Pinterest Party

I have a friend who is having a Pinterest party tomorrow. I am so excited to go and have been trying to figure out what I will make to take to it. I wanted to do something for springtime and finally settled on two wood projects. I made an Easter wood craft and a patriotic one as well. I think they turned out well. When I'm making something, I always worry it won't look good at the end. I have also noticed that a lot of crafts on Pinterest don't tell you how to make them, so I am including the dimensions for these crafts for any others who may want to make them and also for my own personal reference!
Fr the "He is Risen" one, I cut the first piece to 5", the second to 7", and the third to 9". I used the Monotype Cursiva font set at 3" for the letters.  For the patriotic one, I used the Snickles font, also at 3". For the wood, I cut two pieces at 4", one at 8", and the last at 9". I just used 2x4 wood for all of them.

2x4 Snowmen

My girls were looking for something to do a few days ago, and we had three end pieces of wood from other projects I had done.  I gave them to the girls and told them they could make snowmen out of them.  They were excited and went right to work painting them white.  I had some socks with holes that I was going to get ride of, but had decided to keep for projects.  They picked some and we put them over the top and tied a ribbon around them for a hat. I cut the end off and then cut that piece in a circle, so it made a long piece and tied that around the bottom for the scarf.  They painted the faces on and we were done!  Such a quick and simple craft, and I think they are so cute!

Let the Christmas Crafts Begin!

I watched Elf a couple weeks ago with my kids for Friday night movie night.  We love that movie, and when I saw a bunch of "Elf-type" crafts on Pinterest, I knew I had to make one!  I love the quote, "The best way to spread Christmas cheer, is singing loud for all to hear."  I am a huge fan of the 2 x 4 crafts. I think they are cute and so cheap.  I have just never made one before myself.  So here is my first 2 x 4 project.  I love it! I actually ended up making two because we are doing a white elephant gift exchange at church in a couple weeks.  I think this will be perfect. There has to be another Elf fan out there who would enjoy this as much as I do.