Bethlehem Church Christmas Party

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.

Story Vignette

I love the saying "Every family has a story...welcome to ours"  and I also love barn quilts.  Really liking this vignette.

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.

Mail Sorter in Decoupage

Updated Shabby Dresser

I removed most of the nasty paint with paint remover then used steel wool to clean it up a lot.  I sanded it a little bit and added beautiful knobs from Hobby Lobby.  I love how it turned out.

DIY Doll Merry-Go-Round

My kids love playing on the merry-go-round (yes, we still have them here).  I had an idea to make one out of a turn table found at the thrift store.  I attached a 3/4" dowel about 8" long to the middle to give the dolls something to lean against.  I attached with screws the smaller dowels to help keep the dolls on the merry-go-round.  I painted it to look like a traditional merry-go-round.  I was thrilled that it worked.  It works best with 2 dolls opposite each other for balance.  My kids other toys (Lego's, Potato Head, baby dolls, etc.) enjoy this also.

Spooky Halloween Mirror

NoBiggie has this amazing scary mirror with directions. I picked up the perfect frame for this project at a thriftin swap. So excited to make this.

Fort Table Cover for Kids

From Make It and Love It tutorial found here or another design from Sew Much Ado. Other ideas are here at Miss Pretty Pretty or for purchase. A similar kitchen (can use for travel) is here at Creative Crate.

My kids wanted a pirate ship, jail, animals to hunt. I purchased a thrift store sheet & went to work. I kept mine simple so the kids could get to playing with it. **The flag is held up with a dowel-I left an opening at the top of the brown felt for the stick to go into creating a flag pole.

For pirate mask to print go here to Sparkle Box. I also found a map to print.

Refinish Chair

Sunset has direction here on how to paint and recover a seat cushion.
Living with Lindsey also has directions here.

Drab to Fab has an EASY version here. I used this version for my $1 thrift store chair.