Papier mâché hen challenge
A few months back Molly Moo published a picture of a very cool papier mâché Hen that she had made at her papier mâché course. This precipitated a Hen Craft Challenge which Alex & I agreed to take part in, and of course Nico helped a little and also requested his own so we have three hens for you. We printed our pattern on cardstock and I assembled them. We used basic flour/water glue for our hens … Read entire article »
Kid painted chairs
(Jan. 23, 2012) I bought little wood chairs a long time ago (pre Nico) at a thrift shop, I knew I’d have kids and wanted good old solid wood furniture. So now years later, Nico was using them in their used white paint. One day, I asked him if he wanted to paint them, he was very excited, so I promised to sand them a bit (just to rough them up) and we’d paint them. … Read entire article »
Peanuts snowman magnets
We’ve gotten lots of snow this winter, but we also have been sick and we’ve also had a few really cold snaps which leads to not much playing in the actual snow. I thought we should try and make a snowman that doesn’t melt. So we got shelled peanuts, mixed a bit of white glue with white paint and Nico painted the shelled peanuts one by one. When one was done he would pour salt over … Read entire article »
Real fall leaf magnets
(Oct 18, 2012) I’ve been pondering how to preserve fall leaves, I tried Mod Podge, they curled up. I thought of contact paper, but it doesn’t seal that well… I was talking with hubby about my conundrum when he came up with a BRILLIANT idea! So I tried his brilliant idea after nap time this afternoon, when Nico got up I explained to him that he could pick pretty, still soft, not curled up leaves … Read entire article »
DIY Octonauts felt finger puppets
(July 6, 2012) So for a while now, Nico has been obsessed with the Octonauts, and of course wanted to play with them. Ick, you can’t find them in stores here, so after seeing Curious George’s “Sock Monkey Opera” episode, Nico wanted puppets. I brushed it off and got him busy with something else. Ok, reading this back, it sounds very weird and incoherent, but I promise it makes sense in the end, lol. I … Read entire article »
DIY themed word sight cork board
I got this farm fabric in the States that I knew Nico would love, since he loves everything farm for the last year. I only got a yard (asked for a meter, force of habit, but the girl said nope, jokingly and offered me a yard instead), it was a little pricey but I knew I could do a few things with that. I didn’t want to just go cushions so my mother suggested a cork … Read entire article »
Kids glass cozies
(Sept, 24, 2012) Nico kept complaining his glass of milk in the morning, afternoon and evening was too cold to hold, so I wrapped a dish towel around for him. It’s not the best solution but it works. This morning, my mother came up to visit and saw this usual fact happen, but something clicked! She had started crocheting a circle and just thought she could raise a cylinder to it and voilà! In a … Read entire article »
Apple picking bucket
A long time ago, I got this wood bucket at the dollar store for 2$, I like buckets, not sure why, just do. I was trying to think of something to do for fall and I thought, Nico could use this bucket for apple picking, it’s light and not too big. Even though it’s got a two tone wood checker pattern it’s a little blah. I thought some good old apple prints on it could … Read entire article »
2 sided door hanger for preschooler
We got the shapes at the dollar store and I always grab little wood things for him to paint, he loves that. I grabbed those door hangers, thinking for later when he can read and use it properly. The other day he wanted to paint them so I said “ok, why not” and explained what they were for. He wanted black paint and cars, so I obliged and let him go. Of course the cars had … Read entire article »
DIY shoebox fire station (City of Friends)
(August 25, 2012) Nico has been watching City of Friends on the Quebec French kids channel for a while and has been asking about a fire truck since then. I looked everywhere in town and the next town even, I couldn’t find a fire truck for his birthday. But yesterday we went to Walmart in the US and found a whole fire station kit from their own brand Kid Connection for only 4.97$! Of course … Read entire article »
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