Mommy and Me Projects

Harmony's in preschool, officially, two days a week.  She was originally going everyday for three hours a day, but Mark Jr. and myself had to commute 2+ hours every day.  That's a lot of sitting!!  Regardless, of someone else teaching my pretty princess, I have planned additional weekly activities that will promote her artistic abilities and development.  Plus- we have so much fun doing these kind of fun activities together!!!  Soo.....the following is a list of projects we plan on the doing in the next few weeks.  I'll keep this list in the "Kids Corner" section of my site so I can up date it weekly.

Upcoming Projects at The Kid's Corner:

Paper Roll Butterfly

Flowers with Skewer

Create Lap-Book

Mod Podge Puzzle

Dr. Seuss Sock Puppet

Card Board Wall Art- Baseball Themed

Frame Red Sox Onesie Keepsake

Fall, Fall, FALL Crafts.
If you have any idea's let me know!!!  :)

..And, two current craft surprises from Mommy.  Shhhh.


Also...


Check out these fabulously fun and creative resources:

Hooray for Seussville!!!!
Full of activities for the Teachers that call themselves, Mommies.

Printable Dr. Seuss Activities and Pages

Plan your weekly theme

Preschool Printables and Idea's

Look for the weekly updated version in our "Kids Corner."


Enjoy!

Candice S.

Repurposed Candle Holder: The New Attempted Art Piece.

Happy Saturday!  Weekends are very busy for us now and are packed with house cleaning, catching up on school and papers, and any other projects I come up with.  Harmony has started preschool so being as we have one car on the road, I bring Mark to work.  Our commute is an hour one way.  Needless to say, I am now out of the home five days week and see the car a whole lot more than paper and glue.  This weekend I planned for Harmony and I to do several different fun projects...

I have been on the biggest mission to create something that is bright and artistic to use in my bedroom.  HA!  Bright soooo isn't me.  However, I'm trying to welcome fun and unique elements into my home to liven it up so it isn't so plain and simple.

I have two white, UGLY, votice candle stands that I have never really used because ..well, they're white and they don't match anything in my house.  I took some maroon colored tissue paper and covered the largest votive candle stand that I had with Mod Podge and then several layers of the tissue paper.  I then decided to use some clock scrap booking icons that I purchased for a $1.97 at Target last week for the decorations.  I used my hot glue gun to apply them and then had decided I wasn't too happy with the tissue paper color.  I wanted to spruce it up so I went to my china cabinet where I have a tea set that was given to me from my childhood.  Why not utilize it, right?  It has been sitting around for ten years!  ...So I did.  I love the way it came out..but should have used a different colored tissue paper.  Next time I'll think that part through a little more.  :)  I'm going to use it for jewelry that I take off daily and don't want to just "throw" into my jewelry box.... Thought it would be a perfect piece right on my dresser.

Slot for random items, a ring holder, & earring holder

Love my jewelry box with matching photo of my sister and I.

Have a great weekend!

Candice S.

Facial Masks and Body Recipes

Harmony and I love love LOVE making homemade masks and scrubs.  She looks totally adorable with them on too!!  I'll have to take pictures next time so you can see what we look like!

Most of the ingredients you probably have lying around the house are the ones that are easiest to convert into a facial mask or body scrub.  These are the ingredients that I personally find are most useful for combination to oily skin.  ..And they're yummy!

Plain Yogurt
(Cool and Refreshing)

Oatmeal Ground
(Makes excellent scrub and I use oatmeal FOR EVERYTHING.. just because..lol)

Honey
(Soothing)

Virgin Coconut Oil
(For extra dry skin and moisturizer)

Extracts and Oils
(For Fragrance)

..Egg whites, I personally don't use these but they're excellent for oily skin types!

*Adding sugar or salt creates a body or a facial scrub.

You can combine any of these ingredients to make a personalized mask that best benefits your skin type and your ingredient preference.  I would recommend using them 1-2 times a week.  A lot of these ingredients work as a buffer to remove dirt, oil, and dead skin so using them more might cause irritations.


Have fun and happy relaxing!

Candice S.

Child Wall Art

This week has been CRAZZZZYYYYY.  I have been relentlessly on the go bringing Harmony to school, which she loves, and commuting back and forth at that!  Mark Jr. and I are so excited for our two days off where we can lounge in our pajama's for the entire weekend.  Preschool is kicking our butt!

I haven't had to much time to get projects done.. sad face.  I did, however, do some more decorations for Harmony's room.  We love tissue paper so we decided since we have an entire birthday bag full of it that we would keep creating more decorations to match the bookholder we made a week or so ago.  My personal goal is to create and make all of our wall decorations for the kids rooms.

I bought some dowel's a few weeks ago and couldn't remember "why" I bought them in the first place.  I remember putting them on my shopping list because of some amazing project I wanted to do.  Can't even begin to remember the "amazing project" (Don't worry, I do this often) so I decide to come up with some idea's of my own.  Whether they're good or not..who knows.  Classy?  Nope.  Cute for a little girls room?  Check!

Here it goes.

Love shadow boxes and have made so many with Harmony for her ponies and barbies.  Loved this idea!  It's about 12 x 10.  Finally used our T-Shirt Yarn to hang it!

Decorated Mason Jar- Pinto Bean Plants.

I dyed the t-shirt yarn to create the flower wall decorations.  It was so easy and very simple to use.  Some buttons, coffee filters and tissue paper made the flowers, and my new best friend -my hot glue gun.

Coffee Filter and Tissue Paper Flowers- And A Butterfly.

They came out so cute and everything compliments each other regardless of their childlike appearance.  Harmony loves all of her handmade art.  :)

Happy Crafting and Happy Friday!  Wooohoooo!

Candice S.

T-Shirt Yarn

Recycled T-Shirt Yarn.  So simple.  So easy.  Even "I" can do it!

Thank you, Our Journey To A Simpler Life, for the full tutorial that includes a video for people that are visual learner's like me!  .. And for giving us an excellent recycling adventure that eliminates waste and crap... I love new idea's!

Ok, so this is by far, the neatest thing I have ever thought to do with the million of dull looking t-shirts that I end up throwing out every month because they are not "white enough"..thank you husband!  HA!

Below is just a recent example of clothes I am donating and white t-shirts that I was going to pitch in the garbage..until now.. ;)

What to do:

#1 Lay the t-shirt straight and cut the end seam off. 

#2 Start a cut that exhibits cutting a spiral out of the t-shirt.

#3 When you have finished cutting the "spiral" strips.. you just start from one end of you yarn and pull al of the way to the other end to give the "yarn" affect that the below picture has..versus strips that look like cut cotton...hehe..

(I didn't take pictures of this step so go visit that blog for full tutorial)

Don't worry!!.. Scissors were placed there for picture ONLY..not for baby use.. :)  He was just about to make an attempt to eat our yarn..

I balled up our t-shirt yarn!  Thank you Harmony, for modeling it for us!  ;)

..And now..You can crochet to your imagination's end..use it for crafts, knitting, etc.

Here's some yarn that I dyed so I can use it to make a mobile or something* for Harmony's room.

  

So, now I'm off to bring a little girl to her first day of preschool!  How exciting!

..Oh.. and..

I have officially declared Tuesday, Upcycle Tuesday!  

Have a great one!

Candice S.

Early Christmas- Idea's and Traditions

Happy Friday- Busy Friday for me!!  I have papers and classes on Friday's.. and then usually do some heavy planning for the weekend.

I know that we are not even entering Fall yet.. but I am just too excited to even consider that Christmas is only a few months away.  I am always so eager to start my Christmas shopping and organize my craft idea's..that I wanted to take a moment to share some of the decorating and crafts that we did last season.

There are so many things that you can do with the clippings that come from the bottom of the tree.

This one is my favorite!!  LOVE the smell of fresh Christmas Trees?  ..You'll love putting the extra limbs in a vase with some water.  

Lastly, Decorating with the Snowflakes were my favorite!  Harmony and I enjoyed making these, decorating gift bags with them, and using them for Christmas decor at home.  I'll post a tutorial on how to do these.  :)  

I have so many crafts that are hanging in the balance, so I will be posting more of them soon.  Project Bookshelf and Entertainment Center haven't been started yet.. 

Upcoming tutorials on the following:

How to make T-Shirt Yarn out of a recycled T-Shirt

Lap Books

Mod Podge Puzzles

Wall Hangings

..And More!

Have a great day and Happy Creating!

Candice S.

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Have a great night!  

Candice S.