Rainbow Bandz Loom Kit #review #rubberbandbracelet

If you have kids especially kids between 6-16 you probably have heard of or seen the new trend of rubber band bracelets. I have 5 girls and I have those bracelets and necklaces as well as rubber bands all over my house. My girls love them. My 12 year old watches Youtube videos and pinterest posts on different instructional styles to make these awesome rubber band jewelry. So when we got the chance to test out the Rainbow Bandz Loom Kit my girls were so excited.

Rainbow Bandz Loom Kit consists of a hook with a base opener, a loom, 24 C-clips, 600 latex colorful rubber bands which can make up to 28 colorful charming bracelets, and an instruction manual. The instruction manual has some pointers, tips and instructions to follow in order to come up with different desired creations – from beginner to expert level. This kit is all Non toxic, Lead and Latex Free.

When we got this my girls sat for hours each day making bracelets and rings and necklaces. My younger girls figured out the regular method and fishtail method within minutes. My older daughters did those and DNA style, Ladder style, Double, and Double-Doule and more. We ended up buying more bandz within a few days because my kids just wouldn't stop making these cute jewelry. Honestly I love they used their creativity and mind with this kit rather than watching TV or video games. I honestly think anyone who has kids that love this jewelry or loves crafts would love this awesome kit. It is reasonable priced as well so check out the Rainbow Bandz Loom Kit today on the website or amazon!

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#Fun Friday #Thanksgiving craft

Thankful hand Turkey

Supplies:
paper ( white, construction or whatever)
Crayons or markers or colored pencils
Pen or pencil to trace with
Scissors if you want to cut the turkey out

Directions:
1. Chose a piece of paper then place childs hand on paper and trace the outline of the hand.

2. now decorate your turkey add a eye and a gobbler and even legs

3. on each finger/feather write something you thankful for. Ask your child what 4 things he or she is thankful for.

Then you are done and you made such a adorable and meaningful Thanksgiving decoration and do it every year and after thanksgiving place in album then you can look back and see how much the child grew physically and emotionally.

Fun Friday Crafts- No carve Pumpkin Decorating

It's that time of year to decorate Pumpkins. I really hate cutting into the pumpkins and dealing with the mess and then a couple days later the pumpkins are beginning to wilt and rot. So we now decorate them without cutting them and I can use them for Halloween decor and Thanksgiving.

Supplies:
Pumpkins
paint, crayons, ribbon, duct tape, buttons, stickers,etc.
Hot glue gun
Modge Podge

Directions:
Give kids their pumpkins and set all the craft decor on a table or where ever and let them decorate. You will be surprised at what they come up with.

1. the crayons are a fun new way to decorate. you take and tape the crayons to stem or on something above pumpkin then get your blowdryer and blow the crayons until they start to melt all over the pumpkin. So Cool if you use red crayons it gives it a dripping blood look..

2. stickers, gems, ribbon and a hot glue gun and you can creative some pretty glammed up pumpkins.

3. chalkboard paint is fun too just spray pumpkin with the chalkboard paint then give kids chalk and let them have fun!

4. My girls love to take glue and make designs and polka dots then sprinkle or roll in glitter and then let dry so cute.

5. new thing is duct tape there are so many different designs of duct tape so you can get really creative and fun with it.

6. Modge podge is great get some tissue paper or ribbon and design patterns you like with them then paint modge podge over the paper or ribbon and let dry. it turns out adorable.

7. Easiest ever is the new Mustache fad. You can buy the fuzzy mustaches at Dollar tree and stick it to the pumpkin or print off a mustache stencil and paint it on the pumpkin. So fun!

Fun Friday Craft- Toliet Paper Bats

Toliet Paper Bats

Supplies:
toilet paper roll (or other cardboard tube)
old paper bag or thick paper
glue
black and white paint
scissors
bat template (for an easier, faster option!)

Directions:
Cut the cardboard tube down to the size you want (you can use old paper towel or toilet paper rolls). Paint the tube with black craft acrylic paint. While the paint is drying, cut out some bat wing shapes from your bag/paper. Be sure to leave a little extra room where the wing will be attached to the cardboard, as that part will be folded over and attached to the roll.

Cut two small black triangles for the bat ears. Once the tube is dry, paint a simple bat face using white craft acrylic paint.

 After the bat face is dry, adhere the bat wings to the body of the bat by folding over a bit of the wing and placing adhesive on the folded tab (I used glue dots for this, but you could use simple white glue). Place a dot of adhesive on each bat ear and stick them to the inside of the tube wherever you want the ears.

Once the glue is dry, you're all done! The real magic happens when you decide just what to do with these little bats. You could use them as finger puppets and put on a spooky show or use them as napkin holders for a haunted feast. You can also stick bags of candy inside for a cool school treat, and of course, you can always just set them out for decoration.

Fun Friday Crafts- Trash Bag spider decor

Trash Bag Spider

Supplies:
1 large black trash bag
2 balloons
scissors

Directions:
First, blow up one of the balloons about halfway. Place it in the bottom of the trash bag.Gather the trash bag around the balloon and tie with a twist tie, thus forming the head of the spider.

Next, blow up the second balloon to full-size. Place it in the open part of the trash bag.Now, gather the trash bag around the balloon and tie with a twist tie. This should form the body of the spider.

Last cut off any excess of the bag and use to form legs if there is not enough to use then you can use another bags to cut up to form eight legs. Then tie leg ends around section in between head and body of spider. Done! Hang up on ceiling spred out legs and you got a easy and fun Halloween decor!

Fun Friday craft- safari themed

Safari vest and binoculars

Supplies:
2 toliet paper tubes per child
1 full size paper bag
decorating supplies
stapler or glue
scissors

Directions:
1. Take the 2 toliet paper tubes and either staple them together side by side or glue them so that you have to tubes side by side to peek through. Then when glue is dry or done stapling decorate to your liking. We used markers and glued beads and feathers and some safari printed duck tape. once done the binoculars are ready.

2. for vest we took the back and cut down center of one front of bag all the way to the top. Then we cut a circle hole on bottom of bag that connected to other cut. Last we cut arm holes. Then decorate. done. Your kids are now ready for a safari hunt!

Fun Friday crafts- DIY Chalkboard Mason Jar candle

Supplies:

1 Mason Jar
1 Baby Food Jar – yes, baby food. It’s a jar and super cute!
Painter’s Tape
Sharp knife
Black Chalkboard Spray Paint
Chalk
Baker’s Twine or other rustic twine
Candles

Directions:
1.Place a strip of the painter’s tape on the jars and draw a heart. Using your knife, cut around the heart and remove the excess tape, leaving the heart taped to the jar.

2.Take your jar and your spray paint to a well ventilated area (meaning outside) and spray the jar(s) evenly. Let the jars dry. It won’t take long. Once dry, take the sharp point of your knife and carefully remove the painter’s tape heart.

3.Once thoroughly dry, use the chalk to trace little dotted lines around the heart. Take the baker’s twine and wrap around the top part of the jar and you’re done!! Now you can place candles in the jars, or, an even better idea are those flameless candles that will last all night and be safe too!

Fun Friday craft- DIY Mason Jar Cookie Mix

Mason Jar Cookie Mix

For each jar, you'll need one of each of the items listed below

Mason Jar

Flour (2 c.)

Baking Soda (3/4 tsp.)

Sugar (1/2 c.)

Chocolate Chips (1 1/2 c.)

Brown Sugar (1/2 c.)

(Optional) Measuring spoon set

Ribbon

Fabric – two different colors to cover lid (we used tulle and cotton fabric that matched the wedding colors)

Recipe Tag

Rubber band

Cookie Recipe to Put Into Mason Jars:

2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)

1/2 cup granulated sugar

The tags shown in the images (below) can be made at home, and printed out. The tag reads:

Make sure you layer ingrediants one by one and dont mix them together! It makes them look so much prettier in layers! You can layer however I did flour, baking soda, chocolate chips, brown sugar, granualted sugar. 

Then put your lid on and fabric over lid then tie recipe and ribbon around fabric and lid. This makes greaqt gifts.

Fun Friday crafts- Crayon vase

Supplies:
box of 24 crayons ( I used the 25 cent pack from walmart)
a container ( I used a old peanut can)
Hot glue

Directions:
1. heat up hot glue gun.

2. Glue crayone to side of can side by side all the way around can.

3. Let dry! Then the vase is done. You can add a small potted plant or fake flower with styrofoam.

This is so fun the kids can help make it and its one way to use cheap school supplies and makes a awesome teacher gift!

Fun Friday- DIY Homemade Sidewalk Paint

Side walk Paint

 Ingredients:
Flour
food coloring
corn starch
water
paint brush
containers for paint I used muffin tin

Directions:
1. in bowl combine 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup corn starch and about 2 cups water then mix well until its a paint consistancy.

2. pour into containers or muffin pan

3. add about 4 to 8 drops of food coloring to each container and mix for vibrant colored paint.

4. take out side and enjoy painting. Its all natural and safe for consumption so no worries if kids try to eat it lol. It is messy and may stain clothing so beware. But nice alternative to buying side walk chalk or paint!

Summer will fly by with these activity books from Candlewick Press

Summer vacation is almost over here only two more weeks until school starts back and my kids are so bored. We have been doing crafts and parks and more to keep them entertained but on days we cant get out activity books come in so handy to keep them reading and busy. Candlewick has some great activity books to keep your kids entertained this summer and they are just what your kids need to enjoy reading again before school starts.

Doodle with Maisy:
Creative Maisy fans - it's time to make your mark! Take your pencil on a doodling adventure in this irresistible Maisy activity book created by Lucy Cousins. There’s hours of fun and something for everyone in this hands-on Maisy doodle-fest! This is such a fun book that you can use your own imagination to make the story even better. We love it!

Magical Mixups: Pets and parties:
Glitter at the ready, this book needs YOU! Princess Sapphire and Emerald the Witch live in the mixed-up land of Mixtopia, where everything is just a little bit odd…let’s face it, perfect princesses and scruffy witches are not usually best friends. Doodle, design and draw while you read and make Sapphire’s birthday wish come true! My 11 year old loves this book! She loves designing the scenes and reading the story!

Sneaky Art:
For young artists, tricksters, and crafters, here is a hip, friendly how-to manual for creating removable and shareable art projects from easily found materials. The sneaky part is in the installation! Each work of art is custom-created for display in public places. This utterly unique guide offers a stylish and sweet “made-you-look-twice” spirit of fun meant to put a smile on the faces of strangers and loved ones alike. This book is so fun. There are so many craft ideas and I love how you can share it with the world by making them and placing them sneaky places for others to find.

Let's build a playground:
What’s your dream playground? Grab a piece of paper and let your imagination go wild! That was the first step when two hundred kids and grown-ups got together to build the playground in this book—one of two thousand that KaBOOM! has helped create. Michael J. Rosen’s lively free verse, together with colorful photographs, capture the enthusiastic teamwork leading up to the final build of a playground in one day—a playground that will welcome kids of all ages well into the future. This is a great book to help spark my kids imagination and get them thinking if they were to build a playground what would it be like. My kids came up with some awesome playgrounds!

Go Out and Play:
Go outside and play! Here, at your fingertips, are how-to's for more than seventy best-loved games, all set to spread the fun of active play to kids of all ages. This lively, infectious guide to games runs the gamut from classic to contemporary: freeze tag, blindman’s bluff, red light green light, four square, duck duck goose, and so many more. It’s all sparked by KaBOOM!, a nonprofit with a passion for creating outdoor play spaces nationally and around the world. This is my favorite book! It has so many outdor games to play with the kids. There is classics like Red Rover and new games my kids play like Sardines and 500. This will get your kids moving and having fun. Best book ever!

Look up: bird watching in your own backyard:
This conversational, humorous introduction to bird-watching encourages kids to get outdoors with a sketchbook and really look around. Quirky full-color illustrations portray dozens of birds chatting about their distinctive characteristics, including color, shape, plumage, and beak and foot types, while tongue-in-cheek cartoons feature banter between birds, characters, and the reader. I love bird watching and my kids are really into learning about the different kinds of birds so this book was perfect. It is fun to read the illustrations and see the birds telling other birds their features and all. Great learning book!

Where’s Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection:
Waldo seekers on their own voyages will be raring to go with this compact compilation featuring all seven of his renowned excursions: Where's Waldo?, Where's Waldo Now?, Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey, Where's Waldo? The Wonder Book, Where's Waldo? In Hollywood, Where's Waldo? The Great Picture Hunt, and Where's Waldo? The Incredible Paper Chase. My kids love Wher's Waldo books. I swear we would have everyone if I'd let them lol. They love searching through the pics trying to find that little guy and I must admit I love searching too! Definitely keeps them busy for a while!

So If you are looking for some fun books to keep your kids busy and their little minds active check out these great books from Candlewick! You will be glad you did and your kids will love them!

Fun Friday- Playdough recipes

So if your kids are like mine they love playing with play dough but I hate the smell of play dough and clay so we make our own using these yummy recipes. They are edible and safe for little ones and they smell awesome! They are easy to make and if you keep them in air tight containers or bags they will last a long time!

Fun Friday Craft- Flip Flop Fun

Fun Flip Flops

Supplies:
cheap pair of Flip Flop ( I got mine at Dollar tree)
Scrap fabric, Tulle, ribbon, etc
Scissors

Directions:
Select a fabric and use scissors to cut a series of 1- by 6-inch strips (the number of strips you'll need depends upon the size of your child's feet; the ones we made required 28 strips).

Using single knots, tie the strips around the flip-flop straps, pushing the knots close together as you go.

Keep adding pieces until your new flip flops are sufficiently fluffy and stylish the way you want them! This is a awesome craft to do at a birthday party or sleepover!

Fun Friday Crafts

Summer time my kids get so bored so we do alot of fun and easy crafts. Now crafts dont have to cost alot I mean you can use what you already have in your house. This week we made bugs out of egg cartons. So fun and easy!

Egg Carton Bugs

Supplies:
Egg carton
markers, crayons, color pencils (anything to decorate with)
Pipe cleaners, yarn, paper ( anything you can make antennas and legs with)
Scissors

Directions:
cut up egg carton into sizes you like.
caterpillars we cut them up with 3 segments
ants, lady bugs, beetles, spiders, etc cut into 1 segment

Then give to kids to decorate. They can make eyes, mouths or whatever.

Then attach antennas and legs and your done.

My kids played with their bugs for hours afterwards. They had so much fun.

Simple and cute homemade Teacher Appreciation gifts

So its Teacher Appreciation week at my kids school so I decided to make two cute gifts for the teachers. The first one I made are:

Smartie Bags

Supplies:
sandwich bag
couple rolls of smarties candies ( i used 7)
paper of any kind like construction paper or scrapbooking paper
Marker
stapler or tape

Directions:
1. Put the smarties in the bag and close

2. cut paper the length of the bag and about 5 inch wide and the second piece in another color a little smaller length then the first one and about 3 inch wide and then the last piece of paper I made about 3 inches long and 2 inch wide.

3. fold biggest paper the first one over the top of the bag and staple or tape to bag.

4.  on the smallest piece of paper the third piece Write with marker "Thanks for making me such a "Smartie"!"

5. tape or staple small piece on to the second piece and then onto the one you taped or staple to the bag. And then your done! A very cute gift!

The second gift I made was a

Hersheys bar worlds greatest teacher labels

Supplies:
Full size Hershey's bar
Printed label from computer
tape

Directions:
1. print this cute label I made

2. Tape the label around the Hershey's bar. And done !

I love home made gifts and these were cheap, easy and adorable!