CleverPatch™ Occasions eBook 2022

Ice Cream Cone Keyring

Materials:

• Keyring & Chain – Pack of 30 – 17140

• Felt Squares – Pack of 100 – 10785

• Embroidery Thread – Red – 48m – 12380

• Embroidery Thread – Orange – 48m – 12377

• Embroidery Thread – Yellow – 48m – 12382

• Felt Balls – Bright – Pack of 50 – 15293

• Sewing Needles – Sharp – Pack of 6 17870

• CleverPatch™ Glue Gun – Low Melt – 11208

• Other materials: Scissors, pencil, marker and template (page 10).

1. Print and cut out the template provided on page 10. Trace around the template shape onto a sheet of felt and cut out.

2. Draw cross-hatching lines with a brown or black marker to create ice cream cone details.

3. Roll the felt into a cone so the design is on the outside. Use a glue gun to apply glue along the edge to secure in place. Allow to dry.

4. Choose two felt balls and apply glue to the rim of the cone. Place one ball inside the cone on the glue. Allow to dry. Glue the other ball on top and allow to dry.

5. Thread a 40cm length of red embroidery thread through a needle. Tie a knot in the opposite end. Thread through the top of the top felt ball. Thread the needle through the last link on the keyring chain.

6. Thread the needle back through the ball under the link, and then back through the link. Pull the thread out of the needle and tie a double knot to secure the keyring in place. Trim the excess thread.

7. Cut 10 x 9.5cm lengths of yellow embroidery thread and fold in half. Cut a 40cm length of orange embroidery thread and tie around the yellow thread close to the top. Wrap the remaining thread around and tie another knot to secure.

8. Attach the tassel with an extra piece of embroidery thread. Thread the length through the keyring chain and through a few loops in the tassel. Tie a knot to attach to the keyring.

9. Your Ice Cream Cone Keyring is now ready to use!

Aussie Icon Bag Tag

Materials:

• Metal Keyring with Snap Hook – Pack of 10 – 19054

• Iron Beads Box Pack – 12861

• Iron Beads Pegboard – Clear – 12758

• Iron Beads Ironing Paper – Pack of 10 – 12754

• Other Materials: iron and template (page 10).

DID YOU KNOW?

In 2016, a scientist conducted an experiment to see if Vegemite could be used as a conductor. Surprisingly, due to the high ion and water content, it completed the electric circuit and turned on a LED light!

1. Download and print out the template on page 10. Place your pegboard on a flat surface with the template underneath.

2. Fill in the design with coloured iron beads according to the template. Preheat a household iron to the medium setting. When carrying the bead design to the iron, be careful not to tip or bump the beads from the pegboard!

3. Cover the beads with ironing paper or baking paper. Gently iron the beads in a circular motion for about 20 – 30 seconds so the beads fuse together.

Warning: Ironing must be done by an adult only.

4. Once the design is cool, peel off the ironing paper. Lift your design from the pegboard and flip the design over onto your ironing surface. Cover it with ironing paper and iron the other side to fuse it evenly.

5. Thread the split ring on the snap hook through the hole in the top of the design. Be careful when pushing the split ring over the beads and through the hole.

6. Your Aussie Icon Bag Tag is now ready to use!

Chinese New Year Lantern

Materials:

• Paper Lantern – 12931

• Tassels – Gold – Pack of 20 – 17382

• Metallic Yarn – Gold – 20g – 10238

• CleverPatch™ Copy Paper – Brights – A4 Pack of 250 – 16220

• CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Red 75ml – 16877

• CleverPatch™ Junior PVA Glue 250ml – 10364

• CleverPatch™ Glue Stick – 40g – 13974

• CleverPatch™ Fine Glitter – Gold 145g Shaker Tub – 15148

• Other materials: Scissors, paint brush and a pencil.

1. Assemble your paper lantern by following the instructions in your pack. Paint it red using acrylic paint. Allow to dry.

2. Cut strips of red, orange, and yellow paper measuring 4 x 29.7cm. You’ll need 3 strips of each colour.

3. Fold the strips in half along the long edge to crease the middle, then unfold. Cut small frills about 2-5mm wide, stopping at the creased centre. Repeat for all the paper strips.

4. Use a glue stick and apply glue to the top of a yellow strip. Place the orange strip over the top. Apply glue to the top of the orange strip and place the red over the top. Repeat for the other two groups of strips. Allow to dry.

5. Sketch “2022” onto your lantern. Trace over the numbers using PVA glue and sprinkle gold glitter over the top. Allow to dry.

6. Place one group of paper frills onto the lantern so it sits under the numbers. Place a second group of frills on the opposite side of the lantern to complete the circle. You may need to adjust how the paper curves and sits on the lantern. Secure with glue and allow to dry.

7. Join the ends of the third frill group to create a circle. Apply glue to the rim along the crease. Attach to the top of your lantern. Allow to dry.

8. Thread gold yarn through the top of the lantern and tie a knot to create a hanger. Attach a gold tassel to the bottom of your lantern using a cow hitch knot.

9. Your Chinese New Year Lantern is now ready to display!

Year of the Tiger Hat

Materials:

• Cardboard Oriental Hats – White Pack of 20 – 14391

• Foam Sheets – Small – Pack of 40 – 12282

• CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Red 75ml – 16877

• CleverPatch™ Tacky Glue – 250ml – 16494

• Wiggle Eyes Black – 2cm Pack of 100 – 10817

• CleverPatch™ Fine Glitter – Gold 145g Shaker Tub – 15148

• Elastic – White – 10 Metres – 19747

• Other materials: scissors, pencil, marker and template (page 11).

1. Decorate your hat using red acrylic paint and gold glitter. Allow to dry. Assemble the hat and set aside. Download and print out the templates provided on page 11.

2. Cut out the template pieces and trace them onto the coloured foam labelled on each piece. You’ll need double of the ear and side stripe pieces. Cut thin triangles for the whiskers or alternatively, you can draw them using a black marker.

3. Glue the tongue piece to the bottom of the orange mouth piece. Glue the teeth above the tongue and allow to dry. Glue the white ear pieces to the orange ears. Glue the nose to the white mouth piece. Allow to dry.

4. Glue the ears to the top of the tiger’s head. Glue the top half of the orange mouth piece to the bottom of the head piece. Allow to dry.

5. Glue the bottom of the white mouth piece to the top of the teeth. Allow to dry.

6. Glue the top stripe piece to the top of the head. Glue two side stripe pieces to each side of the head. Allow to dry.

7. Glue two wiggle eyes onto your tiger’s face. Attach the whiskers using a small amount of glue or draw them onto the white mouth piece using a marker. Allow to dry.

8. Attach the tiger to the front of your hat using glue and allow to dry. Tie a piece of elastic to the holes on either side of the hat.

9. Your Year of the Tiger Hat is now ready to wear!

Valentine Heart Crayons

Materials:

• CleverPatch™ Chubby Crayons Pack of 40 – 10880

• Paper Raffia – Lilac – 50 Metres – 18124

• CleverPatch™ Triangular Coloured Markers Pack of 10 – 16232

• Silicone Mould Tray Hearts – 19787

• Other materials: Microwave or oven, template (page 10), hole punch and scissors.

1. Cut six crayons into small pieces and divide evenly between three heart moulds. If you fill the mould to the top, the heart will be thicker and heavier.

2. To melt the crayons, place the silicone mould into an oven or microwave. DO NOT leave the crayons unattended whilst melting them. If you are using an oven, bake at 150°C for approximately 5 minutes. If you are using a microwave, we heated our hearts for approximately 8 minutes. Timing for each will vary based on individual appliance, so be sure to keep watch so the crayons don’t smoke and burn!

3. Remove the mould from the microwave or oven and set it aside to cool completely. Once cool, pop out the heart crayons to reveal the marbled pattern on the smooth side!

4. Cut a 1m length of purple raffia. Stack your three hearts on top of one another with the raffia underneath the smooth side. Bring the two ends of raffia up and cross them over.

5. Flip the hearts over, holding the raffia in place. Thread the top end under the middle and the bottom end under the middle. Pull tight slightly, then tie a knot to secure.

6. Tie a bow over the knot and trim the excess raffia.

7. Download and print out the template on page 10. Cut out the template and hole punch a hole. Thread the raffia through the hole and attach to your bow. Tie a double knot to secure.

8. Your Valentine Heart Crayons are now ready to gift to someone you love!

Origami Hearts Card

Materials:

• CleverPatch™ Cover Paper Assorted – A4 – Pack of 275 – 13652

• CleverPatch™ Tacky Glue – 250ml – 16494

• EverZart Permanent Pens – Black – Pack of 20 – 19810

• Other materials: Ruler, pencil and scissors.

1. Measure and cut 3 rectangles in three different colours: one 22.3 x 10cm and the other two 6.6 x 16cm. Set the two small rectangles aside, and begin with the larger rectangle.

2. Fold the bottom right and left corners up diagonally, aligning the top edge of the rectangle with the edge of the corner. Unfold and repeat for the top corners to create 2 cross creases.

3. Unfold the previous step and flip the rectangle over. Fold the left side over to make a crease through the middle of the cross from the folds from step 2. Repeat for the right side. Unfold and flip back over.

4. Bring the left edge up and push the top and bottom triangles in. Push the left side down to crease the triangle. Repeat for the right side.

5. Fold the right side over to the left. Fold the top right corner diagonally down to the left so it lines up with the corner of the previous fold. Repeat for the bottom corner.

6. Fold the top layer from the left over to the right and crease the flap along the vertical edges of the corners from step 5.

7. Bring the top right point down to meet the right point. Bring the bottom point up to meet the right point. Repeat on the left side.

8. Squash fold all the creases you just made to create 4 squares.

9. Fold the left and right corners of each square towards the middle crease.

Give someone you love a unique Origami Heart Card with a hidden message!

10. Squash fold along all the creases again. The folds should look like a circle in the centre.

Open section

11. Flip the paper over so the open section is vertical on the left. Fold the top point down.

12. Fold the right and left points over slightly to create two small triangles. Flip the paper back over to see your design.

13. Repeat steps 2-12 for the two smaller rectangles to create smaller hearts.

14. Glue the two small hearts to each side of the large heart. Allow to dry.

15. Write a nice hidden message under the first layer of each of the bottom points.

16. Your Origami Heart Card is now ready to gift to someone you love on Valentine’s Day!

Pull the bottom part of the hearts out so your card can stand up!

Ice Cream Cone Keyring & Valentine Heart Crayons

Use these templates to help you complete the activities on pages 3 and 7.

Ice Cream Cone Keyring Valentine Heart Crayons

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Aussie Icon Bag Tag

Use this template to help you complete the activity on page 4.