days of our day care

So.. maybe I'm taking this Barbie house thing a little too far but it seems like all I want to do is make stuff for the Barbie house.  I even found a FANTASTIC channel on youtube that makes their own dollhouse stuff out of regular things.  It is amazing.  I had already started making my kitchen sink and refrigerator before I found her or it could have been a lot simpler.  Not that what I made was hard for me to do.  Hers just seems easier.  I've made a couple of things so far from watching her videos.

You can find her channel on youtube HERE.

And here's what I've been working on for our new Barbie house.

A refrigerator from a business card mailing box with chalkboard contact paper on the front and three shelves glued inside.

A kitchen cabinet with a sink.

Trying to make a couple of cakes from a tutorial on the youtube channel.
They are taking forever to dry so I'm not sure I did them exactly right.
If they turn out, one of them will be painted like chocolate cake and the other pink strawberry.

I made the purple pillow from another tutorial.

I made the bead chandelier from my own mind.

I think the copper sink and painted marble countertop add some fancy!

Mr. Refrigerator Pumpkin Head

*** UPDATE*** This item is available for purchase at my Etsy shop! 
https://www.etsy.com/listing/111304813/mr-halloween-refrigerator-pumpkin-head


I love when my ideas come to life!  I was talking to my sister outside a couple of days ago and this one hit me.  And I just couldn't wait to invent!

 

This Halloween craft took only minutes to make.  You will need freezer paper, orange and brown craft paint, scissors, tape, black card stock and self adhesive magnets found in the craft section at WalMart.  That's it!

 

First you tear a good size piece of freezer paper.  On the papery side (not the slick side) draw out a pumpkin shape.  It doesn't matter how good you can draw.  It can be just a circle and a stem. 

 

 

Next, mix a few drops of craft paint with a tablespoon of water in a small bowl or egg carton.  Paint your pumpkin, on the paper side, and allow it to dry.  I like to make craft paint in to water color paint.  It goes further and it creates a different effect when you trace lines darker and lighter inside.  don't forget to paint the stem with watered down brown!  When your pumpkin is dry cut it out and put masking tape, rolled up, around the edges on the back and hang on the refrigerator.

 

 

Draw or trace shapes on the card stock and cut out.  Cut your magnets down to size, peel the back off the magnet and stick them to your shapes.

 

That's it!  You have created your own Mr. Pumpkin Head!  Congrats!

This craft helps kids identify shapes as well as parts of the face!  Learning while having fun is just the best!