Lucky B-day Bash

He has a circle nose, it just blends in with the flash.


Kannon's Birthday Party was St. Paddy's themed since he was born the day after. Here is what the party looked like. I put up a "rainbow" with streamers and made Leprechaun hats out of black plastic plates and green construction paper...

and made Leprechaun hats out of black plastic plates and green construction paper.

We painted "lucky charms" on the kids' faces.

Kannon's cupcake-cake. (It's supposed to also look like a Leprechaun hat, if you couldn't tell)

The inside of the cupcakes were rainbow. I got this idea from the Family Fun magazine. The rest of the party ideas were basically from various Google web and image searches. I heart google!
I hid plastic coins around the house and had the kids collect them and trade them in for some treasure treats. The Dollar Tree had a pack of three plastic pots so I spray painted them black to make them like black cauldrons.

For lunch I made simple PBJ's and cut them with a shamrock cookie cutter. I had one heck of a time trying to find a shamrock cookie cutter in this town! I searched everywhere. I went to Walmart, Target, Hobby Lobby, Dillons, Hy-vee (where there's a helpful smile at every isle...but no cookie cutters), Bed Bath and Beyond, Michaels, and finally found one at a small kitchen store downtown...small was the description of the cookie cutter as well. It sufficed though. Also on the menu was green grapes and limeade.

Rocket Man

Yet another project for Kannon's room. I painted this piece of canvas with acrylic paints last night and it was a lot of fun! I wish I could do this for a living- I think I would be in the poor house though because I wouldn't get very many customers. I still need hem and sew up the sides for the finished product, but it needs to dry first.

This is where I got the idea from.

BLAST OFF!

Hooded Cowl

OK Kenner, here is the belated fullfillment of my promise...think of it as a "Happy St. Patty's Day," or "your- almost- done- with -chemo and- winter- is- over -so -why -don't- you -wear- gloves- and -a -cowl" present. So, this cowl you can wear as a neck warmer or when you want a little warmth around your head and ears, you can pull it up for a hood. This cowl matches the fingerless gloves I made previously

Easter

In Family Fun Magazine this month, they have some inexpensive cute Easter/Spring decorations to make.

Hanging 3-D Eggs made with cardstock and construction paper

Sock Bunnies. I took some of Wade's old tube socks and soaked them in water and food coloring. Then I filled them with some beans and polyfill with finishing touches.

Curley Birds- out of construction paper as well

Art for Kannon's Room

Since we will be moving soon, it has gotten me thinking about what I want to do with Kannon's future room. I had fun making these pictures of vintage mascots with oil pastels. Of course I will be framing them to hang on the wall.

Felt Sack Lunch

I started this project over the summer and just now got around to finishing it. I got the cute idea from Skip to My Lou. Isn't it amazing the difference a good camera can make? Unfortunately, I do not have one of those, so this is what my lunch pics look like. I chose to hand sew the pieces to give more character.

Bologna, Tomato, Lettuce, Cheese, Bread

Chips, Sandwich in the baggy, Sack, and HoHo.

A Bucket of Fun!

My friend received a similar cute gift for her son and I just had to copy the idea! I just used felt, velcro and some poly-fill and made a Mr.Potato Head Doll for the Kan-Man.

It even has a bum pocket!

The only thing I couldn't quite add were the shoes without it looking ridiculous. Maybe I will figure somthing out later.