Autumn T-Shirts

We made cute autumn t-shirts this past Saturday.

Last year, I bought these large foam stamps from Oriental Trading Co. for a very economical price.

I can't find this particular set, but I did find other sets suitable for t-shirts, especially these leaves.

 I found these bright orange shirts at Michael's Crafts.

Put some cardboard inside the shirts.  I use cereal boxes for this.

 Instead of dipping the large stamps into the fabric paint, Kim paints it thickly onto the stamp.

 Stamp away

 Kimmy's shirt.

 Grace put a lot of detail into her stamps.

 Posing with the finished product!

Opening our Glowing Animals Kiwi Crate

 We received our "Glowing Animals" Kiwi Crate this past week, and the kids are eager to get busy.

It's always fun to open our crate and see the Kiwi bird saying "hello".

 When you open your crate the first thing you see is a cardstock picture of the crate's projects.

In this crate you made a glowworm friend and racing jellyfish.

 On the back of this paper are stickers to be added to you Kiwi Crate project poster.  I have two stickers because I subscribe using the sibling pack...We get enough supplies to make two of every craft.

 The next item in the crate is a flyer for all the holiday crates that are for sale.  These look great. (I have already ordered the Thanksgiving crate). There is also a $5.00 coupon code included in this flyer.

 The Explore magazine is full of fun....we get two copies because we subscribe with the sibling addition.

 There many cute activities included in this magazine.  One item is "my glowing firefly".  It even comes with glowsticks to make this "bonus" project.

 The very clear instructions state that the My Glowworm Friend has a low messiness level and little grown up participation.

 Every single item, from markers to rubber bands are included in the crate.

 My Racing Jellyfish is low on the messiness scale and needs medium parental help.

Everything is included in the crate....You even get a pair of scissors in your first crate to use with your projects.

I'll be back to show how these projects turn out!

Woven Hearts Craft

Some of the kids are fighting springtime colds...(having just gotten over pneumonia), so I didn't want to send kids out into the cool weather, so I suggested to Amy that she find a craft that the 3 littles would enjoy. She came through with a great art lesson for us all.

At first Amy had the kids experiment and practice with different paintbrush strokes and color mixing.
It took alot of concentration to get the brushstrokes just right.

We used cardboard from the backs of cereal boxes.

Working of swirls.

Four pieces of cardboard were painted and then two were cut into hearts and the other two were cut into thin strips.

Amy used an sharp knife to cut slits in the hearts, being careful to leave an edge around the heart.

Begin weaving strips into the heart.

A job well done on a slow Saturday afternoon.

"Happy Fall Y'all"

This is today's craft....from my favorite craft supply company, Oriental Trading Company.