Holidays

Halloween Monster Party Cups

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October 1, 2018 by Stacy Leave a Comment

Make some Halloween Monster Party Cups for your Halloween party! Let the kids help if it’s a party for them but they can be used for an adult Halloween party too. You just need a few supplies from the dollar store. They’re a quick and inexpensive way to add a little spooky fun to your Halloween party!

Halloween Monster Party Cups

Find all the materials you need at the dollar store.

Supplies Needed:

Disposable clear wine cups
Googly eyes
Halloween themed rings
Hot glue gun
Hot glue sticks
Colorful cold drink of your choice

Assemble the cups.

3 plastic wine cups laying on black fabric decorated for Halloween

Use the hot glue gun to attach the googly eyes.

clear plastic dollar store cup with googly eyes glued on a bat ring on stem

Add a ring to the stem of the glass.

3 cups of colored juice or soda in plastic wine cups decorated with googly eyes and spider or bat rings for Halloween party

Bright colored soda, juice or punch adds to the fun!

Green drink in plastic cup decorated with googly eyes and orange plastic spider for Halloween party

Each guest could decorate their cup or choose the one they want to use. It will be easy to keep track of whose cup is whose when they are all decorated differently.

pouring orange drink in plastic cup decorated with googly eyes and purple plastic spider for Halloween party

Perhaps the best part is they can be thrown away when the party is over!

Happy Halloween!

Keepsake Mother’s Day Handprint Dish Towels

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May 13, 2018 by Stacy Leave a Comment

What’s the way to mom’s heart? A handprint on anything! Especially those little handprints. We all know how quickly they turn to be handprints but those small little handprints remain, forever in our hearts. I try to make something different every year with my child care children to give to their parents, so this year we made Keepsake Mother’s Day Handprint Dish Towels.

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Keepsake Mother’s Day Handprint Dish Towels

I discovered these great fabric paint colors at Michael’s. They were all together and it made my decision easy! They are currently trendy colors – not sure what you call that style that’s all llamas, tassels, unicorns, and succulents?? Anyway, I’ve used other fabric paints in the past and they can leave a thick textured finish. It hasn’t really been a problem, but I liked the idea of these paints being a “soft fabric ink”. The Plaid colors I have here are:

Real Yellow
Lime
Fruit Punch
Tangerine

Needed Supplies:

You just need a few simple supplies for this project:

Iron
Iron on paper (if you want to add text)
Fabric Paints
Flour Sack Dish Towels
Paint brushes
Paper plate (for holding paint)
cardboard or paper bag (to protect the table under the fabric while painting)

Directions:

1. Iron the dishtowel. If you don’t (like I didn’t) you may end up with creases in the handprints (like I did). Put the cardboard or paper bag under your dish towel to protect the table.

2. Squirt some paint on a paper plate. Paint the child’s hand. Press hand down to make a print.

3. Repeat as desired. We did left hand, right hand, left hand, right hand in each color.

4. Allow your towel to dry. Leave it laying flat or carefully hang it up.

I like the flat, soft finish of this paint.

5. Print out text using Paint or another program. Mirror text before printing. I use Ink Jet transfer paper from Best Blanks. I could have done a better job transferring on a couple of these. I think I rushed it, but the iron on paper is good quality!

Finishing Up

We wrapped our towels in colored paper, added a handpainted card and tied it with tulle. The towels turned out so pretty!

Find the free printable Mother’s Day Coloring Page here.

Happy Mother’s Day!

More Mother’s Day Ideas

Mother’s Day Coloring Page

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May 12, 2018 by Stacy Leave a Comment

Need a quick card for Mother’s Day? Use this Mother’s Day Coloring Page. Color with marker, crayon or even watercolors for beautiful results. Turn the coloring page into a card by printing it on cardstock, cutting it down to size and layering it on a colored cardstock to make a card. I like using watercolors with my young child care group because of the soft pastel colors that will not completely cover the design even if they don’t paint inside the lines.

Download the Mother’s Day Coloring Page at the end of this post.

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Mother’s Day Coloring Page

Print the coloring page using the link below.

I’ve recently discovered the watercolor sets at Five Below. If you have a store near you, I’d recommend their $5 watercolor paints. They are really nice! I don’t see a link on their website, otherwise, I’d post it…

Every mother deserves flowers and balloons, right?!

We added these pretty little cards to our Mother’s Day crafts, tied with a piece of tulle. So pretty!

DOWNLOAD HERE >>> Mother’s Day Coloring Page

Mother’s Day Beaded Frame Pendant Gift

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April 16, 2018 by Stacy Leave a Comment

Make a beautiful Beaded Frame Pendant for Mother’s Day – or for yourself! Follow these simple directions and you can make a handmade gift that mom will treasure. Isn’t it pretty?

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Beaded Frame Pendant

Supplies:

Craft wire – 16 gauge and 24 gauge
Craft pliers – cutting, looping and flat nose pliers
Seed beads

Instructions:

Step 1:

Hold the wire from its open end and create a small loop at that end with the help of the looping pliers.

Step 2:

Leave 3/4″ straight (or decide any measurement you want and leave half of that measurement) and then bend the wire to 90 degrees, to the opposite direction of the loop. 3/4″ is the half of the pendants’ width (total width will be about 3/4″).

Step 3:

Decide the height of the pendant; mine is 1.5″. Leave 1.5″ straight and bend the wire into 90 degrees again, towards the same direction (counter-clockwise). Leave 1.5″ straight again and bend wire into 90 degrees again.

Step 4:

Leave 3/4″ straight and then bend the wire into 90 degrees, bringing the wire back to the loop; this is the last bend. Keep about 3/4″ extra and then cut off wire from the bundle.

Step 5:

Coil the 3/4″ extra wire twice below the loop.

Step 6:

Cut off extra wire after coiling, if required.

Step 7:

Take a long piece of 22 gauge wire (about 7 3/4″ will do) and coil the wire 2 times around any one of the vertical side bars of the frame at the bottom.

Step 8:

Select the beads of your choice and insert seed beads into the 22 gauge coiled wire through its open end. Bead until the length reaches the width of the pendant.

Step 9:

After you’re done beading, coil the open end of the 22 gauge wire around the adjacent side bar of the frame to secure the beading. Bring the wire to the opposite vertical side bar again.

Step 10:

Coil the open end of the wire around the bar 2 times and bring the wire to the opposite side bar again. Continue to coil the wire around one side bar and then bringing back to the opposite, vice versa.

Step 11:

While coiling the wire around the side bars make sure to add beads as well. You can bead each time you bring the wire to the other side or may also leave a few lines empty, however you like it.

Step 12:

Once you’re done beading coil the wire around the side bar 2-3 times and cut off extra wire if required.

Attach a jump ring with the pendant through its loop and wear it a chain necklace or string necklace.

Congratulations, you’ve made a Beaded Frame Pendant!

Salt Painting Easter Egg Art

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April 1, 2018 by Stacy Leave a Comment

Salt painting is such a fabulous process art activity. I love it on these fun patterned Easter eggs. Spring break was the perfect time to use the pastel liquid watercolors and my whole crew of 8 ages 2-8 years enjoyed the same project. Salt Painting Easter Egg Art creates lovely Easter themed art and incorporates some cool science and fine motor skills.