Mina's Printables

Fun on a rainy day! The nearest thing to your place in the wilderness. Make yourself a couple of log cabins. Get busy with this paper toy project. An easy project and heaps of fun!   Download Dark Log Cabin   You will need: Paper or cardstock Scissors Tape or glue Download Light Log Cabin   How to Make the Wee Log Cabins Cut along all outer lines Fold along the lines where indicated: house walls, tabs, roof Secure the house piece with glue or tape Matching the fold of the roof with the peak of the cabin, glue or tape the roof to the cabin Happy Crafting Design by Mina Keenan

This guy measures about 11 inches and look great jiggled around and flapping about in a breeze. Halloween Skeleton Art and Craft Supplies Card  Scissors or craft knife  Awl or other pointy tool  Ballpoint pen  14 jump rings  Round nosed pliers  Flat nosed pliers Method Tracing onto card  Trace over the template shapes onto your card. You will see them indented into the card.   Cutting out  Cut out the shapes. The leg bones are slightly longer than the arm bones. Making holes Make holes at: ** each end of the limb bones ** wrist ends of hands ** ankle ends of feet ** top and bottom of skull ** shoulders ** hips  Join pieces together with jump rings.  Thread string, yarn or ribbon through the jump ring at the top of the skull. Other  Decorate with glitter glue or rhinestones.  Make a heap of them to make a mobile. Download Halloween Skeleton Template You g...

Quick reindeer decorations. Grab those cardboard tubes and get busy! Art and Craft Supplies  Printouts  Scissors  Cardboard tubes  Tape   Method  Cut along outer lines of printouts.  Wrap around tube and secure with tape.  Done! Download Reindeer Tube Wrap Have fun!

Make up some odd looking Zombie Dollies and coffins for them to stay in this Halloween! Art and Craft Supplies  A4 paper  Scissors  Tape  Glue  Black marker  White gel pen  Scraps of fabric or tissue paper  Scraps of card Method Coffins Cut along outer lines,cutting from tab edge to the next tab edge as shown in photo.  Cut the white spaces to the corners of the model as shown to make two white triangles.  Fold white tabs along solid lines, to the underside of the model.  View of right side of model.  View of underside of model. Fold along solid lines.  Decorate your model with pens Add:  Handles  Nails  Words or drawings Join white tab edges, and tape against inside of model.  Zombie Dollies  Glue Zombie Dollies onto card.  Trim loosely around the dollie...

Jotter Pads from Scrap Paper Mr Helpful Man comes in from work with A4 paper that is due to be scrapped. I use this stuff for drawing/sketching ideas, test prints and letting the Grandkids run riot with crayons and the like. Try making these really useful wee memo pads or jotters for your home or workplace. (My friends love 'em!) A4 Scrap Paper Art and Craft Supplies A4 scrap paper Scissors/knife/guillotine Clamps White glue Brush Method Cut the A4 pages in half widthwise, then lengthwise (yield is four (A6) jotter pages from one A4 page Clamp pages together Stack pages together lining them up fairly straight on one side (this will be the side you will glue) Hold pages together with wood clamps Apply white glue to the clamped edge Brush white glue along the edge making sure to cover well. Leave overnight to dry Other For really good jotters, apply another layer of white glue once the first one is dry Shopping, ideas, lists... and more Plonk on...