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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
How Kids Can Make Connect the Dots
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Monday, September 29, 2014
Felt Storyboards
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How to Build Confidence in Kids While Doing Activities
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Sunday, September 28, 2014
30 Halloween Luminaries to Light Up the Night
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I absolutely love Halloween, and making Halloween luminaries is something I try to do every year. You can certainly make lanterns any time of year, but there’s just something special about things that glow during Halloween!
30 Halloween Luminaries to Light Up the Night
There are all sorts of materials that can serve as lanterns or luminaries. Can you think of anything around your house that could light up the night? Here are a few ideas:
- Glass and plastic jars
- Paper bags
- Small pumpkins
- Tin cans
- Plastic jugs and bottles
- Baby food jars
- Paper cups
Safety note: instead of candles, try LED tea lights, which make a great alternative to real flames!
Jars, Bottles, Cups & Cans
Crafts by Amanda shares these cool Colorful Skull Luminaries.
These Halloween Painted Jar Luminaries have been circulating the web since 2009.. via Crafts by Amanda.
This Creative Mom shared this cute Yarn Mummy Luminary.
Saved by Love Creations turned empty bottles into these Candy Corn Bottle Luminaries.
A Grande Life shares these darling Small Jar Luminaries!
Krylon shares how to make these Plastic Bottle Luminaries from recycled items.
We love these super simple Glowing Ghost Luminaries from Projects for Preschoolers.
The Australian Baby Blog turned ordinary tableware into these Plastic Cup Luminaries.
This Old House provides a detailed tutorial for making Tin Can Luminaries.
Kids will love this adorable Mummy Jar Luminary from Celebrations.
By painting her cans black, Jolly Mom turned a classic into these Black Tin Can Lanterns.
This Flying Witch Lantern is explained over at Making Lemonade
Hope you’ve been saving your milk jugs because these Milk Jug Lanterns from Making Memories with Your Kids are a must.
Crafts by Amanda shares her Ghost Luminaries from painted jars.
Pumpkins & Jack O’ Lanterns
I love the way this Twine Pumpkin Luminary glows! Via Flourish.
100 Directions explains how to turn one of those cute little pumpkins into this darling Wax Paper Pumpkin Luminary
The Garden Glove shares how to make Drilled Pumpkins for your porch.
Head over to Red Ted Art and make some darling Paper Mache Tissue Paper Pumpkin Lanterns.
Also over at Red Ted Art you’ll find these Jack-O-Lantern Luminaries
Not So Idle Hands has a great tutorial for making these Tissue Paper Jack O’ Lantern Jars.
Paper, Vellum & Paper Bags
I love the spooky feel these Black Paper Lanterns from The Southern Institute give off!
I spotted these gorgeous Colorful LED Light Luminaries over at Halloween Forum.
Use any printable you like, or these ones shared by For Chic Sake to make these Printable Vellum Luminaries.
Vellum isn’t the only thing that you can use! Check out these Printable Paper Luminaries from Not Just Decorating.
Make Simple Stenciled Paper Bag Luminaries from paper bags – via Modern Parents Messy Kids
Martha Stewart shows you how to make these beautiful Paper Bag Leaf Lanterns.
If you head over to Aunt Peaches she’ll show you how to make Spider Web Luminaries.
Unique & Quirky
Remember those melted bead sun catchers? Make some Melted Bead Luminaries too, via Sarah vs. Sarah.
These spooky Skeleton Hands glow in the night from Formal Fringe.
Who would have thought?? Katie Did It – she made cool Cheese Grater Pumpkin Luminaries.
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Saturday, September 27, 2014
Fire Station Visit
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Friday, September 26, 2014
3-D Picture Frame
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
A Morning at Work
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Picture Paperweight
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Halloween Reading Fort Pajama Party
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Bean Bag Buddies
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How to Make a Frankenstein Shirt
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I’ve been wanting to make a Frankenstein shirt for the past two Halloweens. I adore Halloween and all the darling Frankenstein crafts that are out there, but you don’t see a lot of shirts. I found a green shirt at WalMart for $2.00 (score!) and took that as a sign that it was time to bring this project out of my brain and onto fabric.
Make a Frankenstein Shirt
If you can’t find a shirt at the store, Michaels and Hobby Lobby usually stock several colored plain t-shirts near the fabric paint. You could also dye a white one green!
You will need:
- Green shirt
- Black and white fabric paint
- Black fabric paint marker
- Shirt form or piece of foam core board
- Tools: paintbrush, roll of duct tape*, ruler, bottle of glue*
*The bottle of glue and roll of duct tape are simply for tracing circles for the eyes, you will not actually be using either one.
There are LOTS of fabric paints out there and I know that choosing them can be confusing. I like the soft fabric paints, which means that they will not dry stiff, they move with the fabric. There are different brands, I have successfully used both DecoArt’s So Soft paint and Tulip soft fabric paint, which is the one you see pictured here. I also used a Tulip dual tip fabric marker to draw the design.
If you do a lot of t-shirt painting, you probably have a t-shirt form. I just use a piece of foam core board and insert it inside the t-shirt. This gives you a solid surface to work on as well as protecting the back side of your shirt from any seepage (of which I had none, but never hurts to be safe).
Use the fabric marker to draw the hair, which is simply lines going up and down in a triangular pattern across the front of the shirt, about chest level.
Squeeze some black fabric paint on to a plastic dish or palette (paper plates can absorb paint, so avoid using those) and brush the paint onto the shirt within the drawn lines.
Use a ruler and your marker to draw your eyebrow. Use the roll of duct tape and trace around it to create the eyes below the brow.
Trace the glue bottle inside the larger circles to create the eye pupils. Use your paintbrush to color in the eyebrow and pupils with black paint, and paint the whites of the eyes with white fabric paint.
Finish Frankie off by using the marker to add a simple nose, some stitches and a stitched mouth.
Follow the instructions on your fabric paint for curing. This product says to dry flat for four hours and wash inside out after 72 hours.
Then find a silly ham of a child to wear it and take lots of pictures! Happy Halloween!
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30 Oh-So-Cool Science Experiments for Preschoolers to Try
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Monday, September 22, 2014
Penny Can
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Choosing a Halloween Costume: How to Help Your Child Decide
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Choosing a child’s Halloween costume can be daunting, especially with all the costume choices these days! Whether you buy one from the store or you would like to make your own Halloween costume, there are a lot of options out there. So how do you help your child choose what to be?
Helping Your Child Choose a Halloween Costume
When brainstorming ideas, think about your child’s interests and hobbies. Does he love to push his toy cars and trucks around? Or maybe your little girl adores her afternoon tea parties with her teddy bears. Whether it’s dinosaurs, football or bugs, their interests provide a starting point to build their costume around.
Here are a few quick examples of matching a child’s interest to their costume:
- Car crazy – Use yellow duct or electrical tape to add the center dividing line for a road all over a black sweatshirt. Attach dollar store cars to the shirt/road.
- Tea party princess – Fake pearls, a fancy play hat and a lovely feather boa make a great fancy-pants outfit.
- Baseball fan – Wearing a baseball cap, a dark t-shirt with a number painted on the back and carrying a toy bat makes them the star player.
Getting creative
Use your imagination… or your child’s for that matter! If your son is a dinosaur expert, ask him to choose three favorite creatures he might like to be for Halloween. Together, look them up on the Internet, then from the pictures envision the best plan of attack to make the costume.
If your child loves butterflies, this beautiful Monarch butterfly costume might be just what you’re looking for. Maybe your kids are the superhero type, in which case costumes can be as simple as a piece of fabric for the cape, a mask made from felt and a t-shirt with a painted or fabric logo glued on.
If you sew, there are tons of patterns available online and in fabric stores. If you aren’t much of a seamstress, or simply don’t have a sewing machine available, hot glue works well on most fabrics.
Sewing not required
Not crazy about working with patterns and fabrics? There are other alternatives, such as cardboard and poster board. If your child is a Lego fan, they’ll love this Lego costume made from a cardboard box and spray paint.
There are plenty of costumes that can be put together from items around the house. For example, it’s easy to create a chef’s costume. Borrow one of Daddy’s white button up shirts, make a chef’s hat from white poster board, grab a wooden spoon, whisk and plastic mixing bowl, dust some flour on your child’s face and they’re ready to go.
Maybe your child likes watching old monster movies with dad. If so, dress him us as a classic mummy. Take an old white bed sheet or other light colored fabric, cut or torn into long strips, and soak it in tea. Let the fabric get a bit tea stained then rinse, squeeze out the excess water and let dry. Wrap your child up in the fabric, use safety pins in various spots as you go to keep the bandages from unraveling.
Little Taylor’s room yells Princess from every corner. Help her bring that fantasy to life with a little creativity. Make a Princess hat from poster board or a sheet of craft foam and some tulle. Tape the end of some tulle to the poster board, then roll up the poster board into a cone shape. Trim the bottom edge of the cone so it is even, and decorate the rim with felt or lace. Use tape or a stapler (make sure the sharp end of the staple is on the outside of the hat) to attach a piece of elastic for a chin strap. Make a fancy skirt by sewing shiny fabric, then covering in complementary tulle (or raid the dress-up box). Finish with a pretty blouse, add some body glitter to her face, a touch of lip gloss and some simple homemade princess bracelets.
Search early
Don’t wait until 3 days before Halloween to start looking for ideas! Sure, you’ll find something, but chances are you will narrow down your choices dramatically. If you plan to make your own costume and it requires accessories or a certain fabric, you could find yourself out of luck. Remember, there are hundreds of other parents doing the same thing as you!
Type in phrases such as “DIY Halloween costumes” or “Halloween costume ideas” into search engines and use the “image” option for quick visual results. Go to Pinterest and search on “costumes for kids” for some real Halloween overload! You’ll find plenty of ideas from popular movies, like these Frozen costume ideas or collections of specific types like these no-sew costume options. You’ll find costumes from the simple to the elaborate and everything in between.
Don’t stress it
Halloween is a fun time of year, but chances are your child will wear that costume once. Maybe you have younger kids that you can pass it down to, or perhaps they’ll use it for dress up fun. But, more than likely they’ll wear it for a Halloween party and for trick-or-treating and never touch it again. So don’t stress yourself out about it and worry about it being perfect, your child will love whatever you buy or make for them. Keep it simple and do whatever makes you and your child happy. If that means buying a costume then so be it. If you love to create, then by all means make one! Whatever makes the two of you smile together.
So what are you waiting for? Sit down with your kids and put your heads together to come up with a fun Halloween costume idea you both will truly enjoy.
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