"Washer" Art

I'm slowly piecing the house together getting ready for baby number 3. Less then 6 weeks to go!

After Cal J and Ry-pies's room switch - Cal J's room has been lacking in the "wall hanging" department. I saw this fantastic idea to use washers (you know, from the hardware store) to create a design on a canvas. I love it!

The supplies:

Canvas

Spray paint (optional)

Washers (various sizes)

Glue (I used E6000)

I've been slightly obsessed with spray paint these days - so anything (and everything) that I can spray paint I will. I spray painted the whole canvas first and let dry.

Josh doesn't think it's a good idea in my "condition" to be spray painting items. But rest assured, I always do it in a well ventilated area and do my best to not inhale . :)

After the paint dries I just placed my washers in their desired place and glued them on. That's it! A "C" for Cal J. His nonchalant response when I showed him: "cool mom". I wanted a little bit more excitement, oh well, either way I LOVE how it turned out.

Have a great day!

Bubble Art

So I saw this idea awhile back from Mark Montano, who is basically - amazing! I knew I had to try it out with CalJ.

The great thing is, is that you already have everything you need! And the star character is bubbles. I mean, who doesn't like bubbles, right?

Start off with:
regular old dish soap
small cups
paper
food coloring
straws.



Mix soap and water together in your cups and add your food coloring. Use lots and lots of food coloring - you want your colors to be nice and bright.


We used the left-over table cloth cover from this post to catch any messes. It's not that it's a messy project, but with a four year old you can never be TOO careful.


Now, just start blowing your bubbles! Start off blowing the bubbles just above the rim of your cup.


Take your paper and transfer the bubbles carefully onto the paper where it will dry in the bubble form. Neat!


CalJ was great at not ingesting any of the bubbles but DO NOT turn your back away for more then 1 second or you might end up finding this. Lesson learned - don't trust a four year old. HA!


Now make some room on your fridge for your beautiful and fun bubble art - we did!