Kids Clipboard Chalkboards

I have a cute and inexpensive gift to show you today. These are mini clipboards, one side can be used for writting and the other side is a chalkboard.

I bought my clipboards at the dollar store. I took my mini clipboard and painted chalkboard paint on the back, I did a couple of coats of paint.
Once it was dried I mod podged my paper on the front of the clipboard.
I then added ribbon to the clipboard.
I think they turned out so cute. They were so easy to make. They will be great gifts for my kids' friends.





Linking to:

Lil Luna

stick kids

Preschool Christmas gifts

I wanted to make something for my preschoolers for Christmas. This was fun and easy, plus it didn't cost me very much because I had everything except the frames, the frames I bought at the Dollar Tree. I have 10 girls and 6 boys so it took a while, but I had fun. I hope that the kids enjoy them.

Cherie

Halloween Pizza Box

This is such a fun idea for any occasion. It's a mini pizza box, I found the instructions here, but decided to decorate mine for Halloween.

I added the scalloped top to give it a little more dimension. Decorated the top of the box and a cute Halloween sugar cookie can fit inside of the box. Love how fun this is.

Witches Shoe

I got the pattern to these shoes a couple of years ago from a local scrapbook store. You can get the pattern here. I make these shoes every year for Halloween, I think they are so stinkin' cute. I think they would also be great for a Princess party and have the shoes pink with lots of bling.

Fill the shoe with candy and you have a great party favor or a great gift.

Pumpkin Gift Box

For those that are new to our blog, I go to my friends house and we make a paper craft and I feature them as my "Monday Paper Craft Post" - Now that kids are back in school, we have resumed our paper crafting day. We are working on Christmas gifts (I know it's only Sept. but we are trying to get an early start)! So this idea came from a Christmas stocking box that we made - the pattern can be found here. I took the same concept and made a pumpkin box.

I started out my making a shape of a pumpkin and cut it out of orange card stock.

I then took my template and made the box.

I assembled the box and decorated it to make it look like a pumpkin, by adding a stem, a leaf and jute to make a vine.

I then took cookies that I made and put them in a cellophane bag and put them into my box.

I made a few to give away to some neighbors. I will show you the Christmas stockings that we made as it gets closer to Christmas.

Halloween Countdown Variations

MORE HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN . . .

In my last post I showed you this fun Halloween Countdown. I have been making more and making changes.

I added the cat and the spider to the glass.

On this one I changed the frame to sit upright and added this cute little witch. I love the broom. I used a stick from my yard and raffia.

On this one I changed the font of the words and went back to the frame sitting long ways.

On this one I stenciled on burlap. And I didn't use my glass on this one, just wrapped the burlap around a piece of cardboard and inserted it in. Love how it looks.
I love how they can be changed around, you could do anything to these and they would be so cute. Cherie will show you how she did hers, love how she changed it also.

Babies 1st Year Wall Hanger and Book

I made this for my friend that is going to be having a baby boy - She is due on Thursday! I made it so she can hang this in the babies room and each month throughout the year she can put pictures and write down the babies monthly milestones - first smile, first time he rolls over, first tooth, etc.

The top row will have the babies info - his name, day and time he was born, height, weight and I want to take a picture of the baby and put it on one of the top squares also. The rest of the squares has the number for each month to write down the milestone and then a square next to it to put a picture.

After the baby's first year - I made it so my friend can turn it into a book by cutting the ribbon between rows and connecting the ends together and she will have a full year of pictures and milestone of her baby.

Linking to: Someday crafts and sew dang cute

Birthday Gift Pack

Here is another project I did for the county fair. I saw the idea here and thought it was cute. The paper wraps around a cake box and makes a great gift idea.

I made a birthday card to go into the front pocket.

Open the front flap and you have a place for the sprinkles.

It's a great tote for the cake, sprinkles and card. I covered a container of frosting to go along with it, but forgot to take pictures.

When ready to use, just slide the box out of it's cute holder.

Kelsey Jr. Critter

Stationary Box

I can't take credit for this awesome idea, I found the instructions here. I made this for a friends birthday gift. I loved making it and think it is such a brilliant idea. You have this cute box, take the lid off, and . . .

the box unfolds and has all of these fun places for everything. Pockets for cards, note cards, tags, address book, a pen holder and the pocket on the bottom right is for stamps.

These are the note cards I made, I had a few extra tags, so I just added them to the note card.

These are the cards I made.

These are the tags I made.

I am so excited to give this to my friend. Love the idea!