Minnie Mouse for the Birthday Girl

Someone is almost 3 years old.  

She told me she wanted a Minnie and Mickey Mouse Cake for her party.  

Then she informed she needed to have ears with bows like Minnie Mouse ... 

and a Minnie Mouse dress.

Homemade Christmas 2012

Another Homemade Christmas...

Another apron for my girls.  The aprons are personalized with their intials.  These are made from repurosed jeans.  Here is a tutorial for the jean apron.















A rose scarf - this is made from felt.  I sewed the scalloped circles together to make the flowers.  Then I sewed the flowers to the felt scarf.  This could be a no sew project by using a glue gun.

A friend of mine asked if I could make a dress for her daughter out of some material that she had.  This is what I made.  From what I hear, the daughter loves it!  

Front of Dress

Back of Dress

Taekwondo for my girl

My 5 year old daughter asked us she if she could learn Taekwondo.  Maybe to defend herself if her brother attacks?  :)  You may remember the shirt I made for him.

She told me she needed a shirt to wear under her uniform.  For some reason, I saved the freezer paper 'kick person' from my son's shirt and used it.  I decided to use her favorite color.

Taekwondo Kick Shirt

My son and husband are taking Taekwondo together.  My son asked for a t shirt that he could wear with his uniform.

I made this shirt by making a stencil with freezer paper.

Need to hang a poster?

Have a poster to hang up for your kids (or yourself)?  My older two children each had a poster they wanted to hang up.  I did not want to buy 2 poster frames to hang them...So I glued a strip of cardboard on each end of the poster to keep it from rolling.  I then added a pop tab to be able to hang it on 3M hooks.

Christmas Picture Block Ornament

When decorating our Christmas tree, I love looking at the pictures of my children from years past.  This year, I saw this idea on Pinterest and decided to make some for Grandparents, Great Grandparents, Uncles, and Aunt.

You may either purchase craft blocks from the store or I opted to make my own from a deck banister.  I pulled out my husband's power saw and went to work cutting blocks.  I also drilled a hole through each block for the string.  I used Krylon black spray paint to paint each block.  Using my computer, I printed each child's name with the year to add to a side of each block.  A few pics, some mod podge, a few beads, and string and here the finished project.

Grandkids...Make Life Grand

Now that Christmas is over, I can post a few of the gifts that I made.  I made these for the Grandparents.  Here is a simple one that I found on Pinterest.   Yes, I pulled out the husband's power tools for this one.  :)  I found some extra wood and cut it to size.  I have been staining the our deck (little by little) and used stain for this board.

Snowman Milk Jugs

Have an empty milk jug? If you remember back in October, we made glowing Pumpkins from empty milk jugs. I saved a few more so we could make snowmen. I gave my 2 older children construction paper, glue, scissors, and an empty milk jug. They had fun creating their snowmen. The one with the hat is mine. The one is the middle is by my 4 year old daughter. The one on the right is my son's. His snowman's future is so bright it is wearing shades...Yes, the orange stripe on the eyes are sunglasses just so you know.

When we finished, I cut a hole in the back of each snowman and added a strand of white Christmas lights.

Felt Christmas Tree

We put up and decorated our Christmas Tree the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. We are not Black Friday shoppers.

This year, I let all 3 of my kids help decorate the tree. I have an almost 7 year old, a 4 1/2 year old, and a 1 1/2 year old. Each year, I buy an ornament for each of my children. These ornaments are specific for each child. The ornaments are memories of what the kids have loved for the year. My oldest is into Super Heroes, so Batman for him. My middle is all about Princess, so Rapunzel for her. For my youngest, her first word (besides mama & dada) was tractor. Of course it is pronounced 'ractor.' Her other favorite word and thing to look for is combine.

After getting the new and older ornaments, we began. We tried to help the youngest hang the ornaments on the tree. She did not want anything to do with hanging the ornaments on the tree. No, instead she would pick one up, look at it, and then throw it. (And she has quite the arm for a 1 1/2 year old.) When she started to pull them off the tree to throw them, we stopped decorating until she took a nap. After nap time she no longer pulled off the ornaments. She has learned which ones have buttons to turn on for more fun.

Since they had so much fun decorating the tree, I made a felt one so they can decorate and un-decorate the tree as much as they want. I used felt to make the tree and ornaments.

Princess Finger Puppets

I have been working on a Homemade Christmas. For my 4 yr old daughter, I made these princess finger puppets. Of course, I also made a bag would to need to carry these 5 Princesses. These were super east to make! I found the idea and tutorial over at Made it on Monday.
Now, shhh...Don't tell her what she is getting from me!

Bench and Shoe Storage

With trying to finish up the new room for my youngest and the Holidays, I did not get this posted.

Here is another power tool project. We took the top hutch thing off of our computer desk. My hubby was going to cut it up and throw it away, but then he left for some military school and it did not end up in the trash.

So, my plan was to re-purpose it into a shoe bench...You know, a bench where you can sit and put on/take off shoes. It would also store these shoes. I used a rubber mallet to take off the back. Then I pulled out the circular saw. I cut the sides to make it shorter. I added a piece of wood to the bottom.

While working on these I changed my mind and thought I would like it better as a toy bin in my youngest daughter's new room. It ended up being a little long for her room so, back to the shoe bench.

A little primer, some paint and...

Now, I need to cover some boxes to store the shoes!

Easy Braided Fleece Blanket

How many of you have a tied 2 sided fleece blanket? Are those knots comfy to sleep on? Probably not. My son found this eagle fleece material that he loved. I was not going to get it because he has so many blankets. I did go back later to buy it. I found this tutorial or this one over on Pinterest and wanted to try it. It only takes the 1 piece of fleece! This braided fleece blanket was super easy! I used a paper clip.

Book Shelf on Dresser

We recently added a bedroom to our house for our youngest. She is so happy to have her own night-night. Her bedroom is a little smaller than the other kids' bedrooms, so I need to be a little creative with her furniture. I did not want to put a book case in the room to take up space. I pinned this idea and decided I could make something similar.

I found some small wooden boxes at Joann Fabrics to use. I dug out the circular saw to cut them in half. Then I painted them with White Krylon Primer and Paint. To attach each half to the dresser I used Liquid Nail. I am planning on adding some to the other side of the dresser also.

My youngest was so excited to have her books in her room. She immediately went and pulled all her books off the shelves looking for her Dora and Elmo book.

Linked to Fix It Up Friday

Glow in the Dark Pumpkins

Need an easy decorated pumpkin? Have empty milk jugs?

I gave my 3 kids empty milk jugs and permanent markers. I told the older to draw a pumpkin face. (The youngest just colored her pumpkin.) They asked if they could draw one on each side. Sure, Why not? To light their pumpkins when they finished, I gave them glow bracelets to place inside. They even picked the glow color. The kids loved this simple easy project.

Linked to

Pink Tractor

My new fave thing....Freezer Paper!

Using freezer paper as a stencil to paint this little pink tractor for my youngest was super easy! My youngest daughter loves tractors. (Tractor was one of her first words after dog and ball. ) I could not find a girl tractor shirt for her so I made one.

Covered Boxes

Yes, I am cute and I did this!

After picking up this mess one time to many, I wanted to store our kid dvds and games in the cabinet. I found a use for the empty diaper boxes - Storage! The boxes fit on the shelves in our cabinet. I cut off the top flaps of the box and covered the box in material. An easy, no sew project.

2-2 4 a 4 yr old

My daughter had a tutu that she wore all the time. It was one with a few layers of tulle attached to leggings. She outgrew it awhile ago so I decided to make her a new one for her 4th birthday. She was thrilled. Happy 4th Birthday!