Our Valentine Crafts

So I love to make crafts and I really try to choose something that my boys can help with. For Valentines this year I had them help with the decorations and we had a Great time. For starters the boys used all the sea shells that we collected and I glued them on hearts and then mounted them in a frame so that we have them to use every year!

Next I made lots of yarn pom-poms that I used for a garland and to hang from the light fixture. Next I Mod Podged letters with cute scrapbook paper. The boys got to help again with our Yarn Hearts that I saw in Disney’s Family Fun Magazine (Love this magazine). I used the yarn hearts in the garland and the light fixture. All in all I think our homemade Valentine decorations turned out really cute, and the boys were so proud of all the decorations that they were able to help with!

We also enjoyed a Yummy Spaghetti dinner since we were using yarn for our craft project!

The Finished Project

Spooky Ghosts

I wanted to do a few fun activities with my 2 boys before adding another one into the mix, so I thought we would start getting ready for Halloween. I have seen these ghosts before but I

had never made them so I thought, why not.

First, make the molds. I took several different containers and we bent the arms so they
would look like they were flying in the air.

Next I cut out strips of the cheese cloth and then we dipped them in liquid starch and layered them over the molds. Next time I would make my strips of fabric wider. Then they had to dry which took about 24 hours to be completely dry.

Our Finished Product........Spooky Ghosts! We added felt mouths and google eyes for the
finishing touches. Now to attach fishing line and hang them around the house.
This was a lot of fun to do with the boys!