I’m sort of on a rainbow kick (if you haven’t already noticed) and I felt like there was something missing in my life, I couldn’t quite place it. Then, it came to me: my kiddo needs a rainbow heart headband. I made one and now my life is complete! Hee. She was pretty stoked to see what I had made for her… but then she asked me to make another one with ONLY Purple Hearts. That kid is addicted to purple.

Anywho… if you’d like to make this for yourself OR kiddo… here’s how you can make my Rainbow Heart Headband:

Supplies:

- Colored hearts printout

- Mod Podge

- Glitter in rainbow colors (red, orange yellow/gold, green, blue, purple)

- Old brush

- A section of ribbon (measure on your head, or kid’s, and add about 12 inches to tie a bow)

- Optional: Acrylic sealer spray

Directions:

- Print and cut out your colored hearts printout. I chose to use the smaller hearts for my headband.

- Add a layer of Mod Podge to a heart and add a layer of glitter. Let dry completely and repeat a second layer of glue and glitter (if necessary). Do this to ALL of your hearts.

- Add about 2 coats of Mod Podge OVER the glitter on the hearts. This will seal them and keep the glitter in place.

- Let dry completely (maybe a couple of hours).

- Optional: Spray a couple of Acrylic Sealer Spray coats onto your hearts (Mod Podge is water-based, and needs a sealer if exposed to a lot of moisture). I chose to skip this step, since my kiddo pretty much hides from rain. Ha! So, no worry about it falling apart from the rain.

- Hot glue your hearts, in a line, onto you ribbon. Let cool.

- Tie around your head (or your kiddo’s), and dooone.

Enjoy.

- Chelsey

Do you remember my deer paper terrarium from last year? No? Well, here’s a link to my original post (plus check out the photo below).

I had that cute little set up for a year. I loved it (I still love it), but it’s time for a change. That’s why I’ve created my new paper terrarium: over the rainbow. No more deer this year…. time for rainbows, an air plant, and a little blue trailer. Hee.

Even though the deer set up was so cute, I really love my over the rainbow terrarium. Here’s what you need to make your own:

Supplies:

- Glass container (mine is from a thrift store, I think it’s an old outdoor lamp cover)

- Sand (I found my black sparkle sand at a local shop)

- Air plant

- My cloud/trailer print out and rainbow printout

- Floral foam

- Wire

- Toothpicks

- Hot glue

Directions:

- Prep your glass container. My glass container has a hole in the base. SO, I cut out a piece of cardboard and hot glued it to the inside of the hole (I don’t want the sand to sneak out).

- Cut out a small piece of floral foam to fit at the base of your container. My foam was about an inch thick. Just short enough to hide under the sand.

- Pour in your sand. I had a 5 pound bag (from a local terrarium shop) of black glitter sand.

- Cut out your trailer, clouds, and rainbow. I included multiple sizes for you, so you can choose what works best for your jar. Hot glue your clouds to a bit of wire and all the trailer and rainbow to toothpicks.

- Arrange the paper terrarium pieces in your container. I added a teensy bit of moss (from the deer terrarium) to sit under the trailer. Once you’re happy with how it looks, place your air plant. I made sure to place my air plant in a spot I can easily grab it. Air plants require a spritz of water or a soaking in water about once a week, and water isn’t so great for paper rainbows and paper trailers.

- Set your terrarium in a favorite spot.

- Enjoy!!!

- Chelsey

P.S. Please let me know if you make this for yourself! I loved seeing the paper deer terrarium creations from last year. You can add a link in the comments.

Well, I know today is ACTUALLY Valentine’s Day… but I really wanted to share these little necklaces that my kiddo and I made (well, mostly me). It all started on a walk. While on our daily walk, we found a tree that had dropped a ton of acorns, so we gathered a the tops and headed to the yarn shop. We bought some colorful wool roving and started felting some pieces to create little faux acorns.

I did this project with my kiddo, and it was SO messy. Water EVERYwhere. It was actually worth all the water splashing since she had so much fun. She worked on one piece the entire time, and called it her “purple cookie”. It was just a flat 2 inch piece of purple wool. She did a great job and uses it as a blanket for her ponies. I made all the acorn bits.

R really wanted to give a necklace to a couple of her friends, so we decided to turn these guys into little Valentine’s goodies. I made and printed out some, “I’m nuts for you!” tags, cut them and and tied them onto the necklaces. That’s it! If you want to make this for a special someone (mother’s day is coming up in a couple months) here’s a link to the Felt Acorns Directions I used, from Honestly WTF. Check out my “I’m nuts for you” printable, and add some necklace chain. Ta dah!

- Chelsey

P. dot. S. You will get pruney fingers. Bleh. Pruney fingers are like someone scratching a chalkboard for me… I can’t handle it. OMG. Eww. After about 5 minutes of playing in the water, I had to go grab some rubber gloves. Gah. Ewww. Pruney toes and fingers are the worst. Also see: I’m a weirdo.

DAY 46 is brought to you by, the lovely Liz of Yellow Finch: Hi everyone! I’m Liz from Yellow Finch and I’m so excited to be here to share this DIY with you. When I was younger my parents went on a trip to England and brought home Christmas Crackers for the Holidays. I fell in love with this tradition and knew I wanted to carry it on with my children. To make it even more special I decided to make them myself and personalize them for each of my children, nephews and friends. Believe it or not, they are so easy to make!

Supplies:
Scrap booking paper (I used 12 x 12)
Contrasting paper
Empty toilet-paper roll
Craft glue
Ribbon
Small treats (candy, paper crowns, quotes, animals, ect.)
exacto knife
cracker snaps ** I omitted these for this project

Instructions:

1. Cut your main piece of scrap booking paper into 12 inch wide by 6 inch tall pieces of paper.

2. Place the empty toilet-paper roll in the middle of the paper

3. Using your exacto knife and a ruler make slits about 1/2 inch long next to the ends of the paper roll. This will make it easier to tie the ribbon.

4. Apply glue to the top edge of the paper and wrap the paper around the toilet paper roll. Allow to dry.

5. Use your ribbon to tie one end securely. Mine don’t close all the way so I cut out a circle, approximately 1 inch in diameter, and placed it inside of the roll.

6. Fill with goodies and close off the other end.

7. Glue another thick strip of contrasting scrap book paper onto the roll.

8. Crack open and enjoy!

I hope you enjoyed this super easy project! Did you end up making them? I would love to know. Stop by, say hello and tell me how they turned out!
XO
Liz
Yellow Finch

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