Summer Activities

I have tried to keep AK busy this summer. We've been visiting the water park a lot. She had theater camp for two weeks, and starts art camp and VBS next week. However, there are days where we have little to do, so I try to get creative. We decided to make slime the other day. It's a mixture of borax, glue, and water. Add a little food coloring to spice it up!

Saturday Crafting Fun

Today AK and I decided to do a test run on her Valentine's Day craft for this year's Valentine's Day cards. We wanted to make crayon hearts. I found this adorable idea on the long thread blog, and decided to make necklaces out of them. Here's what we needed to get started.

The biggest struggle was peeling all of the crayons...whew...what a chore.

So I went online to find an easier way. Here's what we used. Thank you whoever created the box cutter. I love you.

The tutorial said to break the crayons into small pieces. I remember reading somewhere that you could shave the crayons for this type of project. We decided to experiment with both. I must say I am glad we didn't shave too many crayons because the broken crayons worked out much better!

Here's what it all looked like going into the oven...275 degrees for 7-10 minutes.

Meeeelllllttttiiiinnnnggggg....

Add straws during the cooling process.

The final results!

Now, all we have to do is go to the craft store and buy something to string each heart onto, and we'll be done with these! I wish they were a little thicker, but I think they turned out pretty cute. If I feel the urge to peel more crayons, I might try again and make them a bit thicker :)

Crafting

Well, I tried my hand at crafting today. First AK and I made paper snowflakes. Now, I have never said I am creative, so bear with me. One of my goals this year is to learn a craft. Paper snowflakes is not it :) I would like to learn to knit and/or use a sewing machine. For now it's snowflakes.


My next crafting endeavor was a felt wreath. I've been working on making the felt for about a week now. Supposedly all you have to do is wash old 100% wool sweaters in hot water and dry them in the dryer. It didn't turn out quite the way I pictured it. Instead of felt, I got slightly fuzzy, shrunken wool sweaters. Anyway...I pushed on. Here is my process:





And VOILA!


I almost forgot our halftime entertainment...