TEACHER APPRECIATION

If I had a few more minutes this could have been even cuter, but really it is the thought that is the important part here. My kids have such excellent teachers, and we had a blast putting this together. If I had more time i would have tried to inclued more students...

Each day my kids' teachers received a bag or basket with a couple of the following items in it.

Here are a few more Ideas:
*  Thanks for all the "thyme" you give.
*  You are so "Pop"ular
*  Your a cut above the rest "scissors"
*  "Hands Down, you are the best" -apron with kids handprints. - or hand sanitizer.
*  you have made a mark on our lives -dry erase markers, or teacher stampes.
*  You are like a breath of fresh air "air freshener". (my sons 5th grade teacher had some stinky boys in there, lol)
-- I just added up what I spent, it was about $15 per teacher, this includes 2 little baskets for each teacher, and gift bags from around the house.  There were a couple other students who pitched in, so I thought it was a pretty great gift.  ( I do use coupons, so it might cost some people a little more than that)
Most importantly, THANK A TEACHER today.

Mothers Day Corsage.

These are usually made for the hair, and I knew My mother loved wearing flowers, so I added a pin to the back to make it into a corsage.  This should be much cheaper and easier to mail.  Not to mentionit will last forever.  I wish I had more pictures, but life is so crazy, the kids were getting into the car while I was making it, and I took the picture in my car in front of the post office.  But I got it done, and I want to make one for mysef if I ever gt time.  LOVE IT.  ♥

Happy Mothers Day Mommy.

Lego stories 4 kids.

This will keep the kids busy all day. *warning* some parental involvement required.

Westin age 7 thought of this all by himself. He asked if he could make his own book, and he would get the lego's posed perfect and have me take a picture for him.

Each story had about 4 or 5 pictures in it. So far they are all scripture stories because this happened to be on a Sunday and he wanted to make a book that would be good to read on the sabbath. I love his sweet moments. They are kind of rare these days.

Another book he made was an I spy book(he's a little obsessed with anything I spy). a year ago he would take pictures of toys that he had arranged in a pile. Then another picture of just a few items that you have to look for. I am sorry that I don't have any pictures of that one anymore.

what I've been up to.

I am sorry for the lack of posting, lately I have been so obsessed with finishing unfinished projects that I haven't finished any posts. hahaha. I am going to apologize to you right now. I realize I am probably only talking to myself? Is there anyone out there reading this blog? I guess the reason I started blogging was to feel more organized, so I have a record and pictures of the things I've done. I frequently get asked how to do things, and if I give them the blog address then they know right where to go. I follow more blogs than I can even count... really. So most things I make or have made are allready out there. I like to post my attempts with links to other blogs so my friends can find out how to do it. If my blog has helped or inspired you in anyway. Let me know, I would love to do a post about you, your project, blog etc. I am going to be more on top of things this summer unless if by some miracle we sell our house, :S

Here are a couple of pictures that I meant to blog about and never did.

We (Activity Days) made some of these snakes out of minky and fleece for Humanitarian aid (I made a few more for birthday presents) for humanitarian aid we used fiberfill and for heavier ones, for presents, I used wheat. Because thats what I have a lot of. So far everyone loved them. But then again. I really don't think they would tell me, ummm Becky these are dumb.

I bought this towel and Kohls. I wanted to make one, but I gave in and bought it because I had a coupon. But it would be pretty simple. On the corners it looks like paws. so cute!

Mckinley's spring scarf i made with fabric off the remnant rack. probably cost .50 It is about or 8 inches wide, then sewn into a ring. after that I soaked it in water and wadded it up and sat it in the sun to dry. Here is a good tutorial at ruffles & stuff.

So now I will begin to

Celebrate a "Crafty Summer"

with a new post every weekday in June.

You heard me right.

stuff to make for you, your kids, with your kids, for a neighbor, or to EAT!

I will start tomorrow with a guest post/blog swap with

Night Owl Crafting.

are you a crafter?

Do you want to join me?

Let me know and we can work something out.

see you then!

Carnation Tutorial

This is what we woke up to this morning. I think Mother Nature is taking an extended vacation for Mothers Day. HelOOOOOOOOO. Don't forget about us!!! So out to the garage I go, to look for the tote with the winter coats hats and gloves. Trouble is. It takes about 4 totes for a family of 6, so, being in a hurry so the kids won't miss the bus means a huge mess in the garage, but it was 30 degrees. I will clean it up later. I will probably just hang it all back up in the front closet for our surprise memorial day snowstorm.... right mother nature???? Well it will be a great day for catching up on my blogging.

I made a carnation Bouquet for Preschool. The kids will each give their mom a flower at our tea party.

The supplies you will need, simple....

-coffee filters

-skewers

-tape

-ink, or paint and a sponge (all optional)

fold 4 coffee filters in half

fold it in 1/3rds, zig zag style like so. You may want to staple it at the bottom (vertically) I didn't and I just had to use extra tape at the end.

then it should look like this from above.

use tape to secure the skewer in one of the folds,

fold it up and use a lot of tape at the bottom of the flower.

I used ink on the edge, the color? its called pink carnation. HA. I was experimenting and painted the skewers green, you could also add leaves, but my preschool kids voted "No".

Amazing Hand Cream

The class helped me to make the hand cream that they will give their moms. These are the ingredients.

- One tub vaseline

-one bottle baby lotion, You can find unscented at walmart

-one or two tubs of Vitamin E cream.

the Vitamin E cream is cheapest at Family dollar. $1.49. For my own kids I only use 1 of the vitamin E cream. I have a son with Sever dry skin, we're talking cracking and bleeding if he doesn't use this every night.

This is embarrassing, I am not a digi scrapper (yet) I don't even have printshop (yet) so I have to come up with a cute way to decorate these.

This recipe cost me $8.00 total and will make 15 of the baby food jars (for my preschool class) and 2 of the CUTE Kerr jars, found in the canning isle, they are 4 for 4$ at walmart, I just love them, I will give them to... well you know who, it mothers day right?

The mothers will come for a light brunch of chicken salad croissants and chocolate dipped strawberries, while the children sing a couple adorable mothers day songs, and present them with these gifts as Mel and I read what they have to say about their moms, Here are some of the best answers.

How old is your mom? one child answered "Well I know she is not 11, so she must be 12" another confidently answered "80".

What is your moms favorite thing to do? one child said "watch me play video games", another said, "making food for me" and another said "doing the dishes" and anther said "kissing daddy, she kisses him a lot". hahahahah.

Pre-school should be a blast tomorrow !!

address book

McKinley needed a last minute birthday gift, her and I love to do crafts together so I came up with an idea.
We have a lot of these plain notebooks that I made for a Family Reunion a long time ago. So we decorated the front and used a paper punch to make tabs for every letter of the alphabet. Now they have a place to keep all their friends phone numbers. Which they love since they all 10 and becoming very independant and So very social. McKinley keeps hers in her backpack so she can fill it up.

Another bag.

Here is another bag, already on its way to Arizona!! I love how it turned out. I used jeans again, but was able to work in a pocket for the inside as well as the crayon pocket on the outside. Let me know when you get it Em. Love ya!

Christmas Jammies.... check.
FYI when you get to pair #7 they only take like 15 minutes. So don't give up on the first pair. However I was at 'ol Navy last night and they had fleece bottoms for $5. Not COOL.

I Love, LOVe, Love, these flowers. My friend Sunny, mentioned she wanted to make some for teachers and I did what I always do... Totally took over. Sorry Sunny. She is so nice and just let me. I LOVE trying something new. I couldn't even give it to the kid's teachers. I have too many other ideas. McKinley's new sweater she is getting for Christmas, a couple of hats, a purse. hmmmm. the ideas are endless. And she found the tutorial here.