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Homemade Crafts for Boss Day
Homemade gifts are mostly treasured possession.
Although these gifts are inexpensive, but they are treasured for the
love and care that goes into making them. In today's world, everything
is in abundance, other than time. All the people seem to complain about
the lack of time. In such a scenario, if you take out time from your
busy schedule and use it to make a homemade gift for your boss, on this
Boss Day, he will surely be floored. It is obvious that nothing can
delight a heart as much as a handmade gift. When you spare time and
undertake effort to make something, the worth of the gift increases
manifold. Come; let's learn some easy and attractive homemade gift ideas
for Boss Day.
Smelly Jelly Fish Bowl
Materials Required
- Small Artificial Goldfish
- Seashells
- Water Crystals
- 4 inch Glass Bowl
- Water
- Essential oil or fragrance oil, plus a drop of non-scented
dishwashing liquid or water-based fragrance
- Teaspoon
- Optional: Blue or Green Water Coloring
Method
- Wash and dry the glass bowl, then add water up to the neck of the
bowl. Make a note of the amount of water that is used.
- Add a few drops of food coloring, if desired.
- Add one teaspoon of fragrance oil or 10 to 12 drops of essential
oil and stir well. (If you are using oil-based fragrance or
essential oil, add one drop of dishwashing liquid per cup of water.
Water-based scent can be added to the water without adding any
dishwashing liquid)
- Add more scent, if desired, until the aroma is as strong as you
would like it.
- Add one teaspoon of crystals per cup of water, stir well and wait
about an hour, for the crystals to fully absorb the water. The gel
should be clear and fairly firm.
- Add seashells to the bowl, pushing them down to the bottom with a
teaspoon.
- Once the shells are arranged in a pleasing fashion, add one or
two artificial goldfish.
- Your smelly jelly fish bowl.
Seashell Shadow Box Holder
Materials Required
Instructions
- Remove the back of the shadow box and place the box on a table
with the glass side down.
- Beginning at the bottom of the box, arrange the seashells. For
the best balance, position several larger seashells as the lower
layer, with medium sized seashells in the middle and smaller ones at
the top.
- Place the seashells in upside down position, so that you're
looking at the bottom of them, the fronts will show through the
glass.
- Use smaller shells to fill in any gaps between the larger shells.
- Gently pick up the box and tip it on a slight angle, to force the
shells to fall into a natural position.
- You'll probably find that this creates a gap at the top which
should be filled in with more small shells.
- Preview your shadow box seashell display by carefully holding the
box above your head to see through the glass.
- If the shells are positioned in a pleasing way, replace the
cardboard back and fasten in place with the pins or tacks provided.
- If there is too much gap between the shells and the cardboard,
fill the space with quilt batting, fun foam, more cardboard, or
other lightweight material that will prevent the shells from moving.
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