HALLOWEEN!!!! HOW THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR IN MY OPINION!!!!!

There is sooo many amazing and fun ideas you can do to celebrate HALLOWEEN whether it is with jack o lanterns or a party or even trick or treating!! Grab some crazy creepy decorations and your imagination and let's get starred on a halloween treat bag!!!

SUPPLIES:
Decals
Crazy glue (or superglue or a sort)
Pillowcase (any colors/patterns)
Piece of cardboard
And 
Your imagination

OPTIONAL:
Glitter glue
Scissors
Lace
Fake crystals
anything you want

DIRECTIONS:

Step 1:
Lay out your supplies

Step 2:
Separate the 2 sides of the pillowcase and insert the cardboard
(This will protect the inside of the treat bag)

Step 3:
Decorate the bag how ever you would like to have your kids get involved.

If you want to make straps continue reading

Step 4:
Grab the top layer of the pillowcase at the seam. Locate how low you want the straps to be.

Step 5:
Measure your lace pieces top be your straps glue them securely

Step 6:
Your done!!!!!!!

SOAPING IS SO FUN

guess what....

 

what makes bath time fun.....

its not the toys...nor the water...

 

BUT THE FUN COLORFUL SOAPS

 

I have been making soap since the last time you read my blog and I found that you can do absolutely anything with this, you can embed coins for a deep sea treasure hunt, or embed little erasers for a cute animal party... or just swirl around different colors for a crazy effect to make a simple melt and pour soap

follow this recipe:

 

5 oz of clear glycerin soap

 

8-9 drops of vanilla fragrance

DO NOT USE UN SAFE MATERIALS OR FOOD PRODUCTS SUCH AS VANILLA EXTRACT THOSE ARE NOT SKIN SAFE

 

optional

food coloring to make it pop.

and skin safe glitter or soapy love sprinkles

 

this is a really fun project but it can burn you if you heat the soap to much

also if you burn the soap it will turn yellow in color and smell really bad

 

ART CLASSES


do you love art, do you enjoy it... well if so take up and art class, i aint talking about painting, i'm talking about dance, photography, ect. great time to spend with family and good for ALONE time!! i am talking to any mothers reading this! hhah

a cute little storage idea

I found an interesting DIY which uses plastic bottles, on Denise’s blog. Artist and presenter, Denise Meneghello is specialized in decorating, recycling, DIY and tips for good living. So… if the pieces of your make-up set or if other indispensable products need being stored, why don’t you consider this creative and original idea: recipients made out of plastic bottles! All you need are some small plastic bottles, a knife, a pair of scissors and a hot iron. By the aid of the knife, remove the upper part of the bottle (the one to which is usually capped), correct the imperfections with the scissors, and place the hot iron on the mouth of the remaining bottle so to strengthen and uniformize the opening of the recipient. Enjoy !

slime?!

Homemade slime if you have 5 minutes and/or kids here is an idea to keep them busy**have fun glitter is optional

You will need:

I bottle of Elmers Glue (118ml)

118 ml of water

* 1/2 teaspoon of Borax (I bought mine at Bunnings Hardware store for $8)

1/4 cup hot water

Food colouring

Refer to the photos above for reference : )

1. Set out your ingredients

2. Pour your glue into a bowl

3. Add the 118ml of water

4. Mix until completely combined

5. Add a few drops of your chosen food colouring

6. Mix until well combined

7. Add 1/4 cup of hot water to a separate container, add the 1/2 teaspoon of Borax & stir until combined

8. Pour the Borax solution into the mixture in the bowl

9. Stir

10. Watch the magic happen!

bling 'em out

Bling 'em out,

computers, art, coin banks, FLATS!

How to bling out your "small" old flats to make big new statement.

here' what you will need:

fake jewels

E-6000 (though i recommend super glue)

a couple toothpicks (to keep the glue neat)

newspaper

and a little imagination and time :)

optional: tape 

steps:

1. lay out your newspaper and supplies and flats.

if needed tape the newspaper down.

2. arrange your jewels on newspaper to experiment with ideas to get your imagination flowing.

3. once you've decided on a design put it on your flats DON'T GLUE YET to see if any changes need to be made.

4. my favorite part time to glue them on 1 at a time to keep from messing up 

(tip use toothpick to keep it neat and to keep glue from showing around your jewel.) use a dap of glue on each jewel.

5. do the same with the other flat.!

6. wait overnight for it to dry the go out and show off your masterpiece.

comment your ideas for my next arts and craft post

till next time,
JESSI

store photos simply

Scrap booking is a great way to keep those photos that are lying around the house all in order.  Grab the kids and have them help you out with i don't know the catchy phrases at the top of each page or half page. Then use paste [if you have kids with you use washable glue] or a hot glue gun to firmly place the photos. Then have kids help decorate and if you don't want them to place any thing in a certain spot then decorate that part on your own first. If it helps give them boundaries like don't put anything on the pictures and or words or like nothing can stick off the page or whatever you think is a boundary.
happy scrapping!!



till next time,
JESSI