Sunday School Craft - David's Five Stones (with verse tag)

This is like. . .my third David vs. Goliath craft (actually. . .maybe my fourth). Anyways, it's because the same little kids are still in the class when I started making these and I don't want them to make the same craft twice! (We keep teaching kids from 2-4 the same select stories from the whole Bible in order, over and over, until they get to the next level. In case you were wondering!)

Today's craft: David's Five Stones

You will need: brown fabric (I used a roll of wreath burlap), jute (or regular string or yarn), stones (make sure your kids are at least three years old and won't put them in their mouths), scissors, cardstock, and single hole punch.

First, cut out your fabric (or wreath burlap) into squares. (You can do circles, but they take longer).

Print out the template at the end and cut the tags apart.

Punch the top corner of each tag.

Cut the string into however many pieces.

Let the kids select five stones and put them in the middle of each square.

Pull up the corners around the rocks.

Put a tag on a piece of string.

Tie the string around the little square of fabric! (Those stones are for photo aesthetics. . .There are five others inside the fabric! . . .Obviously!)

Template:

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When a Garment is too Baggy....Add Darts.

This is a short post, and it's nothing earth shattering. I just wanted to show how to put darts in something.

I bought this dress off eBay from China. Sometimes, things from China DON'T look like the pictures AT ALL. Fortunately, you can tweak them if you know how.

Here is where the major tweakedge needed to happen. Notice how the back part looks like a sack and the dress has no real shape. That's where the darts needed to go.

To make darts, you literally just start pinching into and pinning the fabric until the fabric lies flat.

Note: the first dart is always a piece of cake. The trial is getting the dart on the other side to match! Make sure to measure and remeasure to make sure they are both the same distance from the back seam and the same length.

Done! (I know the fabric looks puckery, especially around that right shoulder area, but that's because the dress is kinda "bodycon" and the fabric is really stretchy and it kept catching on the dress form.)

Yay for a dress with shape!

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