Hand Print Christmas ornament

 In the spirit of giving I wanted to do something for the Grandparents... We have 3 sets.. but only 3 celebrate Christmas,

So we made these...



supplies needed

.. Round Christmas ball
we used clear ones but you could use coloured ones..

... Acrylic paint and a brush

..a clothes line and clothes pegs to dry the balls

.. Baby wipes for smudges and quick clean up












 What to do...

Simply paint your child's hand, then carefully press the ball into the palm of their hand.. we did a dry run with each kid so they would understand what mommy wanted them to do..

press hand against ball, then carefully release hand..
hang on mini clothes line to dry.. we then added glitter inside the ball it looked like snow.. mrK LOVED this... i added a ribbon at the top as well.. these rocked.. im sure the Grands will LOVE them :)

These cost less than $3 bucks each to make... 

Glitter Hand Prints

I LOVE glitter and I LOVE hand prints .. I love how a hand print holds the memory of the size of your child the moment you look at it..

these are great gift ideas

I traced my kids hands onto black paper .. then filled in their hand print with white glue, the shook glitter onto the glue..

these look amazing in person the shine in the sun

I framed mine to stop excess glitter from find its way into every nook and cranny in my house..


my kids loved these too..

you could do glitter foot prints as well :)

The Santa Key...

"Momma how does Santa get into our house when we dont have a fire place ?"

GREAT question honey....

my son is 4 and asked this question, my answer is simple... we leave him a key...

my hubby has a whole jar of old keys from god knows where and one of them is particularly cool , I've decided that this will be our Santa key..
and all good Santa keys need to look the part so I will be glittering ours  

Simple right... modege podge .. glitter .. a key.. and some ribbon...

then you leave this key out for Santa to find my son was delighted with this idea...

Easy hand made ball toss and catch game

My kids inevitably get board easily ..

so I made these one day.. get two jugs the same size, i used 2 2L juice jugs, you could use a 4L milk jug too, simply clean the jug out ..... Then cut the bottom off, invert it and Taaah Daaaah you have an ball catcher.. I made a dozen little balls out of tin foil but you could use what ever you like..

Quick...
Easy.. and best of all FREE Fun !!!

my kids loved these

Pretend mess free Make-up

Being a momma and a make-up artist means two things.. ONE I have kids two, it means they know what make-up is, and my lil'L is obsessed with the stuff

at age two she is always asking for me to do her make-up...

so in her stocking this year she is getting some make-up of her very own...

Simply keep those empty make-up containers you have, or remove make-up from their pans.. and fill with different coloured nail polish.. Let dry over night on a flat level surface.


You could also buy make-up from the dollar store and seal it simply by placing a layer of clean nail polish over top of the make-up ..

I also bought a set of "travel brushes" for my daughter from the dollar store, now she has her own to play with :)

and I gotta say they look super cute :)

Home made bath Salts

 BATH SALTS


my Kids LOVE bath salts and they are fun to make, and use and Give as gifts...
  For this basic bath salts recipe you'll need:

• Some salt - I prefer a mixture of sea salt and epsom salt, but there are many different types of salt both rare and common, but if your in a pinch regular Epsom salts are fine on their own..
• Some scent - you can use skin-safe fragrance oils or for an aromatherapy bath, essential oils 
• a ziplock bag, use a bag double the size of the amount of salts your putting into it
• A container to put it in - preferably air tight like a mason or other jar. (Plastic is better than glass around the bath tub if you can get it, though some fragrance or essential oils will warp and discolor plastic.) 

Directions:

1. Pour salt into a plastic zip bag (ziplcok bag with zipper closure ) . Add a few drops of essential oil. Close bag immediately and shake well to mix scent thoroughly.
2. Next add food coloring a couple drops at a time. Shake well and add more color only if needed.
3. Finally, if you have time, let the mixture sit over night and then shake the bag one last time for the most even color distribution.
4. Package and embellish your homemade gift in a glass jar or cellophane bag.
My kids love to SHAKE up the bags, I found freezer bags worked the best and can be used a few times .. this is also a cool sensory thing to do with your kids as it feels cool through the bag, and if its a mix they are using them selves they can finish mixing them up by hand :) 

in door Hopscotch and a easy way for little people to reach the sink tap...

INDOOR HOPSCOTCH
simply take some painters tape , and tape the hop scotch game onto your floor, we used a beenie baby as our "rock".. After i did this i noticed i put the numbers in the wrong order.. but my 4 year old didn't care.. this kept him busy for hours .. 

                                                                             CANT REACH THE TAP SOLUTION

I took an empty salad dressing bottle, cut off the base, and cut the top and made a "V" shape at the end, hooked an elastic around the bottom end and Taaah Daaah an instant waterfall to help little hands reach the tap ..

the Pony Project

So I have very fond memories of my hobby horse when i was a child.. my mom made like 20 of them for me my siblings and my cousins and a few close family friends..
MrK who is now 4 and LilL who is now 2 LOVE hobby horses and any broom, shovel or stick is often "turned into a horsey" so I made it my goal this year to make my kids a pony of their own, i saw lots of tutorials online about how to make one and i didnt see a pattern i liked so i made my own.. I wanted the head to look like the "knight" in a game of Chess..

so I laid out a sheet of paper and drew the horse shape i liked..
then cut out two "head shapes" for each horse, and a 1 1/2 inch wide strip of polar fleece  for each horse about 30 inches long

then laid right sides together, places strip"Between" the head shapes staring under the chin of the horse , then sew these together, then once both sides have been sewn sew a straight line from the "chin"  to the ens of the horse. the 2 inch strip gives the horse "width" in his face.. you can skip this step is you want a "flatter" pony
turn the head inside out
Take your "stick" or body of pony and pad one end so it is now soft and wont poke through the head of the horse or feel hard inside the head.. shove the stick into the head..
 Fill the head firmly with cotton batting I like the light weight kind then its not heavy for a child to use..
I choose to cover the stick of the pony with polar fleece so it was soft, then added a "tail" on the end. also slightly padded the end so it wasnt hard. and possibly used as a weapon ;)but you could paint it, I used a pre cut dowsing from home depo ($4.50 each) but you could use.. an old hockey stick, a broken ore , a sturdy tree branch broom handle

Decorate you pony as you see fit.. the "hair styles" on both ponies were all hand stitched in place, and too FOR EVER.. hahah about 3hrs for each pony.. but i know they will never some off ..

Materials used to make these ponies :
-polar fleece
-yarn
-light weight toy batting
-doweling
-felt for eyes and ears
-buttons
-ribbon
-thread scissors