Drip Castle

Yesterday I went to the beach and had a great time(of course). My favorite thing I did there was make a drip castle. My cousin Chaela tought me how to make it. It is simple:

1. Get a bucket of water from the ocean.



2. Get a hand full of sand and dip it in the bucket.



3. Find a flat surface on the sand and let the wet sand slow slide off your hand.



4. countine untill disired lenth.

Thanks for teaching me that Chae! :)

My New Sewing Machine

Today I got a new sewing machine for my birthday. It's a Janome DC2010.

It's great for embrodering (since it has 50 stiches on it).

It's also great for begginers who want to learn how to sew.

I'll be seling some things that I made on my blog since I got my new sewing machine!!!!

Pool Fun

Today I went to the pool. There are not any steps to having fun at the pool.

All you need to do is do something you like. Here are the things I did today at the pool:

1. I made a necklace with a girl named Mellisa.
2. I relaxed on a lounge.
3. I met a girl named Brooke. That was my favorite part of the day.

Brooke wants to make a blog like I did. Good luck on that blog Brooke!!!!!!

Rainy Day Craft: Yarn Bowl

Today it is raining outside so I got out the Roise O'Donnell craft book Crafty U out and saw a cool rainy day craft:

What you need:

• Balloon
• Smalls Bowls
• Newspaper
• Yarn
• Scissors
• White Glue
• Straight Pin

1. Blow up the balloon and place it in the bowl so it will not move while you are working.
2. Put newspaper down.
3. Cut stripes of yarn and soak them in a bowl.
4. take one stripe out one at a time and squeeze the excess glue back into the bowl.
5. Drape the yarn over the balloon one at a time laering them over each other. Leave a few inches above the bowl bare
6. Let dry over night, or until dry.
7. When dry, pop the balloon with the straight pin andremove carefully.

Soldering

Yesterday I went to my friend's beach house and his grandfather taught us how to solder. It is used for connecting wires together to make a circuit.

What you need:

Different sizes of wires (small ones are easiest)

Special soldering pliers (found at Home Depot)

Soldering iron (also found at Home Depot)

Solder

First, plug in the soldering iron and make sure it's hot.

Then, get two wires (the same size) and find the two indents on the blade of the pliers. when you close the pliers, that is where the wire should go.

Hold the wire in place as you tug on the wire. This should strip it. Note: only strip the tip of both sides of the wire.

Take the wire and place it near the solder. Take the iron and put it against the wire and the solder. This should turn the stripped part silver. Do the same thing with the other side.

Twist the two tips of the wire together a couple of times.

Then, take the twisted tip of the wire and hold it against the solder. Take the iron and place it against the wire and solder. This should hold the tips of the wires in place.