A little color fun...

I read this on a blog...decided to give it a try...

first you gather up a few clear containers...

then a few clear containers with squirt tops....

 



a bucket of water.....

let the kiddos fill up the squirt bottle...

Hotrod like the way they bubbled up...

 



when they were full....we added food coloring...

mine still had a bit of soap in them...

made for an easier clean up....

Hotrod had fun shaking them up...

 



Hotrod had his own way to mix up the colors...

he hopped up and down....

 



 

then we poured in the colored water to our clear containers...

adding colors...watching how they changed....

he used his motor skills....muscles...eye hand coordination...

all at the same time...

we tried adding water to weaken the colors...

adding more colors...mixing it up...

it was a fun lesson in colors...

and the best part it was water fun too...

there are endless possibilities....

A wood windchime....

I made this wind chime for my Mom...

for Mother's Day...I had seen

something like it on another blog...

I was going to do a project with my Hotrod...

but he wasn't interested in it...

so my little imagination took off...

I found sticks in my yard...peeled off the bark...

sanded with a emory board...

found it was easier than with sand paper...

hubby helped me put in the rings...

he just drilled a little hole...

then we screwed in the rings...

these are large...cause...well

when you send a man to the hardware store...

they go for big and sturdy....

I had a piece of driftwood...

that I picked up at the lake last year...

I just knew it would come in handy some day...

sure enough it did...

we put in more rings...

two on the top to hang with...

four on the bottom to hang the chimes...

we used fishing line to hang the chimes...

and rope for the hanger...

my Mom can't hear high pitched sounds...

but she can hear these clanking with the wind...

she has the perfect tree for hanging them...

she also added the red bandana strips...

cause...like me...she holds on to things....

you never know when they might come in handy...

it was an easy project...

and she loved it....

 

 



Worn out book ideas

this is the cutest idea...

for a loved...but worn out book...

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just Modge Podge...

 the pages on a canvas or board...

or even your child's art work...

Colored pasta fun....

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Nana's Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies- Foody Friday

 Today I'm joining Foody Friday

 

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This is my Nana's Recipe...

a family favorite...

every year she made these for the grandkids

and great grandkids at Christmas

 

1 stick butter

1/2 cup milk

2 cups sugar

3 tablespoons cocoa

mix and boil 2 minutes

Add:

3 cups oatmeal

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 cup peanut butter

Drop spoonfuls on waxed paper quickly.

Shape with hands while still warm...

let cool...

then try not to eat them...lol...

 

Puffy Paints

All you need is :

1 tablespoon self rising flour

1 tablespoon salt

1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon water

Food coloring 

Mix the dry ingredients...add water until you get a yogurt consistency add food coloring... Paint on card stock paper... Thicker is better put in microwave for 30-40 seconds... Pull out...careful it is hot... You have puffy paint

Carpet Shampoo Solution

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Carpet Shampoo Solution: 1 cup oxiclean* 1 cup febreeze* 1 cup distilled white vinegar *The homemade versions work fabulously! Pour contents into shampooer tub and mix with hot water to fill tub completely. This will not only clean your car...pets it will also deodorize. It will smell slightly of vinegar until the carpet is dry. Be sure to test spot with the solution just to be safe, however this should be safe for ALL carpets.

Mirror Balls

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Mirror Balls - use the Looking Glass spray paint for this...fun for the garden.

 

Simple Orange Candle

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A Simple Orange Candle. All you have to do is cut the orange in half, eat the orange, but leave the stem in, then fill the orange with any kind of kitchen oil



Carmel Apples

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Patio or walk way lighting

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 Tuna fish can, PVC pipe, dollar store vase and candles. Beautiful walk way or patio idea

Edible Bird House

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This is a cool idea for an edible bird house...

click on source for instructions...

 

Children's Artwork

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Scan children's art work and then print out in smaller size. Frame. Now make art gallery in hallways of your children's art:)

Cracked heal cure...

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Cracked heal cure. Listerine + shaving cream. Steps: Put shaving cream on your feet. Wrap a hand towel that has been soaked in equal parts Listerine & warm water around foot and let it sit for 30 minutes.

 

DIY-Glue two dollar store frames together for a Chic chunkier look

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