Snowed in-a craft for the kiddos

We are on day two of what is sure to become known as the "Great January Snow Storm of 2010" and while we are all enjoying this brief chance to have some snow play-we are also very completely snowed in!
Today we worked on a "snow" related craft that I had originally planned on making with our playgroup this week but had to postpone due to sick twinkies-with recent weather events it seemed the perfect choice for a little game I call "what to craft today" that I play when we're stranded at home for more than a day!

First a couple shots of my cuties posing in the snow

Now onto the craft! Simple enough, all you need to do is trace your little ones hands on a piece of card stock (thumb apart but rest of their fingers close together) after cutting up some scrap yarn into small pieces cover the "mitten" with glue and let your little one cover it with their yarn pieces. On the backside I wrote their names and ages.

Scrap Yarn Mittens

Redneck snow fun-keeping it classy folks!

Yes we have made every effort to keep it classy during this massive snow storm that has been crippling us down here in Virginia.
We don't own snow boots nor can we buy them so our solution-put the boys in sneakers and then wrap their feet in a shopping bag. That's keeping it classy folks.
We don't own sleds nor can we buy those here so our solution-redneck laundry basket sledding. That too is keeping it classy folks!

Toddler Friendly Batik

The twins have been under the weather, way under the weather so I have had to get creative while coming up with cute little crafts for us to make until we can all get out of the house!
In school I made a wax batik and we recently came across it while moving boxes around and I thought it would be neat to try with the kids but not with real wax-so I scoured the web until I found a "glue batik" and we used some good old Elmer's glue, material and paint to create these cool kid friendly batiks!
First we had to "decorate" our material with glue. We used the blue Elmer's gel glue because it comes out much slower than regular glue and you can draw with it better. I helped them write their names and then they went wild with squiggles, dots and lines.

Connor

Braden

We let these sit and dry over night so that we would be sure that the glue was completely dry.

Next was the painting part. I watered down some paint so that it was more "spreadable" (aka runny) for them and they could achieve that tye dye look without really tye dyeing.
We once again let these completely dry (not over night but it took a few hours)

Then I soaked them in WARM/HOT water and took an old baby tooth brush I use for crafting to them to get the paint to flake off of the spots where they had drawn on the material with glue.

After wringing them out I tossed them in the dryer and as the boys would say "tah-dah!"

New Ink

Our new tattoo's...

I got three stars representing the "Three Stars Who Light Up My Life"

Orange-Mike, Green-Connor & Blue-Braden
Mike got three starts representing his "Three Lucky Stars"
Purple-Me, Green-Connor & Blue-Braden

Project Life

I just ordered Becky Higgins Project Life kit and I can not wait for it to arrive and for me to begin! I think it is going to be a really fun and basic way for me to document a year in our lives. 365 days of photos! It will be a great way to "scrap" all those in between or daily moments that happen between the big ones that I never seem to have the time to scrapbook.

www.beckyhiggins.com/projectlife/

Super Hero!

A cute little Super Hero book for the little Super Heroes in your life! I made this cute little album for Melissa over at Delovely Scrapbooks using the new Junior line from American Crafts. The line is so much fun for any one who has little boys.

Valentine for teacher

I love that my boys love to craft, truly I do! So we grabbed a little of this and a little of that (i.e. foam heats, ribbons, beads, glitter pens and rhinestones) and whipped up some cute Valentine magnets for their preschool teachers. On the teacher ones we only wrote the teacher's name on the front (so this can be a reusable holiday magnet) and on the backside beneath the magnet the boys signed and dated them. They had a great time making them (in total we made 12!) and can't wait to hand them out!