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Rainbow Magnet
by Heidi Ott
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Perfect for
St. Patrick's Day! |
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Materials: |
6 x 4 ½ - inch wooden oval frame
Green fun foam or felt
¾ - inch tall candle cup
1 pkg. gold seed beads
1 yard 1/8 – inch green ribbon
2 inch strip of magnet
9 mm pony beads…
16 red
16 yellow
16 green
8 orange
8 blue |
Acrylic paints…
Red
Yellow
Green
Orange
Purple
Blue
Black
Paint brush
Sand paper
Saw
Drill
Glue gun |
Instructions:
Rainbow
Using a saw, cut oval in half to form two rainbow shapes. You can make
two magnets if you have double the other materials. Sand rainbow shape
to smooth cut edge. Drill 4 small holes evenly spaced in each end of
the rainbow. Paint rainbow as shown in photo. Be sure to paint the
edges around the rainbow.
Cut 8 - 4 ½ - inch lengths of green ribbon. Knot a green bead at one
end of each ribbon. String the remaining beads on ribbon as shown in
photo. Thread beaded ribbon through a hole in the end of the rainbow.
Glue the end of the ribbon to the back. Trim excess ribbon on back.
Repeat with remaining beaded ribbons.
Pot of gold
Paint candle cup black. Let dry. Glue gold seed beads all over top of
candle cup to look like gold. Glue pot of gold to right side of
rainbow.
Clover
Cut a clover from fun foam or felt. Glue to left side of rainbow.
Finishing
Glue magnet to back of rainbow.
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