Happy Hands

Ladybug Pots

2011-05-08T17:56:00.000-07:00

Last week was Teacher Appreciation week. The administration of our preschool gave our teachers a great luncheon on Tuesday. As a small token, I wanted to give them something special and since our theme was "garden party" I decided to create Ladybug pots and plant a flower in them. These were the centerpieces for the tables as well as a take home gift for the teachers.

I picked up some clay pots (4 inch) at the local home store. I spray painted them red and then used sponge, cut in a circle, to make the ladybug spots in black. Each pot was finished off with a red begonia plant. I think they turned out pretty cute...

I ended up making two big ones (12 inch) for our mothers for Mother's Day...those I loaded up with purple petunias...I loved them so much, I have another clay pot in the garage just waiting to be painted up for use on my deck!!

Happy Hands!!
Bev

Our Easter Celebration Tree - A New Family Tradition

2011-04-12T19:56:00.000-07:00

We made suger eggs and chicks...I just love Easter, such a fun time to enjoy cute crafts.

Take one cup of sugar and add 1 tsp water colored with food colors. We added ten drops of the color to a cup of water.

Mix the sugar and water buy hand - it should hold its form when squeezed together -- not too dry and not to wet!

Pack into the mold of your choice. Scrape the excess off and plop - literally PLOP the mold out onto a cookie sheet. Allow about three hours for it to dry.

We glued ribbon to the back of the chicks, placed the eggs at the base of our vase to help hold the dogwood branches we had gathered while the chicks were drying and then decorated the "Easter" tree.

Happy Hands!!
Bev

Coming Soon...

2011-04-08T06:16:00.000-07:00

Hippity Hop aka...The Cottonball Bunny.

Gather your supplies to learn how to make this cute shelf sitter.

You will need...

Cotton Balls (about 15 per bunny)
Cotton Cosmetic Pad (2 per bunny)
Thread
Glue
Some strips of fabric
some powdered blush (come on, I know you have some in the cosmetic drawer!)
black marker
Optional items include, pink and gray seed beads

Get your supplies ready for the tutorial! You will want to make dozens of these and with Easter still a few weeks away -- the good news is...you have TIME!!

Bev

Welcome

2011-04-07T13:59:00.000-07:00

For those of you who like crafts, art projects, mommy/kiddo projects, stamping and scrapbooking...I hope you will love this blog as much as I am going to enjoy sharing it with you.

I love to craft. I have a dedicated room of craft supplies and with summer coming, I am anticipating lots of fun times with my kiddo and the creation of some neat memories as well as finished products!

Join me on the journey to Happy Hands!

Happily Crafting!
Beverly