Crafty Caterpillars

I remember making the egg carton caterpillars when I was a kid, so I figured the girls would like it too!

We started by donning our now-dry painted aprons. Then we got out the paint, pipe cleaners, beads, googly eyes, and egg carton.

The girls had a ton of fun painting.


Then I put Tamsyn down for a nap. This was a bit too hard for her. She painted but had no interest in the rest of it.

Morri and I glued on eyes, a bead nose, and sparkly pipe cleaner legs, mouth, and antennae. We stuck some beads on her 'pillar's antennae too.
The finished products:


Kudos!
Ket

Starting our Crafting Journey

More and more lately I've been looking into kids crafts, especially creative or logical thinking ones. I decided yesterday that the first step in this direction was getting the girls aprons! At first I wanted to sew them myself, but upon seeing the price of canvas (8.99/yard, seriously?), I decided to go with the cheapie premade ones ($4.50 for 2). Then we picked out some fabric paint!

What a blast! The girls really went for this. It's their first adventure in painting.

We started with putting a sheet on the floor. One I wouldn't mind ruining... it was FABRIC paint. Then we laid out our aprons, and pulled out some cupcake papers for paint holders.

Then we started! Morri, as per usual, went straight for the purple and pink. Tamsyn surprised me by getting really into the green. I made sure not to interfere (after showing Tams the initial put-paint-on-canvas excitement).




Man, they had a blast. It only lasted about half an hour, but it was fun!




And, of course, by the end Tamsyn was getting bored, so she started painting her hair... and stuck the brush in her mouth. I made sure to get non-toxic stuff, but it could NOT have tasted good...



So bath time!


And the finished masterpieces!
Morrigan:


Tamsyn:

Morrigan's Birthday Dress

I decided, this year, in honor of my baby turning 3, I was going to sew her a birthday dress.

I am a amateur at sewing. I've done a few simple things a long time ago, like a pillow in high school, a few attempts at cloth diapers, and an apron that is, still, unfinished in my sewing box (but I have the pattern back from my friend so now I can finish it!). So for me, this was a big undertaking. But I figured I had two months (her birthday is in July) to figure it out, and there are a bunch of ladies on a local parenting board who I could run to frantically for help.

This is the pattern we picked out:

Only the skirt will be paneled, mixed with plain pink and a butterfly pattern Morri picked out. The top will be a light pink that matches the pink panels. The "Easy!" logo on it gives me hope.

Wish me luck! I'm hoping to find the pattern at Wal-mart (Joann's was sold out) today and start cutting.

Kudos!
Ket