Craft Lab: Mini paint chip Banner

My daughter was very sick this weekend. I was trying to pick her up and totally threw out my back. Let me just say, it was a challenge taking care of her with my limited mobility. I laid flat on my back for most of the day. By the next day, I needed to do something creative. So here's what I made. I had everything on hand. Super easy!

You'll need paint chips, glue, scissors, and string.

I cut square paint chip in half, then folded this piece in half and cut folded piece into a triangle. After I cut out enough triangles, I placed the string between the folded paper and glued together. Since, the paint chips are stiff, I used clothes pins to hold the two pieces together until the glue was set. After it dries, hang up and smile!

Craft Lab: Mask Time

Our school is holding a mask contest for the students. Martha, just happened to teach us how to make a cool bird mask last week. Here's her tutorial. We adapted it a bit, we used the mask provided by the school. The most difficult part for my 5 year old was cutting the crepe paper with the pinking shears on one edge of the folded crepe paper. After that, it was smooth sailing. Our little chicken mask is adorable and my son was pretty excited he had made something so cool. Thanks, Martha!

Craft Lab: Halloween Rosette Garland

I sold the Halloween Banner in my Etsy shop and had to replace it. So at a play date with my neighbor, we both whipped up one of these. I didn't have my camera with me, so this tutorial is the end of the project. I'll post the beginning of the project for Saturday. I like this, but would like it better if I used less colorful paper, and maybe only black and white or plain orange. This one doesn't read modern to me, and that's more my style. I'm having a hard time finding papers that reflect my taste. Now, I'm on a mission. Here's a video to show how to make the rosettes.