Joyfully Weary

Every other week or so I always pick up a bouquet of flowers with our groceries at Aldi. They are simple bouquets, but for less that $4 they do a lot to brighten up our home. Little Lady has been asking for awhile to paint with flowers; so when a batch started to wilt I let her and Mini Man go to town. Supplies - flowers, heavy paper, and washable tempera paint.  Directions - lightly dip flowers in paint and then gently press them onto the paper.   While they were painting BabyZ woke up from his nap and insisted on joining the fun. Luckily for him, Mini Man is a softy.   Their  creations...  

Recently, I've been seeing lots of pins about  cotton rounds and color absorption. It such a fun idea I can see way it's been so popular. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was something I had to try it with my kids. They love using eye droppers and mixing colors. We decided to use buttons and ribbons to turn our dyed cotton rounds into flowers. 

A weekly series inspired in part by Bob Bennet's song Small Graces . " these are the small graces, the little moments when the miracles come... they are a reminder to the heart there is more to life than meets the eye... He is in the small graces.... small graces pointing me to the larger one... little glimpses of the kingdom come..." little lady and her accessories the man i married is an amazing dad easter basket treasures thanks aunty em! a successful april fools prank - big buddy couldn't turn the water off fast enough *a dye tablet from an egg dying kit was placed inside the faucet my current favorite nap-time treat: irish tea with honey and aldi's coconut macaroons this face - i can't get enough. kissing it lots lately because i'm afraid far too soon he'll tell me he's too big a successful  craft a mini stunt man silly happy boys This was a very good week; I have...

We have yet to see any flowers in our neighborhood but I'm anxious for their arrival. While we wait I thought it be fun to craft some of our own.  I spied  Sugar Aunts' tulip craf t on Pinterest  and knew my kids would enjoy creating something similar. To get them inspired we read one of my favorite children's books, Planting a Rainbow by Lois Elbert. Our Supplies: scissors, egg carton, acrylic paint ,  foam brushes , sharpened pencil, green pipe cleaners , white glue, & basket filler/shredded paper . You can use tempera paint but when painting on cardboard  I prefer to use acrylic because it provides a better coverage and the color is much more vibrant. Using a foam brush also helps produce better coverage.  *you'll noticed our basket filler changed from brown to green. i couldn't find the green when we started and then discovered that one of the kids had hid it in their drawer.  Step #1: remove and discard lid of...