Scarf works in wonder

I learn how to make my scarf works multiple ways with this video.  Language is not an issue if you just focus on the image and learn the way to tie the knots or just the placement of the scraf.

I find it easy to follow images and disregard the language as I am not able to understand the foreign language used in the video.

Play the video a few time to get the tricks. Stop it and look at the way is it done if you find it hard to comprehense sometime!

Best Ideas: Gift Wrapping and Craft Material organisation

I enjoy doing gift wrapping and this video show you the way to "Turn your trunk to gift wrapping station - instantly" let individual have a quick way of doing gift wrapping on the go:

"Turn your trunk to gift wrapping station - instantly"
http://www.ivillage.com/my-best-idea?nlcid=hh%7c11-02-2012%7c

I like learning different ways to craft without messy cleanup at the end of the day.  Here is a video link "Genius ways to craft without messy cleanup", and if you have kids at home, you will love this ideas when you do art and craft with them:

 

"Genius ways to craft without messy cleanup"

http://bcove.me/b2s4au3t

Paper art: creating optical illusion experience 2

The optical illusion experience for this work is to make you think that the balls can roll automatically upward:



"日本：球往高处走 眼见不为实" is the orginal title.

The narration is in Mandarin, yet if you just view it from beginning to end, you will understand how your eyes can be fooled by paper craft!

You may like to amuse others by making the model used in the above video!

The orginal designer is a Japanese Mathematician and he demonstrated it in video in 2010!

I think it is a great teaching tool!

Cheers!

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

Paper art: creating optical illusion experience 1

There are a lot of video on youtube that illustrated the magic of optical illusions.

I view them with interest and thought of transferring the ideas to paper art work in school to create optical illusion experience.

I think students will learn a lot from crafting the object and learn something interesting along the way!

You may like to amuse others by making the model used in the above video!

Source of video: unknown

Cheers!


Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

Napkin folding: how to fold a dinner jacket

How To Learn A Dinner Jacket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uikE-w_eDnY&feature=related

Amazing and magnificent ideas on napkin folding from an author of the book with years of experience in the trade!

This video is a useful time-saver that will enable you to get good at napkin folding, a refine dining etiquette for any host who likes to please their guest.

If you learn the method, you can apply it on gift wrapping, card making and other create craft using paper or clothe!

Cheers!

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

How to wrap a present creatively

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swuiAiellVg&feature=related

This video from Howcast give a step by step approach to gift wrapping in general and share many great tips on wrapping gifts of all sizes creatively.

The square box shape is used to demonstrate the basic measurement method and it is a good to see how big the wrapper is required. I think the measurement for the ribbon may need some adjustment depending on the height of the gift, so do your trial and error, you will discover the right length of the ribbon required for your own gift.

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

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Become a wrap artist! Learn how to make every present look festive, no matter what shape or size.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A gift box
Wrapping paper
Scissors
Tape
A bow or ribbon
Cardboard boxes or balloons
Fabric
Children's bedsheets
Chinese takeout containers, empty paper towel rolls, or oatmeal canisters
Matching boxes in various sizes
Two-sided tape

Step 1: Master the basic technique

Master the basic wrapping technique: Begin by placing the gift box on the paper, top side down. Fold one end of the wrapping paper over the box to see how much paper you'll need to completely cover it. Add two inches to that length, and cut the paper there.

Step 2: Center the box

Center the box, noting how much paper is on the short sides that are going to be folded and taped. Having enough paper to cover two-thirds of those sides when the paper is folded down is ideal. Any more, and it will bunch up when you try to fold the edges.

Tip: If you have excess paper on those sides, push the box to the ideal distance on one side and trim the other side accordingly.

Step 3: Start folding

Fold one end of the paper over the top of the box. When you're sure it's straight, tape it to the box. Then fold the other end over it and tape again. If one edge of the paper is uneven from being cut, fold it over a bit to create a straight edge.

Tip: Use double-sided tape for a more polished look.

Step 4: Fold the edges

Now fold the paper down over one of the sides of the box. Take the diagonals that have been formed and fold them inward. Then bring the bottom flap up and tape it in the center. Repeat with the other side.

Step 5: Add a bow

Press on a stick-on bow, or cut a piece of ribbon that's about five times the length of the gift box & wrap it around the top of the package, lengthwise, until the ends meet in the middle of the bottom of the box. Twist them around each other at the center of the box, bring them back up to the top of the package, & make a knot before tying a bow.

Tip: If the ribbon is ribbed, take a pair of scissors, hold the ribbon ends taut, and pull the blade along them to make curls.

Step 6: Solve the size problem

Wrap an oversize present by taking apart some large cardboard moving boxes and building one big bottomless box that you can cover in paper and place over the gift. Or, just smother the present in balloons.

Step 7: Cover in fabric

Wrap gifts with sharp edges in fabric; it won't tear like paper. Just plop the item in the center, gather the material at the top, and tie with a thick ribbon. Fabric shops offer great deals on end-of-the-bolt pieces.

Tip: Have a big, bulky present for a child? Wrap it in a bedsheet featuring their favorite cartoon character.

Step 8: Recycle household goods

Think about everyday items that could hold hard-to-wrap gifts: Chinese takeout containers, empty paper towel rolls, oatmeal canisters.

Step 9: Create a gift set

A dramatic way to present three or four gifts of varying sizes is to create a gift tower: Place the presents in matching boxes of descending size, wrap the boxes in the same or complementary paper, stack them, and tie the tower together with ribbon.

Source of information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swuiAiellVg&feature=player_embedded

Princeton Online: Incredible Art Department

Since 1994 - the oldest art education site on the net!

So much to see on this site!
 
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/index.html

"Welcome to The Incredible Art Department. This site began in late 1994 as a showcase for my elementary art students in a school in Indianapolis, Indiana. This site was the second educational website in Indiana. The first was a 5th grade classroom in Brookview Elementary. My district was not ready for this exposure so they told me to remove the site. Instead of completely folding it, I decided to open it up to the world. The response was phenomenal. I received 8,555 visitors the first year. Now the site receives millions of visitors each year."

Personally, I like "The Art Teacher Toolbox" at http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/toolbox.html "It is a resource for homeschoolers and new teachers. You can read about art curriculum and instruction, discipline strategies, special education, NCLB, best practices, school law, view contests, and create rubrics."

The problem in find good art and craft sources from this site is to differetial advertisements from the good information sources.  The advertisement is shown first and is blocking your navigation path and move you away from your orginal search.

Nevertheless, if you are patient enough, you may find good sites like "Art for small hands" at  http://www.artforsmallhands.com/ for teaching pre-schoolers.

I like the "Collection of Student Art Galleries" at http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/kid_galleries.html it open the door to students' art and craft work from all over the world!

If you are interested to trace the history of the site and look at the pages in 1994 to 2011, you may click the links near the bottom of this page "IAD Website Designs through the years" at http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/history/history.html

I like looking at old pages as they illustrate the changes in the history of Internet with "look and feel", For example, the 1994-46 webpage, was made for the Netscape browser which was "cool" at that time as it replaced text based browsers!  Well, Web browers do have history that younger generation are not aware of.  It is a good site for me who is a "Library Trainer" to use it in my training and show the evolution of information studies in "retrospective mode"!

Cheers!

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang