houseparent
March 6th, 2007, 05:08 PM
Here is my latest creation. I would love to be able to buy the dogtag keychains to give to each kid but my budget just won't allow it. Instead each day the children will make a fob to add to their keychains during craft time. It only takes about 5 minutes and the final cost for a finished keychain is under $1.50.
I purchased the letter beads and cord from:
http://www.craftkitsandsupplies.com (http://www.craftkitsandsupplies.com/alphabet-beads-letters-alphabet-beads-letter-c-7_13_112.html?osCsid=371d483d84ec4026b106b9769ca28 50b) (This is also where I got my 6x19mm spaghetti beads to use in my morse code necklaces 300 for $4.75)
The Mini D-rings from OT: MINI METALLIC CLIP KEY CHAINS (4DZ-UN) (http://www.orientaltrading.com/application?namespace=browse&origin=searchMain.jsp&event=link.itemDetails&demandPrefix=12&sku=39/1665&mode=Searching&erec=10&No=96&D=key%2Bchain&Ntt=key%2Bchain&Ntk=all&Dx=mode%252bmatchallpartial&Ntx=mode%252bmatchallpartial&y=14&N=0&x=19&sd=MINI+METALLIC+CLIP+KEY+CHAINS+%284DZ-UN%29)
And the Mini Glow-in-the-Dark pony beads at Walmart.
You Need the following letter beads to make a complete key chain: 2-A's, 1-D, 2-E's, 1-F, 2-I's, 3-L's, 2-N's, 2-O's, 2-R's, 1-S, 4-T's, 2-U's, 1-W. Multiply Each letter by the number of children you expect and divide by 100 and that is the number of packages you need to buy for each letter.
I am planning on 50 kids so I had to buy 2 bags each of L and T and one bag each of all the other letters. They come in packages of 100.
The nice thing about this is if I come up 15 kids short of whats expected, I can use the beads for some other craft in kids church or something. I am planning on having other crafts with the scripture verses on them so they will still have the verses and I am also going to reward those that memorize their scriptures with prizes.
Last year I bought the little wooden pieces for $5 a set from another publisher and ended up with about 18 sets we never used. That was almost a $100 I could have used for something else.
I purchased the letter beads and cord from:
http://www.craftkitsandsupplies.com (http://www.craftkitsandsupplies.com/alphabet-beads-letters-alphabet-beads-letter-c-7_13_112.html?osCsid=371d483d84ec4026b106b9769ca28 50b) (This is also where I got my 6x19mm spaghetti beads to use in my morse code necklaces 300 for $4.75)
The Mini D-rings from OT: MINI METALLIC CLIP KEY CHAINS (4DZ-UN) (http://www.orientaltrading.com/application?namespace=browse&origin=searchMain.jsp&event=link.itemDetails&demandPrefix=12&sku=39/1665&mode=Searching&erec=10&No=96&D=key%2Bchain&Ntt=key%2Bchain&Ntk=all&Dx=mode%252bmatchallpartial&Ntx=mode%252bmatchallpartial&y=14&N=0&x=19&sd=MINI+METALLIC+CLIP+KEY+CHAINS+%284DZ-UN%29)
And the Mini Glow-in-the-Dark pony beads at Walmart.
You Need the following letter beads to make a complete key chain: 2-A's, 1-D, 2-E's, 1-F, 2-I's, 3-L's, 2-N's, 2-O's, 2-R's, 1-S, 4-T's, 2-U's, 1-W. Multiply Each letter by the number of children you expect and divide by 100 and that is the number of packages you need to buy for each letter.
I am planning on 50 kids so I had to buy 2 bags each of L and T and one bag each of all the other letters. They come in packages of 100.
The nice thing about this is if I come up 15 kids short of whats expected, I can use the beads for some other craft in kids church or something. I am planning on having other crafts with the scripture verses on them so they will still have the verses and I am also going to reward those that memorize their scriptures with prizes.
Last year I bought the little wooden pieces for $5 a set from another publisher and ended up with about 18 sets we never used. That was almost a $100 I could have used for something else.