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Recycling An Old Holiday Wreath.

3:51 PM

Have an old Christmas wreath that you don't quite find "cute" anymore? Have a hand-me down? Recycle it! With so many craft projects out there, you can easily remake your old wreath into something new. I went out and bought tinsel blend glitter and gold/metallic paint because I was going to paint the apples on our hand-me down wreath to make them look like ornaments. Since they were wax, the acrylic paint did not work well (I'm not sure why). Instead I did minor changes, and the wreath ended up looking better even with such small changes!

I outlined the problem areas. The stems were removed from the apples so that from far away they wouldn't read as apples right away. I actually removed some of the apples as well so there weren't so many. I removed the bell from the wreath because I did not want it to make sound. The bows were not attached to each other and there was a middle piece missing from the top bow (hence the dried hot glue). I hot glued the bows together and placed a small bead in the middle of the bow. I cut some cute little gold glitter leaves from some ribbon and hot glued them to the other bunches of leaves on the wreath and in the groove of one of the apples because you could see the hole from where the stem was.

Other ways to dress up a wreath?

Make some handmade bows out of burlap, lace, Christmas fabric, whatever and glue them to the wreath.
Take some "snow" spray and spray your wreath.
Cut out a cardboard phrase, last name initial etc. Craft it (with glitter or paint), and insert it in the middle.

Have fun crafting! :)

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Homemade Christmas Ornaments

8:30 AM

Yesterday my son and I made our first two Christmas tree ornaments! It was definitely exciting to see him excited about his crafts. We had a ton of materials to use like felt and burlap, but I stuck to..(once again) cardboard for his painting. I wielded the hot glue gun of course but he had fun painting and sticking the sequin "ornaments" on his own little tree. I will definitely post more as I finish the other ornaments I started.

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Crafting: Cute D.I.Y Push Pins

7:01 PM

I cut out shapes from an index card since I had a bunch laying around but for this project I would definitely use a thicker piece of material like cardboard or foam board.

I hot glued them to the push pins first before painting them the desired colors.

I also used some glitter ribbon for shapes. Using fabric was easier as well and you don't have to worry about ruining the pins from bending and pushing then in!

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Kiddie Crafts: Halloween Decorations!

8:58 PM

October has been upon us for about 2 weeks now and can I say that I am NOT over the pumpkin spiced everything yet. I mean really! Anyone who really knows me knows that I LIVE for the holiday season. The festive decorations, well needed family time, and the food!

For Halloween, since this our first real holiday at our new place, I decided to instead of buying decorations, why not break out the good ole cardboard again (see kiddie craft: cardboard drawing) and make it a craft day. My tiny human likes to paint and has found a new amazement for holiday specials on tv. I decided we could make a door decoration and big jack o' lantern seemed fitting. I cut out little ghost and pumpkin shapes for him to paint while I myself cut out a huge pumpkin and face pieces to go with it.

Let me say, crafting with your child has got to be one of the most amazing yet frustrating things you could possibly do with a child at such a young age. Hence, the little pieces for him to paint on. Always keep the child involved and having fun, all awhile keeping YOUR craft out of reach ;)

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Kiddie Crafts: Cardboard Drawing

9:50 AM

To keep my son interested in art, I decided that today would be craft day for us. I grabbed one of the packing boxes we still had and decided that it would be our canvas for today. Markers, crayons, paint, anything goes!

It's actually a great alternative to just plain paper. It's much large, the materials you use will not soak through, and there's plenty of open space for you and your tiny humans to use! Plus, it'll make for a cute packing box for your child's things next time you move or are planning to move.