Crafty Me

We're getting ready for Eli(our 2nd child..and 1st son)...who could be here any day now.  There are many "projects" for crafty daddy(that would be a great blog title!).  We bought a dresser from a couple who were trying to raise money to adopt(a process that fell through...but God had blessed them with a bun in the oven at that time they didn't know about!!!!!).  Anyways, the dresser was simple & was going to require some work to make it what we wanted.  Many coats of a beautiful green & it looked amazing!  We(and when I say we...I mean my wife) decided I'd paint animals onto the knobs to go with the bedding & the three panel painting I've still yet to do.  Here they are freshly varnished!

Summer Experimenting - Owls

So I found this idea on a site from a hit on my site meter.  Unfortunately, I could not really find the original link it came from.  So if this was your idea...let me know & I'll give you credit!!  Summer is a fun time to try some new ideas out.  This may be the only one I get to with baby Eli's arrival fast approaching!

This is just one more thing you can do with toilet paper roll!!  You could use a whole TP roll, but it would be an extremely tall owl! ha ha  So you'll need to trim an inch or so off the bottom.  Press the sides in of the opening.  You can use hot glue, tape, or Zots(scrap booking dots).  I gave it one coat of acrylic paint.  It may need more than one depending on the color of paint you are using.  Since I used a creamy light blue, one was enough.  I used scrap book paper for the wings, belly, beak, and white of it's eyes.  Googly eyes would be super fun here too, but I did not have any at home.  I used a shot of glue and glitter for the center of the eyes.  I'm going to do it with at least one grade level in the fall.  Can you imagine 100 + of these cute critters clustered together!?!   

CREATIVITY FOR KIDS ....just add imagination!

I'm always looking for products, websites, activities to recommend to parents & students. I came across this site, and thought I'd pass it along. Now, it is kind of art in a box/canned art....HOWEVER....this might take the fear out of some parents having a craft time with their children!!! Some of the products look like a lot of fun too!!!

http://www.creativityforkids.com/products/catalog.aspx?q=topsellers

The parent company I've heard of..and have used some of their products.

CHECK THEM OUT!

http://www.fabercastell.com/14801/Products/Playing-and-Learning/index_ebene2.aspx