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Has anyone else been falling in love with llamas lately? We can’t get over how happy and cuddly they look! Today we’re combining our love of llamas with one of our favorite versatile craft supplies: paper plates! This project was such a fun one to do because once we assembled all the blank llamas we grabbed a few shades of Delta Ceramcoat® Acrylic Paint and got creative. All 22 shades and 6 brand new Flash Metallic shades are available in the craft aisle at Target – it doesn’t get much easier than that!
We especially love the coverage from Delta Ceramcoat paints – the matte formula is so rich and creamy and covers wood, terracotta, plaster, and paper with no problem at all. We always seem to have a huge pile of extra paper plates around, but if you don’t already have them on hand make sure to grab a pack or two from Target when you’re picking out your shades of Delta Ceramcoat paint. Paper plates in a couple of different sizes are perfect so that you can make small and big llamas like we did!
Step 1
Cut your paper plate in half. One half will be for the body and the other half is for the head, legs, and tail. First, use the pencil to draw a simple llama neck and head along the cut edge of the paper plate as shown.
Step 2
Cut out the head and use the remaining paper plate scrap to cut out 4 legs and a tail – the legs are just rectangles with rounded ends and the tail is a small raindrop shape.
Step 3
Use the hot glue gun to assemble the llama, gluing the head, legs, and tail onto the back of the body.
Step 4
Time for the fun part – pick out a few shades of Delta Ceramcoat Acrylic Paint and apply onto the llama to make a face, ear details, a blanket for it’s back, and even a collar if you like. Let dry.
Repeat and make lots of llamas! Use washi tape to stick them onto the wall for fun party decorations or even glue a popsicle stick to the back and use it as a fun puppet.
Find Delta Ceramcoat® Acrylic Paint at Target in 22 colors and six new Flash Metallic colors at Target in the craft aisle or at Target.com. We think these llamas would be extra cute with metallic bells and tassels too!!
And make sure to follow Plaid on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and YouTube to learn all about exciting new products and fun ways to use them!
Happy crafting!
This post is sponsored by Plaid Enterprises.
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This week we’re super excited to be guest judging the weekly Instagram #getcreativewith challenge hosted by Laura & Tia of Little Button Diaries and Shannon of Oh Creative Day. When it came time to decide on a theme, it took us no time at all to land on pasta! As we’re sure you’re aware, we have a real soft spot for macaroni art and any pasta-related craft. All week long, we’re encouraging everyone to share their own creative adventures with pasta using #getcreativewith and tagging us (@handmadecharlotte) and @get.creative.with. We can’t wait to see what everyone gets up to this week and to share a few of our favorites later this week!
In case you’re looking for a few DIY ideas or starting points to get your creative juices flowing, today we’ve put together a list of crafts that all use pasta as a main ingredient.
Campanelle noodles get a whole new look for these handmade calla lily cake toppers! All you need to do is give them a quick coat of white paint, glue in a yellow-painted toothpick, and attach them to a floral wire stem as the base. Talk about the perfect pasta craft for spring!
Not only do we have a soft spot for pasta, but pipe cleaners are another all-time fave of ours. This craft combines pasta and pipe cleaners with paint to make these simple handmade crowns. Who needs birthday party hats when you can make your own pasta crowns?
We have a whole series of pasta puppets and can’t wait to continue sharing more with you each season! Keep your eyes peeled for a few new summery friends coming your way soon, but in the meantime, this DIY snowboarder puppet tutorial would be crazy easy to turn into a regular surfer ready for summer weather. Hang ten!
Pasta goes undercover on these DIY cake stands. We simply glued various shapes of pasta onto a plastic cup and then painted away! We especially love how the shell pasta looks like a cable knit pattern when arranged in rows.
This project may not use actual pasta, but boy is it fun to make giant pasta out of paper and felt instead! These playful decorations are perfect for a macaroni necklace making party, or maybe even a cooking lesson!
With felt letter boards being as popular as they are, why not try your hand at making a super mini one using alphabet pasta? Spell out your very own custom messages to make the cutest invitations anyone will ever see. You can of course write additional party details on the back!
The Little Mermaid Pasta Wreath
And of course one of pasta crafting favorites has got to be this colorful under-the-sea wreath inspired by The Little Mermaid! Orecchiette pasta is almost unrecognizable when painted to look like miniature shells, combined with a few extra pasta shell details. We think Ariel would approve!
There’s nothing we love more than seeing your handmade crafts so we hope you’ll follow along & join us this week for the #getcreativewith Instagram challenge!
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Summer has me dreaming about lazy days at the pool, late nights by the fire pit, lemonade stands, cookouts, and lots and LOTS of ice cream! Oh, and fruit salad. Gotta love fresh fruit! I imagine we will host a gathering or two with my kids’ friends, and my initial thought was to make some miniature ice-cream-cart boxes to hold sundae toppings, but when I found little cocktail umbrellas in so many fun colors, I had to add the lemonade, fresh fruit, and hot dog cart as well!
You can make these favors for any summer soiree, or use them as place cards with names instead of “cart titles”. You could even create an entire mini carnival or farmer’s market!
• Rectangular papier mache boxes (3” x 2” x 1.5”)
• Apple Barrel Acrylic Craft Paint (white, dark gray + colors of your choice)
• Cocktail umbrellas (we used “French beach umbrellas”)
• Nail (We used a 2” fastener nail)
• Paper straw
• Tacky glue
• Mod Podge
• Small letters (stickers, stamps, or cut from cardstock)
• 5/8 inch wide washi tape
• Sponge brush
• Scissors
• Q-tips
• Toothpicks
• 1.26-inch wooden circles (2 per food cart)
Food cart “filler”
• Ice cream cart: Ice cream cone erasers, pastel gumballs, lip balm, sundae toppings
• Hot dog cart: Hot dog erasers, gummy hot dogs, red and yellow candies, condiment packets
• Lemonade cart: Individual lemonade mix packets, Lemonhead candies
• Fresh fruit cart: Runts candies, gummy fruit candy, dried fruit
Step 1
Paint the entire papier mache box white, including the lid.
Step 2
To create stripes, put a piece of washi tape on the end of the long side of the box. Leave a teeny tiny bit hanging off the left side, and a small tab on the top and bottom as well. Continue to lay pieces of washi tape across the side of the box so the sides are touching, until it is completely covered. Next, peel off the pieces on the two ends and in the middle. Repeat this step on the opposite side of the box. Paint all of the areas that do not have tape, in the color of your choice. Peel off the tape immediately when you are done, and allow the stripes to dry. Paint the lid in the same color as one set of stripes.
Step 3 (optional)
You may choose to keep the other stripes white, or you may place washi tape over the colored stripes (once dry), and paint the white stripes a second color.
Step 4
Paint your wooden circles white, and allow to dry. Dip a Q-tip in gray paint, and use it to paint a strip the width of the Q-tip head around the perimeter of the circles. Next, use the Q-tip to paint one dot in the very center of the circle. Use a toothpick to paint lines (spokes) from the center dot to the perimeter. Allow to dry, and repeat this step on the second side.
Step 5
Use your nail to poke a small hole in the left and center side of the box lid. You may have to wiggle and twist the nail through to the other side.
Step 6
Place the lid on the box, and then stick, Mod Podge or stamp your words on the front side of the box. Place the words close to the center, leaving room on the bottom for the wheels.
Step 7
Use tacky glue to place a wheel on the right corner of the front of the box, under the words, and then flip the box over and glue your second wheel parallel to the first. Allow to dry.
Lay the box on its lid, so the wheels are facing up. Place a paper straw on the bottom of the box, and cut it off so that it is even with the top of the wheels (the edge of the wheel that is not attached to the box). Glue the piece of straw to the bottom of the box, in the middle of the opposite side of the wheels. It will function as a sort of kickstand!
Step 8
Once the glue has dried, place a cocktail umbrella in the hole that you poked on the top of the box. Place food cart filler inside.
Your food carts are ready for service!
Happy crafting!
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