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  • Beaded Kazoo and Music Box
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    From "Crafters Coast to Coast"
    episode HCC2C-128F


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    Project by Jan Huling from Hoboken, N.J.

    Although Jan is a gifted textile designer, she describes herself as an "incurable crafter." To also call her creative would prove to be an understatement when you see what she does to embellish her favorite instrument, the kazoo, in this project.

    Materials:

    wooden box
    music box mechanism
    various strings of seed beads
    a few feet of ball chain
    a few inches of rhinestones
    charms or focal points
    acrylic paint
    about 8" square velvet
    felt
    12" of 1/4" velvet ribbon
    large round page pebble
    brass letters
    ModPodge
    fun paper
    kazoo
    sharp tweezers
    scissors
    pick
    white glue in a crafting hypodermic
    Hypo Cement

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    Figure A
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    Figure B
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    Figure C
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    Figure D
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    Figure E
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    Figure F
    Steps:


    1. Drill a hole in the back of the box for the music box wind-up. Install the music box components.


    2. Paint the box with acrylic paints (figure A).


    3. Let the beading begin! On the top Jan glued down a charm and circled it with rhinestones. She then used glass seed beads (figure B) and some metal ball chain for the paisleys. She put seed bead stripes on the sides and seed bead round shapes on the front (figure C). Glue all of this down using white glue in a hypodermic needle for detailed application.


    4. Border the areas with either rhinestones or ball chain just to provide a little bit of protection for the beads, which are rather delicate.


    5. On the inside of the lid, Jan put an old photo under a page pebble. She surrounded that with a string of silver seed beads.


    6. Line the box with velvet. Turn the edges under and tack it in using brass tacks from the hardware store (figure D). Glue velvet ribbon along the inside edges of the box.


    7. Decoupage the bottom of the box with a piece of giftwrap or other fun papers, using ModPodge.


    8. Glue felt on the bottoms of the feet.


    9. On the back of the box, in brass letters, write your name (figure E), a friend's name, or other words/names pertaining to the photo you used, etc.


    10. Jan beaded a kazoo for inside the box, attaching the beads with Hypo Cement (figure F) because it's
    waterproof--which is a big plus if you're actually going to play the kazoo. Note: Hypo Cement won't work on porous surfaces, so you can't use it on the box.


    E-mail: janhuling@yahoo.com
    Website: www.janhuling.com

  • ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
  		• Beaded Kazoo and Music Box
  		• Love Monster Soft Sculpture Doll
  		• Pressed Flower Pendant
  		• Recycled Nubby Glass Beads