Introduction & Supplies for Pretzel Crafts

Series Summary

Arts and crafts have long been an easy and rewarding way to express one's self expression and creativity. It is the art of taking something basic and making it uniquely “you” in a way that only you can. The versatility of crafts is almost endless. By using wood, clay, glass or metal to create something extra-ordinary out of something ordinary it becomes truly one of a kind and very personal. Many have used arts and crafts as a therapeutic device throughout their lives and also been able to turn it into a business. Martha Stewart is a very good example of this.

In this free video series you will learn tips and techniques for a variety of arts and craft as well as detailed instructions on how to create some basic ideas presented in some of the videos. Each how to video will guide you step by step through the process of each craft and hopefully give you ideas of your own to expand upon for the future.

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Ginny with Simply Beautiful Crafts on behalf of Expert Village and today I am going to show you the supplies that you will need in order to make mini wreaths, picture frames and candle rings out of mini pretzels. As you can see, I have a variety of different styles here. I have many more to show you. Your basic supplies that you need would be a bag of many pretzels; you can get really fancy pretzels or you can get a big bag of mini pretzels that only cost a dollar. You will need Elmer’s or some other kind of white glue. You cannot glue your pretzels with hot glue because it will not keep its bond. Then you will need some type of embellishment. I use ribbons and bows; I use all kinds of things that I find from craft stores, from secondhand stores, from a variety of sources. If you are going to use food, you want to have that ready. Once you have prepared your base, you can use a hot glue gun to put on all of your embellishments and they will hold. As you can see here, I have used a tremendous variety of embellishments from my many wreaths. I have raided by own craft room, I got out a lot of the ribbons and bows and doodads that I have on hand. Every time I go to a secondhand store, I stop and look at the little bags of things that they have hanging up and then if I have something specific in mind, I will go to the scrap booking section or the button section of a store to find exactly what I want. As you can see, I have laid out quite a large variety of different embellishments for the different crafts that I make from mini pretzels. So, these are the supplies you will need to get started; you will need a pair of scissors, if you are going to paint, you will need paint, if you are going to glitter, you will need glitter, you might want some wire to put on the back of your wreath to hang it. So these are the basic supplies that you will need as well as any other extras that you would want in order to make mini wreaths, picture frames and candle rings out of mini pretzels. "