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Bastille Day
by W.Holidays

Crafts for Bastille Day

Beaded French Flag Safety Pin
skill level: easiest
cost: under $5
craft time: 10 minutes

12, 7/8" safety pins
1, 1-3/4 " safety pin
for colors and amounts of beads please refer to the pattern

The How To:
Place beads on each of the smaller safety pins according to the pattern.
Arrange beaded safety pins on large pin according to the patterns shown in chart, pushing them around to the side of the safety pin that does not open.

Optional steps:
Use needle nose pliers to pinch closed the smaller safety pins to keep them from popping open. You may want to use a small flat head screwdriver to help open the end of the large safety pin.

Fleur-de-lis Tee
skill level: easy
cost: $5-$20
craft time: 20 minutes plus drying time
Option: Stamp onto paper, great for kindergarteners.

click here to get the pattern
Tee-shirt or sweat shirt, try a dark color, washed & dried
Contact paper (the stuff you line your kitchen shelves with)*
Fabric paint, gold, rust, and a pale yellow (or you can just use gold)
Sponge

*The contact paper is optional, you can just cut out the stencil from the printed paper.
Trace out the pattern onto the contact paper. (Draw 2 or 3 on the paper.)
Cut out the patterns.
Remove backing of contact paper and press onto the shirt.
Sponge gold paint into the stencil.
Sponge rust along the right border.
Sponge pale yellow along the left border.
Carefully remove "stencil".
Let dry and continue adding more fleur-de-lis.

French Flag
skill level: easiest
cost: under $5
craft time: 5 minutes

3x5 index card
markers or paint
Popsicle stick
tape or glue

Paint or color the index card to look like the French flag.
Glue or tape the "flag" to the "pole"-the Popsicle stick..

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