Unusual Ideas Cooking When you think of things cooking in the oven, stuff like cookies and casseroles probably come to mind. However, there are many other interesting, non-edible things you can do in the oven. The oven can be a useful tool for the arts and business applications.
Make Record Bowls
Give old vinyl discs scratched new life by making them attractive in bowls. For this project, you'll need an old record, a medium stainless steel or Pyrex bowl size, and a baking sheet. Place the bowl upside down on baking sheet and place the file centered on the top of the bowl.
Records melt at a temperature very low, so set your oven to its lowest setting. Allow to preheat, and place the baking sheet. Frequently check the folder and wait until it melts. The time can vary from record to record, but should be about 5 minutes. When the recording starts to collapse on the bowl, he is ready to mold.
Take the baking sheet. life care with the folder (it will be hot) and turn right side up bowl. Place the disc inside the hot bowl and use it as a form of editing the file. Work quickly so that the vinyl is in shape before they have cooled. Where necessary, the record may be reheated and molded again.
Other projects Vinyl File
Heating vinyl records to the point of flexibility also allows them to be cut and shaped into many things. Preheat the record on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Locate the chain and you'll know it is ready. Use scissors or a razor blade to cut shapes and parts of the recording, which can then be cast, if desired. Try cutting arcs, shapes, flowers, stars or other shapes. The pieces can be attached to each other with glue to create more complex projects. They make wonderful magnets or pins.
Recycled Bottle Cap Necklace
Some clays, such as polymer clay, are made to harden when heated in the oven. This makes them good for crafts like making a necklace charm of a bottle cap. Fill the bottom of the CAP with polymer clay. Make a loop for hanging wire and integrate it into the clay. When cooked and cooled, clay remain within the CAP and ensure the loop in place.
Jewellery shrink
shrink film is a kind of plastic that, when heated in the oven, becomes much smaller and thicker. This makes it a good material for creating charms gems. rubber stamp images or pull the shrink wrap. Use a punch to make a small hole in the plastic. Shrink according to package directions, then the power rings through the holes to create charms finished.
Dough Christmas Ornaments
A popular Christmas decoration and delicious can be done with the dough craft, made from things you probably already in your pantry. base paste can be made by combining a partial salt, some water, flour and two parts. Mixed and mold into shapes or use cookie cutters to make shapes. Drill holes for hanging before baking at low temperature for 2 hours. Once cooled, the ornaments can be painted. Hang a length of ribbon.
Pencil and paper waxed Stained
waxed paper and pencil shavings can be turned into window decorations that look a bit like stained glass. Place a piece of parchment on a baking sheet followed by a piece of waxed paper with the waxy side facing. Arrange a layer of pencil shavings on the waxed paper, then cover with another sheet of wax placed side down. Add another sheet of parchment paper, then place a couple of bricks or other flat, heavy objects on top. Simmer for several minutes, the last link the two layers of waxed paper and cool completely before proceeding. Cut shapes from the Pope melted wax.
Posted on April 1, 2010.
