Kaila's Craft Corner

Welcome back to Kaila’s Craft Corner with Future In Sight! In today’s episode, Kaila Allen teaches us how to make cute Christmas decorations for our tree or to use as package toppers using pre-made kits.

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Supply List:

Winter Hat

½-inch circle cut from toilet paper or paper towel tube

18 yards yarn, cut into 10-inch pieces (approximately 60-75 pieces)

Pre-made Kits from Oriental Trading Company

~ Button Wreath

~ Gingerbread House Magnet

~ Cup Hot Cocoa Ornament

Welcome back to Kaila’s Craft Corner with Future In Sight! In today’s episode, Kaila Allen shows us how to create lovely heart art to decorate our home for Valentine’s Day. First, Kaila walks us through the steps of creating a tactile rustic wall hanging using a wooden round, small wooden squares, wooden circles, a fancy burlap heart, a red velvet paper heart & the word “love” sentiment. Finally, she teaches us how to turn a white  foam heart shape into a beautiful door hanging using a foam heart wreath, satin ribbon, a beautiful white rose & pearl gems. For more information about services provided by Future In Sight, please check out our website here.

Supply List:

Wall hanging 8-inch wooden round with a 9/64th inch hole drilled 1/2 inch from the edge

18 inches jute

19 1 inch square wood pieces

19 1 inch wood circles

Red velvet heart

Fancy Burlap heart

Red velvet love saying

Heart wreath

1 6 inch foam heart wreath form

3 yards 1 inch red ribbon

1 yard red ribbon

1 white fabric rose

White gems with sticky back

Popsicle stick

Welcome back to Kailas Craft Corner with Future In Sight! In today’s episode, Kaila   Allen tells us the basics of air dry clay. We learn how to make a pinch pot and she touches on how to make a coil pot.

Supply List:

Crayola Air Dry Clay

Waxed Paper or silicone mat

Plastic fork or knife

Small bowl of water

Salt Dough Recipe:

2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup salt

1 cup warm water

Optional ingredients:

Food coloring 

Scented oils

Mix together the dry ingredients (flour and salt).  Add warm water a little bit at a time, being careful to not add too much and make the dough too sticky.  The dough should be moist enough to hold together into a ball, but not so sticky that it leaves residue on your hands.  

To dry out your clay, place the pieces on a baking sheet and turn over every few hours until the clay is fully dry.

Optional: add color with scented markers or watercolor.

Or, set your oven to 200 degrees F and bake for 2 - 4 hours, turning the pieces each hour until dry.

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Fall Pony Bead Fun

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Beach Art with Kaila

By Kaila Allen Hosted by Kaila Allen and Stephanie Hurd

Welcome back to Kailas Craft Corner with Future In Sight! In today’s episode, Kaila  Allen shows us how to bring a bit of the beach into our homes by teaching us to make a tactile beach scene. These tactile images are made using pre-made kits that included an 8×10-inch hard canvas, light blue tissue paper sandpaper & pre-cut shapes of waves, palm tree, sand castle, beach umbrella, sail boat & a sun & a cotton ball for clouds.   

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American Flag Pony Beaded Keychain

By Kaila Allen

Hosted by Kaila Allen and Stephanie Hurd

You will need:  

70 White Pony Beads – Amazon Link: 1,000 pcs 6mm x 9mm Plastic Pony Beads for Crafts (White)

50 Red Pony Beads – Amazon Link: 1,000 pcs 6mm x 9mm Plastic Pony Beads for Crafts (Red)

12 Blue Pony Beads – (No link available for this one)

7 feet Red, white, or blue plastic string – Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001K656SY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Keychain Hook – Amazon Link: Key Rings, Key Ring Keyring Rustproof, Dog Tag Ring Flat Key Rings Rings Split Keyrings for Home Car Keys Attachment,12 Pcs 

 

Step 1: Tie your keychain hook right into the middle of the string

Step 2: You will now bead the first line of the pattern below on one string and row 2 on to the second string.

Step 3:  Take the string from row 1  and string it backwards through the second row of beads. You should have a string coming from both sides of this row now.  So your first row of beads will have one string through it, but your second will have 2 strings through it. Then pull tight

Step 4: String the 3rd row of beads onto the string that is on the same side as the key chain. Take the other string and thread it back through the opposite way of the last row and pull tight. For the rest of the flag simply follow this step for each of the following rows, being sure to put the beads on the string that is on the same side as the key chain.

Step  5: To finish your flag you may tie the string next to the last bead on each end and cut your string.  If you do this be sure the knot is large enough to hat the beads can not slide off of it.  I like to take the ends of the string and bring them over the first bead and then back threw 3 or 4 beads then cutting the string, this can be done on both sides.

Here is the bead pattern for the flag: R = Red B = Blue W = White.

1. W B W B W R W R W R W

2. B W B W B R W R W R W

3. W B W B W R W R W R W

4. B W B W B R W R W R W

5. W B W B W R W R W R W

6. W R W R W R W R W R W  

7. W R W R W R W R W R W

8. W R W R W R W R W R W

9. W R W R W R W R W R W

10. W R W R W R W R W R W

11. W R W R W R W R W R W

12. W R W R W R W R W R W

Kaila’s Craft Corner Podcast

Hosted by Kaila Allen and Stephanie Hurd

Welcome back to Kailas Craft Corner with Future In Sight! In today’s episode, Kaila Allen helps us get ready for Summer by teaching us how to make magnets to decorate the outside of our fridge. We learn to make a butterfly, a bee, dragonfly, a glittery cupcake & a happy sunshine.  Additional Kits can be purchased from Oriental Trading For more information  about services provided by Future In Sight, please check out our website here.

Kaila’s Craft Corner Podcast

Hosted by Kaila Allen and Stephanie Hurd

Welcome back to Kailas Craft Corner with Future In Sight! In today’s episode, Kaila Allen teaches us how to make paper flowers using tissue paper & a pipe cleaner, a flowering tree using pre-punched foam shapes & a “Happy Spring!” door hanger, also created from pre-cut foam shapes.

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Kaila’s Craft Corner Podcast

Kaila Allen hosts and instructs the basics of Origami.

Resources

Colored paper: Origami Paper, Double Sided Color, 200 Sheets, 20 Colors, 6 Inch Squares, Easy Fold Paper for Beginners. – Link to purchase on Amazon

Patterned Paper: IDDO Japanese Washi Origami Paper, 100 Sheets, 10 Different Patterns, Double Side Printing, Square Folding, Premium Quality, 6×6 Inch – Link to purchase on Amazon

Origami Terminology:

Crease:  A line formed by folding paper.

Diagonal Fold:  A Fold that involves folding one corner to the opposite corner, creating a diagonal crease.

Valley Fold:  A crease made by folding paper towards you forming a “V” when you unfold.

Mountain Fold:  A mountain fold is the opposite of a valley fold – the paper folds to the opposite underneath side making a ridge.

Book Fold:  It is made by bringing one edge of a square or rectangle to the opposite edge, folding the sheet in half.

Raw Edge:  The edge of a single layer, one of the original outside edges of the square that hasn’t been folded.

Model: The finished product of your efforts.

Making a Square:

Many origami models require that you start off with paper that is a true square, where all four sides are equal. If you don’t have origami paper on hand, or you would just like to practice using copy paper or old magazine pages, which are normally cut into a rectangular shape, it is helpful to know how to turn these into true squares.

Step 1: Folding

Lay your rectangular piece of paper down on a hard, flat surface with the long sides to the left and right and the short sides at the top and bottom.

Fold the top right corner of the paper down and to the left until you can feel that the two layers of paper lay on top of each other on the left hand side.

Follow the two layers of paper upwards to make sure they line up as closely as possible until you find the narrow, top point of the paper.

While holding the two layers in this position, make a sharp crease, running your finger from the top left corner down and to the right.

Now, on the right hand side, your paper will slope up sharply from bottom right to the top left corner.

Notice that at the bottom of your folded paper, there is a rectangular piece, which has not been folded.

It is this part of the paper that you will remove to create a true square.

Step 2: Weakening the paper

Concentrating on the single rectangular layer of paper at the bottom, fold your paper upwards so it covers the bottom part of your folded triangle. Crease well from left to right to create a horizontal fold and, lifting your paper from the folding surface, fold back the other way. Do this a few more times to weaken the paper in both directions. You can also run your nail along the crease or use a damp finger to weaken your paper even further.

Step 3: Removing the extra paper

There are many ways you can use to remove the bottom part of your sheet, including taring, cutting with scissors, rotary cutters or craft knives, etc. Feel free to use whatever method you find easiest, or ask for sighted assistance until you ar