Thank God for Martha Stewart, is all I have to say. Poor tired mothers like me whose creative prowess flew south for the winter some time after baby #2, maybe never to return, can turn to her for cheap and easy craft projects your kiddos will love. Rummage through your recycle bin for glass jars with good, tight-fitting lids, wash them thoroughly and fill with water. Sand the lid a bit to rough up the metal, then use an epoxy glue to affix a small figurine to the lid (I grabbed a bag of old wood ornaments from an antique store for $2 a few years back). Add a pinch of coarse grain glitter, a drop or two of glycerine (available at most drug stores) and voila! your kids think you are a creative genius.
Caution: What these pics don't depict is the sad scene that awaited us next morn...Santa ornament had literally disintegrated overnight, succumbing to a watery grave, limbs floating every which way. It was a tad disturbing and there were tears. Next time we'll use plastic or metal.
Thank God for Martha Stewart, is all I have to say. Poor tired mothers like me whose creative prowess flew south for the winter some time after baby #2, maybe never to return, can turn to her for cheap and easy craft projects your kiddos will love. Rummage through your recycle bin for glass jars with good, tight-fitting lids, wash them thoroughly and fill with water. Sand the lid a bit to rough up the metal, then use an epoxy glue to affix a small figurine to the lid (I grabbed a bag of old wood ornaments from an antique store for $2 a few years back). Add a pinch of coarse grain glitter, a drop or two of glycerine (available at most drug stores) and voila! your kids think you are a creative genius.
Caution: What these pics don't depict is the sad scene that awaited us next morn...Santa ornament had literally disintegrated overnight, succumbing to a watery grave, limbs floating every which way. It was a tad disturbing and there were tears. Next time we'll use plastic or metal.
I know it is so wrong of me but I chuckled at the thought of the santa parts floating about...sorry for the tears though...that is not funny.
ReplyDeletelove your little winter wonderlands.
ha! use sculpey, that works well too. i've done these with my art workshop kiddos & made tiny little snowglobe necklaces - super cute & easy!
ReplyDeletehaha! i loved reading about the disintegratnig santa. love martha!
ReplyDeleteYou are anything but limited creativity. You breathe it, you exhale it you are the embodiment of super Mama with a literary wit and creativity flowing!
ReplyDeletethanks, Liz. needed to hear that today of all days!
ReplyDeleteAnda- hiya! welcome! glad to see you here!
Jenifer- Can we IM some time so I can pick your brain on good art projects? I need your vision!
Summer- garsh, I miss you...and I'm so sad at the thought of not being there to watch the niecies open their gifties this year.
let's set it up maybe next week sometime - i always forget to turn the ichat on (to the disdain of many a friend) but if i am reminded via email of a time to go on, i'll be there :) i'd love to chat art projects with you!
ReplyDeletethis is amazing. the craft is brilliant, and the disintegrating santa made me almost fall out of my chair at work (when i'm not necessarily being paid to read blogs....ahem).
ReplyDeletei miss you all, so much.
let's talk soon- i also need some polite hassling about that letter. when is it due?
I love these, as you know. I can't wait to make these with Bradey and the Capdevielle kids. I'm stealing all of your great ideas--I'm making peppermint bark this weekend!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I love that you included the deer in the photo of Sam's globe.
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