Boxes 'O Pumpkins

Decided there were not enough pumpkins in my house. At first I tried to make the faces all the same with stencils, but I just love their individuality and unique personality (especially the lopsided smiles).

Trick-Or-Treat

I saw something similar to this, and decided to put my own spin on it. I just love my Trick-or-Treat boxes!!

Footprints

I was just sitting at the table with my kids the other day and realizing how big they are getting...
Sometimes it makes me sad that they can't stay small...so I decided to make this instead :) My kids LOVED making this! My youngest son is 7 1/2 months old, and he just kept squishing his toes in the blue paint. And, yes, my oldest son and daughter's feet are almost the same size...and they're about 21 months apart :) :) :)

Entertaining Kids.....

So, it's been one of those days that I'm trying SO hard to come up with things for my kids to do besides watch the Disney Channel...

My son keeps asking if he can paint, but I don't like to let him use my real paints and paint on my good wood....so I have a dilemma...
But, I came up with THIS.....It was stinkin' awesome. My kids were able to paint all over the sidewalks without fear of getting them ruined....the kids or the sidewalk...
It is so super easy, i super highly would most definitely recommend that any one with little kids try it at least once! You just mix water, cornstarch and food coloring....that's IT!!!!! Just remember to add enough food coloring so that when it dries it doesn't dry white. I actually put 10 drops in each little circle...
And, the bonus is that if they paint themselves, it dries quickly, and will wash off in the bath..

Measuring Tape - FINISHED!!!!!

So, I finally decided to just start over and re-do my Measuring Tape. I was just so frustrated that I knew if I tried to fix it, I might say some bad words in front of the kiddos :) :) :)
So, with a little help from this handsome guy, I flipped it over and tried again!!
It is now finished and hanging on my wall...and the kids love it. They spent all day yesterday trying to touch it!

Measuring Tape - ruined?!?!?!?!

After letting my measuring tape dry outside...it rained that night. And I'm not talking about a little drizzle....it freakin' POURED!!! So, after the rain stopped, I figured that I needed to let my measuring tape dry outside...BAD idea. My vinyl lettering started to "droop"...I was so bummed. So, I picked off the ones that were turning side-ways and put them back on by hand. I got smart and immediately Mod-Podged them all to stay on...and set it in the BASEMENT to dry (see, getting smarter). Then I took it outside to stain...give it that old look...and it RAINED AGAIN!! But, I was bathing my children and didn't realize it was raining...so there are now water droplets all over my stain on my measuring tape.
I'm considering just starting over..........

Measuring Tape...Step 2

The next step for making my super cool project from my mom was to get the vinyl onto this 6 FOOT piece of wood... Sounds easy, right?!?!?! Maybe if I had followed my mom's advice and used 2 people, but NO...I had to do it myself!!!

I struggled, and fought with it, but finally got all my vinyl numbers and lines on the wood. Then I set it outside to dry...not to just wait some more for the next step...

Measuring Tape...Step 1

So, when my mom was here a few weeks ago, she brought me PART of this super cool project to finish! I was super excited and couldn't wait to get started. My plan was to do it by myself after the kids had gone to bed... but then my children saw that I had bought paint!! After that, doing it by myself was a dream...
So, I got some old T-shirts, some old paint brushes and laid down some paper bags on the kitchen floor. I was going to do it outside, but I prefer the side-walk to stay UN-painted... Come to think of it, I should have risked the side-walk, not my kitchen floor :)
Anyway, they got started. I would pour the pain on the board, and they would paint like crazy! I think they went through an entire bottle on just one side....cause they always needed "more paint!" I had to go back through when they were finished and fill in un-painted holes and even everything out, but they actually did a fairly decent job...
It's great...just drying outside before we do the next step....

For Mom on "Crafty Monday"

Picture Frames

I took some dang cute pictures of the kids the other day, but couldn't find any picture frames that I really liked to put them in. So, rather than spending lots of money on a frame that I only kinda liked, I spent $2 and made some that I love...

Flower Pots

For my Young Women's, we decided to paint some flower pots. Now, I am not a good painter, but this is what I was able to come up with...I really liked them and was very proud of myself :)

Family Home Evening Board

This is a Family Home Evening Board that I just made for my brother's Fiance. I thought that it might be a good bridal shower gift...

Bangle Bracelets

The other day, I was reading a flier in my mail and saw these really cute "make-your-own bangle bracelets". I thought, what a cute idea...especially because I need some cute ideas for my girls in Young Women. So, I bought a few, and this is what I came up with...

Any suggestions for additional bracelets would be most appreciated :)