Sending a last minute Con-GRAD-ulations

Materials: Small jar with lid, black cardstock (3.5"x3.5" & 3/4"x 11"), scissors, adhesive, ruler, pencil, ribbon *for tassel, & black button.   Step 1: Making the tassel. To start, cut two pieces of string six inches long. Once cut, use remaining string & wrap around fingertips 20 times.   Step 2:  Slowly remove string from fingers,  tie one p...

Materials: Blank frame (4x6, 5x7), cardstock, variety of embellishments & stickers, adhesive, photo of graduate or graduation announcement, optional: tassel   Step 1: Take your necessary materials and get creative with the embellishments for your frame. For this example, we used letter stickers & free handed the year. Then, used adhesive to secure all card-stock to the f...

Materials: yellow (8.5" x 5.5.")(3" x4.5")& white cardstock (3 3/4" x5"), black pens or markers, pencil, scissors, adhesive, gift card of your choice     Step 1: Take your yellow card-stock and secure your white card-stock on the top with adhesive.       Step 2: Using your drawing materials, trace or draw a photo of a lightbulb. Once finished drawing, add the words ...

Materials: small bucket/basket, label, chalk markers, tags, ribbon, cellophane wrap, college essentials: (for this project we used) band-aids, Kleenex, toothpaste, hair ties, altoids, lotion, hand sanitizer, chapstick, acetomitophen, & a gift card of your choice. Step 1: Use your label and chalk markers to write "College Survival kit" onto your bucket.   Step ...

Materials: scrapbook paper, assorted cardstock, adhesive, markers, variety of embellishments & stickers, & photos of the graduate throughout their life.           Step 1: Set-up a layout on your page with your stickers and various photos. Don't forget to be creative!         Step 2: Secure your pho...

Materials: small planter, markers, adhesive succulent (either fake or real, for this example we used a fake succulent), variety of stickers and embellishments, & seed packets.   Step 1: Design your planter with stickers and embellishments, for this example we used rub on cactus transfers to tie in the growing theme. On the planter write the words "Can't wait to watch you gr...