Cereal Box Sandals

Most of you know by now that Ella is in the summer reading-arts program at our local library. Today, we made cereal-box sandals. My friend Laura was intrigued by these (she totally needs a blog, by the way...hint, hint, Laura) and asked me how to make these sandals.

For once, I was actually just the watcher and not the maker of these things, so I was able to take pictures.

Here's what you need.

*Empty cereal box
*glue/tape
*scissors
*stuff to decorate the sandals with


Here's What You Do:

*Flatten your cereal box

*Trace your feet, and cut them out

 

 

*Using another part of the box, make straps for your sandals, and glue/tape in place

*Decorate!

*And voila :)

Monday Funday and a Giveaway

First off, I'm aware it's Tuesday :)

Mondays are usually my days off and usually the days where I can actually get out and do fun crafts and stuff with Ella. So, I tend to actually do the fun stuff instead of posting about it.

Yesterday, we tested two bubble solutions to see which one did better.

One was a solution of:

2 tablespoons Method dish soap
1 tablespoon glycerin
1 cup distilled water


the other was
2 tablespoons blue Dawn dish soap
1 tablespoon glycerin
1 cup distilled water

The directions for both solutions are the same. Put in a seal-able container, and mix gently.

We found we both liked the Method solution better...mostly because we like the smell of the Method "Clementine" dish soap. They both worked great...as you'll see in the pictures!

getting all the stuff ready....

Method solution

Method solution

Method

 

 

Method

Method

Dawn

Dawn

the neighborhood cats turned up to see what all the fuss was about.

Now, for the giveaway...I'm going to give away everything needed to make both bubble solutions, right down to the distilled water. No lie.

To enter: Comment here with your email address and how you make your bubbles, whether it's a store-bought solution like Miracle Bubbles or something you whip up yourself!

Winner will be announced May 16th!

Good Luck!

Kid Project: Butter in a jar

It has rained on and off all blessed day, so after school, Ella was bored. I saw this project here, and thought today would be an awesome day to try it. And it is SO SO easy.

If you have a kid, some heavy cream, and a jar, you can do this.

Even if you don't have a kid handy, you can still totally do this.

Here's what you need.

Isn't my owl spoon rest awesome? :)

Fill your jar about halfway with the heavy cream

Then have your child (or you, if she needs a break), shake it.
It should clump together...and when it does, it will look like this....

Mine is soft. Whipped butter, I guess :)

Anyway, Ella said it was excellent.

And that's really what matters :)