Another School Project with my Silhouette CAMEO
This is my junior-high-school son’s English term project. What’s inside, you say?
A word. The word “emerge,” to be exact.
The assignment instructions for the various projects my son could choose from were a little vague, but one of his choices said he could make a craft project to illustrate one of his vocabulary words. It said he had to make the letters out of something, but if they were paper it fell under a different project type and he had to do all 15 words. Obviously she doesn’t know how creative and 3-dimensional we can get with paper. π
My son really wanted to have the word “emerge”…well, emerge out of something. (Of course, we used my Silhouette CAMEO.) He did make the box out of paper, but we used fabric with sewable fabric interfacing for the letters. The font is Showcard Gothic. When you lift the lid, the word “emerge” comes up out of the box.
Originally I was going to have him stitch the letters in a strand with a sewing machine, but he saw that we could just sandwich a string between the front and back sides of the letters as the interfacing inside fused it all together. He’s old enough to use an iron, so I let him do the interfacing work.
We used a hexagon box cutting file (#17 from the 2011 Silhouette advent calendar set) and added an extra hexagon insert on each end so we could securely and neatly glue the string into the box base and the lid.
My CAMEO did the actual cutting, but my son did all the assembly. Hopefully this fits the assignment to make a craft that illustrates one of his vocabulary words.
What a neat idea! π I hope he gets a good grade on this one. You'll have to let us know.
Thanks, Jeanne! I hope so, too. I'll let you know. π
Such a fab idea!!! I'll bet his will be the most creative, I sure hope it is anyway!!!! I see and A+ in his future for this project. He certainly gets an A+ from me!!!! ggg hugs, Patty
Thank you, Patty! He gets scored on neatness and creativity in this, so we think we fit the bill on that one. π
Clever!
Thanks! π
He did a great job! I definitely see an "A" in his future!
Thanks, Marilyn!
Well aren't you just the clever mom.
I am sooooooo glad I am not having to compete with you in school with our kids.
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My (one and done) is 37 and he is married and has the two girls.
I love this project!!!!!
I am going to make one for each of the girls, 7 and 9 and I get to figure out what it will say.
Their names are too short to do.
Meg and Emi.
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Thanks dear,
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Nance
Thank you, Nance! I thought it might be fun to fill the box with candy and have it say "surprise" as a gift. π I think the letters can still be attached at both ends but just leave enough string for the bottom letter so the letters can all rest on top of the candy. Just a thought. π
Does your cleverness never end……….
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Great idea.
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Nance
Only when I have a deadline. π
I'd certainly give him and his mom an A+ for such creativity and perfect execution! Great colors made it pop, and the surprise factor took it over the top!