Tips: Keep a record of favorite paints and color combos for projects using the Popsicle stick swatches. When you go to the store, you'll have them to use to have coordinate accessories. You can hang your hot glue guns and their corresponding glues on hooks either on a wall, on a bookcase and that way you'll never wonder which glue stick goes with which glue gun. When you want to drill a hole in the ceiling to secure hooks for plants or craft projects, you run the risk of getting all that ceiling dust on your head and in your eyes and mouth. To stop that, simply put a plastic lid on your drill before drilling into the ceiling and it will catch all the dust. Do you have a drawer full of ribbons? If so, you can organize them using clothes pins. Roll them up and pin them using a clothes pin to keep them from tangling. If your ribbons are warped and tangled, you can use one very common household item to smooth them out…a light bulb. Simply turn on the light bulb, let it heat up and then run the ribbon over the light bulb to quickly smooth it out.
Directions: Sand down your table, this will help adhere the paint better. Primer has 3 colors: grey, brown & white. We use white because it will give us the look we want. Add primer all over your table for your base coat color. We’re using dark grey paint color and you need to water it down, 2 parts paint one part water. Use an old brush or cut the tips of the bristles on a new brush because it will give you the distressed look. For the first coat go back and fourth, uneven strokes are ok because it doesn’t have to be perfect. Let dry for one hour. Make sure table is dry and add second coat of paint. To achieve look use a lighter grey and dry brush, for highlight look. Also do 2 parts paint and one part water. Here is where you get artistic and can blend paint to your liking. Let dry. Get brown stain, we use waterbase wood stain. Make sure to mix 3 parts water, one part stain. Brush table with a regular brush one coat all over. You can use a rag to take of some stain, this will give you aged feel. Let dry for 24 hours. Final step, varnish table and make sure to follow directions on the clear coat varnish you buy.
Spray Paint (any color)1 roll bathroom tissue for each basketMagic Markers (to draw faces)Orange construction paper (duck and chick)Pink construction paper (bunny)1 (1-1/2') pom-pom (bunny tail)White acrylic paintSponge to apply paintMiniature flowers, pom-poms, and ribbonStraw hat for the duckGlue GunEaster grass and candies Spray toilet paper rolls desired color. Draw faces on each roll of tissue. Cut the duck or chick beak and feet from orange construction paper. Cut ears and feet for bunnies from pink construction paper. Glue ears into bunny by spreading the paper enough to snuggly affix ears in place. Glue beaks and feet in place. Sponge paint onto feet and ears of bunnies to create the appearance of fur. Push Easter grass and candies in the tube. Decorate with small flowers or pom-poms, a tied ribbon at the neck, and a hat for the duck.
