Articles for category Holiday Crafts

Halloween Decorations for the Ronald McDonald House Posted by Marcea

 
Halloween is a great time of year to go all out when decorating your house.  This year, the team at OttLite decided to get in the Halloween spirit and help a local non-profit by creating decorations for the Tampa Ronald McDonald House.A group of us got together one day to make glitter pumpkins, spider webs (made out of trash bags), paper spiders, and paper bats.  We also stuffed goodie bags with Halloween candy and an OttLite Mini Flip to give to the parents who are staying at the house in [Read More...]

Tags: crafts Halloween Homemade
Categories: Holiday Crafts

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4th of July Wreath Posted by Chaya C

 
July 4th, also known as Independence Day, is a time when Americans get together for food, fun and fireworks. Many houses and buildings are covered with bunting and other decorations to show their national spirit.  We have a simple craft inspired by a craft on JoAnn.com that will help you decorate your house while still giving you time to enjoy yourself.Materials --16 inch foam wreath--Approximately 2 yards of contrasting patriotic fabrics (approx. 1.5 yards of one fabric and 1/2 yard of the [Read More...]

Tags: 4th of july craft
Categories: DIY Crafts Holiday Crafts

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Have an Egg-cellent Easter! Posted by Chaya C

 
Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays.  Growing up my favorite thing to do was run around the yard and gather up all of the Easter eggs.  Now as I am older, it is just as fun to hide them for others to find!This year I decided to make an Easter Egg Banner project that I discovered on Michael's website.  I may not be a craft guru, but I still had a blast making it... even though some of my eggs look more like squished blobs of yarn. Materials:Disposable CupsPaper PlateGlue GunGlue [Read More...]

Tags: bright craft Easter eggs illuminate inspiration inspire light Michael's OttLite Ott-lite
Categories: DIY Crafts Holiday Crafts

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Will you be my tweetheart? - DIY Valentine's Day Birdhouse! Posted by Chaya C

 
 Happy Valentine's Day to all of you love birds out there!  I found this super cute birdhouse project on Jo-ann's and just had to make it- or at least my version of it.I remember back when I was in school we used to bring in little Valentine cards and slip them into each others homemade shoe boxes, well I thought that it was time to step up my Valentine's game and use a birdhouse instead!  Materials:Wooden birdhouse2 wooden heartsPink beadsPink, red, white acrylic paintFlat brush and detail [Read More...]

Tags: birdhouse craft happy inspiration love OttLife OttLite pink pun red valentines
Categories: DIY Crafts Holiday Crafts

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