Happy Late Easter!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend! We sure did!

Say Goodbye to Boring Headbands!

I came across a fun headbad tutorial awhile back. These are so easy to make and they don't cost very much either. I used a pack of dollar store headbands (thick and thin) and some fat quarters that I found in Walmart. Go here for the tutorial.

Above is my beautiful model. She is kindly modeling ALL of the headbands that I made.



 The purple one was her favorite! It just matches her Rapunzel dress so well, don't you think? :)

The ruffled look was probably one of my favorites and it was so much fun to do!

So head on over to Calico's website to check out the tutorial and make yourselves some sweet headbands!  

I'm Back With a New Kids Craft!

I am back! My power cord for my computer broke so I haven't been able to update in awhile. After waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, (long story) the right part came today. HOORAY! My little girl and I have been up to a lot so be prepared for an update overload! :)

First off, I have a tutorial. It's kind of lame, but we were bored and I needed a craft, so I looked at my supplies and came up with an idea to make a book with matching popsicle sticks that Skyli can follow along with. So......

This is what you'll  need (I didn't use the whole punch, but if you could use it and tie the pages together with a ribbon or with one of those ring clip things)......



I am missing a few pictures, so sorry about that! Just cut your paper into fourths then staple it across the top. (I started out with one staple, but didn't like how the pages turned with one staple so I added 2 for a total of 3 staples) You could also staple on the side. Then I made up my own story and wrote it on there.  I bought a huge thing of foam stickers from walmart. They are all spring related, so our book is titled Spring!

I started with March and wrote a couple of things that happen in March, April, and May then I wrote about what happens during springtime. I left room for stickers so Sky could help me put the stickers on the page. 

I know the story and artwork are A-MAZ-ING! haha What can I say? I'm a crafter, not an author or an illustrator. Sky then helped me by coloring the cover and then by putting stickers on the pages. Like on the April page we put an umbrella sticker, etc. 

Then we took popsicle sticks and stuck the stickers on them, so that she could find and hold up the popsicle stick that matches the page. There will be some sticky stuff exposed after you put the sticker onto the stick. Here's how you can fix that. Take a little bit of flour and put it in a bowl, then rub the sticker side of the stick in the flour. Next tap off the excess flour and it shouldn't be sticky anymore.

And that's it! So simple right? Sky had so much fun with this craft! I love crafting with her! Oh, and yes, there is a deer on her marker basket. It was a sticker she found and put it on there. I know, it's just awesome! haha

Kids Spring Crafts Pt. 2

I know I said I was going to post this yesterday, but I accidentally deleted some pictures, and had to retake them, but it was late so don't judge the pictures too much okay!! :) The first craft I have for you is....Tissue Paper Butterflies!! You will need some scissors, tissue paper, and pipe cleaners! Just fold a sheet of tissure paper in half, and cut out the shape of your butterfly. You will need 2 sheets of tissue paper for the butterfly. Then, take your pipe cleaner and fold it in half, put it in the middle of the butterfly, and twist the top together!

Then shape the antennas! My girls love to fly these around the house! You can make lots of fun colors and shapes too!

Up next we have, Egg Carton Flowers! This idea came a long time ago! It was in a Barbie coloring book I had. I made some for my Mom for Mothers Day, and they were so much fun! Just cut up the egg carton, color, or paint your little flowers , then go outside and look for some sturdy branches. Poke a hole in the middle of the "flower" and stick the branch in!

Put them in a pretty vase with some cute ribbon and, You're Done!!!!
(this is the picture I had to redo :)

The last craft is one of our favorite new traditions! We started this last year, and it is way fun! We call them Bunny Huts! They're just like graham cracker gingerbread houses, only more springy! All you need are graham crackers, frosting, and all the fun easter candy you can find!

Put it together, and enjoy some delicious candy while you're at it!!!

I hope you have a great Easter Weekend!!!

Easter Egg Fun!!

This is going to be part one of my kids Spring/Easter crafts! I love doing crafts for myself, but even more than that, I love doing crafts I can do with my kids! My oldest daughter is 3 and we started doing crafts about a year ago (you're never too young :) She asks for them everyday, its a great way to spend good, quality time together! It sure helps us stay sane in these yucky weather months!! So... here we go, these are some fun games I found using the plastic easter eggs! I bought all my eggs at the dollar store! First game is the " Egg Color Matching" Just mix and match the eggs, and have your child match the colors!

My daughter loved this!!

This was one especially for my baby! We made some Egg Shakers! Just fill the eggs with rice, and then hot glue some ribbon around the opening so they can shake away and it won't break open!

We did this for an FHE activity! It was super fast, and really easy!

This one is great to help them learn the alphabet! Just get your eggs ( I'll just tell you now, you'll need 26 eggs, I had to ask my husband how many letters were in the alphabet. Embarrassing!)

Just like the color matching game, you mix and match the eggs, then have them match the Capital, and lowercase letters together!! SO FUN!!!

If you have kids (any age) you NEED to download this ebook!! It has so many incredible, inexpensive ideas for crafts you can do with your kids! You can get the book here! I love it, and can't wait to do many of the projects I found in it!!

Okay, we have some more kids crafts coming up tomorrow so make sure to check back!! And, if you know of some amazing kids crafts that I need to know about, please leave a link. I would love to check them out!!

Spring Decorating Ideas!

This is where I put my lollies! I also got a plate from the dollar store (their plates are suprisingly not bad) and cut out a vinyl bunny from my sillhouette for an easy fix! Another fun paper craft is the pinwheels. Super easy, and cheap.

I always love using candy in my decor! It adds lots of fun, festive color!

If you need a tutorial for the paper pinwheels go here!

I have big, long windows in my living room, so I love to create these banners for every holiday (or anytime). Just cut the pendants out (I just eyeball the first one, then use it as a stencil for the rest of them). I hot glue it to whatever ribbon, or string I have and hang it up! I added some rolled flowers, and lace to this one!

I found these awesome printables here on Kiki Creates! She has a ton of different colors you can choose from! AND...they're FREE!!!! I hope this gave you some good ideas!

Spring Lollies!

I LOVE these lollies! I was looking through my craft stuff trying to use what I already had for spring decorations. I have tons of scrapbook paper! So I whipped up a vase of Lollies for my entertainment center!

I made some rolled flowers for the centers with some fun feathers, scalloped circles I cut out with my silhouette, pearls, and gems!

Wanna know how to make them? Here you go...

You'll need: 3 book pages, a doily (dollar store), a skewer, paper cutter, a glue gun, ribbon, and something for the center!

Trim the white borders off the book pages so you have nice clean edges!

Stack the 3 pages together and fold them accordian style! Folding them together ensures the folds are all the same size (and makes it go faster)!

Fold each page in half!

Then hot glue the middle together! Do this to all 3 pages!

Then glue them all together so they look like this...!

Put a dab of hot glue on the back of your lollie and glue it to your doily! (I spray painted some of my doilies because I wanted different colors, make them look how you want!)

Embellish it any way you want! I had these lying around so I used them!

Put a line of hot glue between your lollie and doily and stick your skewer in!

Add some ribbon and display them!!! If you are like me and usually need someone to physically show me how to do things, check out this video... here

Jelly Bean Topiary

For Easter I've been wanting some more decor. I had an idea one night to try and make a jelly bean topiary. I found all of the stuff at Walmart except the ribbon (I had it on hand) and of course the stick. I started out by painting a little flower pot (my 3 year old helped me with this). I then glued the stick into the foam ball that I got from walmart in the silk flower section. I then hot glued all of the jelly beans on the ball. This took the longest to do! In retrospect I would have painted the foam ball before I started gluing just because you can see the green under the jelly beans. Because the topiary was so heavy once I had all of the jelly beans on it I had to put a bunch of rocks in the bottom so that it wouldn't tip over. I glued some foam to the pot on top of the rocks, then glued the stick into the foam.

I really don't like how you can see the green foam. I wish I would have painted the ball before I glued the beans on to it. I still might paint over the ball part (jelly beans included). What do you think?

I don't know if I like how this one turned out. I pictured it a lot differently in my head. However, it was a lot of fun to make!

Spice'n it Up!

I was at Goodwill the other day and found this little gem for only $1! I was so excited! I've never had a spice rack, but I've always wanted one. I love how it turned out!

I forgot to take a before picture, but this is an in between picture. It was the color you see at the top before I painted it black. I didn't worry too much about spray painting it perfectly because I knew I wanted a different color on top.

Here is the top of the finished product! I painted it red, then distressed the edges by sanding them with sand paper so that the black paint underneath came through. I then cut out the word Spice with my Cricut (Plantum Schoolbook cartridge, Roly Poly) and attached a knob to the top.

Did I mention that it spins?! I love it!!

Ta-da! The finished product! I LOVE it!! The best thing about it was that it only cost me $1 for the spice rack. I had the paint, knob and vinyl just laying around from previous projects.

After doing the spice rack I was inspired to label my canisters with vinyl. I love how my kitchen counter looks now with the spice rack and my canisters! I love how something so simple can really "spice" up the place! :)