Joyfully Weary

Keeping Little Lady busy during our school time has proven to be a bit difficult. She wants to do "cool rk" too, so I have tried to come up with a couple little games for her to play. The most successful by far has been the straw drop.  It's a pretty simple concept, the colored straws are dropped through the matching colored holes.  It's also pretty simple to put together...  Supplies : empty oatmeal container, black spray paint, paper, pencil, scissors, paint chips, x-acto knife straws, tape, & stickers  Step 1 : spray paint outside of oatmeal container Step 2 : draw lid size circle on paper (ours was the same size as a cd) Step 3 : fold and cut circle into four parts Step 4 : trace parts of circle on to paint chips, cut out, tape to lid Step 5 : use x-acto knife to cut straw size circles from lid (a hole punch could also work)  Step 6 : add stickers  Frankly, I have been quite shocked by how huge of a hit...

Canvas word art has become one of my new favorite crafts. It's easy and fairly inexpensive.  So far I've tried two different variations and have plans to mix it up again to make a St Patrick's day sign.   The first variation was a series of Christmas gifts for some of our family this past year.  They were a huge hit, and the idea could also be used to make mother/father/grandparents day gifts.  supplies: canvas, acrylic paint, vinyl letters, and a foam brush, also not pictured: ruler and pencil to help line up letters We used the vinyl letters to spell out words/phrases that reminded us of specific family members and then used one color for each child to make hand prints. big buddy  mini man little lady  By the time we got around to making a canvas for husbandie's parents, we decided to mix it up a little bit and had the boys help us create an acrostic poem using their "names". *their canvases where actually old a...