Project 52: Week 6

Project 52: Week 6

Another week has come and gone... 

This week we rediscovered an old park close to home. We hadn't been there in about a year and it was great to see all the changes yet a lot is left to fix. They put in real nice walking paths. We got to hang out outside and we even made a cute Valentines Day card. I drew the heart out on paper for munchkin and gave him glue and confetti. He put the glue on it and smeared it in the heart, then threw confetti all over it! (Fun for a boy to make a mess) Then he wrote Happy Valentines (oops "Day" didn't fit). Final touch was a couple of Valentine stickers. I am love with his Valentine and he was very proud of it too! 

I forgot to mention that I read "Warm bodies"! Yep! My sister had already read it a bunch of times and I told myself tonight is the night and I laid in bed reading until I finished it beginning to end. It wasn't too long so in a couple of hours (with breaks in between) I was done. I havent seen the movie yet, Have you? Did you read the book first? What did you think about this Zombie Love story? Share with me! 

Every week I will and have been sharing my Project 52. How is yours going?

Project 52: Week 5

Project 52: Week 5

This week things felt like they were becoming normal again. We got back into our normal routine and Happiness seemed to come our way. The weather was so warm and sunny outside. We went to blow bubbles and stare at clouds.  

We went back to Play and Learn (which we missed so dearly). Plus, we got a little closer to Valentines Day! We made some Valentines cards that are super easy to make. Overall it was a great start to February!

How was your week? Are you ready for Valentines Day?
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Potato Heart Print Valentines

Here at the house we have been getting excited for Valentines Day. The house was feeling a little empty without all the decorations and tree so we started with some Valentines decorating and this weekend we made some easy to do Valentines Cards.

I don't know if you remember but we used potatoes to make Heart prints last year while learning about the Letter H and I wanted to use that idea to make Potato Heart Print Valentines!

Its super easy to do, you get a potato and cut into it to make a heart (I did one on each end), grab some paint and paper and have fun making some prints! This weekend was so sunny that we had to go outside and soak up the sunshine so I took out a table and our materials to do the prints outside.

After we made lots of hearts we let them dry and enjoyed being outside on such a beautiful winter day.

Later during the day I cut out a bunch of the hearts in various shades of red and got paper and a glue stick to decide where I wanted them to go. You can put them inside, outside, everywhere! They all look pretty, trust me and its fun for the munchkins to be sticking them everywhere.

I then took out my stamps and started making some messages on the cards. You can always use markers or crayons to write out a special message if you don't have stamps.

They will be a special Home made treat for your loved ones and they are super easy to do so. Hope you make some of your own and have fun while doing them!


Need some ideas on Valentines Decorations?
Check out the two DIY Valentines crafts I made this year here:

1. Valentines DIY Heart Wreath
2. Valentines DIY Heart Wall Decor

And dont forget to check out my Valentines Day Pinterest Board for lots of other fun ideas!


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Hope you have a great Valentines day with your loved ones!

Christmas Tree Handprints & Lights

We needed some Christmas cheer in this house so I looked at different Christmas crafts we could do and found these fun and easy crafts.

Christmas Tree Handprints:

Materials:

• Green paint
• paper that you can tape together to make a big sheet (depending on your handprint size and how many levels you want to go)
• accessories like stickers of ornaments and gifts
• markers/color pencils to make details and ornaments
• Glitter for the Star and ornaments

Directions:

1. You glue together sheets of paper (depending on the size of your munchkins tree you want to make)
2. You color your munchkins hand green!
3. Then pick a starting spot and start making your tree layers with handprints (put them as close to each other as you want the green to go depending on your look)
4. You can now make the tree your own! Make a string of lights, ornaments, presents at the bottom, even a background like stockings. Ask your child to draw his family beside it or make it fun with Santa! Let your childs creativity run wild!

We hanged up munchkins Handprint tree on the door next to our Christmas Tree so its in a festive place. It makes me smile when I walk by it. You could even get a frame from Goodwill and make it into a keepsake!

We then made a simple and cute string of lights with fingerprints

Materials:

• Paper
• small amounts of different colors of paint
• A pen or a marker

Directions:

1. On your Piece of paper make a string with a pen or marker where you are going to attach the lights to. You can give it twists and turns or even tangles to make it fun and original
2.  Then take your munchkins fingers and start making some lights in various patterns or just one color
3. With a pen or marker attach the lights to the string with details or just leave it as is along the string.
4. You can display them as is or get a frame from Goodwill and keep it as a keepsake. I saw one person even used it as gift wrapping paper to add a more personal touch to the gift.

Here are my munchkins string of lights (we made so many of them)

I got the idea for the Christmas tree handprints on pinterest here and the string of lights I saw here.

Hope you have fun spreading the Holiday cheer! Happy Holidays!

Thanksgiving Turkey Thumbprints

Thanksgiving is tomorrow! And I know all of you moms are going to be busy in the kitchen making your family a great dinner. Well to keep your kids occupied and in the theme of Thanksgiving I have this week been making Thanksgiving items with my munchkin. (Turkey handprints & Turkey table topper) You can have your children occupied working on one of these Turkeys.

All you need is paper and paint (different colors of your choosing, be creative and let your kids be originals)

You use your fingers or thumb and make one big main print (the body) and then use your pinkie to create the feathers around it in a pattern. Go as many layers in as many different colors as you want.

Just like that tada! You have a Turkey! Just draw on some legs and a beak and eyes. You could even add googly eyes.

We made these the same day we made the Handprint Turkeys. We also made a smaller version with just one finger print and one row of feathers around it.

They are adorable! You can put either version of the turkey finger prints on a card or frame it on your wall. No matter how you use them they will be greatly loved and cherished as a keepsake of your child.

I saw these Turkey finger prints here and here.

Happy Thanksgiving! What are you grateful for? You can read what I am grateful for this month here.

And dont forget to check out the other Thanksgiving crafts: Turkey Handprints & Turkey Table Topper.

Thanksgiving Turkey Table topper

I wanted to make something special for our Thanksgiving table. So I decided to make my own Thanksgiving table topper. You can make one with your munchkin using just a couple things. Here's how we made ours:

Materials:

• Glue or glue stick (having both works best)
• construction paper colored sheets (or even white paper and have your kiddo color it in)
• scissors
• toilet paper roll
• eyes or you can just draw them on

Construction:

• You start off with a plain brown sheet and trace circles in 2 different sizes. One smaller than the other.
• You cut them out and glue the smaller circle slightly over the other to create the body and head.
• Cut out free handed feathers in different colors of your choosing (you could trace these and have your kiddo cut them out)
• You then glue the feathers onto the back of the body and head just slightly so that they are peaking out.
• Use the trimmings from the paper you used to cut out the feathers to cut small straight strips of paper to make the legs then more trimmings for feet and eyes (details). That way you waste as little paper trimmings as possible. I estimated the leg size depending on how I wanted my turkey to stand on the toilet paper roll, because you could make a huge one and put it on a paper towel roll.
• Glue the details onto the turkey
• Then glue the back of the turkey onto the toilet paper roll and wait for it to dry
• Have a Beautiful and Loving Thanksgiving meal with your family! (Your Turkey table topper on your table)

Here are some other ideas on what to do with your turkey (before you glue him onto the tp roll)

• Write on each feather something you are grateful for (you can ask your kids and they can write it or you can write it for the little ones)
• glue the turkey on to a sheet of paper and frame it with your childs name and age/year.
• Use it as a greeting card cover or even inside so you can send it to a family member.

Inspiration for this project came from a pin I saw on Pinterest here and I gave it my own twist.

We had fun making turkeys and munchkin loved playing with googly eyes. We also made Thanksgiving Turkey handprints that you can make. This will be on our table on Thanksgiving as we have a yummy meal with family.

Turkey Handprints

We are counting down the days until we get to eat yummy turkey and I'm trying to find ways to get my munchkin into The Thanksgiving spirit. So we always love playing with paint and I decided we should do some Thanksgiving turkey Handprints! They are super easy to create and can be used in so many ways.

Here's what we did:

• Get out lots of paints (you need brown and colors that look fun to you because every ones turkey can be different)

• Get paper, plain construction paper or printer paper anything works. (Try the inside of a cereal box so it will sturdy)
• We got googly eyes but you can just draw them on later or even draw then cut them out of construction paper and glue them on
• You paint the palm(body of turkey) and thumb(head of turkey) of your hand brown and the rest of your fingers a different color so they represent the feathers.

• You just place your hand against the paper and push down and you can get at least 3 uses from that one hand before you need to repaint.

• Wait for it to dry and then decide how you want to use the turkey

Choices:

1. Cut them out and add the eye and legs and glue them onto a thick paper and write a special message and the year and then laminate it and make it into a Thanksgiving place mat that will be a special keepsake over the years.
2. You could cut one out and Put the childs name and the year it is and then place it on thick paper and frame it.
3. You can cut one out and glue it on to an empty card either on the outside or inside with a special holiday message and send it to a loved one.
4. You could even get a toilet paper roll and cut out the turkey and decorate it then glue it onto the side of the toilet paper roll (standing up) so It could be a cute centerpiece.
5. You can cut them out, add details then use a hole punch and string a bunch together to create a nice hanging decoration.

Honestly the possibilities are endless! Use your imagination and think of how you want to use it and display.

I made one of munchkins handprints into a Thanksgiving card to give to grandma. And the other handprints I put onto thick poster paper to put up on our wall. I love them!

We had lots of fun making them and they are super special to me because I love seeing how much his hand has grown over the years.

I got inspiration for this craft from a picture on pinterest here and I gave it my own twist.

How are you getting your child in the Thanksgiving spirit? And Please share with me if you make some and how you ended up using them. I would love to see them!