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What materials do we need? Where will we get the materials? Who will help us when it's too hard?

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This is something we can make for kids
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This is our mascot!!!!!!
Shunya drew it!!!!!!

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Have you ever wondered what pumpkin seeds do on Halloween? No? Well they're here anyways to show you how excited they are! It's dance party time!

I've seen these diorama-style plastic pumpkins at the craft store for a few years now, but this year I saw them and right away I knew I wanted to make a Halloween diorama, kind of like the peanut valentines I made earlier this year. This is such a silly and fun craft to make - there are no rules, so you and your kids can get really creative! The battery-operated string lights inside really light up too, perfect for Halloween night!

Plastic diorama-style pumpkin

Black and orange crepe paper/streamers

Battery operated string lights

Hot glue gun

Cardstock (black, plus others if desired)

Cotton balls

Tape

Mini pom poms

Googly eyes

Scissors

Wire cutters

Beige felt

Plastic coated wire

Black permanent (optional)

Step 1
Cut two pumpkin seed shapes, about 1 1/2" tall, out of felt - you'll need two for each pumpkin seed friend you plan on making.

Step 2
Use the hot glue gun to apply glue onto the inner edge of one piece of felt, attaching the other one on top. Stuff with cotton and glue the rest of the seed shut like a pillow.

Step 3
Hot glue googly eyes onto each seed and cut small happy mouths out of black cardstock, hot gluing those on too.

Step 4
Cut pieces of wire to be the seeds' arms and legs. Hot glue them onto the back of each seed.

S tep 5
If your plastic-coated wire wasn't black to begin with, use a black permanent marker to color them black if desired.

Step 6
Use tape to hang your battery operated mini lights from the top of the pumpkin. I also taped the battery pack into the top and it wasn't visible from the front.

Step 7
It's decorating time! Cut orange and black streamers into thin lengths and tape to the inside of the pumpkin. I also taped a mini disco ball inside! Once the streamers are in place, arrange your pumpkin seed friends inside in various poses, bending their wire arms and legs. Use hot glue or clear tape to attach them inside. I also used colored cardstock and mini pom poms to make tiny party hats for them!

Happy Halloween!!

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Have you ever wondered what pumpkin seeds do on Halloween? No? Well they're here anyways to show you how excited they are! It's dance party time! I've seen these diorama-style plastic pumpkins at the craft store for a few years now, but this year I saw them and right away I knew I wanted to make a Halloween diorama, kind of like the peanut valentines I made earlier this year.

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This is our logo!!!!!
Shunya drew it!!!!!!

GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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HAHAHA!!!!!!! so cute we can sell it to lots of people, I bet they would buy it!!!!!

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So cute, I love it what about you??????

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So CUTE, works for easter too!!!!!!!!!!!

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hey look at this, we can make it for easter! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What about this!

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Valentine's Day is just around the corner! Do you have any special traditions to help celebrate? I was browsing the dollar store when I saw these plastic animals and thought they'd be the perfect party guests for a fun Valentine's Day party. I gave them a quick makeover with paint so they'd be dressed for the occasion and arranged them into a little parade. Fun, right?

I love the idea of using these every year to decorate around the house. Or, they could be fun little gifts for friends on Valentine's Day - add a little tag around their necks and they're custom Valentine's cards!

Step 1
Paint your plastic animals' base coat in white or light pink. Let dry.

Step 2
Add stripes, spots, or face details in a contrasting color. If the pattern from before is still visible, use that as a guide, or do an online image search for reference. Let dry again.

Arrange your Valentine's animals into a fun parade on your table!

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Valentine's Day is just around the corner! Do you have any special traditions to help celebrate? I was browsing the dollar store when I saw these plastic animals and thought they'd be the perfect party guests for a fun Valentine's Day party.

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Even though the weather is getting cooler everyday and peak ice cream season is mostly behind us, we love ice cream so much that we made it into a fun DIY chandelier as part of our new line of Handmade Charlotte Kids craft kits and supplies available exclusively at Michaels! The kit includes everything you need to make your very own ice cream chandelier to party every day! This is great news for all the ice cream lovers out there. :)

Each kit comes with eight skeins of colored yarn so that you can turn the pom poms into your all your favorite ice cream flavors: mint chocolate chip, strawberry swirl, cookies and cream ... need we go on? A super fun way to decorate kids' rooms, we think the ice cream chandelier goes perfectly with disco balls and bright rainbow colors. Keep reading for a closer look at how to craft your own chandelier - everything is included in the kit available online and in Michaels stores nationwide. Let's get crafting!

Foam chandelier

Pompom maker

Yarn

8 red pom poms

Paper cones

Satin cord and hanging hook

Scissors

Glue

Adhesive strips

Instructions

Step 1
The first step is to make your eight ice cream pompoms! Wrap yarn around the U-shaped pompom maker, leaving an 8" strip to the side for tying. Once you wrap all the yarn around the pompom maker, tie around the middle and use scissors to cut the yarn loops, forming a pom pom! Repeat with all colors of yarn, and trim to make the pompoms neat and round.

Step 2
Pop the foam chandelier out of the frame, including any negative space pieces, and the eight circles. As the instruction booklet shows, apply adhesive strips to the slots of the chandelier and then slide together, pressing to adhere. Place each circle into the holders as shown.

Step 3
Apply an adhesive strip to an edge on the plain side of each paper ice cream cone. Roll into a cone, and press along the adhesive to secure. Repeat for all the paper cones.

Step 4
Glue each big pompom into a cone, and then glue a mini red cherry pompom on top of each. Let dry, and then place each ice cream cone into a circle holder on the chandelier. Thread the red satin cord through the center loop of the chandelier, and attach the red hook to hang.

Pick up your own Party Everyday Ice Cream Chandelier kit here. Happy crafting!

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Even though the weather is getting cooler everyday and peak ice cream season is mostly behind us, we love ice cream so much that we made it into a fun DIY chandelier as part of our new line of Handmade Charlotte Kids craft kits and supplies available exclusively at Michaels!

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This is perfect for us!

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We should REALLY do a card making workshop!!!!!!!

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Do you like this? We can make cards with these, there're pop-up cards.

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We can make this for Benjamin, Do you agree???

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and this and so on.....

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Is anyone interested in this?

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Are your kids excited to count down to the New Year? Add a little sparkle to the celebration with this colorful Confetti Glitter art project kids can make. Glitter always makes things better right? And kids love piling it on so this project is perfect for little hands to go big on the glitter to their little hearts' content.
Confetti Glitter Art - Materials:
- Paper Tissue Confetti (or you can cut circles or shapes out of colorful tissue paper)
- Chalk Pastels
- Canvas
- Mod Podge
- Glitter
- Spray adhesive
Instructions:
Step 1. Rub chalk pastels over your canvas. Blow off the dust, allow to set for several minutes.

Step 2. Spread a thin layer of Mod Podge where you want to add your tissue confetti, layer them on. Allow to dry and set.

Step 3. Spray a light film of adhesive spray on canvas, sprinkle glitter generously on the canvas. You're done!

Look at those pretty colors and textures.

You can hang up your new Confetti Glitter art canvas to bring you good cheer and bright wishes for a happy new year!

How do you celebrate new years with the kids?

Check out festive new year crafts and treats to make and more creative projects for kids!

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Are your kids excited to count down to the New Year? Add a little sparkle to the celebration with this colorful Confetti Glitter art project kids can make. Glitter always makes things better right? And kids love piling it on so this project is perfect for little hands to go big on the glitter to their little hearts' content.

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Our Big Question: How can we make awesome store that sells awesome homemade DIY projects that the WAB community wants to buy? 

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Our Big Question: How can we make awesome store that sells awesome homemade DIY projects that the WAB community wants to buy? 

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What should we make for our 10 prototypes? (Use handmadecharlotte.com ,http://www.hellowonderful.co and sayyes.com)
How can we collect data that shows what people would be nterested in buying?

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What is our selling schedule? Will we offer workshops to make DIY stuff? When is a good time to sell our DIY things?

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How much should we sell our DIY projects for? 

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How much should we sell our DIY projects for? 

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We could sell our project for 5 to 20 RMB, or 20 to 30  RMB

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How will we advertise to our target audience? 

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How will we advertise to our target audience? 

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How do we find out what our customers want to buy and will pay for something to make a profit? 

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How do we find out what our customers want to buy and will pay for something to make a profit? 

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Who can we ask for help besides Ms. Kelly? 

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Who can we ask for help besides Ms. Kelly? 

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Ryan's dad

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Do anything and you'll love it!