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Category: Sparkle Crafts
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Sparkle Craft: Halloween Special – Keepsake “Switch Witch” Plate
This simple handprint art commemorates both the Halloween season and my daughter's sweet, tiny hands.
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Sparkle Craft: Halloween Special – Pillowcase Cross-Body Trick-or-Treat Bag
This cross-body trick-or-treat bag takes its inspiration from the pillowcases you may have used of yore but has a handy added design feature — a cross-body strap — that makes it easy to drop candy into the bag but hard to drop the whole thing on the sidewalk.
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Sparkle Craft: Quick, Low-Sew Wings
These wings take just the tiniest bit of very basic sewing — hence the “low-sew” designation — and most of the heavy lifting is done by the one big knot you'll tie in the center of the fabric. If you can tie your shoes, you can do this!
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Sparkle Craft: Halloween Special – Magician’s Cape
Whether you're costuming a magician or a princess, a witch or a king, this cloak is versatile enough to have your trick-or-treater covered. A magic cloak, indeed!
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Sparkle Craft: Shrinky Dink Self-Portrait Zipper Pulls
This week's craft project is a celebration of some of that uniqueness — it's a self-portrait. But it isn't just any self-portrait. Oh, no! This week we're going a bit retro and making self-portraits out of shrinky dinks!
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Sparkle Craft: Simple Magic Tricks
These three magic tricks are classic fare, and all use common household items. They'll each take a bit of rehearsal to really pull them off well, but, with practice, soon you'll be hocus pocus-ing them up like a real magician!
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Sparkle Craft: Morse Code Bracelets
Whether you call it a “mantra” or “choosing a word” to focus on, it's always nice to have a reminder of what makes you unique when life gets difficult. These morse-code bracelets put that chosen word right where you'll see it every day.
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Explore this Week: Coming Home Again – Tips for Preserving Memories
This week, we are giving you tips for preserving memories both while you are out exploring, and when you come back home.
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Sparkle Craft: Summer Travel Journals
Whether you're heading somewhere exotic or just to the local swimming hole, now you're all ready to document your summer journeys!
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Sparkle Craft: DIY Kitchen Counter Composter
This compost bin is all about cleaning up while also helping the gnomes. Since gnomes love messes and dirt we want to put all those things in an organized place so they can use them outside. The last thing you want is for a gnome to come looking for compost materials in your playroom or bedroom closet — or worse, the fridge!
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