Stamped Air-Dry Clay Ornaments


Hi there! Today, I did a fun project with my crafty friend, which is pretty rare these days with a 4 month old! During little ones nap, I got my clay out in hopes to make some handmade ornaments. I bought the white air-dry clay to make little baby handprints, which we eventually got to, but while waiting for baby to wake up, we had fun experimenting with different kind of stamping. I found some ideas on this fun blog while searching on Pinterest. 
I brought out some stamps, but the using real cedar branches was so fun! I used a brayer, but a rolling pin works fine! For the ornament shape, i used a cookie cutter, but since I didn't have a circle, I used a cup and an exacto knife like it's shown above. They should take 2-3 days to dry... just don't forget to make your string/hook hole before they do!  I can't wait to hang them in the tree! 

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Big Paper Bows

 


This was a fun one! How do you wrap a big akward gift?! With a giant bow of course! 

Last year I reclaimed a bunch of science lab high stools and spray-painted them various colours for my wonderful teacher friends. This was for Mme Emilie's birthday... So of course it needed a giant bow! Here's the tutorial I found on pinterest. I had made a smaller version with scrapbooking paper before, but not one this big. I ended up using wrapping paper to get a fun pattern. It turned out so well!



a smaller version of the bow, with scrapbooking paper.

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Baby Milestones Month Discs

Hi! These baby milestone discs were so fun to make. I wanted to buy some on Etsy but couldn't find any for less than $40... So I went to the craft store and gathered my supplies! I actually made these 6 days before baby's birth! 
I used wood discs and some acrylic paint and topped them with a vinyl decal. Here's the free link I used for the SVG file on the Denver Housewife's blog

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Reclaimed Foam Chair

Hi again! Here's a little project I did last Spring. My husband found this fuzzy purple Tinkerbell chair on our buy nothing group, hoping that I could make a new cover for it... Challenge accepted! Man this wasn't easy. I took the fuzzy purple cover apart and cut all new pieces with the sage green fabric and Bambi accent. Turned out so well, matches with little one's room AND we got to recycle a chair! Woot! 

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Baby Burp Cloths!

Oh baby! Most crafting I did in this past year was all baby related with our little one arriving in July. Everyone told me I could never have enough burp cloths... So I went in my fabric stash and found flannel. I even got to repurpose some gently used receiving blankets from the thrift store. These were super easy to make. My husband and I just love these! The are super absorbent and cover pretty well. I ended making 20 and it's true, you can NEVER have enough! 

Here's the link to the FREE pattern I used: 
https://blog.treasurie.com/burp-cloth-pattern/ 

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Cousin Crew!

Hi there! I haven't posted in a while! Oh boy! Last year, I was pregnant and nauseous for 9 months and now I'm living the life of a busy mom.  Going to try to post a few things before the year is done! 

Here's a little project I did for a friend. Her family has a bunch of kids...7! And all the cousins hang out together. With two new babies, there are some very tiny cousins. Love how the "cousin crew" shirts turned out and the "new to the crew" onesies are just so adorable!! 
For those with a Cricut, here's a link to the project HERE!

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Thanksgiving Turkeys

 


Hi there! Look at the cute little turkeys we made today in class, in honour of Thanksgiving! I've done this craft before with real leaves, except they evetually all crumbled and disintergrated. I much prefer the craft with paper feathers and real ones! Have fun! My students loved them!

Here's what you need:
🍁 toilet paper roll
🍁 colourful construction paper
🍁 glue
🍁 scissors
🍁 black marker
🍁 feathers
🍁 body template (see below) printed on sheets of kraft paper

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Mini Leaf Garland



Happy Fall! I had fun making a tiny leaf garland for our mantel today. The colours were inspired from a table runner we had found at Ikea last season. For those who use a Cricut, here is the link to the project: Mini Leaf Garland. I also have a print and cut version that I used for my classroom a couple years back: Fall leaf Garland (print and cut)
 
Materials needed: coloured cardstock, thread and a big needle!
I love it so much!

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Kindness Rocks

 

This Summer, I made some painted "kindness Rocks" with my neice, to leave around Calgary. I first heard of this project through Facebook a while ago: #kindnessrocksproject. I love, love, love this project!! Check out their website! We found all our rocks during a hike by the Water at Fish Creek. It was so fun to paint these little guys and spend some great quality family time. :)

Wanna participate in this fun project? Check out the How To HERE!

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Pencil Name Picker

 


This project cost almost nothing.. and now I have the cutest random name pickers for my classroom! Perfect when I want to pick a student at random. Now, I just need a cute mason jar and some names labels on for these guys.

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Fall paper wreath


Hello Fall! To celebrate fall arriving, we created a collective artwork in class this week: a fall leaf wreath! I found my template HERE and HERE and printed them on cardstock. Also, you know those kids love those googly eyes, so..... why not! Happy Fall Y'all!

Materials:

🍂 colourful cardstock
🍂 a big bristol board (cut into a "ring")
🍂 googly eyes
🍂 glue
🍂scissors


Check out this one from a few years ago:



Template found on: onelittleproject.com






 

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Magic Potion!

Hi there! Today, we had a Halloween-themed day for our "funky Fridays" (because, why not!?) and we made some magical wands and magic potion!

For the wands we used cardstock and ribbons, as well as a branch or shishkabob stick.

Then we said a magic spell and watched as our potion came to life. We used a vinegar solution with food coloring in it and mixed in some baking soda! I found this nice little video and it looks like if you add in some dish soap, it'll even bubble! I wish I would've known!
Materials: a jar, a spoon, vinegar, baking soda, food coloring (optional: dish soap)

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Rockstar microphone!


Hi there! Last week, we had a special Rockstar/Popstar day and we made microphones from toilet paper rolls! They are super easy to make, and the kids loved them!

Materials :
♪ toilet paper roll (tube)
♪ black paper
♪ foil
♪ tissue paper or newspaper (to crumple up and make a ball)
♪ decorative paper!

Instructions:
*note, instead of using a whole bunch of foil, we made a ball of tissue paper and wrapped it in foil!
We got dressed up!
Even distance-learning can be fun! We had a karaoke sing-a-long with our microphones through Google Meet!

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Gardening Apron


Hi there! This morning I did a virtual math lesson and we were using seedling trays to count in rows and groups! So I just had to dress up like a gardener!

I hade some black aprons I had bought at walmart in a 3 pack from the crafting sections. So I hopped on Design Space and used their adorable images to come up with this design. Feel free to use my Cricut file if you have Design Space! The kids thought I looked ike a real garderner!
a quick iron-on!
Arrays ar a great way to start thinking of multiplications
4 + 4 +4 = 12 or 3 x 4 = 12
Looks great!

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Little Toilet Paper Rooll Robots

The one on the left is hand-drawn, the right uses the prinout!
Hi there! This week we are reading a funny little stroy about a magical robot in French class, so I thought the kids could invent their own little guys! I actually have motors and everything at my place, but since class is virtual these days, toilet paper rolls it is! I'm trying to come up with crafts that the kids can do at home with things they probably have. The inspiration came from this post I found. The kids can print the sheet with all the robot body parts, or draw their own on a sheet of paper!
Here's what you'll need:
  ⚙ Toilet paper roll
  ⚙ Foil
  ⚙ Scissors
  ⚙ Glue
  ⚙ Printout or paper & black marker
Cover your tube with foil and look at all the different combos!

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