Father's Day Cereal Bowl

For his first Father's Day, I made Poke a cereal bowl especially for him, from 4L.  I also painted a mustache on his favorite mug.

Michael's had some ceramic paint on sale, so I went ahead and bought all the primary colors plus a few extras. I have many plans for this paint!

It's easy to use, if you are patient.  You can't just slop it on like acrylic paint - you must dab gently, otherwise you'll get streaks and lines instead of a smooth finish.

Paint, let dry overnight, paint again, let dry overnight, then bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees (or whatever your paint says to bake at for however long).

Yay! Custom-made wares!

 

 

 And now a photo of Poke enjoying cereal out of his awesome bowl:

Diaper Cake & Cupcakes

First, here is a picture of some hot glue that dried in the shape of Squidward:

Now here is how to make diaper cupcakes:

• Unfold and refold diapers lengthwise.
• Roll up like a doobie (half of the diapers - save the other half)
• Other half - roll up straight edge to edge.
• Wrap a rubber band around.
• Stick the doobie inside the straight roll.
• Decorate with anything that will not affect the integrity of the diaper (no staples/pins/markers/etc).

Tada!

For a cake, wrap them all up straight except for one, which will be the top layer.  Put a bottle of wine or water or something the mommy and daddy like to drink in the middle of a platter. Place diaper wraps all around, making three layers. Secure each layer with a big rubber band. Wrap ribbon around, or cover each entire layer with a receiving blanket - the possibilities are endless!

Happy Mother's Day! Footprint Gift

For Mother's Day this year, I made a footprint keepsake for my mom and Poke's mom.  It was free, because I had the canvases, the paint, and the little baby foot to make cute little prints with!  This is a very easy project, even if you have a squirmy baby - just enlist your partner's help!

I left the canvas white, and painted 4L's feet from heel to toe in green, yellow, and blue acrylic paints.  On the first try, we stood him up on the canvas and pushed his feet down, but that didn't give a very full foot shape.  On the second try, Poke held 4L like Superman while I pressed the canvas to his feet, one at a time.  Originally I thought I might draw a butterfly or a heart or something using the footprints, but they were so cute and simply precious on their own that I just left them.  I did paint his name and "May 2012" in green underneath the prints.  For the hanger I super glued a pop tab to the back (I've done this on ALL my canvases that are smaller than 8.5"x11", unless they were very bulky/heavy).

Just had to add a note in here that this is my 666th post. Heheheeee!

Throwback to Elementary School

Day Two of Soakin' up the Dyes

After we dyed the Easter eggs, I had all this dye leftover, and I couldn't just throw it down the drain!

Step 1: Dye

Step 2: Celery

Step 3: Enjoy

After one week, the celery is beautiful, but... Down the drain we go!