Halloween Pasta Craft

First of all, let me just mention how much I love to use egg cartons to organize my craft supplies. You can fill the egg carton with all sorts of pasta shapes for this project.


What you will need:
Pasta
Craft glue
Cardboard or thick cardstock(to support weight of pasta)
Paint (I used Acrylic, but if you have little kids doing this project you can use tempera and they will work just as good)

First, I bent my cardboard into 3 distinct sections. This will make it stand easier.
Second, I decided on my design and penciled it on to the cardboard.
Third, I applied glue over my penciled design (work in small sections so the glue doesn't dry while you are working)
Fourth, I chose my pasta pieces and arranged them on the glue design


Let the glue dry for a few hours or overnight before you start the next step.

Fifth, I painted my cardboard and pasta charcoal gray.


Sixth, I added 3 different metallic colors to the project to create a spooky effect.


And, that's it. So easy, and so fun...pasta, glueing, painting a great way for the little ones to get into the Halloween spirit.

Send me an email of your pasta creation and I will post it in my artist gallery: princesspeacrafts@cox.net

Quick Color Project

I love this project. It is so simple, all you need is a blank sheet of paper, a black pen and a box of crayons, pens or colored pencils.

For those of you craving to use color on the pen pattern diary, now is your chance.

Step One:
Using your black pen create a pattern to color in. In one continuous stroke scroll your pen around the page until you have filled it in. Your design should be random; don't over think it. Once you have your pattern be sure there are no "open" shapes. If so, close them off with a line.

Step two:
Color your shapes in.


Daniel thinks my design looks like a clown face. Do you see it?

How easy is that???

(You can refer to my color wheel when making your color scheme choices)



To add interest to your masterpiece think about using one of these color schemes:

Complementary - Colors opposite each other on the color wheel. I used orange and blue as my complementary colors, but you could also use red and green, or purple and yellow.

Analogous - adjacent hues on the color wheel. For example, red and purple, purple and blue, blue and green, etc.

Monochromatic - variations of a single hue. This can be very interesting! Choose 3 or 4 shades of the same color. For example, yellow green, green, granny smith apple, and spring green.

Triadic - Three colors equidistant on the color wheel. This is very popular with the younger crowd...red, yellow and blue.

Have fun with this quick and easy project!
What does your design look like? Send me an email of your drawing and I will post it on my Artist Gallery page. Princesspeacrafts@cox.net

Magic Scratch

Last night was a "Magic Scratch" night.

First, let me tell you what Magic Scratch is, then I will tell you about the fun filled craft event.

Magic Scratch is colorful glossy paper coated with black tempera paint. When the tempera paint is "scratched" off, with a wooden stick, beautiful colors are revealed.





The craft event last night was space themed. We used Magic Scratch bookmarks, doorhangers, and frames with "space" stencils.





We had a great turn out at the craft table. Kids of all ages had fun; the toddler set liked to scratch off all of the paint to reveal the board underneath, the elementary set really got into it with some fantastic designs; the pre-teen set even gave it a try; the adults were really interested and I think would have sat down to try it out if there had been room at the table, I should have made a table just for them.









Here are some of the "Out of this World" designs; done by the kids:













A lot of parents were asking me where they could get the supplies to do this project, at home. I bought the scratch board kits from Oriental Trading online. Here is the LINK.
You could also go to your local Art & Craft supply store; I'm sure they will have kits, probably not as big a selection as what you will find online.

"Shoot for the stars" and keep on crafting!