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Are you a camp leader, professor, or homeschool mom looking for a new arts and crafts idea for your children? Or maybe you are a recreation leader at a senior center or nursing home and could use a new project. Anyway, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting and fun for everyone. This glass box can be used, given as a present, or converted into a necklace purse.
To make the glasses box, you will need the following simple components: a square of craft foam, plastic or large blunt needles, lanyard lace or thick yarn. Cut 2 rectangles from the foam, each 3-1/2 inches (nine cm.) by 6 inches (fifteen cm.). With a hole punch, make holes on 3 sides of each rectangle, leaving one short side unpunched. Make the holes 1/2 inch from each other and allow at least 0.25 inch between the hole and the border of the craft foam. The holes ought to line up so that the 2 pieces can be tangled together. In the case that you are preparing the craft for little kids, you ought to make the holes yourself. Otherwise, the crafters can do this step if you have sufficient pairs of hole punches.
At this level the crafters can cut decorative shapes from other colors of craft foam, or you can buy sets of easy-cut foam shapes. If you are making the craft at a special occasion, like summer Bible school, choose shapes that echo the theme of the occasion. For example, if the Bible school or camp has a cowboy theme, find figures that fit well, such as boots, cowboy hats, and stars. Let the children choose the shapes they prefer and glue on as desired. You might also like to provide beads or sequins to glue on as well, especially if the crafters are a tad older.
The next step in this arts and crafts idea is to weave the plastic needle with the yarn or lanyard lace. Yarn might be a tad easier to handle, but lanyard lace is shiny and fancy. In a pinch, some teachers of small children use a bobby pin as a needle. It is certainly a safe alternative. Simply loop the yarn through the opening and use the open end of the bobby pin as if it were the point of the needle. The children can now begin to lace the front and back of the glasses box together.
To make this arts and crafts idea into a necklace purse, simply attach a piece of lanyard lace to each corner doing a long handle. Kids will have fun using this box as a place to store secret notes and small objects. If they'd prefer, they can give the glasses case to a parent, grandparent, or friend who wears glasses. Either way, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting for everyone.
