Everyday it is the same routine. Park the car. Walk inside the house. Then I hear the infamous question, “Mom, can I play Mario Kart?”
He is quite the persistant fellow. He will continue to ask periodically until he gets his fix. Once he has played, he will cut it off and walk away. It is truely quiet humorous.
After leaving the gym, conveniently located near Hobby Lobby, I decided to do my cool down while shopping! Multi tasking!! I found on the wood aisle these cute wooden stick puppet, 12 boys and 12 girls. They were a must buy!
Having no idea what I would do with them, the idea came to me to make Mario and Luigi for my son. They turned out so cute and my son loves playing with them.
I painted Mario’s face. The rest of the puppet was painted red, including the back. Then I cut out felt overalls, hat, and accessories.
Are you allowed to use the word “accessories” when describing a man? Can you use the word “man” when describing a video game character? I digress.
I glued the felt pieces on with my high temp glue gun, they aren’t kidding about being high temp. We will leave it at that.
For the finishing touch, I cut out a felt nose and glued it on. I encourage you to give this a go. Make yourself a puppet of your child’s favorite character. Tell me about what you have made! Now watch out for that banana peel!
I have been wanting to try quilling for a long time. I went to Hobby Lobby several times with all intentions of buying the starter kit and I always went home empty handed… well, without the starter kit. Really… who leaves a craft store empty handed? But all that changed when I was surfing the web and found Yulia Brodskaya’s website. Be sure to check it out, beautiful work!! Now I have the starter kit and here is what I have learned so far.
1. The school glue is much too thick, Mod Podge works much better!
2. Mod Podge dries really fast, work as you go!
3. Gloss Mod Podge shows up on matte paper. This is a “duh”, but it is something you don’t think about when your kids are napping, the hubby is entertained, and you have 46 minutes to craft!
4. Rinse brush OFTEN. When applying Mod Podge, the glue will dry in the brush and it will be useless quickly! Also, the color from the quilling paper will transfer to the brush… to your white paper background. Nice.
This is a really fun craft! I am already in love with it! AND Quilled Creations has colored paper, metallic paper, graduating paper… need I say more? This is the beginning of many more blogs on this section!
P.S. My first creation… The Four Seasons… Coming Soon!
As I shop the Martha Stewart aisle in Michael’s, as I often do, I stroll the aisle looking for a new product to try. I had already purchased the glitter pack by Martha Stewart and had fallen in love, but that is another blog! So I thought I would give the beads a try when I saw them.
You can get a whole set of colors (12 to be exact) from Michael’s, which is important when doing any craft, you must have a variety of colors! Another must is a high quality, liquid glue. Without it, the beads will not stick.
My first project, I quickly learned these beads have a mind of their own, but not nearly as bad as the flocking!! The beads will go everywhere while you are sprinkling them on your masterpiece, and you will sprinkle significantly more than you would with glitter, but you can always reuse your excess, which I highly recommend.
I highly recommend a box top (which is what I resorted to after I began sprinkling the beads) or an excess glitter retriever, which you can purchase from Hobby Lobby or Michael’s for $3-$10.
These beads give a nice elegant look to a project and they are a fun alternative to glitter!
