Days Until Wood Sign

I made a really fun Days Until wood sign.  The cardstock numbers are held on by cup hooks.

Bethlehem Church Christmas Party

Adult Harry Potter Robe from a Twin Sheet

I purchased one black twin sheet for $5

and with the following instructions was able to make an adult Harry Potter Robe.  I also made a blue lining one for the Ravenclaw House.  First I took out the large top seam of the sheet to give me a few more inches that are needed.  Then I folded the sheet as follows and cut:

  The robe/cloak is the larger piece and the sleeves are the 17 inch piece.  The sleeves need to be cut apart and the extra piece is for the hood.  Once my pieces were cut out I sewed as follows:

Bring edges to the center of cloak/robe piece.  Sew the shoulder together & sew on hood after sewing the shoulders together.  Sew the seams of the sleeves and attach to the cloak piece were you made slits for the sleeve (arm hole).

*To add lining, make two identical robes and put right sides together and sew around the front & hood piece to finish.  Turn the cloak right side out.  Trim the sleeves to the correct length for your arms (I cut off 4 inches).  Iron a 1/4 inch seam allowance at the end of the sleeves and sew lining together with robe.  

** The Ravenclaw crest is from a napkin and I laminated it.  I will sew it on, or glue it on, or wait for an iron on patch.

***Can also attach a button or hook/eye, etc to the robe/cloak to keep closed.

Charm Bracelet Shrink Dinks

For Mothers Day at church Primary with about 30 kids we are making shrink dinks charm bracelets.  I purchased a kit with sheets of shrink plastic and punched 1 3/8 inch circles in the shrink wrap.  I also punched a hole in the circle to be able to attach to my charm bracelet.  I purchased chain and broke off in about 7" lengths.  I connected the chain with a jump ring.  I will also attach the shrink dinks with a jump ring after colored & shrunk per box directions.  I added a piece of 2"x4 1/4" (folded in half) piece of cardstock to each bracelet and stamped the woman silhouette on each piece of cardstock.  Each mother will get one bracelet with a charm attached

from each child.  Love how these turned out.

Huge Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter

I made this huge gingerbread man cookie cutter out of yard edging that I found at a thrift store.  It is tin.  First I drew a picture of a gingerbread man on a large piece of paper(newsprint).  I bent the tin edging around the curves.  When it was finished it was too flimsy to hold its shape.  I then cut out of some old scrap paneling wood the same gingerbread shape with a jigsaw.  I stapled the tin gingerbread man cookie cutter to the wood gingerbread man.  I would love to find a roll of sheet metal that was 4 inches wide to make this but this will do.  I'm excited to display it.

Burlap Advent

I used burlap ribbon to make my bags.  I just folded and sewed up the side and bottom.  I used jute string ran through the back to tie them up.  I got my free printable here and just stapled them to the burlap bag.  I love how they turned out.  Now to fill them great thanks writing prompts and scriptures from here and here.

Winter Vignette

I found this toboggan at a thrift store and fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.  I cut out the snowflakes with a jigsaw and painted them white.  Love the look of  this.

Pilgrims and Native Americans

These stand 3' tall and are ready for Thanksgiving.  Love how they turned out.

DIY Large Angel Wings

I made these large angel wings by first drawing a wing with its feathers on large newsprint paper.  I then traced onto wood (some old paneling that I had) and cut out with a jig saw. 

I then, from my drawing, cut out one layer at a time of the wings to use as a stencil and using a putty knife applied putty or drywall mud.  You can see my layers of putty on the photo. 

 When that dried I painted the wings black.  I then lightly painted white with a downward stroke to leave the details of the putty feathers. The bottom feathers I used a screwdriver to scrape lines in the white paint exposing the black underneath.  I love how they turned out.  It was also super easy.

Tall Nutcracker

I wanted a tall nutcracker for my front porch so I made one.  I cut it out with a jigsaw and painted it white with gold accents.  I love how it turned out.  Just use a free coloring page as your template and enlarge it. 

Backyard Bungalo great finds

I'm super excited about my awesome finds at http://thebackyardbungalow.com/ tent sale.