SLIME Don't you LOVE it when your little one is over the moon about an activity you shared together?! I do!! This morning we made RAINBOW SLIME and Biscuit was beside herself with excitement. There are a few ways to make slime, however I found this recipe works best ~ 1 1/2 cups of CLEAR glue and 1 1/2 cups of liquid starch. You mix it all together, separate the slime into a few small bowls and add food coloring to each bowl. You only need a few drops of food coloring!!! Making her slime All ready to go! "Stretchy" "Eeeeeew." "I squish it!" Deep in thought.... By the end there was just one big ball of slime. She played with this stuff for thirty minutes ~ uninterrupted. *High-fiving myself* Happy Playing & Exploring!!
MAGIC Decal Tutorial with Free Printables! Some of you may remember, a little while back I posted a tutorial for DIY waterslide decals. Among other things, I mentioned how awesome they are for creating custom embellishments without the need for any fancy-pants equipment. Yep, waterslide decal paper is a truly fab product, though as great as it is, there is one drawback – although it’s somewhat tough it’s not especially durable. So, whilst it’s perfect for ornamental purposes, it’s not ideal for more practical applications…until now that is! Magic decal coating paper is a product designed to be used in conjunction with standard decal paper to make the finished transfers super durable – yes, even dishwasher resistant! If you’re already familiar with magic decal coating paper then please excuse my tardy excitement, though for everyone else who is just getting to the party now too, feel free to start throwing the streamers! 1 Image to transfer. Use anything you like. 2 Printer. You can use either a laser or an inkjet printer. 6 Scissors.
Summertime DIY! Make a Film Candle Holder in 3 Steps Poor, neglected photo negatives. Ever since digital photography has come into play, these photographic beings have lost their heyday and are quite the endangered species in the photography world. Well, neglect them no further—time to use those negatives for something positively enlightening! Brighten up their lives—and yours—by using them to make a lightbox-esque candle holders! It’s a super simple and fun way to dress up your candle lights for these lovely summer nights! How to Make a Film Negative Candle Holder! p.s. Why So Negative? Since they’re transparent, photo negatives are best viewed with some sort of light behind ‘em, and candlelight works perfectly to illuminate the different photos found on a negative roll. So why leave your photo negatives to the dust bunnies when they could be showcased using just a few additional materials? It’s a quick and easy way to personalize the rather plain glass candle holders—and makes a neat conversation piece, too! And hey—no negatives?
Crockpot Chocolate Lava Cake Well here it is my friends. The wonderful cake I was telling you about, that was baking in my CROCKPOT! I know there are many, many awesome things you can do in a crockpot, but I seriously had never heard of baking cakes in them! I was over at Tasty Kitchen checkin out all the great recipes, when I came across this cake. I was so intrigued. It turned out simply AMAZING. 2 cups Brown Sugar2 cups All-purpose Flour6 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder4 teaspoons Baking Powder1 teaspoon Salt1 cup Milk4 Tablespoons Butter, melted1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder3 cups Boiling Water Directions: For the cake: Mix together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. For the fudge topping: Mix together the brown sugar and cocoa. Pour the boiling water over the top. Cake will be very hot!
Homemade Play Dough I loved playing with play dough as a kid, and enjoyed working with clay in my pottery classes in high school as well. There's something to be said for making something out of a clump of clay...or dough...or even mud - although play dough is the least messy of the three! Lately I've noticed that my son seems really interested in the different textures of his food. You'll need: 1 cup flour 1 cup warm water 2 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp. oil 1/4 cup salt food coloring 1. 2. 3. 4. I know it will be a few years before he's able to really build and work with the dough, but for now he has fun squishing it and throwing the balls I roll for him.
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Kool-Aid Hair Dye How to dye your hair with Kool-aid? Yeah that’s right. The best thing about it is that it’s not permanent! Lasts for about two weeks. All you need is two or more packets of your color choice, a small bowl or two (depending on how many colors you're planning on doing), water, and some of your everyday conditioner! This is super simple. What you'll need: good-sized paint brush (for streaks of color) 2 or more packets of unsweetened Kool-Aid (more if you're doing many streaks or your whole hair) small bowls for each color conditioner plastic wrap and/or tin foil (plastic wrap is more comfy to sleep on. Warnings: This stains pretty much everything from clothing to skin to white counter tops. put down some newspaper! STEP ONE: (If you are dying your whole head, I suggest about five packets, although you might need more or less considering whether or not you have long or short hair. STEP TWO: Put a few drops of water in - NOT TOO MUCH.
Burlap Meaning of Name Sign First off...if you are my sister, you can stop reading now! Warning Carol..gift spoiler alert. I have been waiting and waiting to start my posting my Christmas craft ideas and I made a deal with myself that I would start posting Christmas after Halloween. I am in Canada so our Thanksgiving is done; so I can start Christmas earlier! But I could not wait to show you this idea! So as of Monday, November 1st it will be almost all Christmas on Full of Great Ideas! Well on to my exciting Christmas gift for my nephews. We have all seen those great burlap pillow with the words or monogrammed initials on them and I have wondered how to make one. So when I saw this absolutely amazing idea at Domestically Speaking showing you how to print on to burlap I was both shocked and amazed. I was so inspired that I had to immediately make her Laundry sign. WARNING: I cannot guarantee this will not damage a printer. Method: Iron the fabric until perfectly flat. Once printed, it will look like this.
DIY Lavender Bubbles: how to make bubbles Did you know that you can make your very own bubbles? Today I have a beautiful craft to share with you and your kids will love it too. That’s right, it’s beautiful and kids will love it. Introducing: DIY Lavender Bubbles! I know it might not be bubble blowing season where you live, but knowing how to make bubbles is something that is sure to impress your kids. Now, I realize that the weather has cooled off a bit in some places (and it might even be snowing where you are). I have a lot (a lot) of lavender growing! To make the DIY Lavender Bubbles, you only need a few simple ingredients: A bubble container Pipe cleaners Lavender scented dish soap (I found mine at the dollar store!) To make the Lavender Bubbles: Combine 4 cups of warm water with 1/2 cup of sugar. To make the DIY bubble wand: Create a circle near one end of the pipe cleaner and twist any extra around the stem of the pipe cleaner (so easy!). Have you ever made your own bubble solution? Do you love lavender? Pages: 1 2
V and Co how to: jersey knit bracelet i don't know what it is about this time of year that makes me just want to have my bare feet in the sand, be watching the sun setting into the ocean, and breathing in the warm salty air of the beach...as i get older, more and more i find myself missing that place i used to go to almost every.single.day. as a teen. (my skin doesn't miss it. as a matter of fact, i now wish i listened more and DID put SPF on my face...hindsight is 20/20). my mom calls me from her walk on the beach almost every morning...*sigh*yeah, i get a little homesick around this time of the year. heck on my pinterest my "dreaming of summer" has the most pictures in it. ah yes. i miss my ocean. case in point. this bracelet, brought a flood of memories, not because i used to have one like it but because i can totally see me wearing it by the beach, not caring that it's gotten salty and wet, because i can totally make another one in like less than 5 minutes flat when i get home. *sigh* okay... *cut off excess tails!
Playing With Rocks I've received a lot of interest in the romantic rock paperweight from my "Busy" post. It's been pinned, and I've received emails about it. Funny how something so simple speaks to us. I used the Splendid Transfer method (found on my sidebar) after rubbing the surface with a little gesso. That wasn't the only one I made, and I kept it. I used an Eiffel Tower image. Like I said, it was a broken piece of marble. Now it sits with another little rock, and my chippy lavender filled urn. Here's a beautiful image I transferred to a round piece of marble. Going to play with more rocks, and work on some furniture. UPDATE: Here is a breakdown of how I transferred the images. Clean the rockGesso is not necessary for the transfer here, it just adds tooth and depth. There are other ways to transfer images, but, this is how I did it with the rocks.