shaving cream art

One day i decided we needed to scrub the dining room floor, really scrub it; but of course my kids would not let me literally sit down and scrub the floor. So I  thought hey we will all do it, and out came the shaving cream.  I added just a little bit of food coloring mixed it and we all painted the floor.  My kids loved it and all I had to do was rinse it with water.  I got the cleanest floor I have had in months.  Try it

one day.

Butterfly

What little girl does not like butterfly's and lady bugs.  Well I have two clippies to share with you so that you can add that cuteness to their hair.
Butterfly:
1) Cut your ribbon. These are all in 3/8ths The wings are 6 in, (you will need 2 of these) the center is corker, and cut at 2 in.(you will also want one piece ribbon the same color as you corker center cut at 2in., and of course cover your clip. ( typically 4in.s ) Don't forget to fray check those ends either.

2) Cover your clip and sew your wings.  I fold the 6 in ribbon in half, and stick it with my needle.  Then I fold it a figure 8. I do this again with the other 6 in ribbon.  once sewn you have your  and you can glue them to your covered clip.

3) It already looking like a butterfly. Now take your 2 in ribbon and your 2 in corker and glue them in the center.

4) Lastly, make your antenna by cutting the edges of your center ribbon.  To get them to curl you just need to get the close to the lighter; but not to close or they will melt clean off.

 1) cut your ribbon.  4in of black to cover your clip. 4 in of 7/8th red with black dots. 2 in. black
 2) Cover your clip.  Fold your 4in red and black ribbon in half. and cut the ends to a point.  Then Fray check your ends.
 3) Take your 2in in black and wrap it around your point.
 4) Glue this ladybug to your clip.  You make your antenna the same way as before.
Enjoy your clips!

heart dog

Hey everyone it is a little after Valentines day (ok a lot after ), but my kids had a friend over and we made these Valentines for the daddies.  It is too simple.
Materials Needed:
Glues stick or Emmers on plate for painting
Construction paper
googglely eyes
scissors
heart punch out/ stencil (or free hand it)

Instructions:
For older kids you can have them cut out the hearts or trace them and what not these kids are three so we already had the hearts cut out.
Have the children glue them to some card stock.  I showed them where but you could just show them a picture.
lastly glue on the eyes and wrote some sort of message.  My daughter just wrote her name but again she is 3.
That's it you now have a cute Valentine for your daddy.

                                   Here one of our little friends is painting the glue for her dog foot.

                                   She is so proud of her finished Valentines as she should be.  I heard her Daddy loved it.

                                   

Minnie Mouse Clippie

Hey guys their are a lot of ways to make a Minnie Mouse, and the tutorials are out their however; this is how I do it.
First, you will need your ribbon, scissors, hot glue, needle and thread.
I do not happen tho measure mine, but I measured it after I cut it, and these are the measurements you will be looking for.
Black ribbon: 51/2 inches for the ears 10 inches for the head
Red ribbon: 5 inches for the bow. ( that part I do measure)

I wrap the ribbon around my index finger,and then around my middle finger for each ear.
I then wrap the ribbon around my index finger, middle finger, and ring finger for the head.  I try to keep these in the circle and sew it together.  You could always glue it, but I find sewing it makes it a little bit sturdier. once you have all of the circle together you need to sew them together in your Minnie mouse fashion.
Now we make the bow.
First, you fold your red ribbon in half to create a light crease, then you fold the ends in the center to create two more light creases.
Next, you will take the outer creases and bring them to that center crease.  This is the start of you bow shape.
Now, you will make a running stitch though the bow, and pull tight.  This cinches the ribbon creating the center of your bow.
Wrap your thread around the center a couple of times and tie off.
I personally love using embroidery thread, because it is strong and the color choices are endless. my thread also matches my ribbon perfectly, if that is not possible no worries that is what rhinestones are for.
Glue the bow to the Minnie and the the Minnie to the clip and your done.
                                     This is how I wrap the ears. Sadly, this is how I measure them too.

                                This is the head, same thing really just more fingers.

                                     

                                         This is how the bow should look folded here is wear I add the running stitch.

                                      This is all of my pieces waiting to be put together.

 And Minnie Mouse is complete.

Happy crafting.

Crochet Easter egg

I use these little eggs in my Easter egg basket hair clip.  I had looks for pattern after pattern, and just  did not like the way the finished up or the hole in the center.  You can change the size simply by changing the yarn, changing the hook, or even adding some single crochets around the edge.
I used worsted weight yarn and the magic circle. If you do not know how to do a magic circle look it up on Google some videos and worded tutorials will come up.
Abervatsions:
DC double crochet
TR triple crochet
HDC half double crochet


In your magic circle
2 DC
TR
2 DC
3 HDC
DC
TR
DC
3 HDC
slip stitch to connect
finish off
Enjoy! Your new eggs I know your creativity will put them to good use.

Saint patty"s day clip

Today I am going to sure you how to make a three leaf clover, out of ribbon.  I turned it into a hair clip but honestly, you can do some much more than that with it.  My aunt turned hers into a pin and gave it to her bowling league.  So the possibilities are truly endless.
Step one: get your materials 3/8 kelly green or evergreen gross grain ribbon, a lighter, glue of choice, and a rhinestone.
Step two: Cut your ribbon.
1, 4 inch to line your clip or two 4 inch glued together for something else.
6, 2 inch pieces
Step three: line your clip of glue those two 4 inch pieces together.
Step four: make three little dutch hearts with the 2 inch ribbon, this was a little difficult, but so worth it.
Step five: Glue one heart on the top of the clip, you will want to get most of the heart on the clip.
Step six, glue the other two hearts on the sides of that heart.
Step seven: this is the last step yay! glue your rhinestone in the middle.
                                        Step one and two

                                        Step three

                                        Step four: the tutorial for a dutch heart is on this blog.

                                        trying to show the weaving part

                                         Step six: here are your hearts

                                         Step seven:

Now you have a cute little three leaf clover enjoy!

A Mario Party

My son turned two this weekend Yay! Being two he really only has one friend, but I still went all out from cake to balloons  and special wrapping paper.  this year we went with a Mario theme, and you would be surprised just how easy it was.
The balloons, were the easiest part.  Green with white polka dots, for yoshi eggs and white balloons, that I painted to look like king boo.  To paint a balloon is as easy as painting paper the thing is make sure you get good paint or the paint peels off before the party even begins.

King boo was a simple paint job too, he as a curvy eyebrow like the birds we all drew as kids, two oval eyes, and a mouth with triangle teeth.  I added a red tongue and used crayola paint which stuck to the balloon really well.

I also made a banner, and chopper plant.  the banner was so simple, First, I went Avery and designed and printed the letters.  Next, I found a feel banner printed one letter to use as a template.  Lastly, I punched holes glued the letters and tied it all together.

The chopper plant was a red plate with the center cut out, and a triangle cut out of that center for the mouth. Construction paper made the pipe and the teeth.  I have to admit I forgot the lips, but it still looked good.

So as I said earlier I also wrapped the presents in a special way.  One present was a brick, anther was a pipe with a Mario toy on top, the last was a mystic cube.   For the first present I used a paper grocery bag, and a red envelope  that one of his b day cards was sent in.  A little mod podge and with rectangles and you have the Mario cube.  I placed a crocheted Mario Grow bigger mushroom on top.  I cannot give you the pattern do to copyrights laws, but it is for sell in my esty shop.

The mystic cube was wrapped in yellow tissue paper  That I found at the dollar store, and a printed question mark. I cut the question out and taped on to the box.  I also placed a mushroom on top of it only it was a 1 up. I personally love how it turned out.

The pipe was just some green paper I had lying around. with a extra piece across and a Mario; it looked like Mario on the way to world two.  So Fun. I admit that I bought our cake, because I simply do not like decorating cakes right before a party. Since he was two I did not actually do any games; however I will post some ideas at a later date.