Allie Creates

Aug 21, 2013

Allie Creates

Look at all the awesome projects Kids Crafts Art Box Winner ~Allie has created with her grandmother Sue Adams. Sue nominated Allie for a chance to win the Kids Crafts Art Box I gave away several weeks ago and it’s awesome seeing all the fun things they’ve made together from the items in the Art Box. They altered an apron, made a bead buddy, created a set of adorable altered jean pockets, a set of altered clothes pins and pencils and even had time for a manicure using some pink glittered flocking. Talk about some serious crafting. Those two have been busy! I love seeing Allie’s projects so much that I’m going to do another Kids Crafts Art Box giveaway, in the near future. It’s just a little way I can pay it forward...

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Nominate a Kid ~ Winner

Jul 29, 2013

Nominate a Kid ~ Winner

I tell ya this auntie is one tired auntie. I enjoyed every single minute spent with those two sweet nieces of mine. Bellie went home Saturday, and all day Sunday I was dragging. That is after noon because I slept until NOON! Totally crazy. I had a wonderful time with them doing crafts and making fun snacks and if you have kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, kids of family friends or heck even neighborhood kids you have got to make Rainbow Spaghetti. Both Madelyn and Bellie thought it was the greatest thing ever, every kid should have at least one meal in their life be Rainbow Spaghetti. I also enjoyed sharing with you all the fun things we did during their stay. I have all the fun crafts and food fun snacks we created pinned...

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Kids Week 2 Day 5

Jul 26, 2013

Kids Week 2 Day 5

Simple summer fun is what this day was all about. I made Bellie a watering can out of an empty Simply Orange container. This container is the perfect size for young kids to hold when filled with water. I used a drill to drill holes in the lid, filled it with water, put the lid back on and we are talking hours of fun. While I sat under an umbrella she filled and emptied her “Watering Can” over and over again with a garden hose. Bellie loved spraying the water in the air to make rainbows and of course helped keep me cool by spraying my feet. It was a fun afternoon sitting outside eating Nilla Wafers, sipping on lemonade and listening to her laugh.   Once Bellie was finished playing outside in the water...

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Kids Week 2 Day 4

Jul 25, 2013

Kids Week 2 Day 4

Here is a really fun snack to make with your kids. Bellie named it her “Graham Cracker Bear Snack”. I got this idea from Pinterest so don’t think I’m that original. To make your very own “Graham Cracker Bear Snack” you will need Honey Graham Crackers, Peanut Butter, Marshmallows, Milk Chocolate Morsels and a knife. Break one graham cracker in half. Spread peanut butter onto each graham cracker half, cut one marshmallow in half and place one half onto each of the peanut butter topped graham crackers. This will be the bear’s muzzle. Place two milk chocolate morsels to make the bear’s eyes and one milk chocolate morsel in the center of the marshmallow to make the bear’s nose. Bellie loved her snack and can’t wait to go home to show Madelyn how to make...

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Kids Week 2 Day 3

Jul 24, 2013

Kids Week 2 Day 3

These past few days really have been some of the laziest days of my summer. Bellie loves watching movies and hanging out in her jammies all day. I must say, I have enjoyed watching Coraline, Fox in the Hound and My Little Pony over and over and over again. Now her brother and uncle well not so much but they are being good sports about it. After all this week is all about Bellie. When it comes to creating things Bellie prefers making fun food creations rather than actual crafts. Her favorite thing to do is draw which she will do for hours but crafts, well she likes them but they need to be fast. So since I had some wooden clothes pins left over from Madelyn altering her clothes pins I thought it...

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Kids Week 2 Day 2

Jul 23, 2013

Kids Week 2 Day 2

I saw this cute snack idea on Pinterest while looking for fun things to do with my nieces during their visits. “Teddy on the Beach” as Bellie named it, is a really fun snack for kids her age (6 yrs) to make. She loved putting hers together. To make your “Teddy on the Beach” you will need Vanilla Snack Pack Pudding, Nilla Wafers, Teddy Grahams, Fruit by the Foot, a small baggie and a paper drink umbrella. Place 4 Nilla Wafers into a baggie and let your child crush them to fine crumbs. Open a Vanilla Snack Pack Pudding Pack and have the child place all the Nilla Wafer crumbs on top of the pudding. Cut a piece of Fruit by the Foot long enough to make the Teddy Graham a “towel”. Place the “towel” on...

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Kids Week 2 Day 1

Jul 22, 2013

Kids Week 2 Day 1

This week it’s Bellie’s turn to visit us for a little fun and spoiling. She and Madelyn’s personalities are so opposite. I can only imagine what Bellie is going to want to make and do. Bellie starts each day drawing as she eats her breakfast. This kid loves to draw. She always has a pencil and sketch pad close by and I love looking at her doodles and drawings. Kids art is the best. Which reminds me don’t forget to nominate a kid for a chance to receive a free “Kids Crafts” art box HERE. While looking for things to make with the girls during their visit I found this cute “Glow Bug” idea on Pinterest. I thought Bellie would love making one and I was right! The only plastic Easter egg I could find around...

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Nominate a Kid

Jul 19, 2013

Nominate a Kid

Tomorrow, Alan and I go to pick up our youngest niece Bellie. It’s her turn to come and visit us for a week of fun and spoiling. This means all next week it will be Kids Week 2, on my blog and I’ll be posting all the fun crafty & arty things Bellie and I do in my studio. I had a blast with Madelyn during Kids Week 1. As I was getting all the arts and crafts supplies ready for Bellie I thought it would be fun for my bloggers to nominate a child for a free “Kids Crafts” art box. If you know of a child between the ages of 6 and 10 that would love to receive a box of arts & crafts goodies in the mail please nominate him or...

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Send Your Kid to Art Camp

Jul 18, 2013

Send Your Kid to Art Camp

This week my nieces Madelyn and Bellie are attending “Art Camp”, at the Beaumont Art League. Each day is split into two sessions, Paper Mache and Drawing. Madelyn has always loved to color and paint and Bellie has loved drawing since she was old enough to hold a pencil. I guess you can say my family is certainly of the artistic side. Really we are, if we had to walk into a calculus or physics class we would all look at each other and the professor with the blankest set of eyes he/she has ever seen. But if you are talking painting, carving, crocheting, sewing, papercrafts,mixed media, assemblage, cross stitch, pastel drawing, sketching and so on… we could instruct our own college courses about any of these. This we know well. Mom can draw...

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Kids Week Day 5

Jul 13, 2013

Kids Week Day 5

Throughout this week, Madelyn has been very fascinated with some plaster faces I had on my work table so today I decided to pull out some paints and let her use them to create. Once she finished painting the faces she then attached silk flower petals all around the edge creating flower faces. I love watching kids work through their creative process. It’s fun seeing which colors they prefer, their artistic style and the mediums they like. I enjoy it so much that I’m seriously thinking about how to go about teaching art to kids. This is something that is going to be swirling around in the back of my mind for a bit. After Madelyn created her flower faces I thought she needed to learn the art of decoupage and collage. This was...

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Kids Week Day 4

Jul 12, 2013

Kids Week Day 4

We are still going strong from dawn to dusk and beyond. Our first craft today was creating a cupcake stand for Madelyn’s faux cupcake she made yesterday. We used Eileen Hull’s Cupcake Stand and Pennant Die she designed for Sizzix, some patterned paper, ink, pink acrylic paint and glitter paint. Once she finished the stand and sat her cupcake on top she realized this would be a cute table for her American Girl Doll. So this is a very multi-purpose stand in Madelyn’s eyes. So cute! While waiting for the paint to dry on her cupcake stand Madelyn decorated a few pencils using washi tape. This is such a simple kids craft. I just gave her a few plain #2 pencils, some DoodleBug Design and Martha Stewart washi tape and let her go. She...

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Kids Week Day 3

Jul 11, 2013

Kids Week Day 3

We are still going strong in the Pace household. Each night before falling asleep, Madelyn and I talk about all the things we will do the next day then during the day we talk about all the things we will do tomorrow… can you tell we are always talking about what we are going to do each waking moment of the day. So today, we made Happy Face cookies, made another Bead Buddy for a tutorial, created a Faux Cupcake and drank Fish Bowl Punch. Making these Happy Face sugar cookies is super easy and fun kids food to make. The only clean up is washing the cookie sheet which is awesome for moms or aunts that have a niece wondering what they will be making after they finish making cookies. To make Madelyn’s...

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Kids Week Day 2

Jul 10, 2013

Kids Week Day 2

Today, Madelyn decided we should do her nails again this time using Martha Stewart Vintage Leaf Glitter in Turquoise and Charoite. So we applied a clear top coat to her nails then alternated the two Vintage Leaf Glitter colors onto her nails. Once each nail was covered with glitter I applied a clear top coat to seal the glitter. After a fun few hours of bowling with Ansley and Brittain we decided for a quick afternoon snack Madelyn should make “Flip Flop Cookies“. I found the idea on Pinterest and have it posted in my “Things to Do with my Nieces” board. Decorating each cookie is really simple. All you need is a package of Nutter Butter Cookies and two different kinds of icing colors. When Madelyn saw the Wilton Sparkling Gel which included...

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Kids Week Day 1

Jul 9, 2013

Kids Week Day 1

Day one has been a whirlwind of fun. As soon as Madelyn’s feet hit the floor she was ready to go. Thankfully, I planned ahead the night before and had chipboard pieces, Stickles and Liquid Pearls for her to use while I was trying to get my first cup of coffee in me. This was a lifesaver, she created and I woke up. Then she decided she would like to make a video of how she alters her chipboard pieces using Stickles and Liquid Pearls. I was really impressed with how well she did since we didn’t talk about what she would say or anything. I basically just got my camera and started filming her very first unedited on-the-fly 10 min. instructional video. Not bad for a first time video. I love her. While...

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Kids Week 1

Jul 8, 2013

Kids Week 1

This week my super sweet amazingly awesome 10 year old niece Madelyn is visiting. We have so many fun things planned to do each day that we decided we would share them all week long. We will be doing things like Painting with Candy, making Flip Flop & Sundae Cookies, Decorating Jumbo Marshmallows, making Rainbow Colored Spaghetti, drinking Fish Bowl Punch, creating Plaster Cupcakes, designing a Fairy Doll, making our own Custom Nail Polish, making Bracelets and Charms and anything else we can think up or find on Pinterest. I’m telling you it’s going to be an awesome week I have a Pinterest Board titled “Things to do with my nieces” if you want to check out the board. I pinned things I thought both Madelyn (10) and Bellie (6) might like to do...

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Stained Glass Boiled Eggs

Apr 1, 2013

Stained Glass Boiled Eggs

Ansley and I had so much fun making these eggs, last night. She heard about this stained glass technique for boiled eggs and wanted to give it a try. After she explained it to me I had to see if it really worked so off to the store we went to get some eggs and neon colored food coloring because well that is how Ansley rolls. No vintage colors for this girl. It’s bright neon or nothing for her. I can’t believe I birthed two daughters that want nothing to do with anything vintage. How did this happen? To make your stained glass eggs you will need the following: boiled eggs, food coloring, vinegar & Ziploc sandwich bags First boil as many eggs as you want to make and let them cool. We ran cold...

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DIY Super Easy Bead Charm

Mar 7, 2013

DIY Super Easy Bead Charm

Making a charm really cannot get much easier than this one. I recently purchased Margot Potter’s 1 Pound Luxury Bead Soup Mix and as soon as Ansley saw the neon beads she instantly claimed them as hers. This bead mix is filled with all kinds of awesome beads. When I poured all the beads onto my work table I was thrilled with the wide assortment. Ansley decided she wanted a double sided charm so I placed the smaller of the neon beads on one side and once the Diamond Glaze is fully dried I will fill the back side of this charm with the larger neon beads shown above. To create this charm I used Diamond Glaze, Neon Beads, a sprinkle of Iridescent Glitter and a My Jewelry Shoppe 3/4″ Circle Double Sided Bezel...

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Pre-Teen Jewelry

Dec 27, 2012

Pre-Teen Jewelry

For Christmas I made my niece Madelyn charms for each day of the week and a matching bracelet. This is a super easy project to create and one kids Madelyn’s age love. All I did was cut the brads off the back of some Basic Grey brads I’ve had in my stash forever using wire cutters. Then using E-6000 I attached each brad to a silver bail that is slightly smaller than the brad for each of the 7 days a week charms. To make the bracelet I just attached one brad to each blank of the pre-made bracelet. The bails and bracelet can be found at Hobby Lobby in the jewelry section. It’s as simple as that and Madelyn LOVES being able to pick which charm she is going to wear each day....

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