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Creative Capri Suns For Class Parties

6th December 2015

We signed up to bring drinks to my daughter’s preschool class and it would pain me to just bring in…well…just regular drinks. To flair it up a bit, I turned our drinks into a craft and made little Capri Sun people. You could do a million different themes and variations on these for parties.

Ours were simple. I took some awesome coordinating card stock strength scrapbook paper and two packs of huge googly eyes I found at Kroger. I made little bows for the “girl” Capri Suns and the not so shocking, mustaches for boys. I cut out my own template, stacked the paper and cut four or five bows/mustaches at a time. I dabbed on the hot glue and my girls stuck them on and in about 15 minutes, we were all done!

Cheap, easy and fun for the kiddos. Without further adieu, I present Capri Sun ladies and gents.

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DIY Mason Jar Snow Globes

2nd December 2015

Make a craft that makes you look like Martha! Really, these take no skill! Anyone can do these beauties. I had a craft party at my house and we all made snow globes and other cute crafts soon to grace this blog! Thanks to Shelly Griffin Photography for the pretty pictures of these creations.

You will need:

Glitter

Small craft trees {These seen here are from Hobby Lobby, Walmart, & Michael’s. Yep, I had to go three places to find three sizes. Awesome.}

Mason Jar

Super Glue

Decoupage

Washi Tape if you want to embellish the lid like you see below.

Little deer/bunny/squirrel figurines {I didn’t get them for these jars ,but I die for them! Check out the dollhouse section of Hobby Lobby for these.)

Steps:

Super glue, not hot glue, the trees to the lid

Decoupage/seal in some way the metal tips of the trees and let dry so they don’t show rust when you look at your tree tops

Put a spoon full of glitter into the bottom of the empty jar

Fill the jar with water

Screw on your lid with attached trees

Shake it like a Polaroid picture

The jar above has tinted water due to the trees bleeding color. It was a neat accident. I guess you could always use food coloring if you dig this and your trees won’t share their color. The one below has a lid trimmed with Washi tape. So cute!

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Gifts in Jars: DIY Mixes and Seasonings

24th November 2015

Do you know someone who is a mom, loves to cook, likes to eat more naturally, loves creativity, likes practical gifts, and loves to save money? Me too, sister. Enter this gift idea that I can’t wait to give and would love to receive.

Make knock off baking mixes/seasonings and put them packaged in cute jars. Above I made onion soup mix in the large jar which is great for roasts. In the smaller jar, I made Rachel Ray’s homemade taco seasoning. It’s all of the yummy with none of the junk and preservatives that come in the pre-made packs.

I embellished the jars with washi tape a.k.a my new addiction, twine, craft paper, a chip board letter colored with a metallic pen, dye cut doilies and gift tags tucked in mini craft bags. The recipes were written on the tags inside the bags with a gold pen.

The full recipe for the onion soup mix is shown. 5 tablespoons = 1 packet. I tripled it for this jar. The full taco seasoning mix is not shown on the card because it’s two sided so don’t make it how you see it here. You’ll be bummed. See that recipe here.

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Homemade Halloween Costumes

30th October 2015

This year I tackled all three of my daughter’s costumes. They are all no sew, handmade, and 10 dollars and under! Ever since I started making bouquets and wreaths with felt, that fabric has become my jam.

Eden loves pizza so I thought I would make her one. Pepperoni, cheese, sausage, olive pizza! Comfortable, lightweight and so cute!

Play-Doh is my second child’s favorite thing. Seeing my brother in a scary clown mask, is not. Thus, her impending devastation but moving on.

You can smooth out the colored lip of the can to stand out like a real lid. I didn’t for these pictures though because it was crazy when we showed up to trick-or-treat.

Introducing the toy claw machine, baby edition! There is a baby in there. I confused everyone because I told them she’d be dressed as a dog, yet she wasn’t a dog for Halloween. Oooooooo, the plot thickens.

Fresh hot glue strings still dangling form the claw from the last minute panic of getting it finished and getting to meet everyone to trick-or-treat.

Tutorials to come on all of these get ups!