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Clothpins wall frame – DIY

Posted on May 4, 2016 | 2 comments

I am in love with pictures, for me it’s a way to freeze precious moments and recall them whenever i want. Just by looking at a picture, i go back to that moment…

This clothpins frame is an amazing way to decorate your home with as many pictures you want, and in the same time a fun and easy craft to your little one.

All you need is a cardboard and few clothpins.

I used the cardboard that comes underneath the cake, it’s already cut in round shape, then i cut another circle inside. You choose the size you want, depending on how many pictures to want to display. Nady colored it with gold and silver paint.

When it became completely dry we stuck the clothpins. You can keep them as they are or decorate them with washi tape or simply paint them. Be careful to keep the opening part to the outside to insert the pictures later.

Mount it on your wall to add life to your home!

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Teachers day – wrapping paper DIY

Posted on March 7, 2016 | Leave a comment

Teachers day is in a couple of days. Have fun DIY a beautiful gift wrap to impress your teachers by offering a present with a flair. Your personal touch will make it more special and unique.

All you need is white paper sheets, paint and alphabet cookies cutter to design the gift wrap.

You can use alphabet cookies cutter, numbers or anything related to school. Prepare enough papers to wrap all your gifts. When done, leave them overnight to dry completely.

After wrapping the gifts, use a nice ribbon and attach letters cutouts to take it to the next level! I am sure this year your gifts will be as memorable as you.

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.” –Aristotle

Happy teachers day!

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Process art – Spinning for spring

Posted on March 4, 2016 | 3 comments

Process art is when you’re enjoying the creative process, trying or inventing new techniques, introducing new elements from daily life, and the least you care about is working for the end result. In few words, process art is when the process of creating matters more than the result product.

Kids love process art, naturally they enjoy the journey more than the delivered product. They unleash their creativity, being all messy and mostly happy. Discovering and experiencing is the key! I was searching for a fun way of painting to start the spring/Easter decoration. I wanted Nady to be excited about the activity and enjoy the preparations. I came across the spin art paint.

Without thinking twice i knew this is the type of activity that Nady will love. I got a

salad spinner
vibrant colors paint
card boards (cut in 18x18cm square)

… and here we go!

Put the paper inside the salad spinner, squirt some paint and spin!

We repeated many times with different colors combination and each time was more beautiful. In spin art paint we didn’t just enjoy the process but we were in love with the end product as well! Nady didn’t want to stop.

We kept them overnight to dry before mounting them on foam boards.

Nady was so happy he couldn’t wait to hang them on the wall. We both enjoyed this process art and the surprise effect with each time we open the salad spinner to discover a new painting. We decided to do all our decorations this way!

The next day we repeated the same process with smaller pieces of paper to create a spring garland!

That’s it for now but it’s not all. Wait for more posts of spin art process, we still have almost 3 weeks to Easter and a lot to do. Stay tuned!

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