Little girls jewelry can be much different than a womans. Even though a woman might wear costume jewelry hers is a little more mature. A little girl, though, can wear silly or whimsical jewelry and look fabulous! She will, too, when you make jigsaw puzzle piece pins she can wear with nearly any outfit. Youll just need a pack of metal pin hardware pieces which youll find at any craft store. Youll get a pack of several for about a buck so why not make a few different pins all at the same time? Make a butterfly pin by painting the pieces a bright color or using them as-is. Use a hole punch to make tiny paper circles to glue onto the butterfly or just dip a pencil eraser in paint and touch it to the piece to make dots. Cut a piece of black pipe cleaner and glue it down the center of the puzzle piece. Cut a second piece, bend it into a "v" shape, and glue it on one end of the first pipe cleaner to make the antennae for the butterfly. These are adorable and so easy to make.
Create a little alien pin by painting the puzzle piece green. Glue on wiggly eyes then use a marker to make a weird smile, warts or other features. Or, use tiny pom-poms to make antennae or even ears. Make dots, stripes or other patterns on the alien by using colored markers. Glue the pin hardware to the back using hot glue. Make assorted aliens by choosing different shapes of puzzle pieces, painting the pieces different colors, and using multiple eyes or other embellishments.
Make a simplistic pin thats elegant at the same time by simply mounting a fake jewel to a single puzzle piece then gluing the pin hardware on the back. The jewels are available in a wide variety of sizes, shapes and colors at any craft store. Or, make a different pin by simply painting the puzzle piece then using a sticker as the design. Create little pin people by using puzzle pieces which have one straight edge. The straight edge will become the chin for the puzzle person. Rather large puzzle pieces are ideal for this project. Also, the best puzzle piece is one that has a nub protruding from each side so that the pin person will have ears. Paint the puzzle piece the color of the skin tone you want the pin to have. Glue on wiggly eyes then continue to finish the little face. Draw a nose, a mouth - even freckles - to make the features. Glue tiny beads on the "ears" to make earrings for a girl pin. Glue yarn on the head to make hair. You can even cut the yarn long then tie tiny bows around it to make pigtails. The shapes of the pieces make all the difference when creating different characters. A nub that points down can be made into a beard - perfect for a Santa pin. A nub that points straight up can be a giant knot on an aliens head or can be used to hold a third eye. A piece that has a nub on each side can be used to make animals - one nub is the head and one is the tail. Others will crack up when they see the cute little pins your girl is wearing and youll love that you made them yourself. Theyre unique, theyre adorable and theyre cheap and easy to make. Since you have still more puzzle pieces leftover why not make pins for her friends as well?
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