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Below you will find many string arts and crafts activities that use string.

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Make String Covered Jar Pencil Holders

This is a lot of fun. Ask Mom or Dad to save you a large jar. Was the label off with warm soapy water and let dry completely. Next....place some old newspapers out to protect your table. Get a few containers of paint to dip string in. Dip the first part of the string in the first color...then put the next part of the string in the next color..etc...etc. until you have a large string that is multi-colored. Let the string completely dry. Cover the bottom of the jar with clear drying glue. Wrap the bottom of the jar with the colorful string and then add more glue as you go along....until the entire jar is covered with the string and then glue the last part of the string inside the jar. If you have any string left, glue a name or something with string on the jar. You can use this as a desk pen, pencil, scissors holder...or for whatever else you nee to be held.

String Wrapped Plastic or Glass Bottles

Find an empty plastic or glass bottle and some colorful string. If you don't have different colored string...you can follow the process in the above craft (string wrapped jars craft) to see how you paint string. Add glue to the portion of the bottle that you are going to start with. Wrap in cool looking designs, such as curves, spirals, zig-zags, maze-like designs, etc. Add more glue as you continue wrapping the jar. These would make beautiful vases to add flowers too but they are a piece of art work without adding anything at all to them .

String Painting Cards

The materials needed for this string painting are 1 piece of paper 12" x 18", scissors, one 7-foot piece of string, one or two colors of poster paint, and a pencil. Fold a piece of paper in half and open out flat again. Dip piece of string in poster paint. Remove string from paint and lay it twisted up on half of the paper. Fold paper over string and press down to transfer design to other side of paper (sketch a). Open piece of paper again, remove string and allow paint to dry. Another color may be added later.

Making Drink Coasters with Twine

These make professional looking coasters. Find lids such as butter lids, cottage cheese lids, cream cheese lids, or icing lids. Squeeze glue onto the inside of the lid and then wrap twine all around the inside of the lid until it is completely looped and swirly as seen above. Then glue an extra piece around the outside of the lid to hide the lid from being seen...if it is a tall lid like the one above...one piece of string will be needed for the inside rim as well. When the glue dries you will be able to hold a nice cold drink on your coaster.

Fun String Ideas

String doesn't seem like much fun at all ... well here are a few ideas for fun string play ... (1.) Make letters and numbers with strips of string. Make the numbers I, 2 and 3. Make the letters A, B and C. See if you can spell your name with strips of string. (2.) Make a clothes-line by hanging string between two tall, toys. Hang things on it. (3.) Make a circle of string on the floor. See if you can roll marbles so that they land in the circle. Make a lane of two strings. See if you can roll, the marbles in the lane.

Making Toy Telephones with String and Flat Cups

This is a classic do-it-yourself toy / game that you can easily make. Just find 2 flat-bottomed cups and some string. Make a small home on the bottom of both of your cups that you found. Now get 6 feet of string. Pul the string through each hole and knot it on the inside. Make sure that the cups won't come loose. Now you can talk to your friends from a different room.

String and Straw Artwork Pieces

You will need the following : drinking straws in assorted colors, assorted colored pieces of yarn or string, assorted colors and sizes of buttons, cardboard of assorted sizes 8 1/2"x11" and larger, pieces of decorative paper or wallpaper at least 2" larger than cardboard pieces, Scotch tape, scissors, small sponge, and glue. Prepare "frames" by taping the pieces of decorative paper or wallpaper, to cardboard, decorative side down on cardboard (see sketch). Gather a box of "art supplies" for making pictures: buttons, cut straws, lengths of colored yarn, etc. Put paste or glue down where you are going to put materials down. Then arrange pieces of yarn and straws as desired. Animals, people, outdoor scenes, etc., may be "drawn" with "art supplies." Use buttons for eyes, mouth, heads, etc.

String Covered Spice Containers for Salt and Paper Shakers

To make this, gather 2 small medicine bottles or spice containers or other small jar, two nails - one larger than the other, hammer, heavy cord or twine or string, glue, and scissors. Ask Mom or Dad if you are allowed to use a nail to punch holes in the top of lids before continuing. Then punch three or four holes in bottle caps; use large nail for salt shaker and small one for pepper shaker. Firmly glue end of cord or string near bottom of bottle. Wind cord around from bottom to top over a thin layer of glue on bottle. When the top is reached, tuck end of cord under several strands and bring out and down side of bottle. Form letter "S" on one bottle and "P" on other with a contrasting color screen. Glue these down firmly. Shellac bottles by covering them with a mixture of glue and water (3 parts Elmer's Glue and 1 part water). Cover the shakers 3 or 4 times...each time letting the glue completely dry before adding the next coat.

More Fun String Crafts and Activities

Make Pull-Along Toy Snakes with Corks and String - Learn how to make your very own pull-along toy snake with the following instructions. It really turns out to be a really cool toy when finished. This is a great toy for boys…who tend to love to scare girls with these cork snakes. Find the directions below.

How to Make Friendship Bracelets Easy Step by Step Tutorial for Kids - Friendship bracelets are very popular again and all you need to make them is yarn or string, scissors, and tape. Give one to your best friends and they are supposed to return the favor. It is fun to see how many bracelets you can get back from your friends.

Make a Working Bucket and Well with a Bobby Pin - Learn how to make this mechanical well with a cup, spool, string, and a bobby pin.

How to Make Twist Tie Doll Figures with Moving Arms and Legs Crafts Idea for Kids - If you want to make your very own play dolls out of recycled twist ties, then find out how to. They come out really cool, with hug-gable & twist-able arms and legs … especially cool for Mom dolls that hug baby dolls. Find out how to make these from unused items around your house. Have fun.

How to Make a Flying Butterfly Toy that Flies up to 15 Feet When Pulling the String- This is an arts and crafts project to make a butterfly toy that will really fly up to 15 feet up in the air. This is for older kids as it is too difficult for younger kids to master…although they can with some supervised guidance from an adult.

How to Make Color Wheel Spinning Toys Craft Idea - This is a good arts and crafts activity to teach kids about colors (and it is a lot of fun to play with). Kids will be so surprised when they find out that when they spin the toys, the colorful rainbow of colors turns into a charcoal gray. You can teach kids a little bit of science and lit bit of art with the use of this crafts project. Have fun.

How to Make Toy Parachute Crafts Instructions for Boys and Girls - All kids that I know love playing with toy parachutes. You can make a parachute that will float down from the sky with its passenger. You can tie on toy soldiers or other toy figures, or even a little doll of some sort for girls who would prefer that. Throwing the toy parachutes into the air after they are made is really fun, as you will see.

Make a Pioneer's Well from a Spool and Milk Carton - Learn how to make a working water well with a recycled milk carton, spool, string, and a tac.

Make No-Sew Water Bottle Holder with Socks, Strings, and Beads- Learn how to make this cool water bottle holder with a pair of socks, string, and some beads. No sewing involved and you are upcycling.

Create Your Own Mini Water Well with Branch, String, and Tin Can - Learn how to make a miniature, working, water well to play with.

Use Fallen Branches to Make a Toy Raft - Now you can find out how to make miniature rafts for your figurines...it really floats. You can use branches that have fallen off of the tree as well as string to tie the twigs together. Pretty cool.

Make a Toy Kite - Make a toy kite using sticks, string, paper, and ribbons.

Spin the Button on the String - This is a fun thing to do when you are bored. String a button on a string, spin it and pull.

Eskimo Sun Glasses Tied with String Craft - Make these Eskimo sun glasses with corrugated cardboard layered one on top of the other. There is only a bit of sun that can get thru - just like the eskimos used to make (with different materials of course). Keep these on your head with string.

Bunny String Art Craft for Kids - Make this cool bunny out of string.

Dream Catcher Craft for Kids - According to Native American legend, the Dream Catcher allows good dreams to pass through and slide down onto the sleeper. A bad dream becomes entangled in the web of the Dream Catcher. Make this craft wtih string.

Egg Dyeing: String Technique Craft for Kids - This easy technique yields splashy, unique designs reminiscent of abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock's.

Felt Stitched Ornaments Craft - After playing with stitching them on paper, I decided that I wanted to try to adapt the idea to fiber. For the images shown here, I used the same pattern as in my earlier post. I poked holes through the pattern and then taped it to a piece of felt. I then used a fine-tipped sharpie marker to make dots on the felt through the holes.

Foil and String Art - Foil and String Art craft for kids.

It's a String Thing Craft for Kids - These cute dolls are made from plastic bottles, yarn and a whole lot of creativity!

KinderArt String Art Craft for Kids - Building coordination while encouraging creativity.

Make a Pony Bead Loom Craft for Kids - Beading is a great craft for camp or rainy days or just days when you want to hang out with your friends and make something . Here is a project that is easy to make with string and will allow you to have hours of satisfying fun.

Scalloped Circle String Art Craft - Create intriguing cards and pinsusing the different designs here.

String Art Craft for Kids - String art is easy to make with yarn and has a three-dimensional feeling. This string butterfly and flower look like they are actually leaping off the background.

String Art Easter Egg Ornament Craft with String for Kids - These are very simple ornaments-- a fun baby-sitting project for grade-schoolers.

String Art - A cross between Spirograph and macramé, this retro craft is the equivalent of two great tastes that taste great together. Professors actually use this project to teach a mathematical principle -- forming a rounded shape called a Bézier curve from straight lines -- but it's so funka-delically awesome that you don't have to be a geometry whiz to dig­ it.

String Art Flower Pattern Craft for Kids in Girl Scouts - The flower in the photo above, took 36 feet of green for the large leaf, 13 feet of green for the small leaf, 6 feet of orange for the small bud at the bottom, 45 feet of red for the flower petals, and 4 feet of yellow for the center of the flower. These measurements contain a little extra so you shouldn't run short.

String Art Patterns - These are free sample patterns so that you can try out the String Art technique. The patterns are delivered by download to your computer in PDF format. This requires Adobe Reader 5 or later.

String Art Snowflake Craft for Kids - This delightfully delicate snowflake will be a treasured heirloom for years to come.

String Art Valentine's Wreath Craft for Kids - This is a great project for Valentine's Day, and can be done on a much smaller scale. Instead of making a wreath with multiple hearts, make a doily and put one heart in the middle. There are 236 yards in a ball of Lion Cotton, so if you have a class of 30, that is almost 16 yards of yarn (8 of each color) per student--two balls will be plenty!

String Art Decorations Craft with Yarn or String - Everything old is new again! Today's teenage crafters will fall in love with this updated version of an old craft. They also make great ornaments for the Christmas Tree. It's never to early to get started.

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