Bathroom Sign: SYTYC Week 1

 

 

My kids have to start sharing a bathroom. That means I have to change it to something that will work for both a boy and girl. The only thing my two kiddos could agree on was fish. Is fish the most original idea? Probably not, but you can't argue with kids that are finally agreeing and not fighting.

I needed something that I could hang on the wall above their towel hooks. I decided to make them a sign. I knew right away what I wanted it to say. I went with: "one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish". My oldest kiddo LOVES to read stories to my littlest kiddo. Dr. Seuss books are 9 times out of 10 the books they are reading. I think it's the perfect saying to show something they love to do together.

Almost all the supplies I needed were things we already had around the house. The wood was leftovers in my hubby's scrap pile, the vinyl I've had on hand for months, the metal piece on the back was also in the hubby's scrap pile. The only thing I had to buy was blue craft paint (go figure it ran out before I finished the first coat).

What I did was cut 4 pieces of wood to 24 inches long. I gave them a quick sand and painted them with craft paint. Once they were dry I cut out the vinyl letters. We had a scrap piece of metal used for stairs laying around our garage. I had my husband help me screw that on the back to hold all the boards together. I also attached a picture hanger to the back.

This weeks challenge for sure gave me the push to get going on the kiddos bathroom. I'm so pleased with how this turned out!

Pinterest Inspired Heart Block

 

I have another pinterest inspired project. If you missed my last one you can find it here. I decided to do one for the month of love this time. I loved the heart blocks from one of my favorite blogs Simply Kierste.

 

 

 

I did a couple things different from the inspiration ones. I used scrapbook paper instead of newspaper for the under part. I also added some ribbon. I know I say this all the time but this little block was seriously easy. I mean crazy easy. I really love how it turned out. This was another pinterest success.

 

 

I'm linking this to: Keeping It Simple, Craft O'Maniac, Sugar Bee Crafts, and Sumo's Sweet Stuff

 

 



Valentine's/St. Patty's Day Blocks

 

I loved the countdown blocks I found here. I thought it would be fun to tweak them just a bit. For mine I did them two sided. I did one side for Valentine's Day the other for St. Patrick's Day.

 

 

I used mod podge for the scrapbook paper. I didn't have any vinyl, so my chunky numbers are also from scrapbook paper. A quick bow on top, some embellishments, and this little craft was done. I am for sure going to do some more of these for other holidays. I think these are a fun alternative to traditional countdown blocks.

 

 

 

I'm linking this post to: Keeping It Simple, Sugar Bee Crafts, Craft O'Maniac, Six Sister's Stuff, Lil Luna, Blue Cricket Design, and Sumo's Sweet Stuff

 



Pinterest Inspired Snowmen

My Mother in law and I saw the cutest snowmen on Pinterest at Christmas time. We decided we needed to make some. They were super easy!

 

We followed most of the same instructions as the inspiration ones from Keeping It Simple. For the eyes and mouth on ours we used black sharpies. The noses were cut from orange foam sheets. We bought the gloves for the hats, and the fleece for the scarfs, from the dollar store. We also made pom pom's for the top of the middle snowman's hat.

 

This craft was for sure a Pinterest success.

I'm linking to: Sugar Bee Crafts, Keeping It Simple, Craft O'Maniac, and Six Sisters' Stuff