Pipe Cleaner Candy Canes!

Super fun and easy holiday craft with kids. Mine are ages 3, 5, 7 and they had a blast!

We made these Christmas candy canes in every color combination imaginable!  They now hang all over our tree and not a single house guest goes home without one! ;)

We used shimmer pipe cleaners.
Cut them in half.
Chose desired color combinations...
and TWIST!!

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Homemade Birthday Cake: Green Army Men

My "Baby Boy" is five... omg, FIVE! =-O

I usually make their birthday cake, homemade.

Theme of their choice, and we have fun with it!

Since he had Batman last year,

next best thing this year is "shooting men!"

So we went with a Green Army Men/Camo style.

Started with a simple 13x9 baked cake.
I frosted entire top with light green frosting.
(Vanilla frosting plus about 5 drops of green food coloring.)

I added drops of additional food coloring to make the camo look.

I used green and black along with an olive green shade I made 

just mixing some colors. lol

My son helped me place the toys where he liked.

We also used Chocolate Sanding Sugar, cause it looks cool and tastes yummy!

Then Mommy had fun taking some photos ;)

We had fun and the party guests loved it!!

Happy 5th Birthday Braden!

{At bedtime he said he had "too good of a day, too much fun" <3}

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DIY Beach Keepsake, Souvenir, Home Decor.

Super easy and inexpensive 

DIY Beach keepsake, souvenir, home decor.

Supplies:

     -Small glass bottle with cork. I got mine at Micheal's for $1.19. 

(With my 40% off coupon I only paid about 75 cents.)

     -White beach sand.  I borrowed mine from the kids sand box. ;)

     -Four to six small shells. Must fit through the bottles opening. 

     -Twine, hemp or ribbon (optional). 

The kids had fun on our recent family vacation to Deerfield Beach,  

helping to gather shells.  

Then I simply added the desired amount of sand, I filled the bottle about 1/2 an inch.  

Gently dropped in the shells and closed the cork.  

I tied on a simple piece of twine to finish it off.

Total cost was less than one dollar and only took a few minutes to put together.

Now I have a beautiful and sentimental keepsake from our family summer vacation! 

A great accent to our beach themed bathroom. ;)

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