A Burlap craft

Burlap is such a great material and has so many uses.  This craft was a lot of fun and took very little time to complete. 

 

Materials you will need:

A piece of burlap material

A piece of wood or board approximately 8in by 18in

Acrylic paint

A stencil (for the letter)

hot glue

twine

 

Start by stretching the burlap to the edges of the board/wood.  Hot glue the edges in place. Cut the remaining material to the edges. Once you have the burlap glued in place, take your stencil and place it where you want it.  Paint your letter (I used the first letter of our last name) and remove your stencil.  I used a piece of the extra burlap that I had to make a flower for the top left corner.  A bow would work just fine too.  Be creative and add whatever is best for you. Once your paint is dry you can embelish as you wish.  I chose to go simple with my letter and added a little button to the bottom left corner.  Now take the twine and wrap it around the bottom of your board/wood.  Once you have the desired amount of twine in place, tie it in the back.  Take one more piece of twine and hot glue it in place on the back of the board/wood.  After the glue is dry hang it up and enjoy.  The twine at the bottom is for placeing pictures in or anything else that you would like.

Pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating

 

Tessa's favorite part of carving her pumpkin is playing in all of the goo

 

Jayda was just trying to figure out what her sister was doing



 

 

Our little Orca Whale

Our little pumpkin

 

Tessa's little cousin, Fi



Our neighbors had little glasses of wine for the adults 

counting her candy

Soaking up fall

One of my favorite fall memories is from when I was a little girl.  I would spend hours piling up leaves, and I would then run and jump into them.  I would throw the leaves into the air and watch them fall slowly to the ground, and then I would do it all over again.  Needless to say, when I see a big pile of leaves now, all of those memories flood my mind.

 

These are a few of the fall pictures I took last week while we were in E. Washington

Easy and Inexpensive crafts for kids

Tessa loves making crafts just like her mamma.  I'm always trying to pull everyday throw-aways into some sort of craft.  These two crafts were a lot of fun for Tess to make and play with.

 

 Water Shakers

Just take a bottle of water and peel the label off.  You (if your kids are old enough, let them add the ingredients) will need to add food coloring, colored buttons, and glitter if you'd like.  Glue the lid in place so the kids can't open it and you're done.  It's just that simple.  It's been two weeks since Tess made her shaker, and she still loves it.

Jayda had fun watching her big sister

 

Cardboard Binoculars

Let your child paint two toilet paper rolls, and wait for the paint to dry.  When the paint is dry, glue the two rolls together parallel to each other. Add a string if you'd like, and your child has a pair of binoculars.