The Adventures of Dot and Mae

Hello everyone! What do you have planned for the weekend? Dot and Mae are going to help Big Girl Gabriella clean the house, but they also want to have some fun! What kinds of things do you like to do for fun? Dot and Mae love to do so many different kinds of things! This weekend they feel like doing some art projects. Valentine’s Day is coming up this month and Dot and Mae would like to make some Valentines for their friends. Here are a couple nice projects that you might like to do too! The first one is stained glass hearts to hang up in your own home for decoration, or to give away!

These translucent hanging hearts are easy to make from waxed paper and crayons. In return, sunbeams will color your room with cheer.

Begin with a 12-by-16-inch sheet of waxed paper. Fold it in half along its length; unfold. Deposit wax-crayon shavings (made with a handheld pencil sharpener) evenly but not thickly(too much and the hearts will crack which is sad) across one half of the paper. Fold the clean half of the paper over the shavings. Crimp the three open edges with a 1/2-inch fold to hold the shavings. Protect your ironing surface with kraft paper or old newspapers. Place the waxed paper on the kraft paper, and cover it with another sheet of kraft paper. Iron lightly on medium heat, checking after every few passes. Stop when all the shavings have melted; let cool. Next, trace and cut out hearts of various sizes. String each heart with a silk thread for hanging. It’s not too hard to do, but you might need your parent’s help with the iron and maybe the scissors.

 

Another good idea would be to make Valentine Felt Fortune Cookies for your friends and family! They are so cute and they don’t require any sewing! Here is how you do it:

 

1. Using fabric shears, cut a 4 1/2-inch-diameter circle from a piece of felt. Cut a piece of matching ribbon slightly shorter than 4 1/2 inches. Using wire cutters, cut a piece of floral wire slightly shorter than the length of ribbon.

 

2. Using craft glue, affix the wire to the middle of the felt circle. Glue ribbon on top, covering the wire. Let dry 30 minutes.

3. Fold the felt circle in half, using the wire as a guide, so ribbon is inside cookie. Next, angle the sides toward each other, bending the wire at its halfway point and forming a fortune-cookie shape, as shown.

4. Assemble the fortune cookies. Carefully peel back one flap of the felt cookie, and insert a paper fortune and a few candies. Fold the flap back over to close cookie around contents.

Aren’t those so cute? You could write some really funny Valentine Fortunes for them - just use your imagination!

If you get tired of making stuff, here is a great website that you can go to and look at lots of cute pictures of animals! Dot and Mae couldn’t decide which one was their favorite because there are too many cute ones!

Like this:

and this:

Have a good weekend everyone, and if you have some good craft or Valentine or other ideas just write them in the comments section of Dot and Mae. These craft ideas came from Martha Stewart.