Halloween Plastic Lace Crafts: Easy-to-Make Monsters, Ghosts, and Creepy Crawlies - Softcover

David Kominz; David Hall; Phyllis Damon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574213830 ISBN 13: 9781574213836

Publisher: Design Originals, 2013

Synopsis

Whether you call it gimp, lanyard, scoubidou, or boondoggle, vinyl craft lace is the perfect activity for home, camp, school or party!

Halloween Plastic Lace Crafts presents a witch's cauldron full of plastic lacing projects for the popular fall holiday. 10 simple but fun projects are provided for making imaginative Halloween key chains, zipper pulls and decorations. Kids will learn to weave fun creatures like centipedes, cats, ghosts, spiders, ants, flies and snakes. The projects combine plastic lace with other creative materials and accessories like acrylic hair, plastic canvas, wiggle eyes, pom-poms, beads, and chenille stems.

This book shows you all of the essential stitches and skills you need to master the colorful art of plastic lacing, with easy-to-follow weaving diagrams and colorful photos of finished projects. Every braid is clearly illustrated, so instructions are a cinch to follow. As you move from project to project you'll learn all the basic stitches for 4-strand, 6-strand, and even 8-strand plastic lacing.

About this title

Book Description:

Fox Chapel Publishing's lanyard and friendship bracelet books have been strong sellers. This book offers an easy-to-learn craft -- plastic lacing is much easier to weave than embroidery floss. Kids and crafters can weave and knot vinyl craft lace to create 10 wholesome, family-friendly Halloween projects. Aimed at the Kids, School, Library, and Craft markets.

From the Back Cover:

Bewitching Boondoggle

Whether you call it gimp, lanyard, scoubidou, or boondoggle, you can weave and knot vinyl craft lace to create seriously spooky Halloween projects! Halloween Plastic Lace Crafts takes the lid off a witch's cauldron full of creepy key chains, grisly zipper pulls and diabolical decorations.

10 weird but wonderful projects are provided for creating a host of nifty dangling creatures, from centipedes, black cats and glowing ghosts to spiders, ants, flies and snakes. These gruesome personalities come alive when you combine plastic lace with other cool materials like acrylic hair, plastic canvas, wiggle eyes, pom-poms, pony beads, chenille stems and more.

Every weave is clearly illustrated, and the instructions are so easy to follow it's scary. As you move from project to project you'll learn all the basic stitches for 4-strand, 6-strand, and even 8-strand plastic lacing. Time to get crafting some fun and freaky Halloween creatures!

Inside you'll find:

• 10 cool Halloween projects for zipper pulls, key chains and decorations
• Essential skills for stitching, using both four-strand and six-strand techniques
• Creative accents with acrylic hair, wiggle eyes, beads, plastic canvas and more

About this edition

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1574213830
• ISBN 13: 9781574213836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 16