Cute Fabric Necklaces

Here's a quick craft with lots of cute possibilities. Just using bits of fabric, I made these little necklaces that would be easy for kids to make and creative enough for adults to do, too!  I originally thought of using interfacing to make the little pendants, but I wanted to only use supplies that I had on hand to keep it simple and cheap.

All I used to make these little necklaces were the following:

• fabric
• stick glue
• cardstock
• needle 
• thin ribbon

1) Choose a fabric that has an interesting design or graphics.  I only used a little piece to make a small necklace, but you can make yours as large or as small as you like.

I bought this fabric because I fell in love with the cute illustrations.

2) Use the glue stick and glue the fabric directly onto a piece of cardstock (an old greeting card or post card would work also, but the design from the card might show through the fabric).  You can glue another cloth on the other side of the card or leave it blank.

3) Once the glue has dried, just cut out the design.  I left a little section on top (this is where you will make a hole to thread the ribbon).

This is view from the back of the pendant.
I glued some cloth to the other side of the cardstock before I cut it,
but  you can also just leave the other side blank.

4)  Use a needle to make a small hole to the top of the pendant.  Use a sharp needle because you'll need to work your way through both the cloth and cardstock.  If you're making a larger pendant, try using a small hole puncher instead.

Measure out a length of thin ribbon  (24"-30"  is a good length to put over your head).  Thread a needle with that piece of ribbon and just sew through!

5) So that the pendant will hang flat, knot the ribbon at the top of the pendant as shown below.

6) Knot the other ends of the ribbon together and put on the necklace.

 You're done!  Now there are lots and lots of other possibilities you could also do such as:

• Make a bracelet
• Thread a few more pendants onto the necklace, have 3 hang down the middle or space them out on the necklace. 
• Use a fabric with an interesting design or solid color and cut out simple shapes like a heart, triangle, etc.
• Make earrings - get some earring hooks and attach the pendants onto them.
• Tie a few more ribbons to the pendant and make a bookmark.

Cute Scrap Cards

Using just some fabric and paper scraps, I made these really easy and cute cards!

For this project you just need the following:

• blank cards / card stock / construction paper
• fabric or paper scraps
• buttons, ribbons or whatever you want to use to decorate your cards
• scissors
• glue

1. I bought these blank cards, but you could also just cut some card stock to the size of an envelope to create your own card. 
2. On my blank "canvas", I free hand drew a picture of a little girl.  I suggest practicing on another paper first, or drawing your picture in pencil, then drawing over it in pen.  In some versions, I drew out the whole picture, including the dress, and in other I tried drawing the picture without a dress.

In this drawing, I drew here whole dress.

In this version, I left out her dress.

3.  Now all you have to do is decorate your card.  I cut a scrap of cloth to make her dress, but you can also use paper, felt, etc. to make her dress.  You may need to keep trimming the cloth to fit just right.

Glue down the scrap of cloth to make her dress.

Really, the only thing that limits you on these cards are your imagination. I used ribbon scraps and buttons to decorate my cards.

Other ideas:  

• add a ribbon border around the card
• add a background to the card - draw the little girl on a separate piece of paper and cut her out and paste her onto the background
• change it up - draw a little boy, add a boy and girl together, etc.