365: Day 97

Today we made Easter Eggs with colored macaroni!

First, Callie painted some glue on the egg. 

Then she glued on some macaroni to decorate the egg.

 I helped with this egg.  Can you tell who did what side? 

 

Callie really liked just playing with the pasta!

So after we finished the eggs I put the pasta in some bowls and let Callie play around with it!

She had a blast :)

365: Day 71

This morning we did some painting with green paint to get ready for St. Patrick's Day!  

Bookshelves

I came across this great idea online and decided to do it in Callie's room!  Callie loves to read books but she often pulls ALL of the books off her bookcase looking for the book she wants to read.  So, I made bookshelves out of rain gutters so the books can be on "display" and she can see the covers of her books.  She loves looking at all the books and pulling off her favorite to read.

We even hung one shelf out of her reach so we can put all of the books that she loves to rip up there!

Halloween Mason Jars

I found this idea online earlier this week and decided that today was a good day to do some Halloween crafting!

Materials:

• Mason Jars - various sizes
• Paint
• Paint brushes
• Tea lights (real or battery operated) 

Steps:

1.  Paint the mason jars whatever color you want to be.  I had to do 2-3 coats to make sure they were really covered.

2.  Let then dry completely then paint on whatever faces/decoration you choose!

3.  Once they are completely dry, put a tea light - real or battery operated - inside.  I chose battery operated ones, just to be safe, because they are more child friendly than real ones!  Now these cool jars are on display on our mantle!

And, as a bonus - here is the Halloween craft that Callie and Andrew did together this morning....