Things To Do With Old Marbles

Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer.

Things to do with old marbles.

Sep 2 2016 explore deborah cariker s board marble crafts followed by 2069 people on pinterest. There are literally hundreds of things to do with marbles and here are just a few of my favourite. And if you don t have any old marbles these projects may motivate to go out and find some. Size quality and design are important.

Then all you have to do is pick. I often see jars or bags of marbles for sale at antique stores or malls. Pretty cracked glass marbles. Discover more placing lots of dark marbles in a patch of the garden designed for bamboo not only looks amazing but it also helps keep down the weeds.

With all of the different colors and designs of marbles out there you should easily find colors to go with your design palette. Have you ever laid decorative flat backed marbles out on the side table or in a tablescape display and liked what you see but wished they just had a little something extra to really draw the eye. I recently taught my charges of 4 and 3 years how to play and they loved it. Glass marbles used to make garden cover.

8 original source. All you need is an old cd and some glass marbles to make this amazing candle holder. This looks particularly lovely on a framed black and white photo as shown above. Find old magazines wrapping paper postcards or other items with interesting prints that you want to use to create your magnets.

You have plenty of time in fact to do several of these before the holidays arrive and they make wonderful gifts. The youngest really had a talent for the game. Thoughts on life clay and other stuff blog has created these sweet mini teapots using glass marbles and metal parts. Those who used to knuckle down are now polishing their eye loupes for a closer look at their old playthings.

Dress up a worn old frame by using you guessed it adhesive marble contact paper. Transform flat marbles found in the floral section of most craft stores and old magazines or postcards into magnets customized to fit your interests. Seems rather obvious but the game of marbles will keep children of all ages engaged for hours. Simply hot glue marbles to an old bowling ball and see what a masterpiece like this will come into existence.

Do a few for grandparents and add pictures of their grandchildren. See more ideas about crafts marbles crafts diy magnets. Check out these 15 super fun marble crafts that are a blast to make and stunning to look at when they re finished. Usually they are machine made or contemporary.

Repurposed mayo jar marble vase.