Yarn Necklaces and paint flowers.. 3/9/13

So this weekend has been a wonderful and blessed weekend. I got to have my nieces up for the weekend.. they got play in the snow... Yes it snowed here... We got about 4-6 inches..

Here is my son playing with my nieces..

Now you see.. my nieces are ages 5 and 3.. aww what a blessing they are.. let me tell you.. they soak everything up.. i miss this stage.. lol my kids are great with them.. 

Well anyway.. so i wanted something for them to do that they could take home..so i went to the famous pinterest.. here is what i found.first is ..mothers-day-hand-print-foot-print.

        

Felicity painting Heather's foot

Felicity putting footprint on paper

Destiny and Haleigh

Lets say the kids all had fun..then below we have the kids making necklaces out of straws and yarn.. Straw necklaces... sanity saving

Things we used: 

 Yarn

yarn needle

straws cut

we have the kids feeding the straws on the needles

 here is Heather.. Bless her heart..

Joey even got in on it making bracelets for the girls..

Who ever said that blood is thicker than water.??? In our case that is not it.. God has brought Sarah (a friend for about 12 years) in and out of our lives.. These are her girls above. Sarah and i have been a Blessing to each other over the years.. The Lord always seems to know when we need each other and not. I thank God for bringing Sarah in my life years ago. She is the closest thing to a sister i can have. 

Recycle.. Upcycle Canning Lids and Rings..Door Bells.

Do you have a few to a ton of lids or ring from canning?? A friend of mine and i sure do. We don't really wanna just toss them in the trash and waste them.. so we started looking for ideas to reuse or recycle the rings and lids.. did not see many at all. so we had to be creative..  Want to know what we cam up with??? I can't wait to show you.. Its super easy..
all you need is ... (Drum Roll Please) Fabric, rings, Lids, Glue gun, Glue sticks, yarn or ribbon, bells(Jingle Bells), Old Christmas Cards.. Pictures.. Anything will work.. And patience..

                                        Here we have Canning lids and rings.. along with fabric..

                                                         Then cut the fabric

                                                Here we have a Hot Glue gun and Glue sticks

                                           Place the lids where you want them.. in the center of the
                                                        fabric.. and get ready to glue...

                                      Gather the fabric one piece at a time and fold it towards
                                        the middle and glue it to the lid until you get the fabric
                                                       Glued all the way around the lid..

                                   Here i used a Christmas Card and used the lid as a Template.
                                        I Put the lid where i wanted it and Traced around the lid..
                                                            Then i cut the Circles out..

                                   Glue the Circles to the side of the lid where the fabric gathers..

                                           I popped the lid into the ring after i tied the Yarn to it..                                                                        
                                          Then i have the main ring..( that goes over the door knob)
                                             Then i repeated the process to the other two rings.

Can not forget the bells

                                             Here we have the Main ring for the Door Knob
                                                     and the Other Rings getting finished

Here is them laying on the floor all done..

                                                         Here they are hanging on the door..

 Ok.. So here is the end product.. Next time.. i'll try ribbon instead of yarn.. Maybe even put yarn around the rings.. I had fun doing this.. gonna see about making more.. Its fun and easy.. My kids will be doing some with me next.. lol

Making Christmas and Ornaments..12/2012

Here My daughter's and there friend are making Homemade Christmas Ornaments..  The girls had fun.. Took a while too and very time consuming.. so if you have time like a few house.. wanna keep the girls busy.. then this is an activity for them.. 

Here is the site i got the recipe for these at..clay-christmas-ornaments

Mix 4 cup flour and 1 cup salt..enough water to moisten, into a dough.

Here they are mixing their dough

Destiny and her friend making Ornaments

The girls posing and having fun

                              Then i had the girls split up into balls to make different colors..   
                                           then add food coloring to desired colors.
                                                       Felicity wanted RED..

                                                 The girls mixing the coloring in the dough

                                 Felicity mixing red, Destiny mixing green and Sequoyah mixing Blue..

Felicity, Destiny and Sequoyah

                                       Destiny and Sequoyah Posing with their Colored hands..

Sequoyah and her Blue hands

No Don't eat it Sequoyah!!!

                                                           First batch of Ornamnets.
                                                    We used a staw to make the holes..

                                                        Destiny and her green dough

                                       The girls making ornaments with cookie cutters and cherrios
                                               from the small part of the metal funnel.

                                    After they mixed and rolled and cut the dough.. they went
                              on cookie sheets and into the oven at 200 degrees for bout 30 mins..

Organization and Recycle an old laptop box

I have a thing these days about recycling things.. Well i had gotten a Swifter Sweeper.. and one day at dollartree.. believe it or not i found they had the wet and dry pads. Seeing as how they are not cheep to begin with.. i decided to get like 4 or 5 each.. My next delima was well there to put them.. they are all loose packages..  Well a few days later i went to a friends and i was helping her clean.. She gave me her old laptop box.. well asked if i can use it for anything.. I simply replied.. i know i'll find a use for it..

So here it is.. the laptop Box

                                       So i know whats in the box, i started to decorate it with
                                                 the wrapping from the pads them selves.

                              Guess what? They all fit Perfectly inside. How great is that?!?!
                                         See.. i knew i'd find something to use it for.. lol

                                       Ok.. next.. I found out the I had some pads for the upright
                                                wet jet sweeper.. the one for the velcro..

                                               Here is how i fixed this issue.. Simply lift up on

                                               the part for the velcro.. on both sides.. 

                                                       Then cut them in half..

                            We are ready to put them on.. simply position them just right..  

                        Then tuck them in the little slits.. They stay on just great..Yes for some..
                         it might be a  little more work.. but for my household.. it works great..

                            Here we are ready to use the Swiffer just a minute or 2 after the alteration.
                                        It even fits under the sink..
                                If you have any ideas please feel free to share.. :)
                 
                                      Hope you have a wonderful day..