Showing posts with label paper crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paper crafts. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Toddler Valentines
My daughter has seen all the hype I've created for Valentine's day and asked to make Valentines herself. We got out the construction paper and markers, a little glitter and glue and went to town.
I had her color on some pink paper and then cut a heart out of the scribbled area.
We added the heart on one card front for her Grandma and Papa, and put the heart negative on another for her Grama T.
We added some glitter to the middle of one of the hearts! She did so well to not make a big mess; which, for a 2 year old, is pretty impressive.
Then we made a card for Daddy :) he got extra hearts.
Don't these cute cards remind you of Valentines you made and exchanged when you were little? I know they'll all love their Valentines, what did you do with your children to get them involved in Valentines Day?
~Allison
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Valentines Mantel Goodness
With all the projects I've been doing everyday, I have a lot of Valentines decor and had no idea what to do with it without filling the entire house with pink, flowers and hearts. This way all of the Valentines things are all on display I'm one place and will be easy to tidy when the holiday is over!
You've all seen, and maybe even made, the Ombre Heart Art.
The stuffed pouch hearts are the same kind that I sell on my Etsy shop.
I had hugs and kisses left over from the hugs and kisses cookies that I put in vases with some shiny red decorative grass and a Grosgrain ribbon bow tied around them.
The paper flowers I posted a couple days ago.
I can't remember where the red candle came from, but it was perfect with everything else.
The X and O were a spur of the moment project with cardboard letter forms and little squares of tissue paper glued all over them.
The pink and white flower garland was made out of coffee filters and string. To make the pink flowers pink I dyed them with food coloring and to dry them quickly I baked them flat on a cookie sheet at 250 until they were completely dry. Then folded the filters in half, scalloped the edges, formed my flowers and tied them on string.
Check back tomorrow for another tutorial for 14 Days of Valentines and on Saturday my beautiful and crafty friend Hailey will be guest posting with her Valentines tutorial!
~Allison
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Paper Flowers :)
I love the way paper flowers look and the fact that they don't wilt and will stay vibrant and beautiful for a very very long time, well unless your children get into them! My plan for today's post was to write up a paper flower tutorial, but after looking at all the wonderful posts already done by so many talented people it seemed to me that they would be much better at showing you how it's done. So, I'm going to share with you some of my favorites with links to their tutorials and then in a few days I'll talk about what we can do with our flowers!
These are so cute!
They look just like carnations and how EASY?!
Isn't that so pretty?
So simple and pretty.
I love the different flowers together :)
I'll be making some of these beauties for some projects in a few days so make a few too and we'll do it together! Hope you enjoy!
~Allison
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