Spring!

Okay, maybe it isn't officially Spring but I have the fever. Do you? I am wanting to do things that are Spring-y! Ha!

so....I made this

This is how I did it!

straw wreath and you don't have to remove the plastic!

pick your flower in all different colors

I pulled off the stems to each flower. Then I glued them to the wreath. I did have an order of how the colors should line up but it still did not balance out as well as I wanted it to.

glue gun

thick ribbon any color of your choosing and you don't have to cut!

Once I finished gluing all the flowers on, I just tied the ribbon to the hanger on the door. This is easier than figuring out how much or how long to cut the ribbon.

My Spring Wreath

what it looks like on another door

I priced this type of wreath at stores such as Michael's, Hobby Lobby and Garden Ridge. The lowest price I saw it for was $35. If you waited for a coupon then maybe just maybe you could get it half of that. However, the ones priced at $35 were much smaller than mine. This project cost me well under $20. Now, I really could have saved money if I was paying attention to the ads that week because one of the competitors had marked their flowers down over 50% off. I only got a 40% off discount. So, could have been closer to the $12 price range. The fun part of making your own is you can do whatever you want! So, I challenge you to get out and do a simple project such as mine. My son also helped me in this project!

"It does not have to be perfect to be homemade!"

Finger Paints

Last week my son and I were painting with watercolors when I realized we were nearing the end of our palette. He LOVES Art! Which is so much fun for this momma! Anyway, I thought if I can make homemade playdough surely I can do paint. I began a search. I did find a few recipes and they all seemed pretty similar so I just picked one.

This recipe comes from http://www.creativekidsathome.com/activities/activity_42.html

Original Fingerpaint

Ingredients

1/2 cup cornstarch

3 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups cold water
food coloring

Directions:In a medium pan, mix all the ingredients together to make the finger paint. Cook over low heat 10 to 15 minutes. Keep stirring the finger paint mixture until it is smooth and thick. After the finger paint has thickened take the pan off the stove and let the mixture cool.After cooling, divide the finger paint into storage containers depending on how many colors you would like. Add a few drops of food coloring to each container. Stir the coloring in to the paint to determine the shade of color. You're ready to finger paint! Cover tightly when storing.

Here is how mine come out. The only problem I came across was the consistency was not the same with each color so I need to readjust how I prepared them. I am sure it is all USER ERROR! HA!

I did add water & salt. I just forgot to set it next to the other ingredients.

The purple was the best as far as consistency and when using on paper.

I am definitely going to try several recipes to find the one that works for us. Making our own is so worth it since my son paints ALL the time!