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Alphabet Soup From monograms to alphabet soup, letters are the focus of these crafts. From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-310

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Customize clothes hangers with letters, designs and images. This is a great way to encourage children to have fun picking up their clothes!

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Personalized Coat Hangers

Personalized Coat Hangers

Materials:

wooden clothes hanger
light-grit sandpaper
craft paints and brushes
spray varnish (or any type of varnish)
small paper image
découpage medium
masking tape
scrap ribbon
small rhinestones
Gem-Tac glue

1. Lightly sand the hanger and wipe away dust with a damp cloth.

2. Paint the hanger on both sides with craft paint and let dry. Use a variety of paintbrushes and colors to add stripes, polka dots, wiggles, etc.

3. Apply découpage medium to the hanger and the back of the small paper image (figure A). Place the image in the center front of the hanger (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

4. Apply a light coat of découpage medium to the entire hanger to even out the surface and let dry (figure C).

5. Tape off the metal hanger hook and varnish the wood surfaces. Let the varnish dry before removing the tape.

6. Adding hanger details: tie a bow around the metal hook and use Gem-Tac to attach small rhinestones to the hanger (figure D).

Figure C

Figure D

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