First I did the Homemade Finger Paints. This was pretty easy to do. I used some empty baby food jars to store it in and then I used Wilton Cake Decorating Icing Colors to tint them. I don't normally have food coloring on hand, but I have tons of the icing colors for my cakes.
Mixture after I put it in the jars, before I colored it all. You can find the Wilton Icing Colors at Walmart, Michaels, and I am sure other places too.
All done! Blue, purple, yellow, red, pink, and green.
I did paint a bit with the green, and then went and washed my hands. It all came out easily. I have yet to try it tho, with a kid playing in it forever and then washing it out lol.
Next I tried making the Mind Jar for Austin. I followed the pin, and she had a great description, but she also linked back in her blog to where she first got it from. The other lady did it slightly different (added extra glitter). So I kind of did a little bit of both to make mine.
I used a mason jar that I bought at Michaels. I know they seal air tight and I didn't want to take any chances! I used just over 1.5 cups of warm water. I added 2 tablespoons of orange glitter glue (Austin picked it out himself!). Like she said, it did take a bit for the glue to melt, so I also stuck it in the microwave for 60 seconds. This kept the water warm, since the glass stayed warm. I added a touch of the wilton icing color in orange to the water, to make the water orange. Then I added some orange glitter to it. Note....add the glitter last, it settles on the top of the water (I learned this the hard way haha, I was still melting glue when I added the glitter!).
Here it is before you shake it up. You can see the glitter glue part settled on the bottom (it doesn't completely melt away) . If you look at the top you can see the extra glitter I added floating around lol.
Here it is all shook up. I really like how it turned out, and Austin liked it too. Hopefully it will help him some with his temper!
This next project was soooo easy. I made the bookmarks with the paint samples. I picked a few up at Walmart, Austin was with me so he picked out his 2, and I picked out 2 for Jaidan. They were out of pink, so I had to get her other colors. I bought some ribbon for $.97 (which will last me quite a while). I bought 2 punches at walmart, but they kinda stunk, their selection wasn't very good. When I went to Michaels they had a much better selection and I picked out 2 different ones. They were all $.97, or $.99. So super cheap, and re-usable not only for this, but other projects too.
All you do is use the punches to cut out the design on one side, use a hole punch on the top for the ribbon, then tie the ribbon through, super easy!.
Finished bookmarks with the supplies. Music notes for Austin, hearts for Jaidan. No more corner's being turned down by kids (yes Jaidan, I am looking at you!).
Well there you have it, results for things I pinned on pinterest and tried. I do have a few other projects I am working on. I will post those results when I am done with them.
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