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A Crafty Arab Blogspot is moving

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K-cup Fez Hat Treat Holder Tutorial

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

When we were on vacation, I noticed our rental home had a Keurig coffee machine. This new gadget comes with little white cups full of flavoring of coffee or tea that you add to the machine to make a drink.

After using one of the tea cups, I noticed that the top of the cup had a hole in it.

A little light bulb went off in my head and I came up with this cute Fez* hat to hold a treat for an Eid* party. When we got home, I asked my local Buy Nothing community to save me their extras since we don't have a coffee machine.

If you have a machine, what better way to recycle these cups instead of throwing them away!?!

(A Fez hat is a felt headdress that is in the shape of a truncated cone. Eid is the Arabic word for festival or holiday)

Supplies
Prewrapped candy
Paintbrush
Red paint
Scissors
Embroidery thread
Popsicle stick
Used K-cups
Glue
Circle punch outs
Gold ribbon

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Paint the outside of the Kcup with red paint.

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

While that is drying, make your tassel. 

Start by winding the embroidery thread around the popsicle stick a few times and cut it off.

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Gently take off the small circle you just made and tie one end. Put your scissors on the opposite end of where you just tied and cut the circle in half.

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Take another string and tie a knot at the top, right under your tied thread, to keep your tassel going downward. Cut off extra thread.

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Your tassel is done.

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Place the tassle in the Kcup and add a dot of glue on the inside to hold it into place.

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Add a piece of candy inside. Because this is a used cup and there is glue at the top holding the tassel, I would only recommend putting in previously wrapped candy only.

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Glue your cardstock cover to hold the candy. I used a circle design that says Eid Mubarak (Blessed Eid in Arabic) I had already made for my Eid money envelopes. To make this, I simply stamped my design on paper and cut it out with a hole punch. You can also just cut out a regular small circle out of cardstock that is the size of your K-cup.

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Your Fez treat hat is ready to give out to kids. They can simply break the seal to get to the candy.

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

You can also try wearing it on your head but it's most likely too small. Instead, you can make this Egyptian Fez Party Hat that might be a better fit.

K-cup Fez Hat Treat Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

To enjoy more crafts from the Arab world, be sure to check out
Lebanese Cedar Bead Tree Tutorial
PomPom Kuwaiti Flag Tutorial
Clothespin Debke Dancers Tutorial

More can also be found on the A Crafty Arab Pinterest board, the Crafty Arab League.

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

The girls and I love making our own pom poms and sometimes we also like to create crafts with ready make pom poms.

We bought a super size bag of them recently and came up with this fun tutorial to share with you to make you own puffy Eid banner.

The word Eid is Arabic for a festive or religious day. For example, it is used to for Eid Al Fitr, which commemorates the end of Ramadan, or Eid Al Abu, which is Father's Day, or even Eid Mīlād, which is Christmas.

We used just the word Eid so we can put it up for either Eid Al Fitr or Eid Al Adha. We can even put it up for Eid Al Umm (Mother's Day) or even a birthday. So many possibilities.

Supplies
E I D letter printouts
Scissors
Xacto
Spray paint
Newspaper
Hot glue gun
Pom poms
Hole punch
Twine
Cardboard
Not in photo - Pencil & Ruler

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Cut out the letters E I and D from the computer printouts and trace them on the cardboard. We have a lot of cardboard left over, since my living room looked like this about a month ago.

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Use the Xacto to cut out the letters. Use a ruler to help with the straight edges if you wish.

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Spray paint the letters.

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Hole punch two holes in the top of each letter.

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

String your twine through the holes and tie it into place in the back of the letter.

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Start adding the pom poms and keep them in place with the hot glue.

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

We just randomly added the puff balls to your letters. Don't worry about gaps since you have the pretty silver color underneath. Here are our finished letters close up.

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Once you are done, hang your letters someplace on the wall (but indoors)!

Eid Puff Banner Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

If you enjoyed this Eid Puff Banner Tutorial, be sure to check out our other banners -
Oil Pastel Resist Crescent Moon and Star Banner
Green Mawlid Decorations {Free Banner}
Ramadan Banner Tutorial
Eid Cake Banner Tutorial
Mosque Banner Tutorial
Green Eid Decorations {Free Printables}
Star banner

Felt Flower Pin Video

I've been trying to figure out how to make videos for Instagram.  I took my photos from the Felt Flower Pin Tutorial yesterday and turned it into this, via VivaVideo.

I'd love to hear feedback.  In the past, I've only made videos that highlight the 30 Day Ramadan Crafty Challenge:

Video for 2015 Ramadan Crafty Challenge

To see other A Crafty Arab videos, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel. This video will also be here if your flash isn't working for you.

Felt Flower Pin Tutorial

Felt Flower Pin Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

This past weekend I attended Women's Wellness Weekend at Camp Orkila.

I had some free time and took a class on felted flowers. I photographed the process to share below.

The steps were so easy, and the supplies are only a few, that you can make these felt flower pins in little time.  Make them for girl scout swaps! Use them as a fundraiser! Hand them out at the next Eid party! So many options.

Supplies
Felt
Needle
Thread
Scissors
Button - in main photo
Pinback - in last photo

Felt Flower Pin Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Start by cutting out five felt circles. Mine were about the size of falafel.

Felt Flower Pin Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Fold each circle in half and cut across to create half moons.

Felt Flower Pin Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Thread your needle and sew across the bottom of one half moon. About the 2/3 point, add a second half moon and sew them togheter.

Felt Flower Pin Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Finish off all 10 pieces.

Felt Flower Pin Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Pull the thread to gather the felt.

Felt Flower Pin Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

Sew the middle together and add a vintage button as in the main photo. Sew a pinback to the back.

Felt Flower Pin Tutorial by A Crafty Arab

If you enjoyed this tutorial, check out other flower ideas like the Eid Puff Flowers or Arabic Newspaper Hairclip. If you'd like to make another pin, be sure to try the Couscous Heart Pin or these Flower SWAPs.

I'm going to go make falafel because now I can't stop thinking about them.

Enjoy!