[Nfb-krafters-korner] fun with foam

[Dan Brewer]

Hi Guys,
You just reminded me. I make a gum drop tree. JUst use half tooth 
picks and put gum drops as close as possible on a cone. but the balls 
would be cute.  You could wrap in plastic wrap, tie a pretty bow and 
use as a gift decoration or just have a big bowl where your guest 
could take a ball as they do home.

HenriettaAt 11:47 AM 12/4/2008, you wrote:

>Hi all.  My grandmother used to make christmas trees.  She used 
>straight pins and that candy you can get in bulk with the twisted 
>ends.  You can stick the pins through one end. you make each row 
>lapping over as you go up the cone . They have bells  and the balls 
>could be done  she used a cake popper for the top of the tree of 
>santa or a star.  Last year I Made them for the kids in My family. Mary
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Brantley" 
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>>you can do the old stand by of putting straight pins through a bead 
>>and sticking them in the ball to cover them. just make sure the 
>>bead holes are small enough not to let the pin go through.
>>Rhonda
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "tribble" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
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>>>love it -- now could I ask a question to further challenge the creativity on
>>>the list:
>>>
>>>I bought some items from lacrafts.com (I think that was the name) and was
>>>not going to, but saw these stirofoam  balls on sale and thought I could do
>>>something fun for Christmas.  Now I'm sitting here amid a small basket of
>>>stirofoam balls wondering why I ordered them... (I feel like a kid in a
>>>candy store when buying crafty things, but usually limit myself to things I
>>>actually plan to use...)
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any thoughts of an easy craft using 3 inch balls?  I only
>>>bought the one size.  I want to avoid spray paint, but glue and pins and
>>>tissue paper are acceptable.  I'm out of ideas.
>>>Anyone want some stirofoam balls for a good price??? j/k
>>>
>>>TIA and happy crafting.
>>>--le
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "joseli Walter" <joseli at thezoolady.net>
>>>To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:33 PM
>>>Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fun with foam
>>>
>>>
>>>I've recently discovered a new medium to work with.  I'm sure it's been out
>>>there for a while, in fact, given the fact that I found it in the kid's
>>>crafting section, it's probably been around forever.  Anyway, I've started
>>>making Christmas decorations our of sheets of foam rubber.  You can cut it
>>>nicely and it really can be a nice creative medium.  I got several Christmas
>>>themed sets that have pre-cut Christmas shapes such as snowmen, Christmas
>>>trees, bows, gifts and even penguins for some odd reason.  These are made
>>>into stickers, so you can just peel off the back and slap them on your
>>>project.  I also have enough foam alphabet stickers to last a century!
>>>Oh, and if you get the alphabet stickers, keep the little dots that fill in
>>>the letters with the back attached, they make grate little dots for marking
>>>things.
>>>I got 2 spools of thread, one silver, the other gold and marked the inside
>>>of one of the spools with a foam dot.
>>>I also got some glitter glue, haven't played with that yet and the old
>>>standby, tacky glue, never leave home without it!
>>>I got all this at walmart.
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Henrietta
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