Again, one holiday after another has passed since I last posted… but I still have been crafting them away! This year around Christmas, we did a Pinterest night in our community. Each store that participated had an activity to do at their store found off the website Pinterest. I love Pinterest and was excited to plan our activities, especially since the hardware store has DIY all over! I spent weeks trying out different activities… it was NOT as easy as I anticipated. The activities had to be short, simple, and take-home that night. Sadly that basically took ALL painting activities away, but with a whole hardware wonderland left, I was bound and determined to find 2 good crafts.
My first trial was a twine ball luminaries.
The goal was to make these rustic looking balls, cut a nice hole on top and them insert a flameless candle.
Materials used:
-Water balloons
-Glue
-Rubber bands
-Twine
-Bowl (to put glue in)
-Paint (for the red ball)
-Gloves
#1: Cut twine off to use for ball. I think I used 7 yard (?)
#2: Place about 1/2 a container of glue in a bowl you can soak the string in
#3: Blow up the balloons and place rubber bands around them
#4: The messy part! Put gloves on and start wrapping.
#5: Let the balls dry overnight… the next day you will have the balls pictured above after you pop and remove the balloon debris.
I prefered the jute-like sisal twine over the cotton-like household twine.
Note: If you want a colored ball, add paint to you glue. I added 2/3 glue to 1/3 paint. This was VERY MESSY! And yes… my cheap gloves broke
I did not like this craft very much… messy, time consuming, and wouldn’t be done within a few hours 
My second trial was a snowman key
Supplies:
-White paint
-Green, red, orange, and black paint markers (or sharpies)
-Old key (or you can ask to buy a blank at a hardware store that makes keys)
-Little piece of wire (to dip the key into the paint)
-Suggest wax paper or newspaper for paint mess
-Suggest straw and bottle
#1: Wrap small piece of wire through key hole
#2: Dip key into white paint. Hold it above the can for a bit and let it drip
#3: l let the key hang from a straw inside a cut soda bottle overnight
#4: I then used the paint markers and drew on a face, buttons, and hat.
Simple! Again, paint had to dry… therefore, it wouldn’t work
My third and forth trial
SUCCESS!!!
Snowflake
Heart
Snowman
Ornaments all made from the nuts and wire at the hardware store 🙂
This was the necklace I made out of copper and flat washers
The people that did brave the FREEZING COLD and snow seemed to have had a lot of fun.
Next time I hope to made personalized washer necklaces with metal stamps.
Stay tuned!
Crazy 4 Crafts 
