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Autumn Leaves and fridge magnets
It’s half term in Wiltshire and, once again, we’ve had little helpers in the office. In an effort to keep them entertained, we came up with a project they could do without any assistance from us – turning autumn leaves into fridge magnets. Our office fridge has worn many different fridge magnets over the years but this is the first … Continue reading
Tags: children, craft, fridge, fridge magnets, magnets, Neodymium, school holiday activities, school holidays
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Made in Britain
We have recently launched a range of ready made, collectible fridge magnets. Liese is sourcing the items to be turned into fridge magnets and is fixing the magnets in place either in our unit or during the evenings in front of the TV. It has been brought to our attention that this means that our new range of fridge magnets … Continue reading
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Postcard Fridge Magnets
If your fridge is anything like mine, it’s probably covered in postcards that have been sent from relatives around the world. Currently decorating my fridge are postcards from Malta, USA, Germany and deepest darkest Wiltshire! Keeping the postcards in place requires magnets, but we’ve had a bit of a brainwave – why not change the postcard into fridge magnets? That … Continue reading
Tags: flexible magnetic strip, flexible strip, fridge, fridge magnets, magnet, magnets, school holiday activities, school holidays
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Washi tape magnets – so quick, so easy, so pretty!
While we were making the washi tape peg magnets, we had a bit of a brain wave! We sell 1/2″, 1″ and 2″ wide self adhesive flexible magnetic strip by the metre and it’s great for holding things on our warehouse racking, but it’s a bit boring and brown to look at … not anymore! 20 minutes of playing around and … Continue reading
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Washi Peg fridge magnets tutorial
We’ve discovered Washi Tape and it’s beautiful! After some discussion, we decided to use it to make pretty peg fridge magnets using some wooden pegs and some neodymium magnets. The first job was to measure the width of the pegs which turned out to be just over 9mm so we used 9x1mm neodymium disk magnets for this project. You will … Continue reading
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Hama Bead / Perler Bead fridge magnets tutorial
We’ve showcased a lot of fridge magnet ideas on Pinterest, but now it’s tutorial time! Our youngest assistant (6) has made three hama bead designs while on school holidays. These have been ironed to weld them together and removed from the peg boards. We are now ready to start turning them fridge magnets. We have decided to use some … Continue reading
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This week, in the world of Guy’s Magnets, has been all about the kids and the impending long summer school holidays. Rainy days are not, generally, fun for parents. The kids slouch around watching TV or playing on a variety of techy devices when they should be doing something…anything! So we decided it was time to put together a selection … Continue reading
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Craft Project – Glass beads, pictures and magnets
We love these handmade fridge magnets. The glass pebbles are about 15mm in diameter you can use either a small neodymium disk or our 12x3mm or 14x3mm ferrite disks Tutorial: Pebble Rings and Magnets: Guest Post by Mandy of Something Monumental
Salt Dough Fridge Magnets
Struggling to keep the kids entertained over the holidays? Craft Magnets can be attached to a wide variety of substances to make your own fridge magnets. Why not try making salt dough shapes using biscuit/cookie or pastry cutters? Paint them with water based paints and seal with watered down PVA glue or clear varnish before adding the magnet. Even toddlers … Continue reading