How excited am I?!

Very.

I finally (yes, finally!) placed an order with The Twinery.

Decided to start off with a little taste of everything :) Can't wait for this to arrive in my little mailbox:

Maraschino

Mandarin

Lemondrop

Peapod

Caribbean

Lilac

Pink Sorbet

Honeydew

Blossom

Charcoal

Cappuccino

Mmmmm....

-tb:oxo

Making Robots!

H.Bo has caught robot fever. We're not sure how it happened, but he LOVES robots. Grandma recently bought him a pair of robot jammies, and as soon as he got in them, he danced around the room singing "robot robot" to the tune of "twinkle twinkle".

So, for our "Make Something Monday" craft, we decorated our own robots!

I cut our three different robot 'bodies' from various leftover scrapbooking papers, and then random shapes from other papers. We picked our bodies and started to glue! This was also a very good opportunity to practice our shapes as well (ah, the tricks parent's play).

Hunter asked for most of the pieces by name: "Triangle, please" and so on. He even got the diamond right :)

We talked about the shapes, we talked about the colours, we even talked about the textures! He was a big fan of the 'spawkwy" white circle he got to put on.

Our end results!:

Hunter's Robot

Daddy's Robot

Mommy's Robot
(and yes, I realize my robot pales in comparison to the boys')

And while we're talking about robots, check out some other really cool robot stuff:

1. Frugal Family Fun has this robot craft using recycled products (if I told you what she used, you wouldn't believe me, so go see for yourself!) --> Take the time to look through this website, it's so fantastic.
2. This free Ravelry pattern for an R2D2 beanie is sure to make any Star Wars (or robot) fan feel warm and fuzzy!
3. Adorable robot lunchbag from Chatpers - 100% certified organic cotton with a removable EVA liner. There's no way anyone would forget there lunch with this bag!

Have fun :)

-tb:xox

EFL - Making Airplanes!

Our boy loves crafts. He loves them in the morning, he loves them in the afternoon... He loves them in the evening, and underneath the moon!

He. Loves. Crafts.

Luckily, so does his mother! :) ...And his father has been known to get right in there as well (see "Making Robots" for further proof)

Today's adventure in Extremely Frugal Living was making airplanes. Material list?
- Toilet paper rolls
- Scrapbooking paper
- self-adhesive foam letters and shapes (thanks grandma!)
- glue

Hunter picked out the colours he wanted for his airplane -We were all rather stereotypical in our colour choices. Hunter and daddy did blue planes, mommy did a pink plane with white hearts.

After all was said and done with the airplanes (they were built, they were flown, and they were crashed multiple times!), Hunter wanted to continue playing with the foam letters/numbers and shapes.


We traced them out on to construction paper, removed the backing and let him stick them in the lines as he counted the numbers. He did an incredible job!

Until next time :)

-tb:xox

Extremely Frugal Living (EFL) - Play Castle!

It all started with a mother's simple question: "What do you want to do today?"

The answer: "Play castle!!"

Uh-oh. Mom's in trouble. Play Castle, you say?! Let's gather some materials and see what we can come up with...

Cardboard box? Check! (thanks dad for digging this out of the basement!)
Paint? Check!
Fabric scraps? Check!
Glue? Check!
Little People to live in the castle? Check!

Well, that wasn't hard, now was it? We gathered all the materials together, and H.Bo went down for a nap. Perfect time for mom and dad to do some heavy-duty cutting and painting!


By the time he woke up, we were ready to "Play Castle"!



Watching his imagination soar...

-tb:oxo