Kids projects for Christmas

Here are some of the projects that my kids did for Christmas.

Jaden (4 years old) painted and decorated these frames (also his sisters) for his cousins for christmas.





Jaden and Brooklynn made handprints on these cards for their grandparents, and then made santa clauses out of it. (handprint is santa's beard) Jaden wrote "SANTA" on the outside of his card all by himself, and I wrote it for brooklynn since she is only 18 months old

...( idea gotten from my sisters awesome blog...Yellow Mums...)...

cricut frenzy

Unfortunately i do not own the greatest thing known to mankind..... a cricut machine :(

but i borrowed my sister in laws and i have been going crazy using it! :) Here are some of the things that i did using it.

Crafty Blocks

I made these for my neighbors for their little boys. I just cut the blocks, painted, sanded the edges, put cute lettering on it and rustic stars, sprayed them with Mod Podge, wrapped rustic wire around one of the blocks for decoration and then wrapped a longer wire around all of the blocks with a star twisted in it to hold them all together.



I made this one for my little boys bedroom. I found a stick and wrapped the wire around it to make it look like a fishing pole and then hot glued it to the block.

Photoshop recently

Projects as of late...

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These are some things that I made for my neighbors for their little girls. It has the name of their girl in the frame and the ribbon that hangs down is for their hair clips to clip on etc.

So, the topiaries i made before ended up dying because i think my son over watered them. Sad but true :( So i just couldn't bear to throw them away, so I decided because all of needles had already fallen off I could just hot-glue moss on it to make an indoor moss topiary. I had no idea if it would even work, but it surprisingly ended up looking decent. It actually looks better than in the picture.

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After

Puzzles for Jaden

After spending a week with his grandma and grandpa Parsons while Jake and I were on our cruise, my 4 year old son Jaden found out how much he enjoys doing puzzles. He spends hours doing puzzles and his grandparents house and i wanted to get him some him at home. Unfortunately puzzles aren't exactly the cheapest things in the world, so i decided, heck i'll make them myself. After hours of experimenting, i finally came up with this. I found a cute picture on the internet, printed it out on card stock, pasted it onto some foam board and cut out the pieces. The base is just cardboard with an extra thick layer of foam board on the edge so it is easier for jaden to put the puzzle together. It hasn't turned out the way i wanted it to, but it will do for now until i can figure out something better.

Projects from a while ago...

I had a blank wall in my bathroom that has been staring in me in face for a year now, so i finally took an old hideous picture frame, painted it and painted this saying to put inside it. I'm not entirely happy with how it turned out (the free-hand lettering part), but it will have to do for now.

I have a plant shelf in my living room with a vaulted ceiling and after i moved in i was super excited but also so overwhelmed with how to decorate it. This is finally what i have come up with for right now. Its still a work in progress, (like all decorating right?).


This is something i made to help organize all of my little girls hair clips etc. i have yet to decorate the picture frame part. I think i will put my little girls names in it or something. I may need to add longer ribbons, as i accumulate more hair accessories.