Car Seat Canopy

My husband wanted to make his sister a car seat canopy for her soon-to-be daughter. I followed this blog but changed the way the straps were held together. My husband wanted a button instead of Velcro.


http://www.sweetnsassygirls.com/2010/02/how-to-make-a-reversible-car-seat-covertentcanopy.html

Family Home Evening Board

You will need:
1 Board
7 Lg Paper clips
Scrapbook Paper
7 plastic card holder slips
hot glue gun
paint
scissors
elmers glue

I made this board after a lady had it on display at a super saturday activity. You can buy any board you like. I painted it white and then covered the top in scrapbook paper. Then i glued cream paper onto the large paper clip holders along with the white strip of paper that had the labels song, opening prayer, scripture, lesson, activity, closing prayer, and treats. Then I hot glued the large paper clips onto the board and inserted the plastic card holder covers. All that is left is printing the pictures to go inside.

Valentine's Wreath

This wreath is super easy and cheap. It cost a total of $4. I bought the wreath form, 2 packages of 50 cupcake holders and the ribbon at the dollar store.

You can wrap the form in ribbon if you want or you can just go straight to gluing the cupcake holders onto the wreath. I poked my finger in the center of the cupcake holder and put a little hot glue on the bottom and poke it onto the wreath. I have seen it where you fold the cupcake holders in half 2 times and then glue the bottom of the fold to the wreath. I think either way is cute.

Nate's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

My husband created his own Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Recipe.

Nate’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookie

· 3 eggs
· 1 tsp vanilla
· 1/3 c water
· 2.5 c inst. Oats
· 4 c flour
· ¼ tsp almond
· 2/3 c butter
· ¼ tsp baking powder
· ½ tsp baking soda
· ¼ tsp cinnamon
· 1 TB honey
· 1 c B sugar
· 1.5 c W sugar
· ½ tsp salt
· 1.5 c chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients but oats and flour and chocolate chips. Then add oats and then flour and then chips. Roll dough into a 1 inch ball. Bake at 325 Degrees for 15 minutes.

*The cookie on the left was not rolled into a ball unlike the cookies on the right!

Growth Chart

I have always wanted a growth chart on a wall at my house but being in medical school there is going to be a lot of moving. So I bought a 6 ft. X 6 in. fence post board (it was what was on sale) to make my own growth chart that I can move with me. I decided what I wanted it to look like and my wonderful and talented husband sketched out the giraffe and bird for me and then helped me paint it. Then we used the Cricut to make the notches and the numbers for along the side. I am very happy about the way it turned out.

Foam Board Wall Decor

These wall hangings are a great addition to any wall. They are cheap, easy and fun to make.

Supplies Needed:

• 3 2o" X .5" X 30" Foam board but any size will do depending upon your wall space. I do recommend getting the .5 inch board though.

• Staple Gun

• 1/2 yd of Fabric for each board

• Something to mount on the back to hang them from. I live in an apartment so I used sticky tacky to mount it to our wall. That way there are no holes.
  

Lay the foam board on the fabric with the fabric face down. Wrap the fabric around the board and staple it to the back. For my middle wall hanging, I used solid fabric and then got white buttons to make the shape. I just hot glued the buttons onto the fabric when I had the design I wanted.