Bottle Challenge!

 

 Earth Day at it's finest! We were put to a challenge over at Tinker Lab, to make something out of plastic bottles! We took one bottle to see all that we could do with the parts and went wild! I took care of the cutting and then let the kids take it from there! We were able to make a total of 5 things from ONE bottle! Here is just a hint of what we made and I will share the rest later! The 5 things we did make were:
Bracelet, Ring, Pendant, Flower, Pencil Holder.

Here you see my daughter modeling the bangle bracelets we made!! They are so cool and even fit me! We used our corn syrup paint, since we had so much leftover AND this was a project for kids to do. If an adult were to use spray paint, these would come out SOOOO COOL!

~Michelle!~

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Creative Experiment Rubber Bands!

I love to read blogs in the morning with my cup of tea, feeling the warm sunshine on my face (after I have driven the carpool, and tidied up of course! haha) and taking an hour to myself. When I came across Tinker Labs Creative Experiment Post today, I knew I had just the project for my youngest and I! The weather went from fabulous to blahh this week and I wanted something that would cheer us up and get our gears cranking! We pulled out his ducky blanket, popped some Vivaldi on the radio (okay the Comcast classical channel!!) and got to thinking! Within 5 minutes he yelled "Make Guitar!" and we were off and running!!

We pulled out our yogurt container of rubber-bands from the craft bin, pulled down our big art case for the oil pastels and finally snagged the right size box from our cardboard bin! He started slipping on the bands, while I handed them to him and then we decorated the box afterwards! He loves it and is now off and singing Bannie Bill (No CLUE!) and dancing around! SO CUTE!

Do you have any ideas on what to make with rubber-bands???

Right Now....

Right Now, I Am....

::Waiting for my Dad to get here, my husband and I are volunteering at Bingo tonight!

::Hugging my 3 year old who just got his first ever splinter while playing on the deck :(

::Relaxing from cleaning all morning.

::Trying to come up with a way to organize the art supplies better.

::Loving the warm breeze billowing in from our windows and doors!

::Wanting my Birthday to get here before Wednesday!! (I'm such a kid)

::Listening to the chattering of the 2 big kids playing outside at the water table.

::Smelling the scents of lavender cleaning supplies and apple candles.

::Feeling the soft cushion of my comfy red couch! I need to sit more often!

Share what you are doing right now with a link in the comments please!