What to do with those outgrown rainboots?

Why, plant flowers in them of course!

This idea comes via Pinterest, I tracked down the original poster Rosy Posy and added her to my favorites.

I took out the insoles and poked drainage holes with a screwdriver.

Boots: outgrown rainboots, originally from Target.
Flowers: impatiens, from Home Depot
Potting Soil: from Home Depot

Fingerpainting Fun!

I saw this design somewhere, but didn't bookmark it. So I can't take credit for this amazing idea.



Start out with any sized canvas and one color of fingerpaint. We used Melissa and Doug's red.

After the fingerpainting came to an end, I used a foam brush to completely cover the canvas, then we made the handprints.


I set this out to dry for a little over a day.



And hung it on the wall with a past fingerpainting project.


Items purchased:
Canvas (AC Moore)
Foam brushes (AC Moore)
3M wall hangers

Items owned:
Red fingerpaint (Melissa and Doug)
Black Sharpie

Time spent: Roughly 1 hour, not including drying or hanging time

Difficulty: Very easy

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Pumpkin flowerpot

This idea comes from Martha Stewart Living. Instead of a real pumpkin, I used a fake carvable pumpkin 'Funkin' (now 75% off at Michael's), and instead of using fresh flowers I used a potted plant.

Measure the circumference of the top of your pot (mine was 9 inches) and using a sharp knife cut a corresponding circle in the top of the pumpkin. Since my flowerpot is smaller than my pumpkin, I made my cuts with a sligtly slanted edge so that the pot would balance on the pumpkin. You could also put newspapers or some other filler inside the pumpkin to bring your pot to the correct height.

Tada!

Items purchased:

Carvable pumkin (Michael's)

Potted plant (Home Depot)

Items owned:

Knife, measuring tape, pencil for marking cuts on pumpkin

Time spent: 15 minutes

Difficulty: Very easy

Also shown in bottom photo: Mums in jack-o-lantern pot (both from Home Depot), small sugar pumpkin (Cox Farms) and wooden outdoor table (rescued).

Button Headband

For this project, I used a tutorial from Little Miss Momma. Using an elastic Goody headband that I had sitting around (most likely purchased from Target), some black embroidery thread and different colored buttons, I put this headband together in roughly half an hour, from measurement to pictures.


Items purchased:
Package of Favorite Findings buttons (Michael's)
Items owned:
Navy blue elastic headband (Target)
black embriodery thread (Michael's)
embriodery needle
Time spent: 30 minutes
Difficulty: Very easy

"Crewcuts Inspired" ribbon necklace

I had bought these gorgeous black and yellow 10mm rounds back in April from a seller on Etsy (boxesnbeads whose page has since closed), and have been looking for something to do with them ever since.

I came across the "Crewcuts Inspired" ribbon necklace on Samster Mommy and decided to give it a whirl. Since my beads are smaller than the ones used in the tutorial, I used embroidery thread. Once I started using needles to thread the beads, the project became so much easier.

And... tada! My very own "Crewcuts Inspired" ribbon necklace. I can't wait to show it off!

Items purchased: 10mm Millefiori rounds (Etsy seller boxesnbeads)
9mm Bobbin Ribbon (Michael's)

Items already owned: hot glue gun, black embroidery thread, large-ish needles

Time spent: about 30 minutes from first bead strung to completion.

In retrospect: the embroidery thread kept getting caught in itself. Next time I'll separate the strands.
Difficulty: Piece of cake.