For our Unplugged Project this week we made Glass Marble Magnets. This was fun for the older kiddos (3+)… choke hazard for the younger ones although I did let ‘B’ play with the marbles with me right there. She also enjoyed tearing up the magazines.

I basically followed the directions on Martha Stewart’s site.

Joann’s carries everything you need.

The flatted glass marbles were in the floral area. There are two general sizes. The larger size was better for the kids to work with.

The magnets were in the kids’ craft area.

We used Elmer’s Craft Bond Tacky Glue (get a glue that dries clear and does not bleed colors).

The kids cut out lots of fun colors and shapes from old magazines and catalog. Catalogs with a lot of bedding and rugs were the best because they had lots of fun, bold patterns. Think beach towel.

We traced the shaped of the glass bead over the picture area we liked then cut it out (I went through and trimmed them all up for the kids). We glued the picture to the flat part of the bead… upside down so you can see the picture through the marble when it dries. Then glue a magnet to the back. Very cute for holding the kids’ artwork to the fridge.

I plan to give away the smaller magnets in a tin as gifts (maybe to the grandparents with some of the kids’ artwork to display).

Playing with the glass marbles.

Cutting out pictures. LOL – you may not want the kids actually on the dinning room table 😉

Helping ‘A’ cutout a picture. Please ignore the t-shirt left over from college days. My mom and I were actually working in the kitchen Jamming Blueberries while this was going on and I was wearing an old ‘painting shirt.’

We finished the project at home while ‘B’ was napping.

The magnets drying.

Next week’s theme is FLAT.