A few days ago one of the blogs posted an idea for summer and I knew immediately that I would have to do it. Our school year is coming to an end (SLOWLY) and we want some fun stuff to look forward to.
Yesterday I stopped at the Dollar Tree and spent $5 on the items I would need. Here is what I bought:
- Picture Frame (11x14)
- Decorative Printer Paper
- Princess Skirt
- Yellow Hibiscus Flowers
- Pink Hibiscus Flowers
I took apart the princess skirt (wish I had bought 2 cause it wasn't as wide as I had planned) and taped it to the back of the frame insert. Then I typed up 51 FUN summer activities and printed it onto the decorative paper. I taped the paper onto the princess skirt paper and closed up the frame. THEN I hot-glued the flowers to the frame. Here is the final project:
I'm not happy with the princess skirt part but I'll go back and get another skirt and fix it some other time. For 11pm last night it was okay. :)
Here is a close up of the activities. You can see at the end of each activity I left a space like this ( ) so we can use a dry erase marker to check the activity off as we do it. THEN we can wipe it off and reuse it next year... unless we make a new one. :)
When I was all done I had several flower left over and decided to make a headband to match my sweater for church today. :)
If you want to see the original blog that I got this idea from you can CLICK HERE. Now, I'm off for some SUMMER FUN!!!!
2 comments:
YEAH!! I had seen that idea and was thinking about doing something similar. I love the hibiscus flowers and what an added bonus...an accessory for yourself! Love ya sweet blog friend!
LOVE it!! I will keep this in mind when mine are older... for now they're happy playing on the swingset and in the sandbox for hours on end... ;)
Love how you used the leftover for a headband. Totally bummed I missed church yesterday to hear you and Marcia sing!
Keep posting fun craft ideas!! Someday I will have to actually DO one! :)
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