Pore strips, make how-to slip w/ gel in jar! Happy trail-mix. I wanted to send Adalyn’s friends a little something for the end of the school year.
Fortunately, her “school” allows homemade treats! I decided to make one of my favorite snack mixes, substituting butterscotch chips for peanut butter chips in case of any allergies. I also eliminated my favorite sesame sticks, as I’m not too sure a lot of 2 year olds will enjoy them as much as I do. Start out with a few of your favorite things. Try to include an equal mix of sweet and salty. 1 bag banana chips 1 bag pretzel sticks 1/2 box Chex cereal 1 bag M&M’s 1bag butterscotch chips Using your hands {rather than pouring packages in}, add ingredients to large mixing bowl. Grab a handful…see if you like the mixture and ratio. Using clear treat bags, add mix, lay flat, remove excess air and fold the top several times. Add your label! Click here for the free printable label. Print, cut, add your child’s name and label! Happy Trails to You! Easy Tiny Envelopes. Guest tutorial by Ruth Bleakley I discovered this envelope making method completely by accident when pulling soggy rain-soaked mail out of my leaky mailbox - I had a total *eureka* moment when the envelope I gingerly opened up completely unfolded at the seams revealing an envelope "template" perfectly.
I've seen many envelope tutorials online, some offer downloadable templates, some show fancy paper folding techniques and some suggest specific measurements to create your own D.I.Y. envelopes. I'm going to show you how to replicate any interesting envelope that you might already have, no measuring involved! Click below for the how-to: 1. 2. Recycled Calendar Envelopes. Supplies: Calendar pages, scissors, marker, glue, double sided tape, tag board or pressed cardboard, an envelope Step 1: Gently peel open an existing envelope (any size you prefer).
Trace the envelope onto a piece of tag board or pressed cardboard. I like to extend the top flap about a half inch so there is more overlap when sealing the envelope. Step 2: Remove the staples from the center of the calendar and select a page for your envelope. Depending on the size of the calendar and the size of your envelope template, you may end up with some dates from the page below on your envelope. Step 3: Place the template over the part of the image you want and trace with marker. Step 4: Cut the envelope out. Step 5: Flip envelope over and fold in two side flaps. Step 6: Run a thin strip of glue or double sided tape along the inside edge of both side flaps.
Step 7: Fold bottom up and press into glue or double sided tape. Step 8: Fold top flap down, crease, and unfold. These make great gifts! Plant paper gift. Are you loving these fun Mother’s Day gift ideas this week?
I sure am! Thanks so much to Morena’s Corner and Wait Til Your Father Gets Home for sharing tutorials Tuesday and Wednesday! And to wrap things up, I have one more idea to share. Here’s what I’ve been working on this week: gift pots with plantable seed paper tags! The pots already contain the potting soil, and the paper cover can actually be planted directly in the pot, as-is. You can make this as simple or as involved as you want. The pots themselves are fairly simple. Disclaimer #1: Even with heavy editing, I am going to be very wordy in this post. There are extra pots pictured because we are also giving these to Raya’s teachers today for Teacher Appreciation Week, along with a special Teacher Wish Bracelet. Disclaimer #2: I focus on projects here that are an hour or less. Before you get started – put a used blender on your list-to-look-for when you hit up the thrift stores and yard sales.
Seed Paper Gift Tags.