Help for Christmas gifts
Dec. 9th, 2008 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Two questions for the LJ hivemind...
Does anyone know of a good (well, decent) page magnifier, or other magnifier that is useful for cookbooks (especially)?
I don't care if it's a magnifying glass, or a page magnifier, or whatever it is that works, but it should be something easy to use and easily cleanable.
Second: does anyone know of a good way to make Christmas ornaments with a third-fourth grader that can be done with the assistance of a clumsy-but-careful uncle? And/or any good bead stores in Renton?
(Wish I had more time, and more to say - I'm coming off a nasty infection that might still be tickling my throat a bit, and I'm busy as heck at work.)
Does anyone know of a good (well, decent) page magnifier, or other magnifier that is useful for cookbooks (especially)?
I don't care if it's a magnifying glass, or a page magnifier, or whatever it is that works, but it should be something easy to use and easily cleanable.
Second: does anyone know of a good way to make Christmas ornaments with a third-fourth grader that can be done with the assistance of a clumsy-but-careful uncle? And/or any good bead stores in Renton?
(Wish I had more time, and more to say - I'm coming off a nasty infection that might still be tickling my throat a bit, and I'm busy as heck at work.)
ornaments with kids
Date: 2008-12-09 09:22 pm (UTC)Air dry clay that you cut out with cookie cutters breaks after a couple of years of use.
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Date: 2008-12-09 09:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-09 10:03 pm (UTC)(I mean, if the gingerbread men can be made into ornaments that can be put on a tree. We're not planning any gingerbread executions. Unless one of the gingerbread men turns murderous. Which has been known to happen from time to time, but it's really quite rare.)
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Date: 2008-12-09 10:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-09 10:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-09 10:21 pm (UTC)We made various beaded ornaments in Scouts; I bet there's some patterns/directions online.
Clay + cookie cutters + clear spray paint/glaze/lacquer as a fixative can work; I was young enough that I don't recall the details, alas.
Foam spheres + sequins/beads + pins + glue + ribbon has much potential.
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Date: 2008-12-09 10:59 pm (UTC)Not for ornament making, you understand.
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Date: 2008-12-10 02:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-10 08:19 am (UTC)Lots of recipes online including http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/kids/christmas_makes/edible_decorations/edible_decorations.shtml
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Date: 2008-12-10 11:25 pm (UTC)As for magnifiers, this kind (http://www.amazon.com/Unknown-AsSeenOnTVGuys-Lighted-Stand-Magnifier/dp/B000IG22FC/ref=pd_bbs_5?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1228951253&sr=8-5) would work well with cookbooks. It's one of the plastic fresnel lenses, so optical quality won't be the best, but the stand would make it more useful than the kind you have to hold a few inches above the page.