T-shirt Scarf

I went to a craft night, the other night, at my sisters house.  We made scarfs out of t-shirts.  I saw one on Pinterest that I really liked.  Oddly enough I even had a t-shirt that was almost the same color.

(I wish I could get a better picture.  If I do I'll repost it)

It was so simple, I cut my shirt in 1" strips, tied 1 end together, braided, and then attached the two ends together and took a little strip cut from my t-shirt to cover the combined ends.

Not much of a scarf for warmth, but very stylish. I was so excited to wear it!

Caterpillar

I was watching my neice and nephew one day, and while the little kids were sleeping I wanted to do a craft with the older two.   We made caterpillars out of pom poms and a popsicle stick.
Supplies needed:

I did one with the kids to help show them how to do it.  They each were given a popsicle stick and a plate with glue on it.  They dabbed the pom poms into the glue and placed on the popsicle stick.  When they had the body all finished, I helped glue the googily eyes on.  Then I cut the pipe cleaner in 1/4's and we wrapped it behind the head to make the antenna. 

These were a lot of fun. They made 2 each.  Next time I think we would need to use more glue, they didn't quite stand up to the playing of 3 year olds.

I have seen cute blogs that have made the Hungry Caterpillar and that would be fun to do.  All you'd have to do is added the food! Who doesn't love the Hungry Caterpillar? :)

Hair bow

So I've decided that I'm no longer going to buy hair bows for Kinsley.  After looking at them, it's too easy to make my own.  One version that I have made is:

I had some little silver prong clips at home and bought a bunch of ribbon in the dollar section at Target.  I used hot glue to wrap the ribbon on the clip.  Then I just played around with making different bows until I made one that I liked and that was symmetric, and glued the center down.  I took a small piece of the same main ribbon and turned it inside out and covered the middle.

Jelly fish

Wow we do have a lot of rainy day crafts.  We made a jelly fish out of styrofoam bowls, ribbon, and marker.

Supplies needed:

2- styrofoam bowls

markers/ paint

ribbon- cut in a different lengths

string

paper clip

elmers glue

First decorate the out side of 1 of the bowls.  Then you want to take ribbon and glue them on the inside of that same bowl.  We glued closer to the bottom.  Then take the remaining ribbons (use different sizes) and glue them together.  Set those aside to dry.  

Then take your 2nd bowl and put glue all around the outside of it.  You then take the 1st bowl and set it on top. (Be careful not to get your ribbons in the glue)  

You then poke 2 holes in the top of both bowls (that's where you pull your string through) then take the paper clip and run the string in it and clip the cluster of ribbons in it.

This would be really cute to make a few and be able to make an aquarium.  I hope we get around to that. :)

Popsicle Airplane

Another one of mine and Parker rainy day projects was an airplane made from popsicle sticks.

I saw this craft on pinterest, but had to alter it slightly.  One way of doing it, was to paint the popsicle sticks.  Waiting for the paint to dry was going to take too long for our attention span.  So we colored them with markers instead.

Supplies needed:
1- clothes pin
3- popsicle sticks
markers
hot glue

You take your clothes pin and color that first.  After you color your 3 big sticks you then take one of them and cut it in half.  Then I took the hot glue gun and glued the 2 big ones to the front of the clothes pin and then glued the 2 little sticks to the back.
Another fun and easy craft!

Felt Flower

My sister and I have started to make headbands and hair clips.  One that I have made was the flower made from felt.  I saw it on Martha Stewart, and I embellished it with sequence in the middle.  I then attached a hair clip to the back.  It's one of my favorite flowers and takes about 10 mins to make.

I really like the color combo of charcoal gray and lime green.  I'm thinking about making more and doing a trio on a headband.

Cotton Ball Sheep

It was a rainy afternoon, so Parker and I made cotton ball sheep.  I couldn't get my printer to work so I had to hand draw the sheep for him.  I then put glue, on a plastic plate, for him to dip the cotton balls into glue and put on the body of the sheep

He loved it.  Great activity and not very messy!

Craft organizer

So I was constantly putting all of my craft supplies in different areas, keeping them in bags, and never able to find anything.   So I won't say it's 100%, but it's a start.  I have my before and after photo:

I bought a sweater holder in the dollar section at target for $2.50