alphabet cupcake toppers

Free downloadable PDF for an alphabet party

I used these as cupcake toppers by cutting out the circles with a circle punch and gluing to a toothpick.


alphabet cupcake topper

honest abe

Today my daughter did a biography report on Abraham Lincoln. She got a huge laugh out of the class when she walked up in the hat and beard. They all loved the really tall hat! The top hat project was inspired by Sue Astroth's book, Super-Simple Creative Costumes. I used fast2fuse heavyweight and black felt. I wanted to make sure that it fit Alivia's head perfectly so that it wouldn't fall off during her speech. I measured her head and found a paper plate that had just about the right circumference so I just trimmed a little off and it was perfect. The beard is stuffed fleece and tied around her head with embroidery thread. Alivia asked if she could be Abraham Lincoln for Halloween. 
Score . . . one costume down 2 to go.

magical splatter paint butterflies

For mother's day I woke up to an amazing orchid display. My husband saw it and thought of me because of the hand-painted butterflies. Of course I looked at it and was amazed but then immediately thought of an art project that I did with my daughter's 3rd grade class. They were learning about Jackson Pollock and had the opportunity to try out splatter painting. It was really fun but wouldn't it be magical to decorate the classroom with butterflies cut out of their splatter paints. Maybe I'll suggest it for my son's class when he's in 3rd grade.

Rainbow Unicorn Swap

Remembering back when I was 10, I loved unicorns and rainbows. So I designed a fun little unicorn with rainbow ribbons for my girl scout troop. The girls are going to a huge event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of girl scouts. All the girls will have cute little things that they made to trade with other girls called, "swaps". My troop will have the unicorns and a couple other swaps. The girls are so excited for this and can't wait to see what other girls made. 


For pattern go to craftsy

spider craft for kids

Supplies needed:

• egg carton


• scissors


• glue


• big fat black chenille stick for body


• regular size black chenille sticks


• black paint and sponge brush


• red felt


• googly eyes


• something like a poker from your pumpkin carving kit to make holes

1. cut egg carton into individual cups


2. poke 3 holes on each side for legs


3. paint black


4. cut red fabric into a small diamond shape and glue on inside of carton


5. cut regular size chenille sticks into about 4 equal pieces for legs


6. cut big chenille stick into about a 2-3 inch piece to wrap around the egg carton


7. glue big chenille stick down


8. insert legs into holes


9. glue on googly eyes

you're done!

Kit it! and give as a Halloween treat!



 

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