New Year's Celebrations: Letter Napkin Ties
A fun technique to add to your New Year’s celebration!
you'll need Materials
- Paint (we went with metallics)
- Craft toothbrush (one that you won’t use for your teeth!)
- Cardstock (We re-used some old black cards)
- Letter stickers
- Beads
- Twine
- Metal circles (ours I believe were a donation leftover from a wedding, but you could use washers, binder rings etc.)
- Tag punch/ hole punch OR ruler/ scissors/ pencil & hole punch
- Craft tray
- Smock
- Small cardboard box
- Shallow tray
- Tweezers
Directions
- Don your smock.
- Put your paint or paints into a shallow container.
- Put your letter stickers onto your cardstock to make your guest’s initial or initials. Do several to a page.
- Put your cardstock into your small cardboard box (We saw this tip on The Crafty Crowhttp://www.thecraftycrow.net/ for a different splatter technique and thought is was a great idea to contain the paint!)
- Dip your toothbrush into your paint. Angle your brush downward and with your thumb, pull back on the bristles, creating a splatter. Repeat with another colour and do all of your pages. Carefully peel off your letter stickers. You don’t want to leave them on for a long period of time as they might remove a bit of your paper.
- Allow them to dry overnight in your craft tray(s).
- Punch out your tags, using a tag punch or create rectangular shapes with a ruler, pencil and scissors, cutting around your initials.
- We made a loops around our rings (as shown) with twine or cord and added beads and the letter tags, tying them together around a napkin. Enjoy!
- Once you are done, be sure to put them away in a safe space for next year’s celebration!
Purpose
- Re-imagining items
- Experimenting with different painting techniques
- Recognizing letters
Safety Notes
- Beads, rings etc. can be a choking hazard. Please keep them out of reach from children 0-3 years of age or those that tend to put things in their mouths.
- Exercise care with scissors. Use with adult supervision.
- String, cord etc. can be a strangulation hazard, thus they are not meant for play and should be used with supervision.
