luvkadcl

I just got this from my facebook. I am going to make it after dinner with my daugher. Will post pics later.

Enjoy!!

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/20...eart_leis.html

Cindy

UndrThTblNDrumng

how cute! my daughter would love to make this Thanks for the link.

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Ladyblades

Thanks! I love the idea for my class with adults with developmental disabilities.

gma2rjc

That's so cute! I'm going to have my kids make them.

Barb

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Jrits

That's cute, will try it with my girls!

gma2rjc

We tried the heart lei yesterday.

I made the mistake of using a hole punch that makes holes larger than the width of the end of the straw. We alternated between the straws and the hearts and when I looked down, the hearts were all against each other and the pieces of straw were laying end-to-end.

We're going to try again Monday.... but with a smaller hole punch. The kids are really looking forward to it.

Here's what one looked like when we put it together.



And here it is after it was lifted off the table.



Barb

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ElizabethGwen

How cute! Thanks for posting! My 6 y/o will be so excited to do this!

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Angela

I'm glad to hear that the kids are looking forward to it Barb, and they are not all disappointed because it didn't work. There is a valuable lesson for them here......
I'm sure that they will find a use for those hearts with the "too big" holes.

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UndrThTblNDrumng

awww... those hearts are really cute! are they punched too or were they purchased like that?

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gma2rjc

It worked out okay because we worked on them right after lunch and before nap time. So they were tired and didn't seem to care one way or another. That was lucky.

They're punched. It still took me over 2 hours to get everything punched and cut. I can't even imagine how long it would take to cut them by hand. Plus I wrapped scotch tape around the ends of the strings (like shoe laces) to make it easier for their little fingers to feed the yarn through the straws.

I made enough for 6 lei's. When I was cutting the straws, the little pieces were flying all over the place. The kids thought that was funny and they were fighting over who got to pick them up off the floor. Gotta love 'em!.

I still have most of the hearts. I might pop into McDonald's and ask if I can buy or have 10 straws from them. I think those would be thick enough to not slide through the holes. It would be easier than punching out all the hearts again.

Barb

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