Super Cute (and Easy) Bunny Garland

 

I made this simple and absolutely adorable garland this weekend.

It was a lot of cutting, but it was all easy cutting.

I used a PEEPS Bunny Template that I found on Favcrafts.com while searching on Google.

I cut my bunnies out of cardstock, punched small holes in the ears to hang them on string, and then glued cotton balls on for their tails.

As my son always says-- "Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!"

 

My girlfriend came by and fell in love with it, she had to make a set for herself.

I like it so much, I decided to make a second set to hang in the dining room.

 

DIY Easter Tree

This year, I decided that I wanted to make a small Easter Tree. I picked up some cute little egg ornaments from the Dollar Tree to decorate it with, all I needed was tree...  My original plan was to use a dead tree branch from outside and possibly spray paint it white.

 

Then my son and I went to Target and came across this little tree.

They wanted $10 for this little thing!

There was NO way I was paying $10 for it, I decided to make my own version of it.

I made it with items that I had on hand, it didn't cost me a penny to make it!

 

 

My husband is a bit obsessed with tie wire and seems to have an endless supply, so I used it to form my tree.

 

I wrapped it top to bottom with yarn.

I used white yarn for the majority of the tree and then wrapped the ends in different colors.

 

 

When I finished wrapping it in yarn, which took a very long time, I put it in a little tin Easter bucket. I topped it off with some jelly beans and added my egg ornaments.

My little tree is all ready for Easter!!

Make Your Own Snow Globes on a Snowy Day!

 

Here in PA, it has been a long, cold, and snowy winter-- and we still have a few months to go!

I am not much of a winter person myself, but I always try to make the best of it for my boys.

On yet another "snow day," the kids were home from school and with the abnormal cold temperatures that we have been experiencing, the kids were looking for something to do inside. I decided to make some snow globes with them. Since Christmas passed, I figured we would make some with our pictures in them instead of the ones we made in the past.

 

 

First, we painted the lid of a stage 2 baby food jar with silver paint.

Using a razor, scrape off any excess glue that was left behind from the label.

 

Then, I grated a piece of pvc piping to make the snow. I used a cheap grater that I had picked up in the dollar store awhile back because I was afraid it might ruin my grater that I use all of the time... I was right, the pvc pipe definitely did a number on the grater!

 

 

You do not need a lot, a little goes a long way.

Cut your picture into a strip that will fit inside of the jar.

Using packaging tape, laminate the picture. Put one piece of tape on each side of the picture, making sure that the ends of the tape touch. *The top of the jar will be the bottom of the snow globe, so you want to place your picture inside upside down.

 

Place your laminated picture in the jar, try to push the picture so that it fits snuggly into the grooves of the jar. Add water, you want to fill it just about to the top. Add a drop of clear glue or glycerin to help keep the pieces of "snow" from clumping.

Put the lid on and glue in place using hot glue or crazy glue. This step will help eliminate leaking.

 

You have your very own snow globe!

These would make awesome gifts for next Christmas!

 

 

Pretty DIY Heart Garland for Valentine's Day

This year, I am having my son's birthday party a few days  before Valentine's Day and I have been busy, busy, busy with preparations for it, so I am a little pressed for time when it comes to making Valentine's Day decorations. I have been trying to come up with a few ways to make some simple decorations that are both fast and easy to make and can be thrown up and taken down easily. 

This Valentine's Day garland that I made out of heart doilies, fits the bill.

Not only does this garland look pretty with the sunlight shinning through it, but it was so simple and inexpensive to make. 

As soon as I saw these doilies in the Dollar Tree, I knew I wanted to make garland out of it.

With 30 hearts for a dollar, you can make a lot of garland!

I cut a piece of white yarn a little bit longer than the length  that I wanted the garland to be and then fed it through the holes in the heart doilies. I then used the extra yarn on the ends to hang it up.

Simple and easy, I even got to catch up on one of my shows while I made it! 

Snowman Ornaments-- Their Noses Light Up!!

Here we are in December and Christmas is less then 3 weeks away. I LOVE Christmas and so do my kids (what kid doesn't? LOL).

Pretty much everything we do this month revolves around Christmas-- Christmas crafts, making Christmas movies, making Christmas cookies, wrapping presents, Christmas shopping, counting down Christmas in at least 5 different ways... The list goes on... With that being said, of course all of our playdates are Christmas playdates of some sort! This week, we made these cute little guys.

 

Is he not the most adorable snowman ever?

He was a big hit at our last playdate!

All of the kids got to make their own (with help from mom) to take home and hang on their Christmas tree.

 

 

They are quick and easy to make too! All you need is a battery operated tea light candle, some ribbon, a pipe cleaner, some little pom poms, and glue. These can easily be done with the hot glue gun, I opted for glue dots since I was making these with kids.

 

 

Cut a piece of ribbon, fold it in half, and tie a knot to form a loop. The loop will be your hanger for the tree.

 

Glue the ribbon around the outside of the tea light and tie the loose ends in a knot to form his scarf.

Using a permanent marker, add eyes and a nose.  

 

Glue the ends of a small piece of a pipe cleaner and 2 small pom poms on to create ear muffs.

Turn your snowman on and watch him glow!

Cute Toilet Paper Roll Turkey

 

My little guy made this adorable little turkey tonight before he went to bed. It is simply made using   a toilet paper roll, feathers, a small cardboard circle, foam paper for the beak and the gobble, googely eyes, and feather. Oh yeah and the best invention ever-- Glue Dots! My son made this in minutes, I helped him with the glue dots and he handled everything else. I reinforced the feathers with scotch tape to be safe. This turkey is ready for Thanksgiving! Are you?

Simple No Sew Fabric Advent Countdown Chain-- Each Link has an Activity for Our Family to Do!

With Thanksgiving just days away, I have to start preparing for Christmas. I love Christmas, it is my absolute favorite holiday.  Christmas will be here in a month and I still have so much to do!

I figured I better get to work on our "Christmas Countdown Chain." Last year, I made a paper one with my kids and they loved it! Tearing a paper link off first thing in the morning was the highlight of my little one's day. Every morning, as soon as he woke hope, he would rip one link off and then count the remaining links so he knew exactly how many days were left till Santa came. I will probably still make a paper one with him, but I wanted to make a fabric version that I could reuse  year after year. Another idea that I had thought of, was to write a family activity inside we could do each day. This was the easiest and quickest way that I came up with to combine both ideas.

 

I picked up red, green, and white satin ribbon, and self adhesive Velcro circles from the dollar store. I pulled out white address labels from my stash (they also carry these in the dollar store).

 

I used my pinking shears to cut the ribbon into small strips.

 

I cut the address labels in half long ways to make small strips that would easily fit on the ribbon.

 

On each label, I wrote a different activity that we will do each day. Some of the different activities are: Cook Dinner with Mommy, Wrap a Present, Bake Cookies, Read a Christmas Story, Make an Ornament, Make a Christmas Craft, Watch a Christmas Movie, Popcorn and a Movie Night, Spend the Night in the Living Room, Make Reindeer Noses, Ice Cream Sundae Night.....

 

 

I put the labels and the Velcro circles on the ribbon strips and arranged them in the order that I wanted them in.

 

 

We will remove the first link the day after Thanksgiving, our activity will be to start decorating the house. Saturday's activity is to go cut our Christmas Tree down and on Sunday we will decorate it.

Spooky Eyes Halloween Wreath

 

Last night I made this very simple, but cute wreath. I spray painted a foam wreath black, let it dry completely, and hot glued a bunch of googley eyes onto it. Like I said, very simple, but cute! It matches our Eyeball Monster Pumpkin perfectly!