with drying time in between. Along with the “less is more” theme, I tied my napkins with a thin rope chord and glued a couple of wooden Christmas trinkets to each end rather of using a imagination napkin ring. I noted that you may find fabric paints at your local craft supply store, but if you are not capable to find these, regular acrylics work well too. However, they may not wash as well and tend to be a little stiffer when dry. Good golly – let’s get jolly! Do you like to wear your Christmas spirit? Then paint a good deal of snowflakes on a t-shirt or sweatshirt. Maybe you know someone who likes to wear Christmas art. Then make a wearable gift for them. Paint assorted snowflakes throughout the front. Use a dissimilar color for each and then top it off with a lot of spray glitter. There is so much you may do with simple snowflake crafts. When we picture snowflakes, we in general think of simple kids crafts. But snowflakes may be classy. Consider embellishing a cloth wine bag with a painted snowflake. You may find plain bags at most of your discount stores and the plainer the better. Just secure your stencils in place and tap on a little paint. I found some that were green and red velvet with gold tie cords and tassels. I painted two or three snowflake designs on one side in gold paint. Then I sprayed a very light coat of gold spray glitter. Slide a nice bottle of wine inside the bag and you have a fine gift for your favored wine connoisseur. Stencil a snowflake on the corner of a nice linen handkerchief. You may give it as the gift itself or wrap a treasure inside. I like to hang them over the side of a basket and fill the basket up with goodies like the one pictured above which is overflowing with red and green apples. I like to browse the flea markets and thrift stores to find vintage hankies. They lend an old world feel to your snowflake crafts. Well, I know you are ready to get started on numerous snowflake crafts. I hope this info inspired you to give rise to a heap of fantasti Christmas art! |
