DIY Sidewalk Chalk!

WOW! This weather has been crazy lately with all the storms! Our glorious sunshine took a nap today and then left us with nothing by gloom and wind this afternoon. It put my son in a not-so-happy mood when he ran right for the back door and knew there was no way he could play in the water table! I put my thinking cap on and we went straight to work! Sidewalk Chalk!

We gathered up our goodies so that we had everything we needed at the ready!

1. Plaster of Paris 

2. Food Coloring

3. Cold Water

4. Cups

5. Candy Molds

We mixed 2 parts plaster of paris with 1 cup ice cold water into a plastic cup (This way there was no washing up to do!) and then a couple squirts of food coloring into each cup. Using a plastic spoon we mixes until it was smooth and almost felt a little thicker than pancake batter.

Next, we poured it into the molds and cleaned up the edges with a cotton swab. We let it sit while we went out to do the afternoon school pick ups and errands and the little guy took a nap!! This let it sit for a total of 3 hours. By the time we got home, they fell right out of the molds when we turned them over.

We used Race Car, Heart and Pinwheel molds, which I love. We also used pastel food coloring, which just wasn't bold enough for sidewalk chalk, but all I had on hand at the moment, so I will definitely look into trying a different set of colors next time!!

**This week Michaels has the Wilton Candy Molds on Sale buy 2 get 1 free! It's the perfect time to stock up! Don't forget to use your 40% off coupon on the Plaster of Paris too!!!**




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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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Monday Morning...

Good Monday Morning! Hope you all had a much better weekend than I! haha! Ours was still wonderful though! Has anyone tried those paint it yourself places? Boy are they pricey! But we did have a blast! Todays post is just a couple notes and a reminder for everyone! Reminder Monday! Let's change up those featured items! Time to give returning customers something new to look at and time to get those new customers in there and give them a taste of what they can find in your back pages! Change it up Ladies and Gents! (You think my husband would take my advice for his shop! haha!). Have you added any new items yet? I have loads of new stock to add this week, so hopefully I can get that rolling soon! I already started! This has ALOT of feminine and girly stuff, but remember it's me, so it's still funky and a bit chunky! Just a taste of the new treasures you can find in my shop! Click on the photo to go there!

Okay the first note is that I officially have neough items for a SALE SECTION. These items are about to expire, so I lowered them waaay more than 50%. I just needed to move them, especially with all the new goodies coming in. Take a Look and find some goodies!

NEXT, My Lollishops shop and my affiliation with them is now terminated. I don't wish to get into too many details, but I learned how not to run a business this weekend and I also learned one very good piece of knowledge: Always take the time to step away for a few beats before you let your emotions get the best of you. It's not always easy, but then that way we can look more dignified and definately more mature as business people. I will be exclusively on Etsy right now. I have a few bits and baubles spread throughout the net, but this is my main shop. I want to thank each and everyone of you that took the time to send me a message and PLEASE know that I am slowly responding. I have about 62 more to go through.

I wish you all well today and please keep my son in your thoughts! We're off to his Drs. Appt. He is deaf in one ear since birth. We finally left all the poking and prodding and testing and surguries behind us at 6 months, when it just became too much. He is now 15 months old and we are going to see if his growth, the surgeries etc. have made any difference! I will keep you all updated, he's one of the bright spots in my life, my little ROman Alexander!