This is a great project for kids and the result looks great, even if the eyes are not exactly symmetrical or the same size, it just makes them look more scary! A fun and easy Halloween craft for the whole family, here is how they are made:
 Everyone loves tie dye, but hates the mess it takes to make it. Buying and handling the dye, buckets of dye that splatter and stain the floor and rugs. All the wringing and soaking and hanging. It's a pain! However, there is an easier way! You can get a similar effect as tie dye from using colored permanent markers. You can use them on just about anything cotton or poly/cotton; a t shirt, beater, canvas shoes, cotton skirt, denim, scarf, gloves, hat, anything goes. The technique is simple, this is how you do it...... Say you want to dye a t shirt. You will need:
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I hadn't planned to post any more this week, I swore I was going to take the rest of the week off, but this afternoon when I was browsing in Hometalk, and I ran across the cutest thing......if I didn't share it with you I surely would have burst! Unfortunately, I do not have any small kids anymore, but if I had some daughters, I would not rest until I made this for them. Check it out:  Images from http://www.birdsandsoap.com/2012/09/sweet-pea-bunkbed.html Used with permission  Image Credit: http://tinyurl.com/m9l6esg When I was a kid, I had a friend named Mandy, whose grandmother had a party for her every Christmas. It was a very special party, you see, because we got to decorate Christmas cookies! Each child got three cookies to decorate, one for their mom, one for their dad and one for themselves. It was so fun! There were all kinds of shapes: trees, stars, reindeer, gingerbread men, bells and more. It was always so hard to decide on the three you wanted!
 Image Credit: http://www.myfamilyexercise.com A friend of mine has a really good blog called My Family Exercise. It centers on Children's Health and how to help your child be more healthy in a fun way. The lastest blog post on his blog fit perfectly in with the theme of my blog, so I asked him if I could put a link in and share it with you all. I hope you enjoy it! Homemade Ring Toss Game |
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