Cup Cake Hats

My Aunt makes these adorable hats for just $5.00 each!  Aren't they precious?  If you'd like one for your little cupcake please let me know!  Although you can't tell from the photos the frosting on these is pink with rainbow sprinkles.  Both are chocolate cake!  <3

Crafty... Me? No Way!

I gave it a try and succeeded!  Yes, I sound shocked, because I am!  I thought this would be WAY too hard for me to pull off, but I was able to do it.  What am I talking about?  I made this pretty flower and turned it into a head band.

Here's some photos... to prove that I pulled it off!  LoL.
(Please feel free to click the photos to enlarge them!)

First I traced a lid that was about 4 1/2" across 8 times.  4 on each fabric.

 Then I cut the 4 circles out.

I then folded them in half and ironed them flat.

 Using a ruler I cut each circle in half where I had ironed them.

 I then folded the halves in half (inside out).

 Using a sewing machine I sewed one side of each half circle.  (No cutting yet!)

 I then cut them apart and turned them right side out.

 I hand stitched the bottoms of 10 of them together, rotating fabrics.

 I repeated the above with the last six petals for the top layer.

(This is where you could also sew them together.)

I decided to add glitter to the flowers using Elmer's, a paint brush, and some sprinkle glitter.

 I then sewed the two layers together and cut the extra threads.  

I used a hot glue gun to add this cute embellishment in the center to hide the stitching. 

I used my flower as a head piece by using hot glue and mounting it onto a metal head band.

Again, thanks to the above mentioned blogger for the great idea!  I thought there were WAY too many steps, but I pulled it off and would try it again!  And Elise, thanks for cheering me on while working on your head piece!  It's nice to be reminded that it doesn't have to be PERFECT!  <3  

Here's Elise's Head Piece:

Recycled Robots

Luke has been watching Curious George just about every morning for the last few months.  Yesterday there was an episode about Recycling.  Later that day my good friend had the kiddos making robots from recycled materials.  Aren't they adorable?

Click the Photo to Enlarge! 

From Left to Right:  Luke's Robot, Alexyss' Robot, and Nathan's Robot

Materials Needed:

• Recycled Cans
• Hot Glue Gun
• Random Metal Parts - Keys, Chains, Washers, Nails, Screws, Wire, Pennies
• Craft Supplies - Paints, Pipe Cleaner, Pom Poms, Eyes, Colored Foam

Get Creative and Have Fun!  Ty Elise for letting our kids be creative and messy at YOUR house!

Plant Stakes

After weeks of gathering all of our needed supplies and settling on a paper punch that wasn't exactly what we wanted... I bring to you our handmade plant stakes!

We will be mailing these to all of the grandparents, aunts, and uncles tomorrow and we'll cross our fingers that bubble mailers will keep them safe.


Supplies you'll need:
Wooden Sticks
Green Paint
Scrapbook Paper
Bottle Caps
Buttons
Glue
Paper Punches

Spring Crafts

Have you ever been so bored that you surrender to little voice in your head?  Well, usually I am 100% opposed to crafts that are messy.  I am open to my kids trying whatever crafts their hearts desire... at school or someone else's house, just not mine.  But I decided to go wild!  We got out some scissors, glitter glue, crayons, paper, glue sticks & whatnot and made a (small) mess.

Yes, you might be thinking that my supply list is lame.  But this is me, the person who is opposed to craft messes, so that glitter glue is WAY out of my comfort zone.

Anyway, the kiddos had fun.  The mess was minimal.  And we now have some adorable Spring Decor.  (Well, we will... after the glitter glue dries!)

Remember to Click the photos to enlarge!