T.P. Roll reindeer

A simple craft, perfect for toddlers! It took a little bit to convince my son to let me trace his hand (He turned 2 a couple months ago) but he eventually came around and let me trace ONE hand. And it looks like he is making the sign Spock makes on Star Trek lol but I just used that to make both antlers.

 For this craft you need:

Scissors

Glue or glue stick

Brown construction paper

Toilet paper roll

Red Pom Pom ball 

Black marker to color the eyes

White construction paper for eyes

Pencil 

Trace your kiddo's hands. If they are difficult you can just do what I did and get one hand and then use that one for both. 

Draw ovals for the eyes and cut out, draw the pupil in black how ever you want, silly Googly eyes or add color if you'd like, it's all up to you :)

Last, glue on the eyes, Pom and hands. Easy! 

E-A-T Wooden Letters DIY

I found these HUGE letters at Hobby Lobby.  

I've wanted to make these for soooo long and have a kitchen where I could use them.

So here is what you need:

Wooden letters

2 different colors of paint.  

Candles just the clear white kind

Sandpaper

It was actually really easy.  Just paint the letters with your base color.  I chose a light blue.

Wait for it to dry.

Once dry, rub the letters with the candle.  I used the long skinny kind.  This just helps protect the base paint so when you start sanding it doesn't rub away that color too.

Then paint your top color.  Let dry.

Once dry, start sanding.  This is to however your liking for that aged/worn look.  I think I went a little sanding happy and over did it a little lol.  You can do just the edges or an all over like I did.  That part is all up to you!

Fun and easy!  Now I need to come up with more words to do he he!

What do you think?

Baby shower diaper cake

My first diaper cake.

I feel pretty proud of myself :)

You can buy the head band and tutu at hobby lobby in a kit, so I didn't really come up with this creation on my own, I just followed the instructions lol.

But still.  Go me! Haha.

BUT, now I know the basics to make one for next time :D

Trick or treat footprint craft

I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it was a cute Halloween craft :) Eli is so ticklish, it was hard to paint his feet lol.

Hand print fish

This was our attempt at hand print fish.  Eli was not even a year yet so getting him to allow his hand to go flat was tough!  And I got some of his arm in the paint lol, so I guess those are eels?  Haha.  Daddy still appreciated it of course :)  I think I want to try this one again when he's a little older and do different colors or something, maybe to look like angel fish?

Easter Wreath!

Check it out!  I'm pretty proud of myself, I was able to start AND finish this during just one of Eli's naps :)  After making the Christmas deco mesh wreath this one was easy since I already knew what I was doing.  I got all my supplies at Hobby Lobby, loves the speckled eggs!!  

I didn't take pictures step by step but youtube has some great tutorials if you just search for deco mesh wreaths :)

Halloween Hand print Wreath!

The kids had fun making this & it is so easy!  Just trace their hand onto fun scrap book paper and then cut it out.  For Eli's hand I just traced it once and used that first one to trace for the rest of his prints.  But Ashlyn decided she would trace her hand every time.  Then I just arranged them all how I wanted them and glued together.  Simple & makes a great keepsake!

Crayon Art!

{Look what I made!}

To make it I used:
64 pack of crayons (I just picked out all the white, black, grays and browns)
24 pack of crayons (to double up on the prettier colors)
16x20 canvas
Hot Glue gun
Blow dryer

I just glued the crayons to the canvas, but I made sure to have the label on the crayons out because I thought that made it look cuter lol. 

Then, I angled the canvas probably at a 15 degree angle.  DEFINITELY lay a towel underneath!  And behind if you can as well!  It took me a bit to get the right angle and distance between the crayons and blowdryer.  I learned to melt the bottoms of the crayons first, then angle the blowdryer upward.  If you keep it downward it just blows the melted crayon everywhere.  The melting takes time but the results are so much fun! 

And that's all there is to it!!