RS {Craft} Night

I was asked a while back to create some crafts for our RS Craft Night. What a blessing to be able to serve-lucky me! Here they are:

#1 "BOO" Blocks


These blocks(5 1/2" wide. B=8 1/2 " tall, O= 5 1/2" tall, O= 7" tall) are painted black then sprayed with glitter with sanded edges. The letters we made from 3/8" sisal rope(found at Home Depot. B=22" in length, O=12" in length, O=15" in length). TIP: To cut the rope I used masking tape and then a serated knife. I then cut stripes of fabric, frayed them and just wrapped them around the rope-ends tacked with a glue gun. Then we attached them to the wood blocks with 9/16" double point staples(found with screws & nails at Home Depot).


#2 Tile Magnets
I took these mini tiles from the 12x12 tile sheets. Put magnets on the back. For the front: took paper and punched shapes then glued them onto the tiles. Then used glitter glue and clear glaze to put focus on the shape.


#3 Give Thanks Blocks
I cut these 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". I cut the fabric to fit just inside that measurement. Glue on with Mod Podge.


#4 Calendar Keeper
I wanted to make one like Angela's but had to simplify it for this night. I had Home Depot cut some beadboard into 2'x2' squares. Then I trimmed them out with 1x2" wood(only $0.77 for 8' piece). I found the calendars (at Walmart) and had to drill the hole bigger to fit the nails(#12 carpet tacks) I used. I loved the nails so I had to make adjustments to the calendar.

The bottom portion (ribbon is held on with 2 bolts&nuts-cut slit in ribbon to fit) is to hold any notes/invites/etc. and a pen pocket(found at the dollar store). Like Angela I use a different color of pen for each child, our business and just everyday info.


#5 Birthday Hanging {My Favorite}
The wood (9"x12") hanging lets everyone know who's birthday it is! The name boards at the bottom( 7 1/2"x 1 3/4") are covered with paper. For the names we used glitter foam (with sticky back) traced from letter stencils. Attach the nameboards with velcro.


So I wouldn't lose any of the nameboards I attached the rest of them on the back. [Thanks Andrea for the tip.]

For the wire top I cut strips of fabric(2"x6") to tie on. I did 5 colors using about 4 to 5 strips each.

A couple of the other crafts, that were pictured in Ang's post, I will do a "tute" on later. [FYI: The muffin tin countdown wasn't a favorite so that's why I didn't picture it]

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RS Craft Night

Just last night we had our relief society holiday craft night, and guess who did ALL the crafts for it? That would be our own Creative Homemaker, HEATHER. This woman is truly amazing! I think she ought to give us all a tutorial on how to prepare for and carry out a craft-making activity.

I went early to the craft activity to help Heather set up, and wish I would have taken pictures of inside her van. Holy heck! Not only that, but she also had everyone's complete "kits" separately packaged and tied with name tags attached, and set them up on the different tables. She had everything cut, painted, and ready to assemble. It was absolutely incredible! I would never have been able to do all that in the way she did, especially without having a nervous breakdown or something!!

The only thing I would've liked to see differently for our craft night was to have had one more hour. Two hours is not nearly enough time to finish a multiple craft projects, even if they are partly done for you (and depending on the projects). (But that was the RS presidency's call, not ours and they aren't crafters.) I felt so bad for the gals that didn't even get to start on some of their projects! There is nothing worse than taking home a craft kit and not having the time, resources, or know-how to finish it. This will probably result in an additional gathering to finish the projects. Bummer!

One cool thing that our ward did (that I saw for the first time), was give everyone a $10 credit toward there projects. (Most things costed $5 or less anyway.) With this economy, it was an awesome idea!
So for an FYI... plan at least 3 hours for a craft night (or if you're allowed, do it on a Saturday), no matter how simple or time-consuming the project is (cuz people can leave when they're done and those that take longer or sign up for multiple things will have time to complete theirs). Have everything organized and ready to assemble, make sure everyone knows before-hand exactly how much time they have to complete their projects, and maybe even give a limit quantity of porjects that people can sign up for! Our craft night was a lot of fun and went very smoothly, and was mostly a success! Thanks to all of Heather's hours of hard work!!!
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