Crafts With Tin Foil

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Put foil to use in new ways by making crafts from basic tin foil.

Aluminum foil is not only for use in the kitchen, but it also plays a major role in some types of craft projects. Next time the kids are antsy, give them some foil and have them make something.

  1. Embossing Technique

    • Put a piece of foil on a folded newspaper with the shiny side down. Create a design into the foil by pressing a blunt tip, such as the end of a paintbrush, into the foil to make an imprint. Turn the foil over to see the embossed design on the shiny side.

    Foil Figures

    • Make a figurine out of a sheet of foil measuring 10 inches wide by 15 inches tall. Make two 5-inch vertical cuts from the top of the sheet toward the bottom and make one 6-inch vertical cut from the bottom of the sheet going up. Crinkle the foil to make the middle into the body, the bottom sections into legs, the top center section into a head and the top side sections into arms.

    Easter Eggs

    • Decorate Easter eggs with speckles with the help of tin foil. Wrinkle a sheet of tin foil and then open it up again. Paint the foil with one color of acrylic paint, place the egg in the foil and wrap the foil around the egg. Unwrap and repeat with other pieces of foil with different paint colors.

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  • Photo Credit wrinkled foil image by Igor Zhorov from Fotolia.com

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