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DIY - Cardboard Ball Maze

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Do It Yourself (DIY) :            Being passionate about arts and crafts, 'Do It Yourself' projects are must included in my interests. As the name suggests, DIY is doing everything ourselves and handcraft them. Whether it is any kind of art, paper crafts, home decorations, handmade gifts, arts from waste materials and much more, we create new ideas. It seems to be more precious when everything is handmade by ourselves. So, this 'Do It Yourself' part contains many projects from different categories which you can try by yourself and surprise your loved ones. Easy Cardboard Ball Maze :          Kids are our first preferences at home. When coming to keep them engaged and entertained, we have constantly think on new ideas. Whatever toys and gifts you give them, they get bored easily and the kids ask for something new to play with. But when we do anything for them by ourselves along with them, the value of the thing you make for them is unmeasurable. They love to wa

Make it With Beads - Fish

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Make it with Beads: Fish: This is my second video in the playlist 'Make it with Beads' in my YouTube channel. I have done many other things with beads but have not taken any videos of them. While making fish with beads, I did not have any model in my hand to make it. So, I was in a situation to to plan the design and model by myself. I drew the model and based on that, I made one of the two fishes which was perfect. After that, I took the video while making the other fish and then stuffed it with cotton. This fish model is very much beginner friendly as it has no difficult structures. Therefore, this can be tried by anyone who is very new to this art of making anything with beads. Let us get into the method of making fish with beads. Materials Needed: Beads               : 2 mm (Light green, Dark green, Red and Black colours) String (Wire)   : 0.3 mm / 0.4 mm Needle             : very small (suitable for for wire and beads) Scissors            Method :

Make it Beads - Heart Key Chain

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Make it with Beads: Heart Key chain: This is my third video in the playlist 'Make it with Beads' in my YouTube channel. It was long term wish to make a heart with beads. My mom had made so many cute little things in beads but not a heart. Initially I did not have an idea where to start and how to proceed a heart with beads. I was trying to make a heart from very smaller size to a bigger version with different beaded forms. Finally, I succeeded with the right size of heart with usual 4 beaded structure. This heart made with beads can be kept as a showpiece. I have converted it into a key chain by adding beaded chain. This would be a perfect gift for your loved ones which they can carry with always a a key chain. Here we go to check out the method to make a heart key chain with beads. Materials needed: Beads               : 2 mm (Pink and White coloured beads) String / Wire    : 0.3 mm / 0.4 mm Needle             : Very small (suitable for the string and the bea

Make it with Beads - Miniature Duck

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Make it with Beads: Duck: My next project on making with beads is a duck. So far, I have uploaded three projects (Kuthuvilakku, Fish and Heart Key-chain) in my YouTube channel. I was thinking which one to start next. There are some audiences who are constantly following my channel for the make it with beads series. One among the followers asked me to upload the next video soon and asked to do duck. So, I decided to make the duck with beads. Luckily, my mom also has made it and I had the model in my hand. I made small changes according to my preferences and started doing it. Here we go to check out the method. Materials needed:  Beads               : 2mm ( Red color and Golden color) Wire (String)     : 0.3mm/0.4mm Needle              : very small (suitable for wire and beads) Method: I am starting from the base of the duck. Take the desired length of string. Make a knot at one end of the string and insert the needle at the other end of t