Glitter bulbs

I saw this project somewhere last Christmas and have been picking up cheap bulbs when I see them at thrift stores. I think we made about 50 of them already and I know I have another big Ziploc bag in with my Christmas stuff yet. And yes, it may be too early to be doing a Christmas project, but most of my crafty stuff is currently packed up and I had picked these bulbs up the other day and really needed to do something crafty. This project is super easy. You will need bulbs (I bought a few strings and just unscrewed them from the string), school glue and glitter. I thinned the glue a little by mixing in a little water. Apply the glue, roll in glitter and you're done!

I even got a couple of helpers! This is a fun and messy project for kids. Torii said he likes arts and crafts. He's my junkin' and repurposing partner now.

Not the best picture, but you get the idea. When I saw this project, the crafter had put the bulbs in one of those tall, thin flower vases. I think they would look neat in a bowl too.

Homemade stamp

Inspiration found here: http://dalemackey.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/make-a-kid-stamp/ Rion can be such a good artist when he wants to be. I always liked his drawing of a penguin. Now it's a stamp. I think it might go on Christmas cards. Now Torii wants to draw something so I can make it into a stamp too.

Pillow case dresses

A co-worker recently had a craft book and this was one of the ideas in it. It's super easy and so cute. This is really close to the one I made: http://www.ehow.com/how_4422889_make-pillowcase-dress.html. Or just google "pillowcase dresses" and you'll get a bunch of results. I found both of these pillowcases at thrift stores for about 50 cents each. I had to buy bias tape and elastic, but that was the only other expenses. Cute, cheap and recycled! For the yellow one I embrodered a heart at the bottom just so it wouldn't be so plain.

Drawing by Fred Rion

Fred Rion drew this picture for me the other day. I've never seen him draw anything like this before. I could never get him to sit down and draw. He is learning so much in school. He saw a flag this weekend and told me to put my hand on my heart and say the allegiance. I asked him if he said the Pledge of Allegiance everyday and he said it for me. I didn't think they said it in school anymore. On Wednesday he has a field trip to the fire station. I'm hoping I can go with him. I hope I can bring Torii too because he would really like it.

We had a nice weekend. We ate at McDonalds twice this weekend. Fred wasn't home so that was my excuse for not cooking. We also had ice cream at Coldstone Creamery and checked out a new playground on Saturday. Other than that we just hung out at home.

I also spent all my birthday gift cards/money. It seems I never can hang on to it for long. I got a jean jacket I wanted with my gift card. Thanks Kelly! Mom and dad gave me money so I bought Curb Your Enthusiasm season one and a cd with that. Thanks mom and dad too! And thank you Laurie- I love the tote. I've already been using it.