Our first Craft Day!

We had a great time last Saturday morning doing our crafts! I got a report from at least one happy hubby about the finished products.;)

Let me know what you'd like to do next and when you'd like to do it. Tentatively, maybe we can plan on something for May? Summer/Americana themed? Ideas?

Thanks, everyone!

So how do I sign up and all that?

Here are some instructions for letting me know which crafts you would like to do and how to pay for them:

Deadline

Sunday, January 27, is the last day to sign up for your crafts and pay for them so I can get the supplies in plenty of time.

Signing Up

Sign up by leaving a comment on this post with your first name and last initial and which crafts you want to do, plus any specific requests (such as twine color for the eggs). If you are not comfortable with that, I will have the Relief Society send out my email address for you to contact me. If I am really with it, I will make a sign up sheet to go around to Relief Society and the other auxiliaries. 

Payment

Pay me directly, preferably by check for easier tracking. If I don't have your money, I won't be able to get your supplies.

Canceling

If you sign up and pay me money, let me know ASAP if you have changed your mind. It's possible that I won't be able to refund you if I have already ordered the supplies--for instance, I will be ordering the bakers twine online and so can't return the portion you would have used. But with enough notice maybe someone else will take your supplies. Or, of course, if you just can't make it to the activity that morning, I can give you the supplies and some instructions.

Craft Day Saturday, February 9

Our first craft day is coming up!

When: February 9, 2013

           9-11 a.m.

Where: My house

           (This is a public blog so I won't include my address-- contact me if you need it and we will announce it at church as well.)

These are the crafts I've chosen to do. I selected them according to the feedback I got from you.

Yarn Wreath

You can use a neutral color yarn to make this a wreath you can use all year round by changing out embellishments.

Cost: $4 for the straw wreath
You provide: 1 skein yarn of your choice; felt of your choice if you want to make embellishments (I used the squares of colored felt you can buy at craft stores)
Time estimate: 45 minutes to 1 hour to wrap the wreath, more time to make the embellishments depending on what you do

Bakers Twine Eggs

These are a pretty Easter decoration!

Cost: $1 per egg for the bakers twine for the small eggs, $2 per egg for the jumbo-- I am hoping that if we get enough people doing this, I can find a better price for the twine
You provide: Old Easter eggs, close to the color of the twine you choose to use
Time estimate: 15 minutes per egg

The colors I used are yellow/white, pink/white, green/white, and blue/white. You can tell me the colors that you want and we will do our best to get them for you.

Magnetic Chore Charts

Make these into chore charts or a magnetic chart of any kind for you or your kids.

Cost: $8 includes the wood for the board (if you want dark brown, white, or black, I can possibly paint them for you ahead of time), the sheet metal, magnets, and wooden nickels for the magnets
You provide: 3 pieces of coordinating craft paper. At least one must be a 12x12"; the others can either be 8.5x11" or cut down to that size.
Time estimate: After I do the prep work :), probably the whole two hours and then some. But so worth it, don't you think?

Tentative January Crafts

Here are some ideas we have for January's craft day. Put your feedback in Comments so that we can either use your idea in January or save it for another craft day.

Magnetic Chore Chart

Estimated completion time: At least one hour
Cost: $8
You provide: One piece of 12x12 scrapbook paper in a cute print, one piece of 8.5x11 scrapbook paper (or cut down to that size) in a light color so printing will show up clearly on it, one piece of 8.5x11 scrapbook paper (or cut down to size) in a coordinating color or light print for the magnets. I will send you documents to print off on your computer before coming to the craft day.

A great way to get kids going on chores, even if they can't read! This could also be used as a base for any other magnetic chart if you don't need chore charts--like for menu planning or calendaring, etc.

Yarn Wrapped Wreath with Felt Roses

Estimated completion time: About 2 hours
Cost: $5
You provide: A skein of yarn in a color of your choice (although neutrals like white, off-white, brown, gray, and green would work best); embellishments to put on your wreath (we will provide different colors of felt and instruction for making felt roses, but if you want something different than that, bring it yourself)

This craft is great because you can use the same wreath and change out the embellishments according to the season/holiday. I sewed alligator hair clips on the back of my rosettes so I can change them out. Search the web and you will see how you can use your one wreath for the whole year! We will make more of these embellishments in other activities through the year if people want.

The first picture is my very simple "winter wreath." Below are other images for upcoming holidays that I snagged off of Google images. You see how you can do anything? Here is a link for a tutorial on how to do this:
A wreath for all seasons tutorial

Baker's Twine Eggs

Estimated completion time:  Probably 10 minutes per egg? I won't know until I do it myself.

Cost: Not sure yet, but not more than $10 and hopefully closer to $5 or less for a dozen.

Easter Egg Advent Activity

Estimated completion time: Less than 1/2 hour
Cost: Less than $5, perhaps significantly less-- free if you can scrape together some old plastic eggs and the things on the list at home.

I think this would be wonderful for children, especially the really little ones. You can get more information here:
Easter Egg Advent Activity

Or,

"The Living Christ" Easter Advent Activity

Estimated completion time: Don't know at this point, but not significant
Cost: Probably just the cost of printing, so pretty low depending on how we print it

The Living Christ 30-day Countdown - This blog has detailed instructions and a PDF of the activity, so you can do it at home without putting it together on craft day.

Egg Dying Class

For our free class, we thought we could show how to go beyond the standard egg dying and do some really cool stuff. Let us know if you know how to dye eggs in a cool way and maybe you can share your talent.

Starting up

Quarterly Craft Activities

We had a great time at our Super Saturday in October! We now hope to have a quarterly craft day (probably a toned-down version of Super Saturday). The next one will be in mid to late January.

Come -- even if you don't craft!

We want this to be a time to be together with friends. Crafting, for those who choose, is just the icing on the cake! Bring friends with you, whether they are members of our church or not.

It doesn't have to cost anything!

We don't want anyone feeling compelled to buy anything (or make something you won't even use). We will have a free class each time to teach a skill, and you can always learn to make one of the paid crafts and do it later at home when you're ready.

Get involved!

Please use this blog to see which crafts we are planning, and use the comments section to make suggestions on current or future projects. We want your ideas, and we want volunteers to teach crafts and skills!