Simple Sofa Shelf

Midweek and I feel like this one is really dragging. I have a horrible cough that just seems to take the wind out of me with every single breath I take and I just want to stay in bed. Instead we are working on small projects around the house and trying to just keep the rest of the family healthy.

Our latest change is taking place in the living room. Our walls are taking a beating from the couch. With 3 kids and 2 adults in this room the most, it seems obvious that it would happen. We play games here, watch movies and have our evening reading/discussion time here. It was time to make a quick and inexpensive solution. We purchased a piece of wood from HOME DEPOT and 3 brackets from Ikea. 2 coats of black paint allowed to dry overnight + 15 minutes of installation and we were all set!

I'm still working on styling the shelf but for now I am THRILLED! It keeps the couch away from the wall and gives us a little more display space. This entire wall is my next project. 

Here it is as of this morning. I have changed this out often. I plan on picking up some sort of butterfly stems and low flowers for the glass jars. The box on the left holds all of our remotes. The easels hold artwork done by my children and on the far right are some photos from  my trip to Europe.

This is another wall in the living room that needs more work and a lot of help. I am looking to add Words, Letters and more photos.

Happy Wednesday my Friends!

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Workbench Fun

When the weather took a turn for the worse, we headed indoors and got our minds working quickly! What better way to get our minds working and our hands to, than to hit up Dad's work bench! The kids decided they wanted to work with hammers and screwdrivers, so I scrounged up what I could and we got to work!

Yes, I let all my children work with the hammer (ages 6,5,3) and they all were very careful and took turns. This scrap wood was picked up at a hardware store for .29! A giant bucket of mixed nails was 2.50! Such great deals for a project that lasts awhile to create and then the kids play with forever!

We added screws into the mix too and the kids had such a fun time playing HANDY MANNY! haha! My 3 year old got into this project the most, but he's always been such a hands on learner!

Then came time to pop on the rubberbands, once again I let them each do it separately. I gave each child 10 at a time and they had so much fun getting them mixed up and pulled taut!

The finished product looked cool enough to hang up, but once I leaned it against a wall, it became another game! They started rolling marbles all the way through and trying not to let them fall out the side! It's amazing how much fun this little project turned out to be!

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Craft in a Minute...Recycled Stamps!!

We had a play date that was going to be outdoors all day today, so we had to think ahead of time what we wanted to do indoors so that there was not too much sun exposure! A quick look at my craft bin set me in the right direction! We pulled out the foam stickers and random scraps of wood and old lids (The tiny stamps are even on old JENGA pieces!)

After sticking the stamps to the wood, the kids were off and running! They had never seen anything so cool and so easy to make! The quickly went through the foam sticker collection, looking for anything they could find that would be the right size of the blocks and lids we had on hand!

This was a fun activity, made even better when I rolled out a loooong piece of Kraft paper! The somehow felt compelled to keep on stamping until the entire page was full! We now have some awesome wrapping paper!!

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The Week in Photos!

Look at what the Leprechaun brought! The kids had to follow his footsteps to see all the goodies he brought them! After finding out the mischief that he caused! (He put the boys sock bin in Autumn's room and her sock bin in the Boy's dresser! He also dropped some green food coloring in the milk!). We are looking to make a small herb container garden, so he brought us those goodies and some Science books to read an also some fantastic reference fan out cards about the 50 states for our geography corner and one about trees for our nature table to help us identify the leaves we find!

BOATS! We made sponge boats while learning about floating and sinking and wind power! We made them for our craft-of-the-day and then floated them in the newly-uncovered-for-the-Season water table! (can you tell how excited we are for Spring in the Midwest??)
Our Nature Table is finally ready for Spring, now that we have cleared out the Winter finds!

Read more on yesterday's post at Corner of my Home!
This is our educational nook, it was a disaster from a busy weekend, so I got to work this week in organizing it back to how it should look! I will go into more depth on this corner of my home next week!

Another craft-of-the-day project! We made tea bags Waldorf style for our tea parties! This was an easy and fun project that even the 3 year old got involved with!

Another excellent week has gone by and I would like to think I am quite Blessed!