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Posted By:  Stephanie

Crafts, crafts I love crafts!  A couple days ago I got a few minutes during Little Lou's nap time to make these for her big girl room.  I figure if I keep plugging away at things here and there for her big girl room then we will be all set to make it nice and inviting for her when we make the transition.

I got these beauties for $1 each at Goodwill.  I knew just what to do with them!

(Originally saw the idea on Little Miss Momma)

I chose paper that I thought would be a good match for her big girl room and tuned it upside down on the wood and used my crayon to shade the shape of the top of the wood piece onto the paper.

I cut just outside the line, that way I would have room to make adjustments when I held the paper up to the piece of wood.  I found that when I turned the paper over it wasn't exact because the wood is a bit different on all sides so some adjustments were needed.

I then measured two clothes pins so that I knew what size to cut paper to cover these as well.  I did find that each one is slightly different so I measured both of them.

I cut the paper for one clothes pin and laid the paper next to it.  I did the same thing with both pins.

Now for the fun part!  It was time to Mod Podge everything!  I put a layer of Mod Podge on the top of the wood piece to act as glue for my paper.

Once I placed the paper on top I painted a coat on top trying to make it as even as possible.

Follow the same Mod Podge process for all pieces including the clothes pins.  Here they are drying so you can still see the white.  At this point I couldn't wait to see the final product!  Once the Mod Podge was dry I glued the clothes pins to the boards.

Here you have it, two boards waiting for my sweet girl's perfect art work to hold!

Although I appreciate personality I prefer to not have these knots be the focal point of these art holders.  For that reason they are on the bottom so that when they are hung you will not see the knots when looking from above.  I considered staining these and I did a tester on the back and didn't really like the look.  I also thought about painting the outside white but I didn't want to deal with painting the clothes pins so I kept them both natural so they would match.

How do you display your little one's art work?  Do they have art work on the wall in their room?

Crayon Print T-Shirt

Posted By:  Stephanie

Hello!  Today is a great day, the first day of a 3 day weekend for Will.  I love when he gets an additional day off, that way once Sunday night comes we are gitty that we get to hang out late one more night.  Sadly, late for us is like 10:30-11:00pm, that is what used to be 1-2am when we were younger.

Today I went to the Dollar Store, with a craft emergency!  I am working on another project but the paint is taking WAY to long to dry so I wanted/needed to make another project.  It was also a good excuse to get out of the house and sneak to an estate sale on the way.

Here we go, a tutorial on how to make a T-Shirt print using CRAYONS!  This is such an easy project and it only cost $2.  I got the T-Shirt and the sandpaper from the Dollar Store and I already had the crayons on hand.

Step One

Gather supplies.  I used stencils because I'm in no way a freehand kind of girl.  I love to craft but my drawing is not to be seen.

Supplies:

Crayons

T-Shirt

Sandpaper - preferably fine

Stencils if you would like

Iron

Dryer

Step Two

Start drawing your picture on sandpaper.  I decided to use a dog and cat because My Girl LOVES dogs and cats right now.  When you are coloring, make sure to go over your design several times, you want the crayon to be on there nice and thick.  This is something that your kids would love to do, just remind them that whatever they draw, it will be on the T-Shirt backwards.

Step Three

Once you are finished you may see that there are a few spots that have crayon marks that you don't want to show up on your T-Shirt.  I used a piece of the sandpaper from the corner and sanded those spots.  Seemed to work pretty well for me.

Step Four

Put cardboard inside the T-Shirt to prevent the crayon from leaking through.

Step Five

Iron the design onto the T-Shirt.  Put something like a thin towel or paper towel between the sandpaper and the iron to protect your iron.  Iron on cotton setting for about 30-45 seconds.

Step Six

Check to make sure your design is transferring onto the T-Shirt well, if not continue ironing for another 15-20 seconds.  If it is on there well, take the sandpaper off and put a paper towel or thin towel on the image and iron on top of it for about 20 seconds to set it.

Step Seven

Put the T-Shirt in the dryer for about 20-30 minutes to finish setting it.  When you wash it for the first time make sure you wash it all alone because the crayon may bleed some.

My Girl in her new fancy doggy and kitty shirt.  She is such a goof!

I will be using this shirt most likely for when we do crafts, that way I wont have to worry about her clothes getting stained.  We did another project today where she was using some permanent makers...I know probably not my best parental choice, but hey, the project needed permanent markers what was I supposed to do?  = )  Anyway, this T-Shirt will be used for things like that, her clothes were spared this time but the tray of her highchair was not.

This would be a great project for older kids at a birthday party.  Please make sure you either assist them or do the ironing yourself, burnt fingers are not cool!  All the kids could make their design, iron them and then while you continue the party you can dry to set them.  I don't know how multiple shirts would do in the dryer at the same time but you could also send the T-Shirt home and let the parents know that they will need to dry it there. 

WHAT WE'RE UP TO AROUND HERE

WARNING:  Images below may hurt your eyes!

These are pictures of what will be our girl's big girl room.  When we moved in we put a ton of stuff that we didn't want to deal with at the time into this room, and we have continued to throw things in it since.  I will even confess, this room was even worse, this is after Will had been working on clearing it out for awhile.

I'm not sure why these pictures turned out so bad, I think it's because of the bad lighting.  Here is trooper Will, he takes a long time to clear out each box because a lot of them have pictures from his childhood.

I'll be back with more on that room, you will get to watch the room transform, I have a lot of projects in mind for it.  For now, I need to get ready to go, I'm going with Bubba to a wedding.  SISTER DATE!

Crayon Art

 Posted By: Kristi

 
WARNING: This post is about to have a TON of pictures, I can't help it...I LOVE the colors!

I have been seeing crayon art all over the web and of course, I had to give it a try! I decided that Little Lou needed some crayon art for her new big girl room that my sister and Will plan to move her into soon.

I already had the canvas at home (random, I know) and while I was at the grocery store tonight I picked up two boxes of crayons. I chose the colors I liked (doubling the ones that I really liked by using the other box) and hot glued them to the top of the canvas.

Next I went outside, just in case this got messy. I turned my hairdryer on high and watched the crayons melt and run down the canvas (I kept the canvas upright while doing this).

The crayons get shiny and shortly after begin to melt.

It doesn't take long and you are done!

 

Aren't all the colors together pretty? = )

You also could take off all the crayon wrappers if you would prefer. It looks really cool that way. I kept them on since this is for a child's room and I thought it was cute. I am guessing you could also tape down the crayons so that you could remove them altogether at the end. There are tons of possibilities, that is the fun part!



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