Tile - Tic Tac Toe

I saw this idea at Lowes and knew Hannah would love it. When her friend Max came over they did this craft together.

Hannah couldn't find any "natural" tiles that she liked to use for this project, so we decided to go with a 6x6 white tile.  The black and white mosaic piece was on clearance and because there so many missing and broken pieces, they gave it to me for half off, so total cost for the tiles was $1.78

I had some leftover sticky back felt....

that we cut up and put on the back of the tile.  

This was it won't scratch any surface you play on.

I drew the black straight lines on the white 6x6 tile with a black sharpie and a ruler.  

I let the kids use all the other colors for decorating.

Max chose a simple design

Hannah chose a more interesting intricate design.

Her board

Her tiles

The kids had a great time with this and especially loved drawing with sharpies!

Button Magnets (blogged by Hannah)

This picture is the creator and it is Hannah Casey

We saw this at Quiltique, and we made our own. This is how we made it. We got buttons and then we got the sizes together and then we glued them with a hot glue gun. And then we glued it on the magnet.

This is the side view, which for you to see the magnet part

It holds up pictures too.

*blogged and worded by Hannah (age 5) and typed by Mama

Tie Rattle Snakes

Hannah and Max with their new "friends"

I don't like snakes, but these guys are cute. We followed the tutorial from Skip to My Lou to make these fun snakes. The kids didn't want fat tails, so we didn't stuff the ends of the snakes. I would have loved to make the rattle part for the tail, but we didn't have any tiny containers to fit in the tails... maybe I'll look for some cheap ties at Goodwill, and make some more when I can get a little container. Max's snake was decorated from a previous project, so it's covered with fun stuff. They also went a little crazy for the stick on eyes. Max's snake even has an eye on it's belly!

We have a couple of Alien Snakes!

I think it's safe to say they love their snakes!

Bandanna Checkers

I saw this flyer at my local Jo-Ann store and knew we would have to make it. Here are the instructions from the website, and in PDF format.

CHECKERBOARD

1. Lay a plain print bandanna on a flat surface over a piece of paper. Fabric markers could bleed through.
2. Measure and use pencil to mark a checkerboard grid with 8 rows of 8 squares each.
   
   
3. Outline grid with black fabric marker pen. (We used Crayola)
   
   
4. Alternate coloring squares so no square touches another of the same color. Squares do not have to be solid colors. Square can be designed with hearts, seashells, circles, any other icon as long as matching designs are not are side by side horizontally or vertically. (The kids got tired of color after 1 row, so I ended up finishing the rest. They were more excited about making the checkers)

CHECKERS

1. Roll 1 color combination of Model Magic into 12 balls. Press down to make disc-shaped checkers.
2. Roll a different color combination of Model Magic into 12 balls. Press down to make disc-shaped checkers.
3. Allow checkers to dry for 24 hours.

(We made most of our checkers differently. We rolled out the Model Magic and used cookie cutters and Play-doh cutters to make our checkers. Hannah chose Stars and Hearts. Max chose Stars and the suggested method above.)

I love how it can be wrapped up for easy storing!

Easter Wheat Grass

Easter Display

I followed Make and Takes tutorial for growing wheatgrass and love the results. Hannah was able to do most of it herself and Ernest even did one for himself.

I love the dew drops we found on our blades of grass this morning!

Easter Lollypop "Flowers"

Springtime Blooms

Make and Takes had the cutest tutorials on their website. I used the Coloring Rice Tutorial and the Lollipop Flowers Tutorial to make these. It was easy enough for Hannah (4 years old) and her friend Max to make these (almost) all by themselves. I did help with the food coloring though! Next time I won't add the rubbing alcohol, the smell was nasty, and I'm pretty sure it's dry enough in Nevada that we didn't really need it anyway.

Here's Hannahs!