Plastic-bag bag!

Hey everyone! Like the new logo I made? I took a shirt that said I heart- so I covered up the bottom part so that it now says I heart art in the picture! (P.S. The logo is the place where it says what did lily make today at the top of my blog!) Anyway, I'm not sure if I already mentioned that my shool has a contest every year- the "RE-USE IT CONTEST" where the students-usually not teachers, I don't think they have the opportunity to win- but the students take recycled items and create craft projects and they have the opportunity to win. I am entering a pag made out of ironed plastic bags- I'll show a photo once I finish it today!

Bow & Arrow with pouch set

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I made a bow & arrow set out of three sticks. Then, I took a fake sword pouch and I use that to store the bow and arrow. I got the idea because I played with my friend and she had a bow so I made a bow and arrow. Here I'll list the steps to make the bow and arrow set:

In this craft case, I used the strongest tape I had.

1. Take a pretty bendy long curved stick and wash it off.
2. Then, tie a stretchy string to each end of the stick. (if needed, tape the string on)
3. For the arrow, take a long stick, as straight as possible, and put a piece of tape about 1 and 1/2 of your own hand away from the bottom so that's how long the stick needs to be.
4. Find a case to put the bow and arrow in. (not necessary)

Inspector Camera Glasses

Just now, I made two pairs of "inspector glasses" for my brother and I. They are pairs of old sunglasses which I attached plastic pepper and salt shaker lids to. On my pair of glasses I taped a glass soda bottle cap in the middle of the pepper cap. On my brother's, I put an X of two toothpicks behind the salt cap. I got the idea from the movie Toy Story Two. I really don't know what my brother is doing with them, but he's wearing them.

Watermelon Head!!!!

Here is a collage picture I made out of an old magazine that I found around the house. It has a watermellon head, a mannequin body, googly eyes, and other scraps that make up the figure's surroundings.

Jean-Bags

I checked out a craft book from the library, Make It!, by one of my favorite craft book authors, Jane Bull, and inside was a project where you could make your own jean-bag.
It just so happened that I had a few pairs of old jeans that my friend gave me, so I used one of them to make a bag.

After making the first bag, I had enough material left over to make a second, smaller bag which I use for a pencil case.

Paper Moccasins

A few days ago, I made a pair of moccasins with a few pieces of paper I found lying around. I had been wanting to do so, since at school I was reading about Native Americans and how they made moccasins.