Folding bedding has to be 1 of the most annoying jobs around the house! The sheets never fold properly, the duvet never stays folded, pillow cases dissapear or fall through airing cupboard shelves etc.
A friend said to me that she puts each bedding set inside its pillowcase, this stops the problem of the above and having to hunt for bits when you change beds (especially if you have kids and its 3am after they've been sick, your trying to do it quietly and in the dark). This method means you can just grab a pack and off you go. They also sit neater on the shelves.
I have spent today doing this and re-folding all of my towels so they are in a neater pile as well. It doesn't help that my airing cupboard is really small and only has 2 shelves.
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Friday, 23 October 2015
Sunday, 18 October 2015
October 17th 2015 - paper book folding
I have spent today again trying to come up with easy crafts that are suitable for both boys and girls for my St John Cadets to do that are not the "normal" cut and stick kiddie crafts.
I have a pile of books upstairs that are going to the charity shop, so I decided to try and make a paper book folding christmas tree. Looks easy enough so I had a go.
The insctructions I found were in German so I had to hunt for some in English asn translation didn't make sense.
Anyway, take a book and remove the cover and take out about 60pages leaving the glue on the spine, the more pages you use the thicker the finished tree will be but it will take longer to do:
From here you need to start folding pages like you would to make a paper airplane! Make sure you have the spine to the left when you start as its easier. Take the top right corner and fold down to the spine and crease so its a sharp fold (I use and old store card):
Then you need to take the section and fold onto itself so that you get a thin point at the top and airplane shape, again crease so its a sharp fold:
You will notice that the bottom of the folded page sticks out below the bottom of the book, this also need folding. If you bend it down over the rest of the book you will get a fold mark, using this tuck the bottom bit upwards so that it is hidden under the 2nd fold:
Keep folding the rest of the pages in the above way (it is time consuming but worth it):
Then once you have folded all the pages you will need to staple the 1st and last pages together to make it as a cone shape and it will look like this:
It is now upto you if you decorate it or leave it plain. I am going to add a glitter paint to the folded part of each page that makes the tree and add some sparkly stars and a pom pom to the top.
please make sure if doing with children that the books are suitable incase they decide to read any of the pages! I had planned to use the books that I have upstairs for charity shop but as I made this 1 I realised they are NOT suitable and will still be going to charity shop, so I will be going to buy some more suitable ones (maybe from the kids/teens section).
I have a pile of books upstairs that are going to the charity shop, so I decided to try and make a paper book folding christmas tree. Looks easy enough so I had a go.
The insctructions I found were in German so I had to hunt for some in English asn translation didn't make sense.
Anyway, take a book and remove the cover and take out about 60pages leaving the glue on the spine, the more pages you use the thicker the finished tree will be but it will take longer to do:
From here you need to start folding pages like you would to make a paper airplane! Make sure you have the spine to the left when you start as its easier. Take the top right corner and fold down to the spine and crease so its a sharp fold (I use and old store card):
Then you need to take the section and fold onto itself so that you get a thin point at the top and airplane shape, again crease so its a sharp fold:
You will notice that the bottom of the folded page sticks out below the bottom of the book, this also need folding. If you bend it down over the rest of the book you will get a fold mark, using this tuck the bottom bit upwards so that it is hidden under the 2nd fold:
Keep folding the rest of the pages in the above way (it is time consuming but worth it):
Then once you have folded all the pages you will need to staple the 1st and last pages together to make it as a cone shape and it will look like this:
It is now upto you if you decorate it or leave it plain. I am going to add a glitter paint to the folded part of each page that makes the tree and add some sparkly stars and a pom pom to the top.
please make sure if doing with children that the books are suitable incase they decide to read any of the pages! I had planned to use the books that I have upstairs for charity shop but as I made this 1 I realised they are NOT suitable and will still be going to charity shop, so I will be going to buy some more suitable ones (maybe from the kids/teens section).
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
July 28th 2015 - book hedgehog
july 28th 2015 - book hedgehog
today we went to the local community centre for their summer activities that they hold once a week during school holidays. Todays activity was to make book hedgehogs.
My youngest son started to make his book hedgehog by folding it how he had been told, but he got bored after about 8 pages, so asked me if I would finish it for him, which I did. I added the nose and eyes with glue when we got home instead of the double sided tape.
today we went to the local community centre for their summer activities that they hold once a week during school holidays. Todays activity was to make book hedgehogs.
My youngest son started to make his book hedgehog by folding it how he had been told, but he got bored after about 8 pages, so asked me if I would finish it for him, which I did. I added the nose and eyes with glue when we got home instead of the double sided tape.
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