Frog Pond

This is another decoration for my fairy/whimsy garden.

Items used:

• CD or DVD
• Large plastic lid
• Decorative Stones
• Silk leaf
• Craft Scissors and/or an X-Acto knife
• Frog (purchased, or link to make a rock frog below)
• Hot glue gun and glue stick

Glue the silk leaf to the center of the CD.

Cut a hole in the plastic lid that is smaller than the circumference of the and poke holes around the edge to allow water to drain.

Glue CD in the center and glue the decorative stones around the CD. I then glued the frog to the leaf. If you want to make a rock frog instead of using a purchased frog, The steps to make the frog are here. http://craftsandcreationswithkathy.blogspot.com/2009/09/rock-frog.html

CD CAMPFIRE

I found this gem over at http://crafts.kaboose.com/cd-campfire.html and it is a wonderful play accessory for Barbie or GI Joe!

Items used:

• CD
• Dark Brown felt
• Stones
• Sticks (3-4 inches long)
• White craft glue
• Hot glue gun and glue sticks
• Small scraps of red and yellow tissue paper
• Toothpick
• Scissors
• Pen

Lay the CD on the piece of brown felt, draw around it and cut it out.

Use craft glue and smear it on the CD then glue the piece of felt on top of it.

Glue the stones around the edge of the CD on top of the felt (I started out using craft glue and switched to hot glue from a glue gun) Place sticks on in the center in sort of teepee style gluing them down with the hot glue gun as you go. Tear the tissue paper into 1-2 inch squares. Put the toothpick in the center of a piece of tissue paper and twist it around the toothpick. Dip the end in a bit of craft glue and insert it into the sticks and continue until the fire looks how you want it to.

UFO FROM DOLLAR STORE AND UPCYCLED ITEMS

Items needed:

• Large Plastic Easter Egg (you will only need the top of it for this project)
• 2 CDs
• Mini touch light (I bought mine at the Dollar Tree)
• 3 AAA batteries
• Glue Gun and glue sticks
• Cardboard (I used the side off a 24 pack of Diet Coke)
• 9001 Glue or other craft glue (to glue the CD's together)
• Aluminum foil
• Tin can or other object that is about 1/2 in around larger than the circumference of your plastic egg
• Crochet thread (or other strong thread to string through the top of the UFO)

Glue 2 CDs together using 9001 or other craft glue (I tried using a glue gun on my first attempt and would not recommend it as it did not glue evenly and it was bumpy)

Open up the mini touch light an put the batteries in seen below and then replace cover. Use a can or other item that is slightly larger than the circumferance as the egg to make a circle on cardboard then cut it out. Then place the plastic egg in the center, draw a circle around that then cut it out.

Place the circle of cardboard on the top of the egg and make the edge flush with the bottom of the top of the egg.

Use a thumbtack to make a hole in the top of the plastic egg. Thread a the crochet or other strong thread through the top through the opening and tie a knot and secure on the inside with a bit of glue.

Then use a glue gun to secure the cardboard circle to the egg around the circumference.

Cover the top of the egg and cardboard with aluminum foil then poke a hole the top and thread it through the aluminum foil.

Glue the bottom of the cardboard to the CDs with a hot glue gun. The mini touch light has a strip you can pull off to attach it to things - pull it of and secure it and you may want to use the hot glue gun or the 9001 or other craft glue to secure it to the CD's.

If you need to change the batteries, you can unscrew the bottom of the touch light from the base

that is glued to the CDs.

GLOW IN THE DARK UFO

I made this for as part Eggcellent Upcycling competition that starts May 1st at Craftster where you make something creative out of plastic Easter Eggs. This is one of the few craft projects my son thinks is cool and it has now taken up residence in our bathroom as it hangs on light fixture in there because you can close the door and turn off the lights and it glows.

For this project I used:

• Top of plastic Easter Egg
• Tealight battery operated candle from the Dollar store
• Aluminum Foil
• Cardboard (I used cardboard from a 24 pack of soda pop)
• 2 old CDs
• Glue Gun and glue
• Craft glue
• Heavy Duty Scissors (I used Kitchen Scissors from the Dollar store)
• Thumbtack
• Crochet thread
• Glow In the Dark acrylic paint

As I had all of the items on hand already, it did not cost me anything out of pocket to make.

Use craft glue to glue the two CDs together with the shiny side of each disc facing away from each other (if you have CDs with writing on the top you would glue the sides with writing together) Draw a circle on cardboard using the plastic egg, drawing around the egg and then about an inch out from the edge all the way around and then cut out the circles and put it on the egg flush against the edge.

Use the hot glue gun to glue all around the edge of the egg on at the top to glue the cardboard securely to the egg.

I then cut a length of crochet thread about 24 inches long and thread it through the battery case of the tealight, centering the thread and then tied a loose knot. You then put hot glue all around the top of the tealight (around the flame, but not on it) and put the flame through the hole in the CD and turn it upside down and firmly press the CDs in place and let dry.

Next make a hole in the top of the egg using a thumbtack and work it around so the hole is big enough that the thread can be pulled through it.

Thread the crochet thread through the hole (note - this picture is to show as an example and is from another project, the thread for this project will have the tealight/CD attached)

Cover the egg with aluminum foil (poke a hole in the center and thread the crochet thread through first and then glue it around the edges inside on the underneath side.

Paint the top and the bottom of the disc with glow in the dark paint - I used several coats and at least and hour between coats and painted each side separately. To turn the tealight, you just lift the top of the egg up and flip the switch.

***UPDATE***

I posted the How-To at Cut Out And Keep and this was featured on 4/27/09 for Kids Craft Roundup

http://www.oneprettything.com/?p=3661