Here are the other 10 layouts I made a few months ago when I challenged myself to see how many layouts I could get done in 1 week...
Family Night
New Year's Day
Grandpa
Party At My Crib
Gymboree
Cousins
Watch Out for Leprechauns
Valentine's Day
Playing in his Jammies
Cutie Cousins
Back in July, I challenged myself to get scrapping again! I was finally in the mood so I gathered all the supplies I thought I'd need (which was quite a few!) and got busy making layout after layout every night for one week. I wanted to see how many I could complete by the end of the week. Well, I got to 20! Some are 1 pagers and some are 2 pagers. Some are pretty basic, but I was going for quantity, not necessarily quality. I love some of them, and some are just ok. I tried to remind myself that even "ok" layouts are DONE layouts!
It's been hard to stay scrapping with 2 kids and especially since sweet baby #2's closet is my scrapbook nook! All my supplies are held hostage each night as she sleeps (unless I think ahead & get out what I need ahead of time. Which rarely happens!) I'm one of those who has to (pretty much) scrap in chronological order, so I worked on layouts with pictures from late 2007 to 2008, which is where I currently am. Yes, that far back! It was fun to see my son as a toddler in the photos, all the while longing to create some girly pages of my daughter...all in due time! ;)
Disclaimer: These photos are not the greatest! Some are glarey and I didn't bother cropping them--but I still wanted to share my accomplishment. (Remember, you can click on the photo to see it enlarged.) Maybe I should make this a monthly challenge to myself??
Here's the first 10 layouts:
My Sassy Sister
Unwrapping
Too Sleepy To Smile
Learning to Color
Finger Foods
Decked (as in for Christmas!)
Family Fun
Time Flies
Read to Me
Stay tuned for the other 10 layouts....
This Summer, my son turned 5 and we threw him a Scooby Doo birthday party. It was the first party in which he invited some friends from preschool, so in addition to a game, I wanted to have an activity/craft for the kids to do and be able to take it home. I thought that making sand art would be both fun and fit the bright colored 70's theme of the party. It was a hit!
I set up the table in the backyard (didn't want sand in my house!), covered it with a plastic tablecloth and set up all the supplies. The kids did the rest!
The dog bone sign was for Scooby Doo~it looks kinda of out of place in these pictures without seeing the rest of the party LOL!
I made up an example sand art and had it on the table. I just put all the containers in a bowl in the middle so the kids could pick which shape they wanted.
Supplies Needed:
Colored Sand (I got 7 different colors)
Small funnels (1 for each child)
plastic (or glass) containers with lids (1-2 for each child)
spoons (to scoop sand into funnel)
All of the sand art supplies (sand, funnels, & plastic containers) are found together on a craft aisle at Hobby Lobby)
