Scottish Highland Cow

Scottish Higland Cow

Supplies: Craft foam, fake fur, chenille stems, felt tip pen

How To: Cut head out of tan craft foam.  Glue on a small bit of fake fur and two pieces of chenille stem for the horns.  Add nostril details with a felt tip pen.

Created For: Thinking Day 2012



Nessie the Loch Ness Monster

Nessie the Loch Ness Monster

Supplies: Craft foam, glue, felt tip pen

How To: Cut wave and Nessie shapes from craft foam and glue together.  Add eye detail with a felt tip pen.

Created For: Thinking Day 2012

Greek Fishing Net

Greek Fishing Net

Supplies:  tulle, shells, marbles, small rubber bands

How To: Cut the tulle into rounds (I used a small saucer to measure this so that they were all about the same).  Place your shell and marble in the middle and wrap the tulle around it and secure with a small rubber band (found in the hair styling department).

Created For: Thinking Day 2011

Medusa Head

Medusa Head

Supplies: yarn, pop tab, gem stones, glue (tacky)

How To: Cut green yarn into lengths about 2-3 inches long.  Using a lark's head knot (need a little refresher on how to make this check out this tutorial from e-how) tie about ten lengths of yarn to the top of the pop tab.  This will be Medusa's snake hair.  Glue on two gem stones (any color will work) for the eyes and your swap is complete.  I tried to use hot glue for this one at first and because the stones are so small it was very difficult.  I would recommend using fast grab (purple) or quick dry (silver) tacky glue.

Created For: Thinking Day 2011

Katta Villayatu Game from India

Katta-Villayatu Game

Supplies: Game boards (pattern below), mini ziptop bags, craft foam in white and orange, single hole punch

How To: Print the game boards on card stock and cut apart.  I printed these on green cardstock so that the colors of the Indian flag would be represented in the swap.  Use a hole punch to make small circles of white and orange craft foam (white represents dimes, orange represents pennies).  Place three circles of each color and the game board in a small zip top bag (these can often be found in the jewlery department).

Background: The game Katta-Villayatu is like an Indian version of tic-tac-toe.  You can learn more about this game at The Hindu, India's national newspaper.

Created For: Thinking Day 2010



Peacock, National Bird of India

Peacock, National Bird of India

Supplies: Craft foam, sequins, sharpie (black and silver), glue (tacky)

How To: Cut the peacock shapes from craft foam (pattern below).  Stack and glue together (I used fast grab tacky glue for this project).  Add details using the sharpies (silver for the crown feathers and black for the eyes).  Glue sequins around the tail, layering different colors for added effect.

Created For: Thinking Day 2010

Kite for Indian Kite Festival

Kite for Indian Kite Festival

Supplies: Craft foam, tooth picks, curling ribbon, string, glue

How-To: Cut kite shape from craft foam (pattern below).  Break toothpicks to fit and glue onto craft foam.  This adds to the difficulty level of the swap, but it makes for a much cuter finished product.  Add a curling ribbon tail and a string (I used crochet thread for the string).

Created For: Thinking Day 2010