My Husband will be taking these to school for his Kiddos. My girls love them I have to tuck them away before a few go MIA. They have also asked for a few for friends, by the time I am done there will be around 50 candy cane reindeer, YUMMY!
There was one broken one that said eat me I will claim that loss;)
Tutorial:
Cut your brown paper
4 1/4" by 2 3/4"
Attach canes to each other with red liner tape
Run one line of liner tape on back, long side
Wrap card stock around canes and press the tape firmly
Handmade gifts for my Nephews this CHRISTmas, Marshmallow Shooters from 1/2" PVC.
WARNING** these are super fun one won't be enough;)
**Make sure you use a spray paint made just for plastic or purchase a plastic primer.**
Here is the gift set complete with ammo and safety glasses.
Every Year they also get an ornament from me you can see the beaded wire star on the bottom right.
It is so cute when you walk into their bedrooms they each have a small CHRISTmas tree decorated and lit, so darn cute! Night light and the beauty of CHRISTmas all in one.
Arise and shine and give God your Glory Glory...be happy you can't hear me singing;)
Also goes along with CHRISTmas day 9
Isaiah 60:1
"Arise, Shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rise upon you"
Thank you for following along this year on Facebook,
I am getting better daily hope to be back blogging daily soon.
Soon and very soon... (there I go singing again;)
We have been working on some lanterns for the trees outside here is a sample
Jesse Placing the lights on the fence line. I Picked white, plan on leaving these bad boys up year round can't wait to see them in the summer. YES, we live in SD and Yes, there has been no measurable snow this year. We are getting VERY dry!
Have not been able to use 4WD in the new SUV yet either.
Doesn't she look sweet? Her name is Pearl;)
And for your singing pleasure. You are welcome, LOL!
Hope this post has you singing along and shining your light.
A quick easy tutorial:
Fill cleaned Steel can with water.
Place in freezer or outside if you live in the right climate.
Take a nail, hammer and template and start punching your outline.
(I used a star cookie cutter for our template and taped it to the can)
You can find more elaborate designs on the web however, I was shooting for easy.
Spray paint and let dry.
Attach wire to one side of can, bead around to the opposite side and attach creating your handle.
I am using battery operated tea lights you can also use regular tea lights just have to keep an eye on them.
Here is a view of the Popsicle memory game fronts...
Here is a look at the flip side
1-5
Cooper
and Penguin friends
I made it this way so they have lots of options when playing the game with him.
All the pieces fit nicely into a salvaged Mayo container.
I used wooden spoons to hopefully make it easier to turn the pieces remember he is 2.
And the book I printed off and created for him. It is so darn cute, I continue to amaze myself at times.
This gift took me literally days to create. A little here and there and lots of love and prayers. Lots of prayers for patience. I need to count how many google eyes I used they were about to drive me CRAZY.
That is another reason I love creating my own gifts instead of going out into the crazy world of retail and pick out a meaningless toy that in two days will probably be lost or broken and not remembered.
It is giving from the heart that makes this season beautifully special for me.
I love these altered Oatmeal canisters used for hair goodies.
I made one for Jessica now everyone is begging for one. I can't eat that much Oatmeal peeps;)
Below is a CHRISTmas gift for my niece who loves pink and purple.
I also altered a few barrettes and some headbands.
Now for the inside goodies I recycled a cardboard tube to hold the hair bands and a magnetic paper clip holder for those DARN bobby pins that are so in love with my vacuum!!!!
I cut a felt circle for the bottom of the tube so the inside can be used for storage of more bands.
So one gift down and many more to go.
She is going to adore this, can't wait to gift it.
These ideas can be found on my pinterest boards, I have been a busy on pinterest as of late;) I need to stop getting distracted and get back on the crafty MAKING track.
If you live in my area and have Oatmeal Canisters please if you would save them for me. Thank you;)
