Thankful Turkey Ideas

The first idea. . .

With Thanksgiving just around the corner we decided to help Allee understand what it means to be thankful by making a "Thankful Turkey". 

With some construciton paper, crayons, markers, and a glue stick you've got yourself a "Thankful Turkey".  We wrote on each feather the things that Allee are thankful for. 

 Her favorite part was coloring and gluing on the feathers.

She had to tape the turkey up on the door herself and added her own tape memento to the turkey's face.

Later I added the "Give Thanks" banner cut out from my Cricut to finish it off!

The second idea. . .

I found this fun 'Thankful Turkey Wreath' idea on pinterest. It was so fun and easy to make with my kids, they loved it! We decided to add a little something extra to our Turkey Wreaths though, and wrote things we are grateful for on the feathers.

All you need is a paper plate, construction paper, scissors, a marker, and glue. You can follow the tutorial on the pinterest link. Enjoy! :)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

DIY Children's Play Kitchen

For my daughter's 2nd birthday I really wanted to get her a play kitchen, but didn't want to pay the price!  I came across this child size, wood curio cabinet at a consignment store and the ideas started rolling.  Working for a local cabinet business I was lucky to get the knobs, corbels to add to the side, and a piece of new laminate for the top.  The other huge help was my Dad.  He helped me put it all together.

I started out by taking off all the doors, hinges and handles.  Then I sanded down everything and re-painted it all white using leftover paint from my parents house.  I picked up a can of silver spray paint for the appliance doors, black spray paint for the burners and handles, and hinges for the additional microwave door.  Doing some research online I found that using old cottage cheese container lids for the burners worked great! 

After spraying everything and putting it all back together we began to add the details...

We used knobs for the faucet handles, I got a small stainless steel bowl from the a local thrift store for the sink, re-used the black handles for the appliance handles, cut-out and spray painted a faucet for the sink, glued on the stove burners and added some black vinyl squares for windows on the appliances. 

A couple other fun additions were some salt and pepper shakers made out of old spools of thread.  I added a button on top and a "S" and "P" out of pink vinyl for the fronts.  I picked up a small chalkboard to add to the side at a local craft store and added some vinyl to it also.

This little kitchen turned out just how I had planned and my little daughter LOVES it!  I added up the total cost for the cabinet and materials and it came to $30.  What more can you ask for?  How great is that!!!

Child's Art Display

I've been wanting to make this for my daughters room to display all of her cute art projects for awhile now. I finely did it. It was SO quick and easy!

First, I made the rosette flowers that will cover the nails.

I used the same fabric as I did to make her bed pillows so it all coordinates together, remember these. . .

Next, I measured how far up the wall I wanted my art string to hang and marked it with a pencil on both sides. Then, I hammered a very small nail {wire nail} where I had marked.

*I chose to use a smaller nail because I didn't want the hole to be too big in case we change things up a bit in her room, later down the road.

After you've hammered your nail in, tie your string to the nail. I used a dab of hot glue when I tied the second knot, just to keep the knot from pulling apart once I hung my daughters art on it.

After you've got your string tied to both nails, dab a small drop of hot glue on the back of your rosette flower and slap it onto the nail head.

I originally bought regular wood clothes pins that I had planned on spray painting white, but, then look what I found on clearance at JoAnn's! Cute ladybug clothes pins... Hooray! They saved me some work and they look great in her room! :)

Next step, hang your child's favorite art and you're done!

I love how it turned out! Now we have somewhere special to display all my daughters cutest art projects instead of shoving them on the shelf in her closet!

Fall Banner

I felt like this little table needed just a little bit more color on the bottom shelf. So I made this simple banner to brighten it up a bit.

I picked three cute fall papers, cut out my flags and attached them onto my string with the stapler. So easy! This project seriously only took me about 10 minutes to complete. And I think it turned out quite cute if I do say so myself!

I've already been scoping out the Christmas paper, I just might make one to hang up for Christmas too!