Chocolate Centerpiece
To make a chocolate ribbon, spread chocolate onto a strip of acetate. Use a metal spatula to score lines through the chocolate to indicate the width of the ribbon pieces. Fold the ends of the acetate over so the ends ... [... more]
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Easy Batik Eggs
To blow out the egg, make a hole at one end using the drill from the egg-blowing kit or a Dremel tool. Pierce the yolk with a long straight pin or the needle of the egg-blowing tool. Pump air into the egg with the ... [... more]
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Smart Solutions Of The Day
An easy way to entertain the children in a pinch is to use homemade, lettered beads to play a word game. Grab a piece of paper, pencil and a rolling surface--carpet, a magazine or a shallow plastic container. Let the ... [... more]
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Wacky Clay Wine Stopper
Shelly Brack was first introduced to ceramics by some neighbors who were potters. Later, as an adult, she rediscovered the craft when she visited a local paint-your-own bisque-ware shop. She really enjoyed painting ... [... more]
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Fabric Cookie Cutter Doll
Guest Barbara Johnston shows off a variety of soft-fabric dolls, including a guardian angel, a group of sun bathers, a tattooed doll, and a grandmother with a book of fabric photographs of her family. Before ... [... more]
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Build A Cookie Train
Lifesavers are used for the smokestack of the engine and the wheel decorations on all the cars. Once again use icing as the bond, and for the smokestack place three different-colored Lifesavers on top of each other ... [... more]
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Dye-Namic Eggs
Add two tablespoons of vegetable oil to prepared dye. Beat with a fork to blend water and oil, until the oil is broken down into little beads. The oil will block the dye from adhering to egg. Quickly dip egg before ... [... more]
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Make Pine Cone Kindlers
Place the waxed cone into the muffin tin. Once all the cones have been placed, dip a ladle into the wax and then pour a little over each cone and into the bottom of each tin. Let them cool until solid (figure C). ... [... more]
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Homemade Gifts For Mom
Figure A--For a mom who loves to read, make a bookmark with leaves and flowers that have been picked up on a nature walk. Press the leaves and flowers in a book for a few days to flatten them. Arrange them on the ... [... more]
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Beautiful Breads
To create bread loaves like those that guest Thelma Williams demonstrated, combine six packages of frozen dough (1 loaf per package = approximately 1 lb. of dough) or enough of your own favorite yeast bread recipe or ... [... more]
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Birthday Celebrations
Balloon topiaries are easy and fun to make. Buy small balloons and tie them onto thin dowel rods. Stick the dowels into floral foam and put them in a small terra-cotta pot. ... [... more]
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Hanukkah Ideas
Designer Robb Whittlef suggests building a lighted Star of David ornament out of a wood frame and sheet steel (figure B). First build a wooden frame in the shape of the Star of David, then have two pieces of sheet ... [... more]
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