When you are trying to find skills for little girls you can do broke with all the resources! But getting the girls to start a fun project doesn’t have to break the bank! When my niece arrived, she always heads right into my craft room, where I set up a little girl’s craft corner just for her. I have a selection of craft girls’ beads, found ornaments, yarn, colored paper, glue, glitter, and tons of other odds and ends. Only little girls’ crafts are nice, but my favorite was my niece’s little girl’s crafts, which she made to shape the leftovers of our Home Ideas Projects!
Our most recent home remodel involves re-tiling the bathroom. We had lots of great supplies left for my niece to make some great little girl crafts. We had tiles, grout, and a few pieces of wood to spare. My husband saw his band cut out the trick of the cross. He tiled it, grouted it, and it was amazing.
Here are the basic steps to help your niece (or your little girl) create great girly fabrics that she’ll treasure for years!
Comments:
Wooden form (hand made or bought)
Tile Grout
wet sponge
Gluten
Goggles
Tempera paint (optional – more colors optional)
Small kids crafts paint brush (optional) back
picture hook (optional)
Grout Sealant (optional)
directions:
1) You can buy a simple wooden mold at dollar stores or in the kids craft section of your local craft store. You can also do as we did, and cut your own wooden pattern for a kids craft base.
2) We had several broken tiles that we saved for my niece to use in her little girls house. He used a small hammer (wearing protective goggles) and broke them into smaller, more uniform pieces.
3) Using glue to anchor the pieces, have your girl place the tiles around the mold in a nice pattern. Make sure that the spaces between tiles are large enough to grout not too big.
4) The glued tiles are dried directly to the envelope.
5) The next day you can work on your girl’s art. Mix some grout according to the package directions and work it into the spaces between the tiles. If you prefer to have more you can mix the smoothest girls crafty some tempera paint this place to give some grout color. Wipe off the excess with a damp sponge.
6) Dry grout according to package directions.
7) When your girls’ art has dried, you can make it look bigger by painting it with tempering grout. Even if you add grout paint when you mix it, you can still decorate it if you want!
Here you can add a picture hook to the back of your girls craft and sit on the wall or use it for a drink coaster or even as a plant Trivet! Avoid getting wet if possible. If you think your girls are smart to seal your grout seal the grout.
By saving the bits and pieces that were left over from home improvement projects you can provide fodder for some awesome little girl crafts! You are only limited by your imagination!
