Family Home Evening

I have seen many versions of the Family Home Evening board assignment and love them all.  So when I went to Ben Franklin and saw they had there boards on sale, I just had to get started on mine.

While cleaning out the shed I went through my mothers old craft box and found some washers.  She had no future use for them so she said I could have it.  Great!  Sprayed those black and sealed them.

Got a pack of hokes from home depot.  They were a pack of six.  Perfect!  Sprayed those black as well.

Designed my board.  Wood glue, modge podge and hung on the wall.  Love it!

Redone Bulletin Board

I have had this bulletin board since I was in Elementary school. 

 It has had it's share of beating.  So I decided it was time to convert it into something nice.  So I cleared it of it's clutter and prettied it up.

I selected some paper from the bunch that I have and took my spray glue.  I taped the frame so the glue would not get on it.

The sprayed away and placed my paper on it.

This is how it came out.  Now on to paint the frame and seal it.

I can't decide if I like it's natural color or what.  For now it hangs like this, minus the tape, until I decide.

Lady Bug Box

This is what my mailbox has looked like for far too long.  So thankful that my mail-lady knows my address.  So I decided it was time for a make-over.  I had made the lady bug box and my sister loved it and suggested this as the new design for the mailbox.

So I cleaned it and primed it and started painting it.

This was the first dot I made with just the spray paint.  Not so pretty.  So I made a guide for the rest of the spots.

So I finished the spots and added red reflectors.  I also cut out the numbers with my cricut and black vinyl.

Looks much better! Right!

New Banner!

Don't you just love my new banner!  My brother in law made it for me and I totally love it.  Can you find my kids.  It is cool.

I have more posts to come.  I am working on many projects right now.  Like fixing the mailbox, bulletin board, wooden crate, Christmas ornaments, and more baby gifts.  What more can I say, Craft On!

Letters!

 My daughter is 3 and I have been trying to teach her the alphabets.  Unsuccessfully I was teaching her the sound each letter makes.  But I was given a Letter Factory DVD and she picked it up so fast.  My mother is a teacher and stands by the Hooked on Phonics way of teaching children so this video was perfect.

Now I am trying to teach her to read three letter words.  Using the sounds she knows.  She is picking it up great, but I have these letters in a pile.  So I made an envelope for them and laminated it for durability.  I hope to use this for my son also.   I used double stick tape to close it up and Velcro for the opening.

Make sure all your letters fit in them with extra space when making the envelope.  It will be easier to remove the letters that way.  I also added a magnet so that I can put it on the fridge or file cabinet.

She loves it and can read Hat, Rat, Sat, Duck (I know I said, "Three letter words."), Sit, Cat, and Hot.  We call these our letter mouse because we hide a mouse behind the letters and play a game.

I am working on a "Word Worm" next.  Pictures help and after she reads the word we make she gets to find the picture to match.