Sponge Lei's

Welcome aboard mateys!

Here be the more detailed treasure map for our delightful "Sponge Leis," video.

The crew began by organizing the supplies. First ye be needing some sponges, for ultimate comfort, pilfer and pillage some sponges without that blasted scrub pad on the off side. Arr, elsewise ye’ll be skinning more pirate sprouts than a Royal Navy Bosun, arr-harr-harr. The crew also pillaged some Cellulose Cloths, and down below be the shopping link for both, so as you can begin hoarding yer treasures without delay.

Once you’ve gathered your supplies and tools, you begin by cutting the sponges.

For the flowers you’ll trace, or draw, a five petal flower onto the corner of one of the cellulose sheets. We’ve taken the liberty of creating a template for your crafting pleasure below. Our flowers are just shy of two square inches.

Now, trace yourself a whole barrel of flowers. 

Next, cut out those flowers. We found it easier to cut our cellulose flowers with a small pair of cuticle scissors; as the curve of the blades was fairly similar to that of the small flower petals. 

Now follow along with the Sprouts and assemble your Sponge Leis!

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Despicable Me Minion Bookmarks

Welcome aboard mateys! 

Here be the more detailed treasure map for our delightful "Despicable Me Minion Bookmarks," video.

The crew began by organizing the supplies. It was decided the minion bodies would be made from yellow cardstock pulling from Recollections Cardstock Paper, 8 1/2 x 11 Citrus Yellow 

gave us two choices and we decided to cut both. (This also provided us with the perfect shade of gray for the goggles.)

For the cover or overalls we used a light blue piece of construction paper scavenged from Tree House Kids, Assorted Colors, Construction Paper Pad, 12" X 9" and also chose a black sheet for the goggle strap.

Using a paper cutter, we sliced both the cardstock and construction paper into 2 inch wide strips.

Next we used a large coin (ours was a Canadian quarter) to curve what would become the corners of our minion's head.

Each overall strip was cut in half. Then, using the minion head we traced a matching curved line to shape the top of the overall straps. We then marked three, 1/2 inch guides along each side of the overall beginning with the bottom of the strap curve.

Deciding the straps should be about 1/4 inch in width, we marked that on both sides and then free-handed one trapezoid on each side, following our 1/2 inch guides. *Scrolling down a bit will give you better photos of both the curved top and trapezoid shapes of the overalls.

The goggles were traced by outlining a dime on a gray piece of cardstock also included in the afore mentioned packet.

You can see here two dime sized circles fit quite nicely. You also get a nice view of the goggle strap which measures 2 inches x just over 1/4 inch. We used a bit of artistic judgement.

After adding facial features, and overall details,

it was now time for the Sprouts to assemble their bookmarks!

Our finished minion with ruler size comparison!

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The Blog

Ahoy! 

By order of the Captain, the Casaba team will commence writing a detailed, internet depository for all Casaba videos be they crafts, puzzles, stories, sprout activities, etc. Features will include:

Where to buy lists, materials used, how to take Sprout activities and turn them into Captain sized decor projects--essentially this blog will become our online treasure trove of information.

We hereby invite ye to be the most important member of our viewing team, comment, ask questions, provide suggestions of a supportive nature, and as always enjoy watching!

Thank you,

-The Captain, Sprouts, & crew at large!