What can you do with glitter?
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Oh glitter.
So shiny, sparkly and fun! It is impossible to be serious and boring and be a fan of glitter; I refuse to believe it. Once your favourite child discovers glitter and the other important “G” of crafting, glue, you are in serious trouble and will likely never again have a day that doesn’t involve finding random specks of glitter in your hair, on your cheek or in your morning coffee (you have been warned).
If you would like to keep your glitter activities confined to crafts alone, good luck! Here are some things that you can use glitter for:
- to outline anything, by first “writing” or drawing the item with glue, then covering the page with glitter. Do this over a flexible surface (paper is fine but a plastic placemat or craft mat works really well) and you can return the excess back into its container. If the thought of using liquid glue is too daunting to contemplate, you must check out the glue stamp pad that Kari wrote about here.
- encase glitter in clear plastic and it can add some dimension to your art work. You can create a frame that can be shaken to move the glitter around, or create a card that has the front half covered in glitter and a “Happy Birthday” or “Congratulations” confetti (picture to follow).
- if you’re having a somewhat fancy party, you may want to sprinkle tables with a bit of glitter and some metallic confetti to add a festive feeling to things
How have you been using glitter?
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