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S: "Stick To It!" Resolution Puzzle

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Swap Coordinator:LahDeeDah (contact)
Swap categories: Crafts 
Number of people in swap:2
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:January 3, 2013
Date items must be sent by:January 31, 2013
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

I confess. I joined a gym last January to fulfill my New Year's resolution of working out at least five times per week in 2012. The gym went out of business in March. I didn't notice they were gone until May. Oops.

This year my resolution is to have a bit of fun with the idea of New Year's resolutions, but I need your help to stick to it! You can assist me by making one "resolution" puzzle for one partner using craft sticks. To view pictures of craft stick puzzles created by other people, enter "craft stick puzzles" in the Google Images search bar.


Directions:

  1. Take ten clean craft sticks. (New tongue depressor or popsicle sticks are also acceptable.)

  2. Lay them side-by-side on a flat work surface.

  3. Place a piece of masking tape across the sticks to hold them together temporarily. (I actually like to use one piece along the top edge and one along the bottom to make sure they don't shift.)

  4. Using a fine-tipped marker, write a New Year's resolution on one or more of the sticks, depending on the size of your writing and length of the sentence. Your resolution can be total nonsense or an actual goal you have set for yourself.

  5. Carefully turn the group of sticks over so that the tape and writing are face down on your work surface.

  6. Decorate the untaped side of the sticks to represent the resolution you have written. Approach this task as if the ten sticks were one solid surface and not individual pieces. The method you use to decorate the sticks is entirely up to you, as is your artistic interpretation. Use whatever mediums you find appealing (paint, markers, polymer clay, collaged magazine pictures, fabric, metal, wood, yada, yada, yada). Just be careful to not permanently adhere the sticks to one another in the process.

  7. After any glue or paint you may have used has had a chance to dry completely, remove the masking tape and "mix up" the sticks. Your partner will then have the challenge of putting them in order to view your work of art.

  8. Secure the sticks to a piece of thin cardboard or cardstock for the purpose of mailing. I will probably use a needle and thread for this. You can use whatever works best for you. Please don't just drop them loose into an envelope.

  9. Remember to also include your swap information with your puzzle.


If you have a visual impairment and cannot see to write your resolution on the sticks, you may opt for writing or typing it on a separate card or piece of paper. In this case, the back of your puzzle will be left blank.


JUST FOR FUN: These sticks can be glued to wooden clothespins. I will use the puzzle my partner sends to decorate clothespins that hold other small pieces of swap art I have hanging in my craft room.

Discussion

Fatherted 12/15/2012 #

THESE ARE CRAFTSTICKS????? I always wondered what they are! Paige send me a bag of them some time ago. I always thought its for making your own ice/gelato!

LahDeeDah 12/16/2012 #

Would you make some gelato for me??? I love that stuff!

TerryF 12/17/2012 #

LDD, does it matter if we use popsicle size or tongue depressor size sticks?

LahDeeDah 12/19/2012 #

Terry - I don't know how they compare. Are they basically the same thing? I was thinking popsicle sticks are much more narrow. I mainly want to be sure no one uses anything that has ever been in anyone's mouth. =0

TerryF 12/31/2012 #

Popsicle sticks are shorter, narrower and thicker than tongue depressor sticks. The larger depressor sticks would be much easier to use. I found them at Walmart.

LahDeeDah 01/ 1/2013 #

Thanks, Terry. I added tongue depressors and popsicle sticks as options to step number one in the directions. I like the wide, thin craft sticks and tongue depressors because they also make nice bookmarks. :-)

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