71 Projects: Kids' Camp! Craft Kits

 

Project 11: Kids' Camp! Craft Kits

Total Time: 30 minutes

Difficulty Level: Easy

Total Cost: $5

 

When I go to JoAnn, I like to grab some of the little craft kite for the girls from the bargain bins. This trip, I got a necklace kit for Taylor and a Butterfly Garden Fairy Ensemble kit for Jaden!

 

 

I love these kits because not only are they inexpensive, they are also easy enough for the girls to do by themselves!

 

 

They come with basic directions printed right on the packaging.

 

I love watching their tiny hands string the beads! The look of concentration on their faces is so adorable :-)

 

The outcome is always impressive! They look like they cost more than what they actually did.

 

Here are Jaden's creations! All three of these came from that one $3.99 kit!

 

 

Taylor did an awesome job on her necklace, too!  I have pretty crafty girls :-)

 

We'll definitely continue to get these little craft kits!

 

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71 Projects: Owl Art

Project 10: Owl Art

Total Time: 30 minutes

Difficulty Level: Easy

Total Cost: $0

The girls have their own bathroom. It is a fairly good size and is a great space for them! The previous home owners left their shower curtain and honestly, it looked very nice! I just wanted something a little more colorful and cuter for the girls.

I went to a friend's house and saw that she had an adorable owl shower curtain in her bathroom! It was perfect for what I was looking for for the girls.

It matched the existing wall color perfectly!  The only problem was that it made the rest of the bathroom seem very bare.  The wall space between the mirror and the shower curtain now looked huge!

I decided to make a little artwork to hang there!  I went to my craft room and gathered some papers that matched the colors in the shower curtain.

Next, I traced one of the owls.

Then, from that tracing, I traced each individual shape and then cut them out.

I used the cut-outs as templates to trace onto the paper I chose to match the shower curtain.

After I had all of my pieces traced and cut out, I glued them to white cardstock.

Then, I wrote a couple of reminders for the girls, framed them, and hung them in the bathroom!

I LOVE the way they look! They are the perfect space filler for that wall.

In case you were wondering, I did make some for my friend that has the same shower curtain :-)  Thanks, Kalie!

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71 Projects: Fab Badges

Project 9: Fab Badges

Start Date: January 19, 2013

Finish Date: January 19, 2013

Total Time: 15 minutes

Difficulty Level: Super Easy

Retail Cost: $19.99

For Christmas, my BFF Jackie got the girls a super fun badge making kit!

We decided to give it a go one Saturday morning back in January (yeah, I'm a little behind on blogging)!

First, the girls took turns picking out their fabrics.

 

Next, they placed the fabric circles on the badge maker gizmo.

Then, they put the front piece on top of the fabric and pressed it into the badge maker.

 

Next, they put the back onto the badge to lock the fabric in place.

Finally, they got to decorate their fabric covered badges with the stickers that were included in the kit!

They turned out great!

This was a quick, fun craft for the girls and I to do together. It does take a little adult assistance, but for the most part, they were able to do it themselves!

Thanks so much, Jackie!

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71 Projects: Sun Catchers

Project 8: Sun Catchers

This past spring, the girls got some fun sun catcher craft kits!  They had a lot of fun making a cool window decoration for our sun room.

The kit came with everything they would need: metal frame and a variety of colored glass beads.

First, we covered a baking sheet with foil and put the metal frames on the baking sheet. Then, the girls filled each section with different colors of glass beads!

 

 

We cut a straw at an angle to help them scoop the beads.

After the frames were full, we placed them in the oven to melt the beads!

When they were cool, we hung them on the sliding doors in the sun room!

Great job, girls!!

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