Sunday, January 27, 2013

Childrens Art Display Idea



 
My boys are always doing "art" projects that I love to display. I loved the idea of putting them in frames and displaying them on the wall, but found it was sort of a hassle to change out the projects since they do new ones so often (practically every week). I LOVE vintage anything, and i am always on the look out for vintage games. I especially love children's games like scrabble. (If you weren't into vintage, you could use any game like newer Life, or Scrabble) I started out by making sure the board didn't fold on itself. I did this by hot gluing a piece of sturdy cardboard (or you could use anything thin and sturdy) to the back fold.  I let that dry and turned it over to the front and hot glued the clips. I used wooden clothes pins, but you could use any clips you want. Make sure you place the clips the right space a part in order to hold your child's work. Mine do as small as 81/2 X 11, so I put them close together. I used the game pieces to spell out each child's name at the top. You could add holes to each top corner for a hanging string/ribbon. I didn't do that because I use the 3M wall Velcro for my plaster walls.
 
 


Saturday, January 12, 2013

Homemade Valentine Treat Holders


An old co-worker of mine used to eat a lot of Tic Tacs, and for some reason (good for me) he saved all the empty containers.  He gave them all to me, so I thought they were perfect for little Valentine treat boxes. I put mini M&M's in them..they were really a hit with my child's teachers. Of course you could use any small candy. I also took large dollies that I got from the Dollar Store and folded them into envelopes (fold like a burrito-- bottom up to middle, then sides to middle and finally the top towards middle). For the first envelpoe I misted a coffee filter pink and scrunched it up in the middle to make a smaller circle, then added a felt heart in the middle.  I stuck candy inside and tied with bakers twine. I love valentines day..I think because it's a chance to use pink frilly craft stuff!