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Easy DIY Harry Potter Bottlecap Necklaces

Harry Potter is a big thing in our house and the kids were over the moon when they saw I was printing something Harry Potter related. Bottlecap Necklaces are super easy to make and great for birthday party favors. You can also skip the necklace part and make these bottlecaps for hair accessories for your favorite Harry Potter fan!

Harry Potter Bottlecap Supplies

You will need: (You could find most of your supplies at Walmart in the Jewelry department but we were lazy and just ordered it all online)

Harry Potter Bottlecap Images (Believe me when I tell you it’s better to use photo paper with the gloss on it than just regular printer paper)
Silver Bottlecaps or Colored Bottlecaps
Necklace Bails or Split Rings (you will need the Hole Puncher HERE if using slip rings)
1″ Epoxy Stickers
E6000 Adhesive
1″ Hole Punch (you can also just use scissors if you’re really good at cutting)
Ball Chain Necklaces

Step 1: Cut out all your Harry Potter Bottlecap Images at once and set aside

Step 2: Trial and error taught us that using actual photo paper is best to print your images on because you will need to stick the images to the bottlecaps. If you use regular printer paper the adhesive will come through and ruin the image. You DO NOT Need a lot of E6000 under the image

Step 3: Next you just need to add your adhesive drops to each bottlecap. After applying the drop make sure to push down and get any bubbles out so the image comes through more clear.

Step 4: This is where we may go separate ways as you can use your Necklace Bails or Slip Rings to make it a pendant able to be placed on a chain.

If using bails: Apply a small amount of E6000 to the bail portion that will be on the bottlecap and then find the middle top of your bottlecap (refer to the front of the image to make sure it lines up)
If using Slip Rings: Use your hole puncher to make a hole then attach your slip ring (this is honestly the more sturdy route for these)

Step 5: Just attach your ball chain necklaces (or necklace of your choice)

bottlecaps

DIY Hairbow Holder for Under $7.00

Aug 16 by Paul I. 1 Comment

With 5 young girls in the house a common problem in house is my feet stepping on hair bows and clips here, there, and everywhere. So I decided there had to be a solution! Of course this solution included Walmart. It’s really easy, simply start by heading on over to your local Walmart you can get all the supplies you need to make your own DIY Hair bow Holder for under $7.00! This craft is so easy even me (a dad) or the kids can do it!

Supplies you will need:

3/8″ Ribbon, $1.97
5/8″ or 7/8″ Ribbon, $1.97
Mini Glue Gun, $2.67
Mini Glue Sticks, $0.97
Small Wooden Shape, $0.57
Scissors

Step 1: Cut a long piece of the wider ribbon (this will be the ribbon you attach the bows to) and cut a piece of the 3/8″ ribbon a little bigger than the size of your cut out (as shown above). You can use a lighter to heat seal the ends of the ribbons to avoid fraying.

Step 2: Make the 3/8″ ribbon piece into a loop as shown, the ends will look like they are crossing over. Use the glue gun to secure the ends together.

Step 3: Mark your ribbon spots on your wooden shape at the top and bottom with a pen/marker. Apply a small amount of glue and attach your ribbons. Booya! No more stepping on hair bows in the middle of the night, those are almost as bad as legos! I am not even kidding….OUCH!

Now you see that craft only took 5 minutes total to make and the battle of the hair bows vs my feet is over! My feet are now safe at night and the girls will be able to find their special bows and clips without stress, tears and drama!

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25 Pipe Cleaner Crafts

Jun 26 by Monika Leave a Comment

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Spring Break, Summer Break, or even just a fun crafty day you can take those colorful pipe cleaners and create objects of pure cuteness. Pipe Cleaners can be found at multiple local stores in your area like Walmart, Dollar Tree, and more. Another great thing is they are always super cost efficient so check out the list of 25 Fun Pipe Cleaner Crafts you can create with the littles.

If you start your craft stock with just the basics like pip cleaners, construction paper, crayons, and even just google eyes you’ll have a TON of supplies to create with and all these items are super low on the cost scale at all the above mentioned stores. Pipe Cleaners are some of the easiest craft supplies to mold and create with which is what makes them so awesome.

Paper Finger Puppet Craft
How to Make Pipe Cleaner Flowers
DIY Love Bug Finger Puppets
Patterned Bead Snakes
Pipe Cleaner Glasses for Dress Up
Pipe Cleaner Snow Balls
DIY Glitter & Pipe Cleaner Wooden Peg Fairies
Beading a Rainbow
Button & Pipe Cleaner Caterpillars
Neon Beaded Butterfly Craft
Tissue Paper & Egg Carton Tulips
5 Minute Heart Garland
Spring Flower Craft
The Very Hungry Pasta Bead Caterpillar
Pipe Cleaner Rainbow Bracelet
Pipe Cleaner Disguises
Pipe Cleaner Cocktail Ring
Beaded Pipe Cleaner Kites
Pipe Cleaner Rainbow Magnet
Clothes Pin & Pipe Cleaner Bees
Heart Pipe Cleaner Bird Feeder
4 DIY Pipe Cleaner Bracelets
Pipe Cleaner Crowns
Funny Pipe Cleaner Worms
Pipe Cleaner Bubble Wands

Have so much fun with these guys and be sure to share pictures of your crafts with us on the I Heart the Mart Facebook Page or join the Coupon at Walmart Group HERE

Red, White, and Blue Yarn Stars

Jun 1 by Paul I. Leave a Comment

Red White Blue Yarn Stars

Looking for something super easy and quick to make for your July 4th cookouts or parties? These Red, White, and Blue Yarn Stars took less than $10.00 to make and you have leftover supplies for other projects. Time wise these yarn stars took less than 5 minutes each to make once you get the first one done and get the kinks worked out in the method.

You will need:

Yarn Skeins (red, white, and blue) $2.88
Star Buttons $5.77
Cardboard
Star Template
Adhesive of choice (Loctite works wonders or double sided tape)

Step 1: Take your Star Template and trace the outlines onto your cardboard. If you want a star big enough for the front of a mason jar you will need to make it a bit bigger than the size of your palm.

Step 2: As shown above these are the places you want to either apply your double sided tape or the super glue. The left is one side of the star and the right is the other side. Do this BEFORE you try to wrap the yarn and it makes your life a lot easier.

Step 3: Peel off one corner of the double sided tape and stick the end of your yarn down first and then begin to wrap the yarn around the corner. Make sure to not pull too tight on the yarn or it will bend your star. Once you are down to the end of the corner flip it over and cut your yarn. Attach the end of the yarn with the double sided tape or adhesive as shown. Repeat for all the corners.

Step 4: To begin wrapping the middle part, on the back side glue/stick the end of your yarn. As you can see in the left side of the picture above bring the yarn over the front and down. Wrap this same side about four times and then move to the other side (as shown on the right of the picture above).

Step 5: To continue from step 4, turn your star counter clockwise and do the same thing on this side. You’ll notice you’re making a sort of V when you wrap. Keep turning and wrapping until you no longer see any of the cardboard towards the outer sides. (The inner cardboard can be shown because your star beads will be covering it)

Step 6. Layer your star beads by size, you can just use two if you like. Attach the beads to the middle of your yarn stars with super glue.

To achieve the display shown at the very top of this craft you will need:

Mason Jars
American Flags ($0.97 for 4pk)
White Rice
Flameless Battery Candles ($2.50 for 4pk)

Make a Minion (Super Easy Craft)

May 31 by Paul I. Leave a Comment

The next installment of our favorite yellow dudes is hitting theaters soon with the Minions Movie and now if you have a Minion Themed Party or just want to get the kids excited about the movie they can Make a Minion with simple supplies you can pick up at your local Walmart for under $7.00!

You will need:

Construction Paper (Blue, Yellow, and Black)
Google Eyes
Elmer’s Glue
Scissors
Black Marker
Ruler
Toilet Paper Roll (or paper towel roll and cut in half)

Step 1: You will need to measure out all your pieces to cut.

Yellow Minion Body 4″ x 7″ (You can get 3 pieces per sheet)
Blue Clothes Part 1-1/2″ x 7″ (You can get 9 pieces per sheet)
Black Glasses Part 1/2″ x 7″

Step 2: Add glue to your toilet paper roll and attach the yellow piece. Roll your yellow paper around the toilet paper roll until fully covered. Apply glue to the end of your yellow paper and attach to the toilet paper roll.

Step 3: Attach the Minion Clothes Piece much like you did in Step 2 with the yellow piece. Make sure the blue paper is aligned with the bottom portion of your toilet paper roll.

Step 4: Attach the Black Glasses Piece as you did in step 2 & step 3. Make sure your black paper is about 1-2 thumb widths from the top of the toilet paper roll.

Step 5: Attach your google eyes close together (basically touching) and then you can draw pockets, dots, or overalls on your Minion to make it complete.

DIY Fabric Letters Under $20.00

May 17 by Paul I. Leave a Comment

Need something to finish your childs room but can’t find it in the store? Now you can customize their very own wall letters and do it all with supplies you can find at your local Walmart store for under $20.00! You can also make these for just decorative words like Home Sweet Home, Love, and more!

You will need:

Wooden Letters $1.47ea
Mod Podge $4.67
Paint Brushes Under $4.00
Fabric (Buy by the yard or quilt square packages were $8.97)
Scissors
Pens/Pencils
Command Hooks (optional) or other means of hanging letters

Step 1: Decide what word/name you will be making and what color fabric you want for each letter. You will then need to trace (lightly) around the letter onto the back side of the fabric as shown. (Pattern needs to be on the bottom). Lesson learned for tracing lightly, if you don’t trace lightly or use a like colored pen to the fabric it will bleed through when applying to the letters in the next step.

Step 2: Cut on the outer side of your traced shape, you can always go back and trim down further if there’s too much fabric for your letters.

Step 3: Take your paintbrush and apply a very light coat of Mod Podge to the wooden letter. Less is more (another lesson learned) when applying. Slowly apply your fabric letter and be sure to smooth it out as you go to prevent bubbles. Don’t push too hard on the fabric as the Mod Podge will come through the fabric.

Step 4: After applying your fabric entirely you may notice some slight fraying to the fabric, you can either trim this off or apply heat from a lighter to it super quick (too long and you get burnt fabric marks)

Step 5: Allow letters to dry overnight before testing them. You can then apply Command Hooks and hang your personalized new homemade word/name you made on a budget!

Under $1

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