Stencils... only a container away!

Stencils

 

I was about to throw away the cottage cheese carton when my hand stopped mid-air!

Out whisked the cookie cutters, a marker, a small exacto knife, a cutting board

and WAH-LA

a stencil was born. 

            

             Use a lid from the peanut butter jar, cool whip carton, yogurt, cottage cheese  or any other food container to make circles.  Even the inside ring from that used up roll of tape will work.       Make different size circles using different size containers. A pasta measurer makes a great stencil too.

 

Use cookie cutters to trace shapes onto lids before cutting out different shapes.

Both the shape you cut out and the lid result in a stencil.

 

 

 

 

This blog post was inspired by the book:  Miraculous, Magical Moments in Minutes : Over 500 Quick, Easy Activities for Adults and Children to Share

 

by Becky B. Baxa  available from Amazon.com

 

180,full color, pages of non-stop fun!

 

Stencil Sensation!

 

A freshly sharpened pencil...a new box of colored pencils

some paper...

add a stencil or two and...

Let the fun creations begin!

 

Your kitchen houses all types of stencils that can be used or created in minutes.

 

Try these common items as stencils.

 

• Plastic lids from food containers (cottage cheese, yogurt, butter/margarine) with a design cut out of the middle.  Use cookie cutters to help create a design on the lid and and use a sharp utility knife on a cutting board to cut out the shape.The shape you cut out becomes a stencil as well as the lid itself.  (shown in the photo above)

• The inside ring of the roll of masking or scotch tape (pictured in the center of the large circle stencil in the photo above).
 
• A pasta measurer (Shown in the upper middle of above picture.  It has four holes.)
 
• The lids off of any container or bottle
 
• A plastic cup or plate
 
• Plastic storage containers and lids 

• A food box that has a "window". Cut out the side of the box with the opening and then remove the cellophane covering the opening. This results in an instant stencil.
 

 
• Cookie Cutters make great stencils too!
 
          

         

 Let your imagination go wild and see what happens!