We hosted a "Tie Dye" party in our back yard earlier this week and it was FUN! We invited a bunch of friends to come over with white shirts and dressed to get WET. The kids made shirts, played in the homemade sprinklers and wading pool, ate lunch and PLAYED. It was great! Kaylee kept coming up to me and saying, "Not done yet Mama!" and would then run back to the wading pool to play. The weather was in the mid 80s, not a cloud in the sky and very low humidity. Perfect! I supplied beverages for ... Read More about Summer Tie Dye Party!
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Homemade Sprinklers
On Saturday, Derrick decided that he was going to help the boys make their own sprinklers. I would never have thought to do such a thing! He sat down with them and they designed exactly what they wanted. The "blue prints" as the boys called them were pretty cute. I love how Aaron added all of the grass and water in his.Then we went to Lowe's. While Kaylee and I picked out hanging flower baskets, the boys browsed up and down the plumbing aisle, picking out PVC pipe fittings for their ... Read More about Homemade Sprinklers
{I Love You to Pieces} Puzzle Father’s Day Cards
 I know it's too late for anyone to use this idea this year for Mother's Day (the tags say "Mom"), but Father's Day is just around the corner and these would be great for Dads too! I came up with this activity for the children at our church. I needed an inexpensive activity for 45 children! Oriental Trading sells blank puzzles for a reasonable price, but I only had a week to prepare these, and if I ordered from them they wouldn't have been here in time. So I found mine at ... Read More about {I Love You to Pieces} Puzzle Father’s Day Cards
Little Rainbow Cake
 Aaron made this sweet little cake for his preschool teacher's birthday. I wanted something that he could do on his own. He helped bake it (even cracked the eggs on his own!) and then got to work decorating it.  Just skittles and mini marshmallows. He was so very proud of his cake and his teacher was thrilled to receive it. She shared a little piece with each member of the class and even took a picture of the cake and is using it as her facebook profile picture :)  A fun, cheerful, and ... Read More about Little Rainbow Cake
Time Capsule Birthday Gift! 1920’s, 30’s, 40’s
Send a family or friend on a nostalgic journey and make a time capsule birthday gift from the 1920's 30's or 50's! Brimming with treats and gifts. I've been thinking about my grandma lately. She is one the biggest inspirations behind my love for sewing. Today I'm sharing a gift that I made her a few years before she passed away. A nostalgic time capsule gift from the 1920's, brimming with treats and trinkets from the decade she was born. When she passed away I received the tin back that I ... Read More about Time Capsule Birthday Gift! 1920’s, 30’s, 40’s
Birds!
 Aren't these fun?!?! I saw these on Obsessively Stitching and knew that my boys would love them. Aaron asked for a green one, and Dallin asked for a blue one. So last night, since Derrick is out of town,  I got to work and ended up with a couple of more. They were just too easy to make!  The patterns and tutorials were great. I spent about 2 hours on the pig and all of the birds. The boys were very excited to see these when they woke up. Since I made the red bird and pig as well, Aaron was ... Read More about Birds!
The Mini Wasp Bag
 Do you remember this Wasp Bag that I made a while ago? I LOVE it! Every year for the past 3 years, I have made my mom a handbag for her birthday. The first year she asked for one around her birthday, the second year that one started to wear out so I sent her another, and this year I decided that she might like an upgrade again. It's fun choosing fabrics that I think she will like and trying new patterns.  As you can see, my bag is much larger than hers. I scaled it down a lot. I have 3 kids, ... Read More about The Mini Wasp Bag
Brown Bag Apple Gift Sacks
 Last night I was browsing some blogs looking for something to add to our teacher's appreciation gifts. Maybe a unique way to wrap them or a little treat to make with them. I saw these on Skip to My Lou and immediately left the computer, grabbed 4 lunch bags, a can of red spray paint and headed outside. 10 minutes later I had 4 sacks, ready to turn into little apples...for FREE. I love them!!  I made some cardstock tags and a little leaf and added our memo cubes, along with a candy bar for ... Read More about Brown Bag Apple Gift Sacks
Teacher Appreciation Memo Cubes
 Last year for "Teacher's Appreciation Week", we made chocolate covered strawberries. We'll probably still do strawberries for the teachers this year, but also made these little custom memo cubes. I saw the idea here and ran with it! I went to Office Max with a pack of 500 sheets of copy paper and they made 6 memo pads for me with the sides glued (1 side on each).  Here are the ones that Aaron made for his preschool teacher. Everything looks cuter when a preschooler does it. We sure love our ... Read More about Teacher Appreciation Memo Cubes