Scarecrow Basket

Today was a very craft day here in the Harper Household.

I know on Facebook I mentioned I would be sharing the Fall painting that the boys made today, but can't find the cord to my camera to load the pictures ..aghhh !! ... so instead I'm going to share with you the cute little door decoration I made yesterday (Can't really call it a wreath.)

All I used was a scarecrow from Wal-Mart for .99 cents, a spool of ribbon and a bunch of leaves both from Dollar Tree and a basket I got for .49 cents from Goodwill ... (I know there is orange'ish flowers in the picture below but didn't like this very much so decided against using them)

Simple enough: I cut a piece of ribbon to wrap around the basket, trimmed the leaves to fit around the scarecrow in the basket and ta-da !!

~ Easy-peasy ~

Happy Crafting !

Touchdown ! !

After I made my first printable . . I loved it so much and enjoyed making it so much that I've made six (!!) since, and have tons of other ideas for future printable projects. Can't wait to share with you all !

But with Halloween not for a few more weeks, we needed something else to adore our frame on our kitchen counter, so in came this Kickin' Football Printable.

Art Project Display

 

Do you have a way to display your child art and school projects ? ?

Do you just put them on the fridge ? ?

Or just stick them in a drawer ? ?

We used to just put them on the fridge but after we got a new Stainless Steel Fridge we lost the ability to put them up there .. but to be honest I never really liked them up there, it always looked really cluttered and sometimes they would get wet, from little boys shaking the water off their hands instead of using the towel  4 inches way. So after our old fridge was hauled off I had to come up with a new way/ place to display all their projects. After blog hopping and website 'shopping' I came across a blog (forget the name now)  where the lady glued metal clips to a wire. And although hers turned out awesome I didn't really want to use metal clips, fearing they might rip one of the art pieces if they were even slightly tugged on and I had to metal clips anyway but I did have clothes pins handy. I also didn't have any wire but did have an 8ft long piece of wood, so after a quick cut in half I was on my way to a Masterpiece Display.

I made the ones for my boys months ago but recently my sister-in-law and a good friend had asked me to recreate ones for their little ones.

I started off by clipping the clothes pins on a box so they would be easier to paint.

After cutting the 8ft piece into two pieces,
I sprayed painted each one and once dry I whipped out the trusty tape measure and went to work measuring out equal spacing.  

Next use either a glue gun (my choice)
 or a strong glue to attach the clothes pins to the wood.

Next you can either free write your child's name, use vinyl to place their name on or go to Joanns, pick up a wooden letter, paint and attach like I did. (I need to go back and get the other two letters)

Here's a picture of ours in 'use'.

1st Printable {Halloween}

I've been waiting for the perfect time to create my first Printable and with Halloween right around the corner, I thought what better time. . . Because as far we are concerned Halloween is Boo-tastic !!

We absolutely love Halloween here, we like decorating inside and outside, doing crafts galore, eating orange food, going to the pumpkin patch, pretty much everything about Halloween.

So on to my first printable ..completely free for you ...

Click the picture below, print and enjoy !

(I have it set to an 8x10.)

Sunny Arizona Days

This pass week, here in Tucson we were over 105 all week, which makes it miserable to be outside for longer than its takes to get from the a/c in the car to the a/c in the house.

So to keep from going stir crazy we did tons of crafts this week. 

We started with making a cute clothespin sun

 in honor of the sunny Arizona. 

 

Start off with just a plain paper plate.

And cut in half, or as close to half as you can get.

Than have the little ones paint each half yellow,

on the 'outside' of the plate.

(Side note: I love that when I bring out this tablecloth, the boys automatically know that we're going to be painting)

While the boys were painting, I cut up some ribbon in different lengths.

After the plates were dry (which took all of 5 minutes, in this heat)

We used tape to attach the ribbon to the plate.

On the other yellow half of the plate,

 glue on two googly eyes and a smile.

I had already had some clothespin painted orange and yellow. I gave each one four or each color. So eight clothespins total.

Use a glue stick to attach your two paper plates halves together, and clip the clothes pins on the top (for the rays.)

And if you'd like while your drawing on your smile, you can add an unibrow :) like Kasen did.

  I said it before and I'll say it again, I love easy peasy crafts.

Perfect for after school !

Holy Busy'ness Batman !

Hi There !!!

Sorry I've been MIA for the pass two weeks ("AHHHHH!!!!!") I've been super busy and a lot of changes are going on around here.

I joined the PTA in early August, and volunteered at the first meeting to help organize and come up with games for the schools homecoming night, otherwise known as the Howdy Hop, and that took up way more time than I thought it would. But the end result was a great night had by a ton of Sentia Valley Families. And can I just say I love being a part of the PTA.. I knew once I had little ones in school, I would be a PTA Mom.

Another change is my baby started Preschool three days a week. The first day was very rough for him and Mommy, but the second day he ask for double hugs and kisses and walked right in.

So now that we have a routine going, I'm hoping I'll be able to spend more time crafting and working on projects during preschool.

Hope you all have a fabulous holiday weekend.

P.S. Look for a new kids craft post soon after this one !!