| Are you a camp director, teacher, or homeschool | | | | the theme of the event. For instance, if the Bible |
| mom looking for a new arts and crafts idea for | | | | school or camp has a cowboy theme, find shapes |
| your kids? Or maybe you are a recreation | | | | that fit well, such as boots, cowboy hats, and |
| director at a senior center or nursing home and | | | | stars. Let the kids choose the shapes they like |
| could use a new project. Either way, this arts and | | | | and glue on as desired. You might also like to |
| crafts idea will be interesting and fun for all. This | | | | provide beads or sequins to glue on as well, |
| glass case can be used, given as a gift, or | | | | especially if the crafters are a little older. |
| converted into a necklace purse. | | | | The next step in this arts and crafts idea is to |
| To make the glasses case, you will need the | | | | thread the plastic needle with the yarn or lanyard |
| following simple materials: a square of craft foam, | | | | lace. Yarn might be a little easier to handle, but |
| plastic or large blunt needles, lanyard lace or thick | | | | lanyard lace is shiny and attractive. In a pinch, |
| yarn. Cut two rectangles from the foam, each 3-1 | | | | some teachers of small children use a bobby pin |
| 2 inches (9 cm.) by 6 inches (15 cm.). With a hole | | | | as a needle. It is certainly a safe alternative. |
| punch, make holes on three sides of each | | | | Simply loop the yarn through the opening and use |
| rectangle, leaving one short side unpunched. Make | | | | the open end of the bobby pin as if it were the |
| the holes 1/2 inch apart and allow at least 1/4 inch | | | | point of the needle. The children can now begin to |
| between the hole and the edge of the craft | | | | lace the front and back of the glasses case |
| foam. The holes need to line up so that the two | | | | together. |
| pieces can be laced together. If you are preparing | | | | To turn this arts and crafts idea into a necklace |
| the craft for small children, you should make the | | | | purse, simply attach a piece of lanyard lace to |
| holes yourself. Otherwise, the crafters can do this | | | | each corner making a long handle. Kids will enjoy |
| step if you have enough pairs of hole punches. | | | | using this case as a place to store secret notes |
| At this point the crafters can cut decorative | | | | and small objects. If they'd rather, they can give |
| shapes from other colors of craft foam, or you | | | | the glasses case to a parent, grandparent, or |
| can buy sets of ready-cut foam shapes. If you | | | | friend who wears glasses. Either way, this arts |
| are doing the craft at a special event, like | | | | and crafts idea will be interesting for all. |
| vacation Bible school, choose shapes that echo | | | | |