Twisters!

I haven't written anything for a while. But today I have something exciting to tell you!
We have just been to Sainsbury's, and we found these lovely twisty, springy bracelets:

They are made of plastic, and they are very nice. My mum and I thought they would be perfect to make decorations for my hearing aids. With a pair of scissors, we cut them and we made twisting decorations:

Now I have matching bracelet and hearing aids, do you like them?

What I wore today.

These are the charms I wore today to school. I mad them last week. Do you like them?

Lots of charms! (with video tutorial)

This weekend I made lots of charms:

I am taking all of these to my audiologist on Thursday. He will give them out to other girls who use hearing aids like me. Sometimes children don't know they can decorate their hearing aids, and they don't like wearing them. I hope my decorations will help them feel happy to have hearing aids.

I also made these:

These are for me!

You can see how to make this kind of decorations with pictures and texts in an older post, here. 

Or you can see it in this video (the video is in two parts):

 

 

Flowers - tutorial

We went to the Leven bead shop, and found these nice beads:

This is what the back of the beads look like:

To turn them into decorations for my hearing aids we used a bit of red wire from the bead shop, and passed it through the gaps at the back, like this,

We piece at the back is very soft, so you can bend it easily to put the wire through. You have to leave enough space to put the tube of the hearing aid through. Then you make a knot with the wire, and cut the ends off so they don't scratch your ears.

And this is what the decorations look like,

Do you like them?

Colourful tubes!

My mum found some nail wraps in Paperchase:

They are very soft, almost like cling film. They have no glue. They are great for wrapping around the tubes of my hearing aids, because they are so bendy and they can be removed so easily.

Have a look:

Do you like them?

My Halloween outfit - with blue twists!

Today we got my Halloween outfit ready for Thursday! There will be a party at the school, and we will also go trick-or-treating in the evening.

Here is what it looks like. You can see my blue glittery twists!

They make the outfit look extra special.

Glitter twists - tutorial

I have not written for a while because of the school holiday.
Yesterday I made some new twists with Fimo and glitter. They look really nice and I am wearing them to school today.
This is what they look like:

They go really well with my glittery moulds.

To make them you have to make twists. First, you make two long sticks of Fimo, rolling the fimo with your hands like this,

This is what the sticks should look like:

They have to be nice and even. Then you twist them around a crochet hook, like this,

and you can squeeze them together,

or leave them more separated:

Sometimes I like to roll them on the crochet stick, so they get a flat surface, instead of a round surface:

Then you bake them in the oven, following the instructions on the Fimo packet.

When they are out and cool, you paint them with Fimo varnish,

and whilst the varnish is still wet you shake glitter on top of it,

You have to wait overnight for them to dry, and then you can wear them!