Alternacrafts: 20+ Hi-Style Lo-Budget Projects to Make

• fun crafts for all
• recycled crafts

First came indie rock bands and indie movies. Now, thanks to Jessica Vitkus, the indie movement has reached the world of crafts, where traditional techniques such as knitting, mosaic, embroidery, metalwork, sewing, and collage are being used in brave new ways.

With an emphasis on recycling, improvising, and making things from scratch, AlternaCrafts offers more than 20 projects that provide this newest generation of crafters with the skills they need for the self-expression they crave. Whether they want to turn their beat-up T-shirts into a shaggy rug, an old sweater into a cozy hat, yesterday's newspaper into a bouquet of flowers, or their jeans into a new skirt or bag, this exciting book tells them how to make the transformations with a minimal amount of money and no experience whatsoever. Smartly priced and boldly designed to attract teenagers and twentysomethings, this book will also appeal to older crafters seeking newfangled twists on their favorite pastimes.

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Star Trek Star Jar Cookie Jar Alien Vessels 40 by Treasure Craft US $149.99

50 GREEN Ribbon Cord Necklaces Craft for Bottle Caps US $8.99

50 MAROON RED Ribbon Cord Necklaces Craft for Bottle Caps US $8.99

HOT HOT Free shipping 5 yards 3 88mmWedding Craft Grosgrain Ribbon US $.99

20 Silver plated Charms Mickey Pendant Findings Jewelry Craft 18x14mm C6004 US $2.50

5 X Neodymium Block N42 Magnets 30x10x4mm Rare Earth Strong Craft Models Fridge US $.98

HTF McCalls EARLY AMERICAN DECORATINGCRAFTS 17th 18th Century HOME IDEA GUIDE US $12.00

50 Locust thorns very sharp needles thorne locust tree crafts strange item US $5.00

NEW LOT OF 3 CARON SYMPHONY FOREST GREEN 6oz Nice Yarn Crafts Polyester Worsted US $8.50

New Wedding Favors Ribbon Purple Flowers Craft Lot US $21.99

Cricut Magazine DECEMBER 2011 Idea Book by Provo Craft Scrapbook Trends US $7.99

20 Tibetan Silver plated Charms Bear Pendant Findings Jewelry Craft 12x10mmC6029 US $2.50

NEW 10PCS LOVELY HELLO KITTY ADJSTABLE RING DIY CRAFTS US $4.50

CRICUT HOLIDAYS 2011 Idea Book Magazine By Provo Craft Scrapbook Trends US $7.49

Quickutz LifeStyle Crafts Machine NEW Cut Emboss Die NESTING FRAME 1 US $17.49

New Assortd Unmounted Rubber Stamp Grab Bag Lot Altered Art Crafts First Quality US $6.00

4 Swarovski Crystal Loose Ball Round Bead DIY Jewelry Craft 5000 8m Purple Mixed US $1.50

5 Yards Orange 17mm Wide Sheer Organza Satin Edge Ribbon Wedding Crafts CL00239 US $2.50

6 0 Pink Czech Glass Japanese Seed Loose Bead 20g Jewelry Making DIY Craft US $2.99

6 0 Red Czech Glass Japanese Seed Loose Bead 20g Jewelry Making DIY Craft US $2.99

craft bead bracelet lot used US $6.00

30 Swarovski Crystal Loose Bicone Bead Jewelry Craft 5301 5328 5mm Purple Mixed US $1.50

12 Czech Crystal Teardrop Faceted Bead Pendant DIY Jewelry Craft 6000 10x6mm Jet US $3.99

Fashion Jewelry 6pcs decalcomania flower wooden craft bracelet bangle US $.99

25 Swarovski Crystal Loose Bicone Bead DIY Jewelry Craft 5301 5328 5mm blue mix US $.99

Cricut Magazine FEBRUARY 2012 Idea Book by Provo Craft Scrapbook Trends US $7.99

110pcs TAN Crackle Glass Craft Loose beads 4mm bgfc24 US $.01

6 Swarovski Crystal Loose Heart Pendant DIY Jewerly Craft 6202 10mm Purple Mix US $2.99

1 Swarovski Crystal Heart Bead Pendant DIYJewelry Craft 6202 14mm Vitrail Medium US $1.99

6 Swarovski Crystal Loose Bicone Bead DIY Jewelry Craft 5301 5328 8mm brown mix US $1.99

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Home schooling your children? Is art part of your curriculum planning?

Including art in your daily lesson plans will ensure the best education for your kids
When I say good art I am not talking about the standard traditional arts and crafts that is done in so many preschool and kindergarten classrooms all over the world. If you are doing Kids Crafts then hopefully you are already doing crafts with your kids that does not make them into robots.

It is a s a result of classroom teachers lack of understanding of art for children, that causes them to resort to the same copycat crafts for kids.
But this can’t be what you want. Parents that choose home schooling over tradtional schooling are doing it because they want more for their kids
I'm sure if you knew that by following cookie cutter directions in making projects, it would turn them into robots, you would not want that for your children. Am I right?
What I’m really talking about here is not only good crafts for kids but real art that often gets lost in the shuffle.
That's too bad because art adds such depth to any curriculum that it would be a crying shame as you are at home and are able to give such great activities to your children .
Art is wonderful and exciting and adds great skills. Here are five good skills that art adds to any curriculum
1.    Art  will help build physical coordination- Art is good for both gross motor coordination AND fine motor coordination. Gross motor skills and fine motor skills when using their large and fine muscles in activities like cutting, painting, coloring and drawing.
2.    Emotional development is addressed-. Pounding on clay is better than pounding on a sibling, as is coloring furiously better than pinching. When children have art to use at their will, they can work through traumas like family death and fires much more easily
3.   Intellectual development can be tied in- Children learn to make sense of their world as they use art to count, classify, sort, make their own decisions and learn to follow directions without doing cookie cutter art.
4.    Creativity is tremedously affected-Of course children's creativity takes a flying leap if they are allowed to do art that allows them to create at their own level, which allows them to be creative in more ways than one
5.    Integrating curriculum happens naturally- And last but not least art in a home schooling curriculum can help integrate the curriculum and help them learn. By adding art into the childrren's curriculum at home and accessing their five senses, the more their curriculum will stay with them for life.
You may want to check out this post on creativity in art Are flowers always red and green which is sort of a takeoff on the famous song by Harry Chapin “Flowers are red”.