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Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Egg Carton Redesign

I don't know how many times I went looking for one of the girls hair clips or bows and just could not find what I was looking for or even one at all. They were scattered throughout the house and completely disorganized, which lead me to the idea I plan to share with you below: an egg carton redesign. I really can't take credit for the entire design... I actually stumbled onto this idea when I noticed my older daughter, Ava, using the egg carton to organize her blocks. She's such a clever girl! But, between the two of us, it's solely our creation!! Very crafty, indeed. And the entire project came from left over scraps of card stock and few little crafting flowers and of course an unused egg carton that was just about to make its way to the trash. A very inexpensive creation, in deed! Check out below how the whole design came together.




Here are the steps we came up with to complete the craft: 
1. Paint the entire egg carton the color of your choice and allow to dry
2. Trace the top of the carton onto card stock and cut out
3. Apply Mod Podge to the back of the paper, place the paper on the carton top, and apply Mod Podge over the entire surface of the freshly placed paper; allow to dry
4. In the meantime, create accessories (i.e. flowers, bows, etc).
5. Glue accessories onto the top of the carton
6. Place contents inside the carton, and Viola! Your super cute organized redesigned egg carton is complete!



While some of the projects I do may be too advanced for my girls to participate, I still love to include them in the crafting fun! They have a blast using their imaginations too, yeah know! ;)



Keep in mind this redesign can be functional for other little items that you may need organized, like beads, buttons, or even small tools (i.e. nuts, bolts, nails). {Note: If you're planning to put heavier objects than hair clips and bows in your newly redesigned egg carton, a way to keep the lid from popping open is to apply velcro to the opening.}

I hope you've enjoyed this redesign! Happy Crafting!


Friday, May 4, 2012

April Showers bring... May {Hand Print} Flowers

This morning the girls and I decided to get a little bit artsy in celebration of Spring! We gathered up our crafting tools (i.e. scissors, card stock, crayons, glue, and popsicle sticks) and came up with an idea to make Hand Print springtime flowers. Yep, we can take credit for this entire design!


What we did to make an oh so crafty bouquet:
1. Trace your hand print several times (at least 8)
2. Color and cut out
3. Cut out a circle for the center of the flower
4. Glue everything together (as shown above) onto the popsicle stick (note: the petals were created using my handy dandy personal Cricut cutter, but you can also make them free hand)

And that's it! Simple and so very cute!! Happy Spring to you all!

{Check out my girls during the process. So much focus!!}






Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Wrapping Paper Christmas Tree Craft

Never sure what to do with those little pieces of Christmas wrapping paper that are just too small to use on any of your presents? Or what to do with the card board tube that comes inside the wrapping paper? 
Well, keep reading, because I have the perfect, very adorable solution to your problem....

A Wrapping Paper Christmas Tree


I was inspired to make this craft after seeing something very similar to it while working my per diem speech therapy job over the weekend at a Skilled Nursing Facility. The ones the patients had hanging on their doors were made with fabric and yarn though, not wrapping paper and ribbon, but they were definitely very cute!

This craft is especially fun to make with your child if he or she is age appropriate to cut, tape, and glue.

Here's what I used to make this craft:
Hot glue gun and glue
Scotch tape
wrapping paper (variety)
ribbon
puff balls
scissors

How I made it:

1.) Cut cardboard tube into several pieces of various sizes.
2.) Using tape, wrap each cardboard piece, individually.
3.) Use glue gun to adhere each wrapped tube together.
4.) Glue on puff balls in various spots, and hang tree on door knob for display.


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Linked:
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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Handprint Wreath

I'm going to share with you today how to make a very adorable wreath made from your little ones hand prints. 


Craft tools & materials needed:
Glue and glue gun
pencil
paper plate
card stock
paint and paint brush
red puff balls
ribbon

Directions:
1.) Trace your child's hand print onto white card stock (15-18 times).
2.) Paint all hand prints with green paint; allow to dry.
3.) Cut out green hand prints.
4.) Cut out center of paper plate.
5.) Glue hand prints, puff balls, and holly (I drew this from free hand) to paper plate.
6.) Glue ribbon to back of wreath and hang on your door for all to admire!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

{Handprint & Footprint} Reindeer Ornament Craft

Today I'm going to share with you how to make a super cute, and relatively easy, craft that you'll want to hang on this year's Christmas tree! The craft itself is actually my idea :) 
(I was inspired however to make the design for this craft from here).


Materials & craft tools:
card board
brown craft paint
red puff ball
yellow ribbon
googly eyes
string
pencil 
scissors
glue

Directions:

1.) Trace your child's foot print on a piece of card board.
2.) Trace your child's hand prints on a piece of card board.
3.) Paint foot prints, hand prints, and medium size circle with brown paint.
4.) Cut out all pieces from card board.
5.) Glue hand prints, foot prints, circle (for head), googly eyes, red puff ball, ribbon, and string together (as shown). 
Hang on Christmas tree for all to see!

Monday, December 5, 2011

S is for Santa

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This morning my little crafty helper, Ava, and I decided to create another addition to our "Learning My Lovely Letters" alphabet scrapbook (here are the letters we've already included in our alphabet collection - T and L). In light of the upcoming holiday season it only seemed appropriate to make a Santa craft for the letter S. We were inspired to create this craft from here, but you'll notice below that we made several crafty additions of our own (i.e. the creation of two Santas for both lower and upper case letters as well as including the actual letters themselves).



What we needed to make this craft:
White and green craft paint (we used Crayola Washable Kid's paint) & paintbrush
Card stock in various colors
Glue
Googly eyes
Pencil
Paper plate

How it's done:

1.) Pour white paint onto paper plate, dip hand in paint, and place hand on card stock to make the beard.
2.) Use green paint to color letters.
3.) Draw and cut out pieces for hat and face (e.g. five white circles and a red triangle for his hat, two beige circles for his cheeks, one red nose, and one black circle for his mouth - double entire amount to make two Santas).
4.) Paste all pieces onto paper with beard (as shown).

Pretty cute, huh?!! 
Stay tuned for more letter and holiday crafts coming soon!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

L is for Lion

"ROAR!" is what Ava loves to say! She is a little lion some days, and she loves to take her lion toy practically everywhere with her. This is was inspired the second letter craft for our "Learning My Lovely Letter" alphabet scrapbook. (Click here to see the first letter we made for our collection). Another reason for wanting to make the letter "L" next is because it's one of the sounds we're currently working on during "therapy". As Ava's mommy (and her very own speech therapist) we like to incorporate sounds Ava is learning to say correctly during a fun activity, like crafting. And just so you know, she's currently saying "L" in the initial position almost 100% of the time! Yay! (We're still working on the medial position - like in the word "yellow", but she'll get it soon enough).

While the idea and template for this craft comes from here, you'll notice that we made several little changes of our own, including the addition of a lion cub for our lower case letter. 


Needed to make this craft:
crayons
card stock
scissors
paper

What to do: 

1.) Print out and color two copies of the template.
2.) Cut out.
*Optional but highly recommended... 3.) Play with little sister while mommy cuts out the remaining pieces.
4.) Glue all the pieces together (as shown).

So adorable, don't ya think?!
We're already thinking of ideas for our next letter, so stay tuned!

Linked: Crafty Moms Share, Crayon Freckles, Confessions of a Stay At Home Mommy, The Idea Room Community
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Handprint {Standing} Turkey Craft

This morning while little Miss Audrey was napping, Ava and I got out the craft materials and supplies and were ready to create another Thanksgiving Turkey Craft. (To see the first handprint turkey craft we've crafted this year, click here).

While the general idea and a few of the basic details for this turkey craft came from here, you'll notice that we added a few unique design ideas of our own.


Materials and crafting tools we needed for this craft:

- two paper plates
- one toilet paper tube
- paper and card stock
- pencil
- glue
- scissors
- stapler
- small dixie cup (or in my case, a plastic medicine cup)


 And here's how it's done:

1.) Trace your child's little hands on white paper (at least eight times). 
2.) Color the hands.
3.) Color the back of the paper plates.
4.) After you've cut out the hands, staple them to the paper plate.
5.) Trace and cut out another hand from brown card stock (that will later be used for the feet).
6.) Cut a rectangle out of brown card stock and staple to toilet paper tube.
7.) Color the medicine cup black with marker.
8.) Cut a circle out of black card stock (that will later be used for the base of the hat).
9.) To make the beak, take a small square of yellow card stock, and fold it into quarters. Cut off a triangle with one edge along the fold.
10.) Open up the card stock, and then cut the resulting diamond in half (that will later be used as the beak).
11.) Staple the paper plates together.
12.) Once you've cut out the eyes and waddle (as shown), glue all the pieces of the face and hat pieces onto the head.
13.) Glue the head to the body, and there you have it... your beautiful standing turkey. Perfect for centerpiece display!

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Turkey Handprint Craft & the Letter Tt

Ava and I had such a fun time working on this turkey handprint craft. The template can be found here, but I came up with the idea to make two turkeys to incorporate with the letter Tt. I've decided to start an alphabet scrapbook for Ava (well, I haven't actually made it yet, but I plan to very soon!) that we plan to title "Learning My Lovely Letters". (We're obviously creating the letters in no particular order). She is very familiar visually recognizing more than half of her letters already; however, the ones she does know are all upper case. Now that I'm starting an alphabet scrapbook for her, we'll be able to include lower case letters too. We can also talk about what sound the letter makes and associate the letter with a word... in this case, Turkey starts with the letter T. We made two turkeys, one with mommy's handprints that corresponds with the upper case "T", and the other one with Ava's handprints that corresponds with the lower case "t".

Here are the materials we needed to make this craft complete:

- paper
- pencil
- crayons
- glue
- scissors

Instructions:

- Print out the turkey template
- Color the template and cut out
- Trace your child's hands and your own
- Color the handprints and cut out
- Glue the turkey together (as shown in our picture below)
- Print out the T and t template (here), color, and cut out

Ava did a beautiful job coloring her turkey and hand prints... mommy just helped a little ;) (Mommy, however, did all of the cutting herself, but Ava did a great job watching!).



Aren't they so cute?! We can't wait to create more crafty letters for the scrapbook!




Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Pumpkin Vase

Today I'm going to share with you a lovely way to transform your boring pumpkin into a charming, colorful addition to your seasonal decor. This idea comes from the 2007 November edition of Martha Stewart Living Magazine.




Tools and Materials:
Cylinder vase
Scissors
Pumpkin
Pumpkin-carving tool
Spoon 
Flowers





Directions: 
1) Carve an opening at the top of your pumpkin. (Note: be sure to make the hole opening large enough to fit the entire width of your vase down in).
2) Scoop out and discard pulp and seeds.
3) Fit vase inside pumpkin and fill three-quarters of the way with water.
4) Cut ends of flower stems off diagonally to appropriate length.
5) Arrange flowers inside vase. (I used a autumn seasonal bouquet mix, but you can also include pressed leaves or berries).



This craft was linked up with the following:
Crafty Moms Share
Tip Junkie handmade projects




Saturday, October 22, 2011

I was FEATURED....

Hey guys,


I just wanted to share how proud I am that my Glitter Gourds (click here to see original post) was featured TWICE!!





Carrie {from Crafty Moms Share} featured it on her blog right here:


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AND

Amy {from One Artsy Mama} featured it on her FB page here:





Pretty cool, huh?!!

Thanks so much Carrie and Amy for the Feature! I'll be sure to send more fun Autumn (and anytime!) crafts your way ;)





Saturday, October 15, 2011

Flower Pot Re-design: Wash Cloth Holder

Today I completed another flower pot transformation. (Check out my first flower pot re-design here). This time I took anther of our old boring orange flower pots that didn't already have a purpose and made it into something cute and functional.

Are you excited to hear what I converted the flower pot into?!!? Drum roll please.... I made it into a wash cloth holder for our little girls' bathroom. (I know... Pretty neat, huh?! Well, at least I think so!) Take a look, and tell me what you think?! Not a bad idea, if I do say so myself.



Here's what I did to make the transformation complete:

1) Using a paint brush, I painted a lavender - hot pink combination of acrylic paint onto the pot and let dry.

2) While the pot was drying, I let my handy dandy Cricut personal cutter cut out the letters BATH.

3) Once the pot was dry, I used a paint brush and Modge Podge to adhere the letters onto the pot (applying the adhesive both below and above the letters).

4) After the letters were dry, I filled the pot with rolled wash towels and placed it on our daughters' bathroom sink for all to visually {and functionally!!} enjoy!





This craft was linked up with the following:
Crafty Moms Share










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