How to make Shrinky Dinks

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees
• Place a sheet of Shrinky Dinks paper rough side up.
• Design, draw, trace, or rubber stamp a design on the paper.
• Color in your design and cut in out.
• Punch a hole if you want to use it for a keychain, ID Tags, Charms, jewelry or pins.
• Line a cookie sheet with foil or brown paper.
• Place Shrinky Dinks on sheet, color side up.
• Bake for approximately 3 minutes. Watch them shrink!
• Remove from oven and let cool.

How to make Knitted Beanie Hats

• Materials Needed: Loom, pick, yarn, needle
• Step One: Wrap yarn around the peg that is on the bottom of the ring and secure a slip knot.
• Start wrapping your yarn from the first peg and wrap around clockwise once. When you get to the top continue to wrap onto the next peg in the same clockwise manner. Continue around until all of the pegs are wrapped. Slide the yarn towards the bottom of the peg and do another row of wrapped yarn around the pegs again.
• Anchor your yarn on the bottom peg.
• Using the pick, life the bottom yarn over the top row of yarn and over the top of the peg. Continue with each peg. That is your first row of knitting.
• Unhook your yarn and start again by looping another row around the loom. Again, you will have two rows. Anchor again and then use your pick to wrap the bottom yarn over the top yarn and the peg.
• Continue until the desired length of the hat.
• SMALL: 6-7 inches
• MEDIUM: 7-8 inches
• LARGE: 8-10 inches
• Thread your needle with a strand of your yarn, about 16 inches in length
• Starting with the first peg, run the needle and yarn through the loops on each peg, next lift the loops over and off the pegs. Make sure that the needle and yarn go through each peg and that the loops are all off the pegs.
• Pull the yarn tight into a small circle to close off the top of the hat and tie a square knot.

Buckets Of Fun

• 1 paint pail any size
• Glue
• Decorated Craft paper
• Scissors

Buttons, embellishments and whatever creative things you want to stick on according to your theme. Fun Ideas: Birthday Party Invites. Pirate in a Pail. Baking Party. Soccer Gear Pail. Game Day Pail. Thanks for Volunteering at the school. Teacher Appreciation. Baby Shower. Wedding Shower. Wedding Night Gift Bucket. Bucket for the Car (Wrap with white paper and fill buckets with crayons then let your child decorate while you are on a long road trip.) Bucket for matchbox cars. Hair Bucket. Sleepover Gear. Beauty in a Bucket.

Candy Caramel Dip For Apples

• 2 pkg. whipped cream cheese
• 1 c. brown sugar
• 1/2 c. white sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 pg. Heath Bar toffee bits

Mix all ingredients together and chill.

Candle Wax Crisis

Are you Having A Candle Wax Crisis?!

Candle wax spilled on your carpet over the holidays? After the wax has cooled, scrape off as much of the hardened wax as you can, using a dull knife.

Place a couple of white paper towels over the remaining wax and carefully run a warm iron over the area. Take care for your carpet that is not covered with paper towels. Repeat the process, using clean paper towels each time, until all the wax is gone. To get rid of any remaining residue, apply a bit of dry-cleaning solvent such as Throe and blot.

Sanitary Sponges

How to Make your Sponges Sanitary!

Do your sponges smell of mildew? To sanitize them, mix 1 quart of water with 3 tablespoons of household bleach. Soak for five minutes, squeeze excess water out, and let air-dry. Use different color sponges for different tasks, for example one for dishwashing, another for wiping counters. It is best to toss out sponges after three – six weeks, depending on use.