Winter Wonderland

This week, the girls and (plus our new little friend Charlie!) made lots of fun snowflake related crafts...well, 3 snowflake related crafts, not a lot, but still...fun times!

Our first craft was coffee filter and cupcake liner snowflakes. I saw a similar idea on www.notimeforflashcards.com she used cupcake liners and then glittered them up and made a garland. Super cute. I had it in my head to make a lot and hang them from our playroom ceiling, which is just what we did!
I watered down blue tempura paint and let the girls paint the coffee filters and cupcake liners. We gave little Charlie a dot marker and then dropped a little water on her art to make it more transparent.



We used some medicine droppers too to spot the paint here and there


This was a fun craft for all of us


We let the filters and liners dry while we ate lunch. After lunch, Charlie went down for a nap and we began folding and cutting the snowflakes. Emily helped a lot, but I did most of them. After that it was the part that the girls had been waiting for! The GLITTER!!!



Now we have a beautiful winter wonderland playroom! The girls LOVE it! They walk in and say "Oh! It's Sooooo cold in here! It's snowing!!!"



A couple of days later we made shaving cream snowmen. This was a lot of fun for the girls as well. I mixed equal parts shaving cream and glue and the girls painted it on a blue piece of paper. I had drawn snowman templates on the paper and Emily was able to make hers resemble a snowman...the younger girls just had fun painting! It dried with a nice raised texture and looks a lot like snow! We still need to go back and finish them....add buttons and such.



We took a couple of days and just colored and water painted and got back in the organized craft mode today.
A friend introduced me to a great blog: http://www.frugalfamilyfunblog.com/
I am obsessed with it! LOTS of great ideas and the best part?! The are CHEAP!!!
I really liked this idea:
http://www.frugalfamilyfunblog.com/2009/12/art-so-easy-toddler-can-do-it.html

I didn't have any canvas on hand, so I went exploring in my basement. I found a white cardboard box and thought "Voila!". I cut the bottom off of it, a piece of the side and there I had my 3 squares. Next, I taped out the snowflake shape


The girls were so excited and jumped right in painting their masterpieces




After we covered the whole square, we set them aside to dry. I started getting lunch ready and I heard the girls talk about their tea party. I was so proud when I looked in the playroom and saw what they had decided (on their own!) to use as their table---just the piece of "trash" that I had thrown to the side! LOVE creativity!!!


Yep! It was the box I had cut up! Made me very happy to see them thinking that way!

Anyway-back to the snowflakes---we removed the tape and outlined it in black, and ta-da!!! Our beautiful artwork!

So, that was our week. Lots of fun winter crafts! I am trying to think of what to do next week....stay tuned!

Baby Sew Chic New Years Sale!

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Let me see those pearly whites!

I took the girls to the dentist today. This was Emily's 3rd time and Allie's 1st. At her first appointment, Emily did awesome. No tears, no fighting, perfect. The second time I took her I took Allie with us so that Emily could show her how easy it was. Yeah....it took 3 of us to restrain her. Needless to say, I was a little concerned about how today would go. There were tears, but it went much better for Emily this time.
Then it was Allie's turn.
I never know what to expect from Allie. This is the child that has a screaming fit over the smallest things, but doesn't cry when she gets shots at the pediatrician's office.
She climbed right into the chair like a champ. We go to the same dentist as the Gosselin children (Jon and Kate Plus 8), so the dentist gives sunglasses to protect the kids from the paparazzi...


Just kidding....not about the Gosselin part, they really do go there, but about the sunglasses-they are so the light doesn't bother their eyes.

Allie was very interested in all the tools Dr. Kristin used


I am so proud of my big girl! She did great!



Check out that shiny, cavity free smile!

A little crafting fun...

Emily was begging to do a little Christmas craft today and I had to improvise quickly. I wanted something the girls could do pretty much do on their own with limited help from me while I cooked dinner.
We decided to make some little reindeer. I thought they could both make Rudolph, but Emily nicely explained to me that "no one ever draws or sings about the other reindeer" Well said Emmmy! :-) Emily decided to do Blitzen and Allie did Comet.

I drew some triangles for the face and let Emily cut them out---she took this job very seriously!


I found some foam that we traced hands on to make the antlers. We chose yellow for a little flair!
The girls colored their reindeer and decorated the faces



Next Emily glued on the antlers


And....VOILA! Our reindeer were complete! Emily did one extra--this time she did do Rudolph because "Mommy, he is the most famous one", but she gave him purple antlers because that is Mommy's favorite color!


So....not a hard craft by any means, but the girls had fun, I got to cook dinner and we have a little extra decoration for our Christmas house!

I'm Baaaack!

I really am going to try and update this blog again. It's been a crazy couple of months, but I think I am getting back on track! I plan to start posting the fun crafts the girls and I are doing and keeping everyone up to date on the goings on of the HipHickChick House!

That was quick....

I very quickly set up a blog for Baby Sew Chic!

It is clearly still in the beginning phases, but please bookmark it and check back often!

http://www.BabySewChic.blogspot.com

Okay....so I promise I will update again soon!

In the meantime, please check out this site and see what I have been busy doing!

www.BabySewChic.etsy.com

I have filled my shop again! I am planning on starting a blog dedicated to the ETSY shop, but who knows when that will happen.

I have TONS of pictures of the girls that I need to add here, and I promise I will do it soon!