Doll Beds

I don't remember exactly when we started on these doll beds, I want to say we bought all the wood and cut it out last February thinking we would have them done for Hannah's birthday. But once it was all cut out it sat there collecting cob webs in the basement.

We went to Dan and Crystal's on New Year's day to watch football and I brought all the wood along so Crystal could help me, but it never left my trunk.

That was all it took for the girls to be on our case to finally get them done, so we pulled it all out on Saturday and got to work. And when I say "we" I mean Rob.

They still need to be painted, and we need to make mattresses and blankets, but for now they are very happy girls!!

Project Pinned - 1st Grade Christmas Party

Somehow I ended up as Room Mom for Hunter's 1st grade class, not that I mind helping at school, I actually love it, but I didn't want to have the main responsibility. But when your friend, who is over all the Room Moms, calls and tells you no one else will do it you say yes, because that is what friends do.

I stressed and stressed over the Halloween party, I was upset because parents were unwilling to help even when I told them everything was done, but with the Christmas party I knew what to expect.

I planned on two games and a craft project, thankfully a couple Moms are at least willing to bring in treats.

The first game was an egg and spoon race, the idea came from a Christmas party handbook available at Bunting, Books, and Bainbridge {HERE}. I found two white eggs in my Easter Box and then glued a red and a green ribbon around each one, the wooden spoons came from the dollar store.

(and yes one is wet because it just came out of the dishwasher, I forgot to take a picture before the party).

I discovered at the Halloween party the kids love a relay race. They had a blast with this one and I loved hearing them chearing for their classmate who was trying not to let the egg drop, even when they were on the other team.

We also played this Gingerbread Dice Game  from Kinzie's Kreations. This one did take a while, most of the kids liked it but a few were bored. I think I will print a few more off and play it with my kids, they will love it.

I found this Christmas Felt Tree Activity from Olives and Pickles, and decided it would be a fun craft project. It was a hit. I posted a picture on Instagram and a couple of my friends suggested Ric Rac as garland, I never did get any, but the kids still enjoyed loading their trees up with buttons.

I didn't know if I would need a time filler so I also printed off this Add and Color By Numbers Santa from First Grade Friendly Frogs. I didn't end up using it so I left it with Hunter's teacher to use this week.

The party seemed to be a hit, which is always great. Up next, the Valentine's day party.

Project Pinned - Glitter Ornaments

A few years ago I saw the prettiest glitter ornaments made with Stampin' UP! ink and glitter. Sadly they would have cost me quite a bit of money so I never made them. The only problem was I couldn't get those ornaments out of my head. Thankfully Pinterest came along and I did a quick search for Glitter ornaments and was thrilled to find different instructions using floor polish and glitter.

Easy enough, and very affordable.

The original directions can be found at Plum Adorable.

Supplies:

Glass Ornaments 50% off from Hobby Lobby (2 boxes) - 3.99

Glitter (used a 50% off coupon) - 4.99

Pledge Floor Car Polish - 6.50

We found it takes a lot of glitter. I ended up using half of a big bottle of Martha Stewart glitter to make 24 round ornaments and four of the kids light bulb ornaments.

Also the dark colors of glitter covered a lot better than the lighter colors.

They are so pretty, I LOVE them, and I only broke one!!

Thankfully there is enough floor polish and glitter left to make a few more if needed, especially because the cat won't stop playing with them and has already broke one in only three days.

I also found these ornaments when I went into Hobby Lobby to get the round ornaments and I couldn't pass them up. I knew they would be so cute glittered for the kids tree, and they were 50% off so I bought the 8 boxes they had.

I found a Christmas package of Martha Stewart Glitter with 8 colors and then dug a few other colors out of my box from a Halloween package of glitter I bought a couple months ago. The colors were beautiful and they turned out even better then I imagined.

It was a messy but fun project and we couldn't be happier with our new glitter ornaments.