Look Whoo is Here

Meet the Owls - our new pine cone friends that we've made this morning, thanks to this fabulous tutorial

We followed the instructions precisely and it works!


Look who may show up at your front door for trick-or-treat! Note all names and colors were selected by my 3 year old, so here is the family

Daddy Owl

Mommy Owl

Baby Owl

Have fun!


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Halloween Ornaments Part 1

I love ornaments - and thanks to Martha I've discovered that I can have them on other holidays besides Christmas. When I saw this idea I knew I had to make it!

Here is my take on it.

Large tree brunch was easy - I have plenty in my backyard.

Then we painted the brunch in black. That was a lot of fun!

and we mounted the brunch in my favorite Halloween Pot with the sign that still makes me smile"Trick or Treat Smell My Feet. I've got it 5 years ago on clearance for $7.00 at The Great Indoors. I still remember the original price was $79.00. Can you believe it?!

The first part is done!

Now ornaments.

This is half of my mirrored tree topper, which wasn't made really well but served me great for my Disco theme Christmas tree decor.

First, I have disassemble it and removed silver beads from each stem

Then I've painted spiders on one side and spider web on another using black acrylic paint. When paint was dry I glittered the spider and sides of the ornament with Black Anthracite Glitter from Martha. Here it is

Now it was time to put it all together. I've got my hot glue gun ready. I put a black bead on, then I added a black bow and top it of with thick black thread for hanging

I am so happy to see how it is all coming together, but this is not it. I am working on another set of ornaments which I will post soon

Happy decorating from

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Suncatcher - Craft Project

On a much lighter note than my previous post, I would like to continue on Butterfly theme.

I have done research on the Internet - nobody else had it done before, I guess I am claiming the Copyright on this one:)

You will need: Lid from fresh produce or cookies or anything else that comes in a clear package. By the way, soon I will have a project on how to use a bottom from the same containers....

Nail Polish and your favorite drawings of Butterflies (if you don't have any, you can get them here), masking tape.

Start by cutting off the sides of the lid to make it flat.

Put the flat plastic piece over the butterfly drawing and secure with masking tape.

Start filling in the colors. Make sure you work in a well ventilated area because of the high fumes from the nail polish, for the same reason I would not recommend this project for kids of any age.

Let the butterflies dry over night in a well ventilated area. Voila!

My butterflies are enjoying our bathroom window - it is amazing how they are changing colors throughout the day. I've used suction cup hooks to hang them but you can create a mobile as well.

If you will decide to make these butterflies, I would like to see your pictures.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Not so scary Halloween - Pumpkin Magnets DYI

I like Halloween mainly for a chance to dress up and have fun. This is the picture from the last year Halloween - I was a gypsy and my little one was a Pirate.

But I am not a big fan of super creepy things and since my daughter is only 3 years old, we decided to keep it not so scary for this upcoming Halloween and concentrate on homemade decor for indoors and outdoors that will make us smile.

This is the first project in our series that we call.... "Not so scary Halloween": Pumpkin Magnets.

Materials: lids from the jars (any size will work), orange and black paint , chenille stems in olive green and brown for pumpkin, eyes, magnets and hot glue gun or glue of your choice.

Have your lids ready

Paint them in orange color and let dry.

Fold half of the chenille stem in brown color in a half and twist together to create a pumpkin stem. Using the whole chenille stem in olive green create three loops - pumpkin leaves.

Hot glue those two parts on top of the lid. Glue the wiggle eyes and drawer the rest of the face.

Glue down the magnet to the back of the lid - make sure it projects forward enough in order to hold it. I've used folded craft foam sheet to add for the difference. You are done!

After you've mastered the first - let your imagination run wild. We did:)

Have a great day!

Gift Bags Project

My daughter's 3rd (can't believe it!) Birthday in going to be this week and it means everything needs to be ready on time. Birthday Theme - Ocean and Sea Creatures.

Today we are doing a Gift Bag for Party Favors.

Materials you will need:

Lunch Brown Bags

Pencils

Pages from Magazines with Water Images

Sea Shells

Hot glue gun

Yarn in "Water" Colors

Hole Punches

Punches with Sea related Images

Glitter paint in "Water" colors

Let's Begin! Fold inside the top of the Brown Bag for about 1 " or so

Punch holes to accommodate future ties

Cut yarn into strips long enough to to tie a bow and decorate the ends with mini sea shells of your choice attaching them with hot glue.

Draw a basic sea scape using Crayons. Brush over some glitter paint to add dimensions.

Punch Sea Creatures or cut out from magazines and glue them over the Sea Scape to create an underwater scene.

For the next set of ties, do the same thing as before but for the decorations we are going to use a different trim. Punch few rounds out of magazines.

Then punch a sea creatures of your choice. Put a contrasting color craft paper behind your punch circle and we've got a new set of trims for your Favor bags:)

Last touch, add a Fish Shape Cut Out on top of the bag with initial of the guest

and you are done!

Tomorrow we are going to be talking about Favor Bag Contents:)

Happy Monday everyone!