fingerprint flowers

For Christmas M got an art kit that came with ink pads and a book to make all different kinds of fingerprint animals.  It's pretty cute.  We used those ink pads to create a birthday card for G's Godmother last week. There aren't too many instructions needed but it came out cute so I wanted to share.  Thanks to Pinterest for "thumb-body loves you."

macaroni valentines

It's Valentine time again. Even though M has yet to start school, we still make Valentines to give to our family. Last year we did a handprint heart. This year we decided to do some macaroni art. 

Before M got involved I painted some macaroni white, pink, and red. I did this by putting them in a Ziplock bag with the paint and shaking them around. Much quicker than painting each one. I let them dry on wax paper. 

I cut hearts out of card stock then cut holes in half of them to serve as picture frames. The ones without holes became the backs. 

We colored with red and pink crayons then added the macaroni with glue (M's current favorite art activity is gluing). They came out cute and we were able to write on the back sides.