An blustery evening back in December two boys took their little lanterns out for a stroll in the park.
A little hike through the ferns
And a flameless tea light flickered to life a fanged spider
A starry sky
A cruise ship on the high seas
And added a bit of mystery to a leaf covered field.
If you want to make these little lanters you'll need:
an empty baby food jar
colorful paper
an exact o knife
a vivid imagination
some jewelry wire
mixture of beads
glue
flame-less tea lights
I sized up the paper to the jar and cut out a strip long enough to cover the baby food jar. Then used the exact-o knife to cut out whatever the boys wanted. Ethan prefered a spider (with fangs), a cruise ship, and a camp fire with marshmallows and a bee (with stinger...see a trend here?) Jacob asked for a sky with wind and stars. Once I had those cut and used a bit of mod-podge glue I glued the paper to the jar . The I wrapped the jewelry write around the neck of the baby food jar a few times for good measure and created a handle. I let the boys string their own beads and once they were done I secured it to the neck of the jar. Popped in a flame-less tea light and set forth for enchantment!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sensational Vintage Magnet Board
I saw this idea on another blog and changed it a bit to my own liking.
I started with a metal grease drip pan from Wal-Mart. The sucker was huge but it made it large enough for both my kids to stand and create at it at the same time.
A few vintage books I found at a local antique mall for a buck each!
*Book lovers beware* I (so nicely and gently) ripped out the pages
This blew me away- copyrighted 1887!
Beautiful handwriting pages
I then lined the drip pan with the torn pages and mod-podged the heck outta them!
Then I neglected to take pictures of the next step- but I found some scrabble like squares at Michael's along with some round magnets and I hot glued them to each other
I found these two pressed leaves in the book and had to include it on my board.
Viola- Alphabet Magnet board!
Hung with a ribbon at boy sized height!
Sensational Vintage
I started with a metal grease drip pan from Wal-Mart. The sucker was huge but it made it large enough for both my kids to stand and create at it at the same time.
A few vintage books I found at a local antique mall for a buck each!
*Book lovers beware* I (so nicely and gently) ripped out the pages
This blew me away- copyrighted 1887!
Beautiful handwriting pages
I then lined the drip pan with the torn pages and mod-podged the heck outta them!
Then I neglected to take pictures of the next step- but I found some scrabble like squares at Michael's along with some round magnets and I hot glued them to each other
I found these two pressed leaves in the book and had to include it on my board.
Viola- Alphabet Magnet board!
Hung with a ribbon at boy sized height!
Sensational Vintage
Oasis of the Seas
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