Does Santa Wrap?

Does Santa Wrap?

Does Santa roll his presents at your house?

All growing up, Santa would leave

us each ane unwrapped gift to 

see on Christmas morning!

And thus he would roll the rest.

It was purpose of our Christmas Eve ritual

to exit handmade tags also equally our 

wrapping paper, ribbons, tape, bows...

out for Santa when he came!

This agency Santa didn't accept to disguise

his handwriting, shroud his wrapping paper

or anything else that powerfulness atomic number 82 to 

unnecessary questioning past times children!

This is what I decided to produce amongst my kids.

After all, they know Santa is busy together with has

a lot of houses to decease inwards to!

(and since I dearest to brand big beautiful tags,

we did it together to exit out for Santa!)

I stamped Santa, colored him red...

mounted it on kraft paper...

 and permit the kids postage stamp their names.

 they had thus much fun...and each made five tags.

 Even the three twelvemonth erstwhile wanted inwards on the action!

What produce yous produce at your house?

Man Cards

Man Cards

It's difficult to brand a carte for a man...

I used my silhouette in addition to made a bunch

of these to continue on hand!

Snowman Tic Tacs!

Snowman Tic Tacs!

 There are a ton of

Snowman Tic Tac boxes 

out there!

But for my ix yr old's friend Christmas gift...

we went SUPER simple!

One slice of white newspaper (2 3/4 past times 1 7/8)

one inch circle punch 

(punch hole as well as record on equally middle body)

7/8 inch circle punch

(head)

orange as well as dark markers

 Easy!

The Valentine Bandwagon!

The Valentine Bandwagon!

 

I took pics of the kids making a fist...

as well as thence I photoshopped on a funny picayune label...

  

 

Then I printed them every bit regular iv yesteryear 6's... 

used as well as x-acto knife to cutting carefully along the 

give as well as bottom border of their picayune hand...

as well as inserted a pump shaped sucker!

 

 

 Now, to human face until Valentines...

Feels proficient to endure ahead of the game this time!

 

Happy waiting!

Be My Valentine

Be My Valentine

I bring this terrific frame that fits

a handmade bill of fare perfectly!

It's the perfect vacation decoration,

as I am e'er making cards!

I'm Batty!

I'm Batty!

 

Toilet Paper rolls?

I swore I'd never salve these...but stumbled across this on pinterest!

 

 Knowing that I was destined to brand them...I started to stockpile the TP rolls

I cutting a slice of dark paper  the tallness of my roll...mine was 4.5"

...but they are a multifariousness of sizes, together with therefore stair out earlier cutting!

The newspaper had to hold out long plenty to become some in i lawsuit together with overlap most an inch.

4.5 past times 7"

Then I applied a generous sum of adhesive...

together with rolled it on non super carefully!

 I did half dozen for a party...they were at all the placemats.

 Then, to brand certain they stayed rolled/taped...and to add together some

Halloween Frankenstein appeal...I stapled the seam.

 I used an one-time gift handbag alongside subtle dark on dark pinstripes

to brand the wings.

Oh, the things you lot tin brand alongside garbage!

I used the edges...this allowed me to cutting 2 sets of wings 

at a fourth dimension that were automatically reversed of each 

other due to the folding inward the bag...genius!

 Glorious footling wings!

Here's my fly pattern!

Okay, I stuck the wings on alongside a large gum dot,
but whatsoever adhesive would likely work.

Then I used my trusty old
uni-ball Signo white pigment pen to depict on the face...

Then alongside scraps of the dark newspaper I cutting footling ears...
I cutting 2 triangles alongside a ring across for tardily gluing...
I merely eye-balled this part!  Not symmetrical at all!

Ahh, together with therefore cute!

Then I got this gorgeous footling gift bags together with set a
handful of peanut m&m's inward them...
(2 handful's wouldn't jibe inward the tube!)

Tuck them within for the cutest footling Halloween tabular array decor!

What a hit!

We honey them together with therefore much, over the weekend nosotros volition assay a 

myriad of other Halloween TP whorl creations!

 

400 Cards!

400 Cards!

We did a 24-hour interval of service inwards our church building final week...

I was asked to help design/cut/prepare (just non assemble)

400 cards!

4 cards, 100 of each!

Here they are--doesn't await similar a big deal, 

but that represents iv hours of service alone!  :)

There was a keen turnout! 

Lots of families at that topographic point to help lay cards together!

They volition move donated to a local repast delivery service

to brighten the days of the elderly.

A Petty Spooky!

A Petty Spooky!

I cutting the letters out of 3/4" pine...with my dads bandsaw.

Then I painted them black.

Then I cutting scrapbook newspaper the same size every bit the letters...

Decopauged them onto the woods pieces...

Used digital images from The Greeting Farm...

colored too newspaper pieced them...

Clear oestrus embossed over the tops of the 

images to brand them shiny...

Presto!  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 spooky decoration!

It's a fun projection for kids to assist too!

(mine helped pigment the modpodge)

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