Foam Sheet Glasses Case: Arts and Kites Ideas

Are you a camp director, professor, or homeschool mom looking for a fancy arts and crafts idea for your children? Or maybe you are a recreation director at a senior centre or nursing home and could use a new project. Anyway, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting and enjoyable for all. This glass box can be used, given as a gift, or converted into a necklace purse.

To make the glasses box, you will need the following simple components: a square of craft foam, plastic or large blunt needles, lanyard lace or thick yarn. Cut two rectangles from the foam, each 3-1/2 inches (9 cm.) by six inches (fifteen cm.). With a orifice punch, make holes on 3 sides of each rectangle, leaving one short side unpunched. Make the holes 0.5 inch from each other and permit at least 0.25 inch between the orifice and the edge of the craft foam. The holes ought to line up so that the two pieces can be laced together. In the case that you are preparing the craft for small children, you ought to do the holes yourself. Otherwise, the crafters can do this step if you have sufficient pairs of hole punches.

At this point the crafters can cut decorative shapes from other colors of craft foam, or you can buy sets of easy-cut foam shapes. If you are doing the craft at a special event, like vacation Bible school, choose shapes that echo the theme of the event. For instance, if the Bible school or camp has a cowboy theme, find shapes that fit well, such as boots, cowboy hats, and stars. Let the children choose the shapes they like and glue on as desired. You might also like to provide beads or sequins to glue on as well, especially if the crafters are a tad older.

The next level in this arts and crafts idea is to thread the plastic needle with the yarn or lanyard lace. Yarn might be a tad easier to handle, but lanyard lace is shiny and fancy. In a pinch, some professors of small children use a bobby pin as a needle. It is certainly a safe option. Simply loop the yarn through the opening and use the open end of the bobby pin as if it were the point of the needle. The children can now begin to lace the front and back of the glasses box together.

To turn this arts and crafts idea into a necklace purse, simply attach a piece of lanyard lace to each corner making a long handle. Kids will enjoy using this box as a place to store secret notes and tiny objects. If they'd rather, they can give the glasses case to a parent, grandparent, or friend who wears glasses. Either way, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting for all.
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