I couldn't resist....

SPONGE ART
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what you need:
SPONGE
PAINT
PAPER
WAAAY TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR SPONGES

Resin!

Another cool thing I found while wondering around Michaels was this really cool substance called resin. Basically it is this material that comes in two bottles and when you mix even parts of these liquids it cures over night and will harden to form a sort of glass-like plastic. It comes with molds for making pendants and it is clear so you can put anything you want in it. The only thing about this stuff is for just a little kit of it it will set you back about $12-$15 and that isn't even for the good quality stuff. however the things you can make out of it are definitely worth the money. 

Difficulty: 6/10
Access to Materials: 7/10

WARNING THIS STUFF IS TOXIC, do NOT wash it down the sink...or eat it

Fist, here is the stuff I recommend you use if you've never done this before:

It comes in a little plastic bag with a purple label and you can find it over by the bead area in most Michaels stores. Make sure you get the starter kit because that will come with more supplies and molds.

make sure you follow the given instructions, you don't want to mess this up and have a globby mess. 

What you will do is take the larger bottle, and pour in your desired amount into a measuring cup up to one of the lines, lets say go to the 10ml line. then you take the smaller bottle, the hardener, and you have to add half the amount you used for the other bottle, so you would add 5ml. all together in the measuring cup it will come out to 15ml total. Remember that for whatever amount of the larger solution you use, you always add half that amount of hardener. With the mixing stick, evenly mix the two together SLOWLY. you do not want air bubbles in this. If there are, try to scoop out or pop as many as you can. When mixed pour into the mold and then gently poke in whatever materials you want to add! I like to use pressed flowers or beads but you can even use photos. Make sure its on glossy paper though. 

Keep coming back to the molds in the next hour since your items may have floated to the top. Keep poking them down till they stay and the resin begins to get harder. Cover with a piece of paper so dust will not get in and lt them cure for 48 hours. If you are impatient, this is not the craft for you. 

after 48 hours, put the mold in the freezer for five minutes then you can pop them right out! The kit comes with a little drill so you can drill a hole in them to make them into charms or pendants. 

Also, make sure when you clean up, you do not rinse out the measuring cup, use a paper towel to wipe it down as best you can because this stuff should not go down the sink. 

other things you can do with this is fill lockets, tiny glass bottles, etc. 

Bottles and Baubles

One of my favorite things to do is to just wonder around a Michaels craft store. You end up finding so many new and interesting things. There was one time I found this "steam punk" collection that was separate from the regular jewelry and It had the coolest stuff. It had tiny gears, decorative keys, and more...but what I found to be really cool were the tiny glass vials. They had a package of bottles of varying sized most no bigger than two inches and they all had little cork stoppers. This was one of my favorite finds and there are a bunch of cool things you can make with them. 
first of all, here are the bottles:

One of my favorite things to do with these bottles is just fill them with cute stuff. you can put anything in  them really. I also like to make earrings or necklaces out of them. 

Difficulty: 3/10
Access to Materials: 6/10

You are going to need:
Tiny bottles
Wire
Glue (preferably krazy glue or something that can bond to glass)
bits and things of your choosing!

First you pick a bottle and take the cork out. If you are making a necklace out of it you will want to make a small look with your wire leaving a tiny bit of extra wire to stick into the cork. You will want to glue this down, probably with the krazy glue since it with seep into the cork. then all you have to do is fill your bottle! I like to use really tiny origami cranes or stars, but you can use beads or anything really. Some popular stuff that ends up looking really cool is sand with some tiny sea shells. 
Once you have your bottle the way you want it, you're probably going to want to seal everything in so the cork wont come out or break. Glue the outside of the cork then stick it into the bottle and let it dry. Then you're done! 
If you want to take the extra step, you can even make your own stopper out of clay and glue things onto the outside of the bottle, but that can get pretty messy and you'd need a higher quality, more toxic glue.