DIY Family Matching Game

In 2014 I decided that I was going to DIY a lot of the Christmas gifts for the kiddos... I had more time on my hands back then...

I realized though that I never shared one of my favorite projects that the boys still play with today... a DIY Family Matching Game!!! 

Step one was to buy 3" wooden craft circles from Amazon.

I lightly sanded down the circles to make sure that they were completely smooth and safe for little fingers and painted both sides of the disks.

I used a 2" circle punch to cut out photos of family member and glued them to each circle. 

Next, I used Mod Podge to seal the photos to the wooden disks.

And there you have it a simple and creative gift for the kiddos to play with. They love turning around those disks and seeing family members on the backs!

Here are some old photos that I found of Hunter playing with the game when he just got it!

Maybe I'll have time to be creative again in 2017!!!!

EASY DIY Lip Gloss

A few weeks ago I shared a two ingredient lip gloss and declared that Emma would be handing out these to her friends for Valentine's Day. When I approached Emma with the idea she was a bit less enthusiastic but I'm happy to say that I won her over as soon as she saw how EASY it was and that it only had TWO ingredients!

• Vaseline
• Kool-Aid

Place Vaseline in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds at a time stirring in-between until it is smooth.

Add a packet of Kool-Aid and wisk

 

Next, I added the liquid mixture to a pastry pipping bag and cut a small slit at the bottom

Next, I slowly poured the mixture into the small containers (5 Gram plastic containers that I purchased from Amazon) 

 I printed out little Valentine Tags from here

I think that they turned out GREAT! 

DIY Wall clock from the Kiddos

For Father's Day this year I decided that I wanted the kids to make something for their Daddy! After some pinteresting I settled on a clock and we put our own spin on it. I love the outcome

 

First we started with just a plain wood round face for the clock:

And a clock Movement

Next I had the kiddos Paint all over the plain old face

Added the hardware to the face

and picked out some photos from my instagram account and had them printed from Prinstagram. 

And made the clock... I cut the photos into small circles and attached them with modPodge

 

Love the result 

 

 

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Emma's Year of Craft

Emma has recently taken up crafting... She really is my daughter!!!

On a lazy Sunday (while watching BIG) we explored Pinterest and picked out 12 DIY projects that she wanted to take on for the year.

Below are her picks and we plan to do one a month and post about her project here on the blog!

Elastic Hair Ties:

Duct Tape Pencil Case

iPad Case

 

 Hand Warmers

DIY: Bath Fizzie

Lib Balm in a locket

String and Charm bracelet

Instagram Mini Canvases

This Tablet Holder for the kitchen for when she helps cook

Gold Flower pots 

Jewelry Holder 

Jewel Magnets