Meinking Mary - Kylie Jean Craft Queen

• paper
• pencil
• ruler
• scissors
• .2-inch (5-centimeter) thick pink foam sheet, about 8x9 inches (20x23 cm)
• black permanent markers (thick and thin)
• silver foam sheet
• foam glue
• large rhinestone
• thin ribbon
• hot glue

optional:

• pink glitter glue
• sequins

You can download a free template for this craft at capstonekids.com.

My horse, Star, loves this craft because it has pony beads. Every cowgirl needs abandana bag with fringe. I made mine with a pink bandana. Choose your favorite color!

1. On a flat surface, fold the bandana in half with wrong sides together and the foldat the top. Line up the edges.
2. Starting at the fold, draw a straight line down both sides of the bandana, 4 inches(10 cm) from each edge. Along each line, mark every inch (1.9 cm).
3. From the bandanas edge, cut inward through both layers at each -inch (1.9-cm) markto the line you drew (leaving the top fringe wider). Lay scissors on its side, andcut the fold line to the line you drew. Repeat on the opposite side. Each side nowhas fringe.
4. Down both sides, tie each pair (front and back) of fringe in a double knot. Leavethe pair on each side that is farthest from the fold untied.
5. Grab the untied pair of fringe on one side and tie in a double knot with one endof the ribbon. Flatten the ribbon, and repeat with the other pair of untied fringe.

Optional: Add two beads to the end of each tied fringe. Tie in a single knot overthe second bead.

Show everyone how much you love being a cowgirl with this lucky purse. You can evencarry your allowance. A cowgirl can never have too many purses!

1. Draw a horseshoe shape on paper, about 3 inches (9.5 cm) by 4 inches (12 cm).Cut out. Trace only the outer arch of the horseshoe onto both pink foam pieces. Tracethe entire horseshoe onto the silver piece of foam. Cut out the shapes from all threepieces of foam.
2. Stack the silver piece on top of the two pink pieces, lining up the edges. Use thepen to poke holes through the silver foam, along the sides and bottom of the piece.Each hole should be about inch (.64 cm) apart and inch (.64 cm) from the edge.Set the silver piece aside.
3. Using the marks left from the silver holes as guides, poke holes in the first pinkpiece. Repeat with the second pink piece. Restack the three foam pieces, lining upthe edges and holes.
4. Trim the cording ends to a point. Fold the cording in half, and mark the center point.String the cording down through all three layers of the bottom center hole. Pullthe cording until the mark on the cording lines up with the hole. String the cordingdown through the layers of the next closest hole. Continue around one half of thehorseshoe. String the remaining cording through the holes on the opposite side ofthe horseshoe.