Lawrence Girls

Merry Christmas, Hanukkah Sameakh, Heri za Kwanzaa...

2011-12-20T16:33:00.001-05:00

No matter which way you celebrate this most happy season, we wish you peace and many wonderful memories made with your family and friends.

I've been "busy" around here! Less computer time = more craft time. Leaving the camera home = focusing in the moment. Not sweating the small things = enjoying the BIG things.

Thanks to all of you that read, comment and share your lives. I'm still here, I am just taking a break. I plan to be back in full swing in January!

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A Quick Tip for Stocking Stuffers!

Easy Holiday Treats

Joy!

2011-11-28T11:42:00.006-05:00

It amazes me that I can contain myself until the day after Thanksgiving to pull out the Christmas decorations! I adore the whole month of December because everyone seems a bit cheerier. I love parties and the smell of apples and pine. I feel so fortunate to be able give to others. I love how gleeful the girls are to sip hot cocoa and watch Elf for the 439th time!

This was my quick pre-Turkey Day craft. It's the one indulgence I allowed myself before we even put the pies in the oven!

I came together quickly with leftover scrapbook paper, clearance-d Halloween ribbon, inexpensive canvas from the Dollar Store and Sparkle Mod Podge. If you haven't crafted with this amazing stuff yet; pick some up this Holiday season. You will love it! Here's what the girls and I used it for after Thanksgiving:

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Home Hacks!

2011-11-21T08:21:00.003-05:00

In case you missed Saturday's post, go check out my fabulous table renovation! A Goodwill score for $7.50, a few cans of paint and sanding paper = a happy, solid-wood table for under $20!

I wanted to share a few little home hacks I used for this table with you today! One is especially helpful for people stuck with shiny, builder-grade brass fixtures. If you don't want to buy a can of Oil Rubbed Bronze for a teeny project, try this. Rub down your piece with acetone finger nail polish remover. Use a glass bowl large enough for your item to be covered in liquid. In my case, I put my shiny brass handle in the bowl and then surrounded it with pennies. Cover the handle with household ammonia and cover the bowl with saran wrap. You want to do this outside, as it really stinks! Leave it soaking overnight, dump out the ammonia, rinse your handle and then coat it with a sealer of some sort. I used leftover Mod Podge.

To have a nice clean look under your table, take a toilet paper roll and cover it with a decorative piece of scrapbook paper using double sided tape. Take any extra long cords, drop the end through the covered paper roll and then wind up the length and stuff it through the tube. This is also a great way to keep various computer cords labeled and sorted.

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Goodwill Side Table DIY for under $20!

2011-11-19T11:15:00.010-05:00

I've been on the search for a new side table for a long while; we've made do with a white kiddie desk from IKEA for the past couple of years. We were overdue for something more grown-up now that the kids don't climb on things (much).

This is what I found for $15, but I scored it for half off ($7.50) because they were bringing out a ton of new furniture and it was missing the drawer pull. In this picture, I've already pulled out the drawer and gone to town with my favorite little Black & Decker Mouse Sander.

I used wood filler to make the routed rectangle on the top not so deep and noticeable, and after I sanded I wiped the table down with tack cloth. I gave the whole table a quick coat of white primer, and then I sanded with a fine grade paper.

To protect the inside of your drawer from getting over spray, slide it down in a garbage bag. Wrap tape around the drawer and the opening of the bag; fold over any excess bag to protect the drawer.

I covered the table with three coats of Krylon's Catalina Mist. Krylon may be my new favorite paint; it is goes on smooth and without splotches, it dries to the touch in 10 minutes, and the nozzle didn't make my fingers want to cramp to death after the first coat.

Voila! More suitable to the space, much more grown-up and fitting for our 30s and still colorful and kid friendly.

And because I don't want to be one of "those" bloggers that doesn't keep it real for you... here is the rest of the Living Room that I obviously didn't clean up for pictures. The croissant and cheese on the table? I totally ate that as soon as the shutter clicked!

Check out a couple of other tips I learned in the midst of this project here!

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Budget Friendly Handmade Journals

2011-11-16T20:40:00.003-05:00

Here is a project that meets a lot of criteria: fun for kids, easy for me, kind to my checking account and highly customizable for fast gifts.

Gather a few supplies:
Composition Notebooks, these were on clearance around September for 0.50 each!
Scrapbook Paper, plain or printed.
Stickers
Glue Stick, Scissors and a Pencil

Slide a sheet of scrapbook paper under the front cover of the notebook, and align the paper with the black binding. Trace around the edge of the notebook. Cut along the inside of your pencil marks.

Glue the scrapbook paper to the front of the notebook using the black binding as your guide, and then go nuts with your decorations!

I paired the little girls' journals with a pencil box, new pencils and erasers for under $3 each making this project less than $5 assuming you have standard crafting goodies around the house.

My 7 year old did her project all by herself, making this an excellent idea for children that would like to swap gifts. The 5 year old girlies needed a bit of help cutting and gluing.

How about adding a large apple sticker for a teacher? A hand written Thanksgiving recipe notebook would be great! You can make a Christmas notebook to organize shopping lists. The possibilities are endless!

Keeping It Real Announcement: I realized after I uploaded all these photos that I was using manual focus for many of them. Sorry for the blurry shots! :)

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#WordlessWednesday My Cute Treehuggers!

2011-11-09T11:33:00.000-05:00

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National Men Make Dinner Day?

2011-11-03T12:49:00.000-04:00

Apparently, it's National Men Make Dinner Day! I had no clue until I heard on the radio this morning. As I read over the website, even knowing it was all in good humor, I couldn't help but get my shackles up. This is really just as sexist as starting up a National Women Mow the Lawn Day.

Picture this: Early November, 38ish weeks pregnant with Rachel, R returned home to find me push mowing our entire property. I was ready to jump start labor, I don't care to mow every now and again and being out in the sunshine so near Winter was lovely! Women, even hugely pregnant ones, do mow the lawn.

And guys? They DO cook! In fact, R cooks dinner at least once or twice a week at our house. Plus? He packs lunch for the girls 85% of the time. He even does his own laundry and washes the towels! I find it a bit offensive to poke fun of the stereotype of men being bumbling idiots around the home, and I can tell you that R really hates that assumption.

It's 2011. Time for us all to face it: the stereotypical Leave it to Beaver family unit isn't the majority. Even in a smaller Southern city, I've encountered a good number of families where the Dad stays at home and does all the "womanly" chores. Most of my friends have husbands that pitch in with laundry, cooking and enjoy being an involved parent.

R is a great Dad!

I knew before I married R that I didn't want to be saddled with all the drone chores whether I was working or home with our children. We discussed our expectations of one another long before we wed, and again before we had children. We continually discuss our frustrations and change things up around the house.

So on National Men Make Dinner day, I'm happy to say that I will be cooking shrimp and grits for my family tonight. And R? He'll be loading the dishwasher and folding some laundry. It all balances out perfectly!

What do you think of this "holiday" making fun of our guys and their supposed incompetence in the kitchen? How do you strike a balance in your house?

And he's a pretty amazing husband, too!

#WordlessWednesday Onward to Rach's 7th!

2011-11-02T09:18:00.000-04:00

Halloween is over and now we have Lady Antebellum date-night, Rach's Birthday, Turkey Day, Grandma's Birthday, an Atlanta trip and Christmas... let the wild rumpus begin!

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Pay It Foward Giveaway - New Full Color #Kindle Fire!

2011-11-01T13:55:00.001-04:00

I'm really excited about today's news. I've teamed up with I Could Use a Deal and 18 other fabulous bloggers to give you the chance to win a new, full color, Kindle Fire from Amazon!

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The Kindle Fire has movies, apps, games, books, music and lots more on a 7" full color touchscreen! I have one on my Christmas list, but here's how YOU can win one. I will NOT be drawing a winner on Lawrence Girls; do NOT comment here to enter.

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Candy Corn Beanbag Toss

2011-10-31T13:31:00.003-04:00

Today's the day! Your last chance to run out for candy, grab a witch hat and get ready to party for Halloween!

I thought you might like a quick DIY bean bag toss game to set-up for the little people. It was a hit at our house!

You Need:
One Large Box
Exacto Knife
Scrap Fabric
Stapler
Rice

Optional:
Spray Paint
Stickers
A Vinyl Tablecloth

The only thing I bought new for this was the stickers and vinyl tablecloth. The project set me back a whopping $4, but it was so simple!

Instructions:
- Tape the top and bottom of your box shut. If you want, spray paint the front of the box (ours is purple).
- Dry and then cut a large triangle from the front of the box.
- Let the kids glam it up with some stickers!
- Using a standard stapler, wrap the sides and back of the box with the vinyl tablecloth.

- Print the pattern below at 200% of it's original size. The base strip of your bean bag should measure 4" before sewing.
- Cut six pieces of fabric (3 of each color) using the pattern as a guide.
- Sew dark orange to light orange (right sides facing) and then sew yellow to light orange (right sides facing).
- Repeat for the other side of your candy corn.
- Face your two triangles right sides together, and stitch along both sides.
- Partially stitch closed the bottom, leaving room to turn your candy corn and fill it with rice.
- After turning and filling the candy corn with rice, hand stitch the opening closed.

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Mummy Bowling!

2011-10-27T12:42:00.003-04:00

Rach is celebrating her birthday a couple weeks early with a Halloween costume bash! My chore? Come up with some fun games for a couple dozen kids... daunting.

My first idea was Mummy Bowling. I've seen tutorials with 2L soda bottles turned ghosts, but I thought it would be easier to buy a kid bowling game since we don't drink soda.

I was foiled at several stores, as I really wanted a wooden set of pins. I finally settled on a plastic Bowling Set, a can of white Rust-Oleum Paint For Plastic, gauze, a low-temp glue gun and several colors of acrylic paint.

1. Spray your pins white - no sanding needed with the plastic paint! I will warn you that you should find a piece of scrap board, line it with long nails sticking mostly out, and place your pins on top of the nails. The wind made me say a few dirty words yesterday, as my pins kept toppling over!

2. Give your newly painted mummy some fantastic zombie-like eyeballs with acrylic paint and a q-tip.

3. Using red, green and brown paint brush your gauze with a semi-dry brush to make it look icky, oozy and otherwise unsavory!

4. Use a low-temp glue gun to adhere the gauze to the pin. Cut a short piece for above the eyes, and then separately attach a longer piece under the eyes. Make sure you have a low-temp gun, or you will melt your plastic!

5. Draw mouths, eyebrows, and other features on each mummy with a fine line Sharpie marker, and then bowl those mummies down!

The girls affectionately named these two, Mummy and Daddy after myself and R. I was flattered!

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@Parenting - C'mon, really?

2011-10-26T12:44:00.001-04:00

I sit outside the girls' gymnastics class, and I use the time to catch up on E-mails or read for pleasure. Last week, I found myself with an almost dead phone battery - the horror! I picked up Issue #258 of Parenting magazine; the one with Bethenny Frankel on front.

I read something this week on the last page of the magazine that made me cringe! The last page was a compilation of blurbs that we WANT to say to our children but should NOT say lest we bring down judgment from others.

Parents, listen. Let me tell you something: If you aren't telling each one of your children Every. Single. Day. why they are the most smart, creative, charming, kind-hearted, capable, strong, silliest little individuals in the world you are doing them a grave disservice.

Back it up with specific examples:
"You are so gentle with the puppies, I love how much you care for those smaller than you."
"I love watching you try new things in gymnastics, you are so strong!"
"Your painting uses such bright colors, I like how much detail you put into your work. You're so creative!"
"Thank you for sharing snack with your friend. What a kind gesture; you rock!"
"You worked hard on that math problem. You're such a smart kiddo!"

Our kids are bombarded with television shows, print media and peers that drive them to look and act a certain way. This only becomes more prevalent as they get older and strive to fit in and make new friends. It's our job to teach our kids that they are unique, important and special. They are not part of a herd, nor should they feel the need to be equal to others in abilities or appearance.

Heck, if my girls' teachers really thought every kid in the class was equal, I don't think I would want my children attending that school. It's okay for us all to have different strengths and weaknesses, and I want my child to feel comfortable knowing that we are not all equal in our capabilities. I expect a teacher to be able to say, "This child excels at reading, I love her sense of humor and she shows a great interest in life sciences; however, she does need to work on social skills because she can be quite bossy at times."

Teach your children that teachers do not have favorites, just as parents don't have favorites. Don't lie to your children though; we aren't all equal. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. We need to lovingly challenge ourselves to work on things we could improve, and we need to affirm and celebrate what makes us stand out from the crowd!

House Mountain

2011-10-24T13:13:00.003-04:00

We checked out a local hiking spot yesterday, and were happy to find a slew of dogs and other families out enjoying the gorgeous day! If you're seeking an escape mere minutes from Downtown Knoxville, check out House Mountain. The state park is adopted by Mast General Store, and we noticed a great deal of effort in repairing erosion along the trail. Three cheers for a quick afternoon getaway and a decently challenging hike with killer views!

#WordlessWednesday She's the {Photo} Bomb!

2011-10-19T11:50:00.001-04:00

My silly Meg...

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Remodelaholic Feature!

2011-10-18T08:00:00.003-04:00

I am excited to be featured on Remodelaholic today! Cassity and Justin, along with their two cutie pies, feature rehab and renovation projects from readers alongside their own work. Everyone is encouraged to join in Fridays and share their DIY projects.

My favorite aspect of Remodelaholic is the focus on small "For Sale by Owner" shops via their weekly link-up.

One of my (many) current "To Do" projects is this privacy divider for our upstairs!

Be a pal, and show Remodelaholic some love today as they feature Rachel's big kid room makeover!

Camping in the Great Smoky Mountains with the Kids!

2011-10-17T11:52:00.001-04:00

We spent two-weeks ago with a nasty cough and cold and then headed into Fall break. Out of ten weekdays, the girls spent 4 in school and 6 at home - whew! I was ready for a get away, and this is the first weekend with marked changes in the leaves in higher elevations. I love Fall in Tennessee!

I thought I would give you a quick run-down of our camping adventures this year, and encourage you to go play outside before it gets way too chilly to enjoy it!

We started this year's camping adventures at Abrams Creek. This is one of our go to spots since it's 30 minutes from R's work. There is an easy hike in via the Little Bottoms Trail to back country camping site #17. The girls enjoy crossing the small streams, the old growth forest provides a nice shade canopy and we picnic before heading back to our tent at the front country sites. If you have older kids or preteens, hike 10+ miles round trip all the way to Abrams Falls. It's a lot less crowded than the approach from Cades Cove.

Abrams Creek itself provides a nice swimming area making these sites desirable in warmer weather! Abrams Creek is first come, first served for 16 campsites... no reservations. Your alternate nearby site is Look Rock.

Our favorite area to escape is Cosby. There are 165 sites, and you can reserve ahead at the National Park site. At Cosby, try to book a site number in the 30s, and you'll be near the stream and the trail head for Hen Wallow Falls. Hen Wallow Falls is a 4.4 mile round trip hike, but the falls aren't kid friendly for climbing and getting wet. If it's not crowded, there's a huge rock to enjoy your lunch on that overlooks the falls.

We took a side car-trip to Max Patch Bald, one of the most gorgeous sites along the Appalachian Trail. The drive is an hour from Cosby, and you can take a loop trail and enjoy a picnic lunch and a game of Frisbee on the top of Max Patch. You'll feel like a von Trapp kid, and you may burst into song... don't say I didn't warn you!

We also love Elkmont and the Cucumber Gap Trail that has some gorgeous water views! In the 1900s Elkmont was a summer community for the wealthy of Knoxville, Maryville and Chattanooga, and later the land was turned into a National Park. The last of the inhabitants of the homes built in Elkmont saw their leases end in 1992. Therefore, along your hike you get a chance to see a village that nature is slowly overtaking. It's really gorgeous, and our girls enjoyed it!

We took Jakes Gap to Cucumber Loop to the Little River trail to see gorgeous water views and many of the older homes, a few of which are being restored currently. With some detours, our round trip was right at 6 miles. It's an all day event, and you'll sleep well that night!

Elkmont has 220 sites and you can reserve ahead. There is also a camp store with firewood on site, DON'T bring your own!

This weekend took us to Look Rock. Out of all the sites we've visited the restrooms were the cleanest and least inhabited by critters. This is important to the girls! We were blown away by the gorgeous views from the sites overlooking the mountains, but chose a site (#15, 17 or 21) with many huge rocks for climbing, making forts and lounging.

There isn't a lot of hiking near Look Rock, the trail to Look Rock tower is short and easy, but at the end you are rewarded with an amazing panoramic view. Look Rock may very well be where a family should introduce themselves to camping in the Great Smoky Mountains!

For additional information about front country, or car camping, in the Great Smoky Mountains, start here.

Monsters in the House!

2011-10-04T22:18:00.013-04:00

Let me preface this amazingly awesome idea by saying that it is not mine. Martha has bird silhouettes, and the monster idea popped up on Pinterest yesterday.

Before I give you my how to, I have to tell you one thing. This is straight from the three-eyed monster that modeled for me this afternoon: "Monsters HATE perfection! More than anything, we like jumping on sofas and eating spaghetti. Don't fret too much about getting our eyes centered or our hair just right. We're all about sloppy!"

1. Gather your supplies: Cardboard, black acrylic paint, a rotary cutter and craft knife, a cutting mat, various colors of tissue paper, a glue stick and wide clear packing tape. Click on the image above for a larger version of the pictures.

2. Measure the width of your window and cut your box to size. Most of my monsters are about 30" wide.

3. Sketch out your monster. Go wild!

4. Remember, this isn't about perfection. Go wild!

5. Cut out the monster. The cardboard will be the silhouette in the window and any open areas (eyes and mouth) will be covered with tissue paper.

6. Paint your monster black. You can make multi-colored monsters if you wish, I wasn't that motivated.

7. For your eyes and mouths, measure the tissue paper you would like to layer. In this example I made a blue iris and yellow scelera. This monster is obviously experiencing liver failure from consuming too many children.

8. Cut your tissue paper.

9. Place the dark layer on top of the light layer of tissue, and then tape the light layer of tissue to the back of the monster.

10. Secure the dark tissue with a glue stick. Reinforce weak points on the back of the monster with clear packing tape. Put him facing out of the window, and secure to the window with more clear tape.

Lastly a note from me: Don't steal boxes from the Post Office. They have enough financial woes! These have been sitting in my basement for several years and they were kind of damp, so it was either a project or the recycle bin.

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My Sweet Morgan

2011-10-04T11:51:00.001-04:00

Nearly 6 weeks into school, the girls were hit with their first case of runny noses and coughs. There is nothing more heart breaking than a little person that doesn't feel up to their normal shenanigans!

After lots of snuggles, long naps and 3 days of Mama-loving everyone is all better. It's random sick days that make me really appreciate being at home for the girls... I couldn't stand to miss this:

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Goodwill = Halloween Centerpiece Gold!

2011-09-30T21:37:00.006-04:00

I love Goodwill. Especially on 50% off day because the only thing better than cheap stuff is EVEN CHEAPER stuff! This amazing Halloween centerpiece features $15 worth of Goodwill and craft store scores, here's how it came together.

The vintage silver tray was so tarnished and dented that it was passed on to me by a little old lady. It was all of $1.50, and it looks fabulous after sparkling it back up with toothpaste. The glass dome was another $1.50 and the cobalt bottles were $1 each. My paper mache skulls were a steal at a craft store for $1, the eyeballs were $4, the flowers were $2 and the spider stickers were in a large pack for $2.

I grabbed the skulls on impulse thinking I could do something with them, and it ends up they are my favorite part of the centerpiece.

1. Mix together white, tan, yellow and a dot of black paint.
2. Cover skull with two light coats of paint.
3. After the beige paint dries, use a mostly dry brush dipped in a small amount of black paint to highlight the skull.
4. After the black paint dries, lightly dab beige paint as a concealer over the whole skull.
5. Allow the paint to dry, and then mix sealer with a bit of yellow paint to coat the skull twice more.

At night, our display is lit by LED tea lights. There are two under the dome of eyeballs and one in each skull. Truly horrific, recycled and reusable and awesomely affordable... can't beat it!

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A Jack-o-Lantern Smile just in time for Fall! #WordlessWednesday

2011-09-28T13:17:00.001-04:00

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2011-09-26T13:04:00.003-04:00

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The Kitchen Entryway gets Upgraded

2011-09-25T13:59:00.002-04:00

Our kitchen was remodeled when Rachel was 6 months old, in May of 2005. We did not yet own the house, so I did not design it. It was an improvement to the 1950s mustard yellow appliances that caught fire, yucky 1970s linoleum and rusty metal cabinets.

In March of 2009, I decided to remodel the kitchen in order to add a pantry, open up the wall to the Dining Room and rid our lives of the oak - hallelujah! The old cabinets and counters were recycled into a rental house renovation project, so I didn't feel too wasteful over the project.

The key to my sanity is controlling the level of organization in our house. The one place that's heckled me for some time is our back door. It enters into the kitchen from the back porch. It's where we trudge in after a long day of errands, school and work. It's where we drop our bags on the floor, throw our keys on the counter and eventually stuff the overflow into the junk drawer.

Even after two remodels, the wall between the entry to our hallway and back door still bothered me, so I decided to work on improving it.

I added a $4 thrifted mirror, a coat hook, and I made a rail out of scrap pine to hang lunch boxes and bags. I drilled six counter-sunk holes on the back of the board, and attached knobs leftover from the kitchen remodel. There is a shallow channel routed in the top of the rail to rest pictures or artwork against the wall. I labeled the girls' hooks with their first day of school pictures, and I brought in a small chair for putting on shoes.

My dream house would have built-in locker-style storage for all five of us, but this area is too shallow for anything to protrude from the wall. I think this is going to be a happy compromise!

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A Keeping It Real P.S. If you peer into the new mirror, you'll see that I still didn't organize the dumping ground on the counter. Baby steps, right?

Sisters = Lifelong Friends

2011-09-25T10:44:00.001-04:00

My girls have classroom friends and best friends, but at the end of the day my three are going to be lifelong friends. As an only child, this makes my heart happy for the little Lawrence Girls!

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I adore the Dollar Tree and More!

2011-09-20T11:34:00.005-04:00

There's really nothing compared to my love for the Dollar Tree around kitschy holidays like Halloween! I want fun, fresh decorations nearly every year, but I don't want to rob the bank to pay for new items.

$1 each for 4 mini-skeletons, black netting, spiders and sparkly purple bat garland; I supplied an old grapevine wreath from Goodwill. A brand new door decoration for less than $5; you can't beat it! Speaking of doors...

I finished it up the week before last, and we installed a new handle and locks last night. Our old brass handle was made by Schlage, and did you know that their lifetime warranty also includes the finish on their hardware? Lowe's was kind enough to process a return of our old hardware for a shiny new handle and deadbolt. Save your receipts and save yourself some cash, boys and girls!

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Made by You Monday : Spooky Eyes Bracelet Craft

2011-09-19T13:25:00.005-04:00

My inspiration at $40+ was more than I wanted to spend for a creepy cute Halloween accessory! I figured out a way to make this a cute, kid-friendly craft for around $4, assuming you have a few craft supplies on hand.

You need:
An assortment of googly eyes, mine were 99 cents per bag
Halloween colored craft paint and foam brushes
A low-temp glue gun
Empty paper towel or toilet paper rolls
Ribbon or yarn
A hole punch

Do this:
- Cut your bracelet from the recycled paper rolls. One toilet paper roll made three small bracelets for us.
- Brush several light layers of paint on the front side of your paper roll.
- Help an adult glue googly eyes all over the painted side of your bracelet.
- Punch two holes in either end of your bracelet and secure around your wrist with ribbon.

Thanks for sharing our project Fun Family Crafts!

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