Kid Friendly Summer Craft with Petaloo

07/09/2014

Kid Friendly Summer Craft with Petaloo

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"Kids Crafts" for Summer

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HI everyone, Denise Hahn here and today I have a super fun craft for girls. This project can be modified for little ones- the only requirement is that they can tie a knot! For teens and tweens, they can do all the steps from start to finish. All you need is a pair of inexpensive flip flops and some Petaloo Trims and Floradoodles! Here we go!:

Gather your supplies- You will need two packages of Petaloo Fancy trims, Petaloo Floradoodles, (optional-not pictured Petaloo Brads) Scissors, hot glue gun, and a pair of flip flops. For your little ones- you can pre cut the trims and do the hot glue for them

First unwind all the trims off the cards. Fold in half and cut at the center.

Fold in half again, and cut at center. Do it once more and you should have 8 pieces about 5-6 inches long- perfection NOT required! It looks best when you have various sizes

When finished you will have 4 piles of each trim with 8 peices

Next I mixed my piles so i had 4 of each color and style- one set ofr each flip flop! This is not mandatory, they can mix up the colors however they want, just divide equally

Okay one last divide! I kept it symmentrical and did 2 of each color for each side, but again as long as you divied evenly, they can make them any way they want!

Starting at the center toe just tie each trim onto the straps, alternating colors. Do double knot and tie it tight. I did not worry about fraying- the fraying looks good! (if you are absessive about that sort of thing you can buy some Fray Check at your local fabric store and dab some on all the trim edges- but thats a lot of work!) Tie them close together, leaving little to no gap between trims

Here is what it looks like after the trims are all attached, now the super fun part! Remember if you have little ones- let them pick their flowers out and have an adult glue them

I chose three layered flowers for my focal piece

A little trick when adding a brad- push the brad through the first two layers only

Then glue those on top of the last flower- this encases the brad so it doesn't scratch your foot. Then use some generous hot glue to attach to the trims

I added some butterflies too! These are so fun and easy- the possibilities are limitless- and it can be a little time cunsuming, and who doesn't want to keep their kiddos busy right?

Supplies:

Petaloo Floradoodles Fabric and Glitter 50 piece Pack

Petaloo Floradoodles Velvet Butterflies- Brights

Petaloo Fancy trims- Shades of Pink and Shades of Blue

Petaloo Brads x20 Shades of Green

Flip Flops

Scissors

Hot Glue

-Denise

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Jul 9, 2014 8:00:00 AM | beach theme, blog hop, children, Denise Hahn, DIY Petaloo Paintable Flowers, DT Projects, Floradoodles, Flowers, Kit Clubs, Trims

29 Comments

Thank you so much for hopping along with Swirlydoos! Those Flip flops are the cutest I have ever seen. So creative!!!!!

Posted by: D | 07/12/2014 at 03:17 AM

Wow -- how creative!

Posted by: Krystle Thomas | 07/10/2014 at 03:55 PM

I should have known that the flowers came from Petaloo. they are too beautiful to come from another company. thanks for helping with the hop and the kit.

Posted by: Marylouh | 07/10/2014 at 02:27 PM

Amazing collection of flowers in this kit. I adore the botanica collection.

Posted by: lldeb09 | 07/10/2014 at 11:56 AM

Oh my gosh... those flip flops are so cute! I've pinned them to do with my granddaughter when she gets a little older. :) Thanks for sponsoring Swirlydoos' blog hop, your flowers are so pretty!

Posted by: Linda Pekrul | 07/10/2014 at 09:56 AM