Day 11 - DIY Wrapping Paper

I found this little DIY project on pintrest, it's from the Martha Stewart Website.  This would be another great activity to do with kids.

First you cut out shapes from some tissue paper. I had a piece that had cute little owls and whales on it so I cut those out.

Then put the tissue shapes in between two pieces of wax paper and put that in between two tea towels.

 Then iron away.

When you are done the two pieces of wax paper should be stuck together. Then trim the edges and wrap. My picture of the final product doesn't really do it any justice (it looks really cute in person!) although next time I will add more tissue paper cut outs.

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Day 6 - Decor To Do List

I love the holidays and Thanksgiving and Christmas are my two favourite. During the holidays there are many things that my family and I like to do. I usually make a to do list that is either written down on a little piece of paper and stuck on the fridge or in my head. This year I thought it would be nice to incorporate my to do list into my holiday decor that I could display in the house.  This is a cheap and very easy way to decorate for the holidays.

You only need three items, a frame, a piece of pretty scrapbook paper and a dry erase marker.  All I did was cut a piece of pretty fall inspired paper to the size of my frame and put it inside.  I then wrote on the glass my to do list. The marker wipes away easily and I can keep it handy to check off the activities as we do them.

I also cut a piece of Christmas paper that I am keeping in the frame behind the fall paper to interchange as the holiday rolls around.

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Day 2 - Homemade Subway Art

Since being on pinterest I have come across several pins for subway art.  They seem really nice and a great way to decorate for the holidays without spending too much money.  While there are many sites that graciously offer their subway art for free I thought I would make some of my own.

The first one I made was for my son.  I wanted something personal that I could put up in his room.  It was really easy to make. I just used microsoft word and inserted wordart for each word.  I was able to change the size, colour and font for each word.

Here is one that I did for fall, my favourite season!

 Once done, all you have to do is put it in a frame and find a spot for it in your home.  You can get pretty cheap (but nice looking) frames at Michaels and if you happen to have one of their 40% off coupons, even better!  I plan on making a few more for other events, Christmas, winter, Easter, birthdays, etc. and keeping them all in one frame.  This way I can easily switch them out when needed.

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