Supplies for Making a Placemat

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Hi, I'm Shelly Cordsen here with Expert Village and today we're going to make what I call "personality" placemats. I was trying to come up with a craft to do with my grandchildren, they we're home for the two weeks Christmas vacation and this is what I came up with that I can involve my grandchildren and make something that we can remember and drag out for years to come. And they're placemats that kind of show each of my grandchildren's personality. And for example, here's one, which is my five year old. This picture was drawn by Skylee which is my nine year old. Then we have little Trevan, he's three so Nana had to trace his hand print and then let him color. And then this is my ten year old granddaughter Alyssa. And they all had to come up with their own idea of what to draw. And then of course I have a fourteen year old, who isn't into coloring anymore, but she does photography and she has photography in school and this is a black and white picture of her drum set. She's also in percussion; therefore we brought in music fabric on the front and back. So you can make your place mat anyway you want bringing in the personality of the person you're doing it for. Another way I involve my grandchildren is I let them pick out the back fabric. And of course Trevan and they all, their personalities really showed through in what they wanted. And here's my little Taylor with her pink panther. So on the supplies that we're going to need, we will need naturally crayons, freezer paper, vinyl, and your normal sewing materials and you need a permanent marker and then a fabric pen, which is pigment, and also a quilt pen where the markings disappear, batting fabric, and your sewing machine.

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