plaster of paris

My word....it has been soooo long since I thought about plaster of paris! I found someone giving away some Princess moulds and a bit of powder for free on our local Facebook page, and could not believe it so snapped them up pretty qiuckly.

Once at home with them the Diva was eager to get her hands on them and we quickly had 2 of the moulds filled and left to set on the window sill...

It was such a nice day and they are not that big so they dried quite quickly in about 2 hours when I remembered them they were bone dry!

Luckily they came out alright as I did not put any talc or anything in the mould to stop it from sticking! Then it was on to the painting!

Well...she enjoyed painting her very own princesses, however maybe this is a craft for when they are a little older as they will then paint them nicely rather than a toddler hodge podge!! 

No Computer!

EEEEKKKK. the computer broke down last week so I have been unable to post anything...am so sorry if I have anyone that regularly looks me up!

Anyhow.....next post to follow...

Sharpie marker Tshirts!

Decided when a friend came to play the other day to try and see what happens when I let them loose on a plain white cotton T shirt with some Sharpie markers!

Then as they finished all their different pieces on the T shirts I went around with a dropper and some rubbing alcohol ( from the local chemist at £3.50 a bottle) and dropped a little onto their designs.

As you can see as the colour spread out it also changed colour leaving a lovely effect....

I used old marked T shirts from the last school year....there are always some marks that don't come out and I don't want to send them to school for a new year in old T shirts! As you can see they all had great fun designing their shirts...

It took about 45 minutes for them to complete their designs, then we hung them up in the garden to dry out. When they were dry they then went into the tumble drier to make sure and then I ironed them...apparently all that is supposed to 'set' the markers onto the T shirts. We will have to see for the first wash!

As you can see they all made some fabulous designs!

Minecraft did play a part in a lot of the deisgns! 

This was a lovely craft to try at home and  gave them something unique to wear out throughout the summer. We went to the park the next day and they got lots of comments!

felt tip pictures on tissue paper.

I thought my kids might like to try drawing with felt tips on kitchen roll and squirting a little water on the drawings to blur the picture. It is a very simple and not a great deal of mess craft to try at home....you do not need loads of bits and pieces so it is nice and cheap too!

The dots all blurred together much to my daughters joy.

My eldest did a poppy field ....

and it blurred not so like a poppy field...more like fireworks or something.

My middle son did a simple pattern too...

and it blurred as such...

It took about 20 minutes for them to dry out (obviously this depends on how much water you use to blur the pictures!) But it was a nice, easy to set up, simple craft that lasted about an hour and a half by the time they had all done as many as they wanted to.

Loom watch

Ok...a couple of days ago my watch strap broke! I cannot do without my watch....however, I do not have time at the moment to go up to town and get a replacement. Then I thought about my loom band my son had made me....and my mind went ......lightbulb!!!!
So I chose my colours, red and white, and got to work....I could not figure out how to do a more sophisticated and probably therefore more secure band attached to my watch...(I cannot get the pins out either), so I stuck with a simple band....I can always change it later.....or get my son to do it for me!

Must say I am quite happy with my new loom watch strap! 

Home Cinema

Another tick off the Summer Bucket list....the home cinema. I gave the kids a choice of films that they could chose from themselves, and they chose..................MARY POPPINS!!!!! I can't believe they have not seen it yet. They all got seated on the sofa and beanbag in the sitting room and curtains were drawn, all the surround sound speakers turned up, snacks and drinks provided and on it went....

It looks really light in the picture as I had my flash on full!!! I know our TV is not very big but it is what you make it and as we do not do this very often they absolutely love it. This is the second film they have watched this hols that is an old kids musical....the other being Chitty Chitty Bang Bang....and they loved that one too....they should still make kids movies like this! For days after Chitty Chitty they were singing the song.

After this they really enjoyed spending the rest of the day in the garden too.

Christmas Holly Tea light holder.

Oh dear, have just realised that I have missed 2 posts!!!! Decided that I really need to start getting a move on with some Glass painted items for my Christmas fairs. I found a lovely container at a car boot fair ( I upcycle lots of glassware) for about 50p if I rememer correctly.
I use these paints pen paints, but generally only on flat items as they do tend to run.

I also use the 'proper' paint version of the Vitrea 160 and this emerald green is gorgeous!

First I outline the Holly leaves as so:

I do holly leaves freehand because I always think they look better if they are not quite all the same. However for some things (butterflies) I do cheat a little and draw the design on paper first and then blutack it to the inside and simply trace! I use the 160 outliner for the outlines.

Then I used the lovely emerald colour to colour the leaves in....and finally added some red berries with the more watery pens.

I will put it to one side till I have 6/7 things ready and then bake them all in the oven at the same time. Hopefully someone will like it at a fair and spend a few pennies for it....they could even use it as a sweet container in a hallway.