Foam Sheet Glasses Case: Arts And Crafts Ideas

Are you a camp director, professor, or homeschool mom looking for a fancy arts and crafts idea for your kids? Or maybe you are a recreation director at a senior center or day care and could use a new project. Anyway, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting and fun for everyone. This glass box can be used, given as a present, 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 2 rectangles from the foam, each 3-1/2 inches (9 cm.) by six inches (fifteen cm.). With a orifice punch, make holes on 3 flanks of each rectangle, leaving one short side unpunched. Make the holes 1/2 inch from each other and permit at least 1/4 inch between the orifice and the edge of the craft foam. The holes need to be in line so that the 2 pieces can be bound together. If you are preparing the craft for little kids, you should make the holes yourself. Otherwise, the crafters can do this step if you have enough 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 making the craft at a special occasion, like summer Bible school, choose shapes that echo the theme of the occasion. For example, if the Bible school or camp has a cowboy theme, find figures that fit well, such as boots, cowboy hats, and stars. Let the kids choose the shapes they prefer 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 step 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 teachers of small kids use a bobby pin as a needle. It is certainly a safe alternative. 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 rear of the glasses box jointly.

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 small 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 everyone.