mardi gras

Last night I had a meeting and a friend came over to watch my kids for me.  My kids love it when she comes because she brings a craft and a treat.  Since it was Mardi Gras yesterday she brought over beads for them to make necklaces and bracelets.  They loved it!

batty

We have a Halloween tradition to make hand bats.  We started doing this when Max was 3.  I love to see how their hands have grown over the years.  Now that the kids are getting older they are being more creative with their bats.  This is the first year we have had multiple eyes and noses.  Also, Sam made our first purple bat.

I sewed...

Today was Super Saturday at the church.  I signed up for a sewing class and a couple cooking classes.  If you know me well, you know I don't sew.  It was a class to learn how to make a pair of pants into a skirt.  I thought it turned out cute.

treasure chests

We painted these treasure chests today. We seem to have painted a lot this summer. The kids really enjoyed all our crafts this summer.

hippos

We got together with some friends for crafts and painted these hippo banks. I think they are so cute. The kids came home and put all their money in them. Sam has been carrying hers around like a doll.  She did drop it once and, lucky for her, only the leg broke off. Nothing a little super glue couldn't fix.

sharks

Today we had craft day with our friends. The boys loved making their sharks. Sam was making a frog, but lost interest quickly.

fishy

We went to the library summer reading kickoff party today. They had craft tables set up so the kids made fish with finger paints and markers. The summer reading program gives the kids prizes when they read this summer, I thought it would be good motivation. 

May's card club

I joined a card club a few months back. I am not really creative or artsy so I have enjoyed having a project to get some creative juices flowing. Each month we pick a theme, then meet and swap cards. This month we were doing birthdays. We were supposed to make 12 of one card and give each person in the group 2 each. Instead I decided to make 6 cards of 2 designs and give everyone in the group one of each. I thought mine turned out cute so I decided to post them. The dragon is a digi stamp from http://www.doodledragonstudios.com/ and the present is from the Cricut.