Lego Crayons

We sure do love Lego's over here! I have Lego molds from the birthday cake that I made Benjamin and got the idea from Pinterest to make crayons.

We peeled the paper from all the broken random crayons that were laying around the house. Then chopped them up into small pieces to fit the mold.

Once they were filled, we baked them in the oven.

As they melted we had to put extra crayon pieces inside to fit. Here's Benjamin waiting to fill the molds up the rest of the way.

We cooled them in the fridge after they came out of the oven. Next was the best part, coloring with them.

They make cool patterns depending on which side of the Lego crayon you use.

According to Benjamin, they are also fun to play with. We had a great time making them!

Father's Day Car Massage

Benjamin was pretty excited when I told him what we were making Mike/Dad for Father's Day. It's hard for him to keep secrets and he almost lead his dad to the hiding place the day before.

We found this idea on Pintrest. It's a shirt with a road map on the back. The kids get to play on their dad while he gets to relax with a car massage. Mike thought it was a great invention.

Below is the print out of the road map with the shirt.

Here is more detail. I added a duck pond to give it an additional personalized touch for Mike.

The front of the shirt has a hand print of each of the boys. That was Ben's favorite part!

Both boys had a fun time with their dad. Happy Father's Day Mike! The boys sure do think you're the greatest!

Movie Tickets

I've been saving movie ticket stubs for years and I've been trying to think of how I'd like to display them for some time. I finally decided to search Pinterest for ideas and immediately liked what I found. It was going to be a lot quicker than the other project I'd been trying to formulate in my mind.

 

I bought a shadow box and 3-D stickers. I situated the stickers and tickets how I wanted for the background. Then I picked a few of the more memorable and colorful tickets to put in the front, and the rest are sandwiched in between. I'm happy about how it turned out!

 

Marble Paper Craft

Today we did a paper craft experiment with shaving cream and food coloring.

We put shaving cream in a pan and drops of food coloring. Ben mixed it in (I think his favorite part). Then got the card stock paper I prepped by putting tape on the backside.

He squished the paper in the shaving cream.

 Pulled it out and I scraped the shaving cream off.

We ended up with some cool marbling effects.

When we were done, Ben played with the leftover cream.

 He ended up with blue hands, but at least it was a clean mess.

Plus, I got a hand in the face along with a kiss and a hug for a fun time.

Batik Pillowcases and Pillow

Two years ago I made a Batik Puzzle quilt for a family Christmas gift for Lan. I happened to draw her name again for last Christmas. Since I had some leftover fabrics, I used them to make two pillowcases and a monogrammed pillow. I get nervous when using fusible web because it makes my sewing machine needle sticky and then the thread frays. I was happy how everything turned out and didn't run into any problems.

 

Compression Quilt Hanger

The compression hanger to display my quilts is finished! I love finishing projects! I found the tutorial on Pintrest to make it myself. In the amount it would have cost me to buy the hanger somewhere else completed, I was able to do it in less than half.

Here are some pictures of the supplies I used: decorative trim, cabinet knobs with screws, sand paper, wood stain and polyurethane (thanks to Donna for lending me). Not shown is my drill and paint brushes used. I did have to buy countersink drill bits so that I could sink the screws into the wood so they would stick out and make holes in the wall. I made sure to use gloves when staining; even then I got stain on my fingers that took a day to completely wash off.

Below is the test run to make sure the hanger would hold the quilt and the screws matched up in the right place.

The final part was sandwiching the quilt into the hanger and leveling it on the wall. I used 3M command strips instead of picture hooks because it gives me the flexibility to place the hanger higher or lower on the wall depending on the quilt size. I'm excited to get holiday themed quilts made so I can display them for each season!

Fun Art Project

I finally got around to putting some art in Benjamin's room. I had fun making his name with all those monkeys hanging around.