We are huge fans of making art using bleeding tissue paper. The effect is so lovely and the process is a ton of fun.
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I don’t know about the rest of you, but I always take great care in picking my wrapping paper each year. I love the look of the wrapped presents under the tree, the shine of the wrapping paper, the patterns and the bows. Christmas gifts are just plain pretty.
Engineering activities are wonderful for improving your children’s fine motor skills, problem solving abilities and their imaginations.
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My daughter loves to build. She can and will construct out of anything. We build with recyclables.
We build with nature.
It is a big year for babies in my family. I have 3 cousins that are expecting & my sister-in-law is pregnant with her first baby. I am excited to become an auntie & for Mai to meet her first cousin. My sister-in-law’s baby shower was this weekend. I had wanted to try my hand a making a diaper cake for a while & thought that this was the perfect time to try it.
I was a little nervous. I had an idea in mind based on a combination of different diaper cakes that I had seen. I wanted to form a tiered diaper cake that looked like a monkey. Here goes nothing…
Form a base to carry your cake on. Cut a circle out of cardboard.
Cut out & cover your board in felt.
Use an old paper towel roll. Place it in the middle of the circle & begin your cake by wrapping a diaper around the paper towel roll horizontally. Layer another diaper over it leaving about an inch or so of the original showing. Continue around in this manner.
You may use a string to loosely hold your tier in place & then tuck more diapers in under the string. Continue around until you achieve the desired width for your bottom tier.
Start your second tier using the same method. Do the same for your remaining tiers. We did 4 total.
I covered the cake with a folded blanket. We folded it with the print side folded in & then secured it to the front with a pin.
For the monkey head & arms we used a tummy time play mat that we found. I secured the arms with a safety pin hugging the top 2 tiers.
To form the banana, roll a white washcloth. Roll it so that it is thinner at top & fatter on the bottom.
Wrap another washcloth around it. Make sure that one side is smooth & gather the excess around the back.
To form the peel, fold a yellow washcloth at one of the corners.
Make a diagonal fold on one side into the center of the initial fold.
Fold the other side over in a similar fashion. Fold them in again the same way & repeat these steps with a second washcloth.
Place both of the folded wash cloths around either end of the white washcloth.
Cover the yellow & white cloths with another yellow cloth & smooth out the front & pull the excess to the back.
Fold & tuck the back in to secure it & pull the peels down so they droop.
Pull the bottom of the cloths up & secure by tucking in at the top.
To make leaves, fold a green washcloth from corner to corner to form a triangle.
Fold the edges in around the triangle, except at the bottom.
Start on one of the sides & roll in toward the center. Do the same for the other end. You may secure with a rubber band if you like or just tuck it in somewhere on the cake.
We used branches wrapped in yarn to form the tree branches & tucked the leaves in around them.
My first diaper cake attempt was a hit. I can’t wait for the next shower. Now on to our main event.
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Kim U. selected Berry Delicious Cheesecake Fluff from Dizzy, Busy and Hungry
I selected Funny Face Seedlings from Made With Happy
Kim M. selected – Who is Responsible? The Race Cards are on the Table from Living in Mommywood
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5 Tips for New Bloggers from J9 Designs
Today is Valentine’s Day, a day for love & romance. It is also a day that I scramble to try to figure out what kind of gift to buy my husband. Hallmark, Russell Stover’s and every jewelry store and flower shop in town are kept busy with the swarms of boyfriends and husbands grabbing their clichéd Valentine’s trinkets for their wives at home. The men have it easy. It is us women that have to play the guessing game. There will be no stuffed animals or lip shaped chocolates being given to my husband. Perhaps if they made stuffed animals stuffed with bacon or chocolate covered beer cordials this might fly, but otherwise no. Luckily for me, the Patriots made things easy this year & won the Superbowl, which opened up my gift list to Patriots’ paraphernalia. Thanks guys. I owe you one. Before the Pats’ brought home the victory, Mai & I had another idea in mind for our favorite guy.
Slim Jims & Nuts Beer Mug
Tape two canisters of nuts together.
Tape a string of mini Slim Jims together so that they are even. I used 16 of them.
Wrap the Slim Jims around the outside of the canisters with the label facing the outside. Secure with a rubber band & then tape into place.
On a piece of construction paper, cut out an oval & write your message.
Mat it to another piece of construction. Dab the back edges of the paper with a glue gun & secure.
Cut out a handle shape . Bend the edge of the paper that will secure to the mug & lightly glue into place with a glue gun. Add cotton or tissue paper to the top for the foam.
Now on to to our link-up. Welcome to week 7 of the Sunday’s Best Link-Up.
Welcome to Week 7 of Mother 2 Mother’s Sunday’s Best Linkup. Each month we will feature a theme, this month the theme is Love Is In the Air. Smooches! Please share your favorite posts on anything or anyone that you love. This can be recipes, Valentine’s crafts, scrapbook layouts, how you met your husband or significant other, your children, how you spend Valentine’s Day etc. You decide.
Don’t have posts that fit into the theme, link up whatever post you would like to share. Anything goes here. You may link as many posts as you would like. Each week a post will be selected and featured the following week. An image from your post will be used on my blog the following week with a link back to your blog. Be sure to check back to see if you’re the Sunday’s Best featured blogger of the week.
Please meet my new co-host, Kim, and her beautiful daughter from Pinterested Parent. Kim shared a great post last week Pasta Love Bug Crafts. They are adorable and perfect for rainy or snowy day. Please check it out and connect with her.
Rhonda – Mother 2 Mother Kim – Pinterested Parent
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Kim selected 15 Pretty In Pink Valentine’s Day Treats by – Dreaming of Leaving
and
I selected Peanut Butter Hearts by – Dabbling Momma
All of the posts were great, and I appreciate each of you linking up. We honestly had a hard time making selections, and would like to invite all of you back to linkup your post again this week. While your’re here take a minute to visit these great blog and connect with Jessica and Susen. These ladies are quite crafty.
