DYI Shape Matcher

In my attempts to help sharpen my little girl's noggin I wanted to put together a shape matcher. I didn't really car to spend the X amount of money for those little box/shape sort of toys, so I put together my own resources to come up with her own and it goes like so.

I used one of her old formula cans, but you could do any sort of can, #10, old yogurt, any of the sorts would work great I am sure.

Then I put the blocks I wanted to use on top of the lid so I could trace where to cut

Then using our box cutter I cut out the shapes, be careful if you try this, those things can be sneaky dangerous!

And Wall-ah! Simple as that, my little girl has a shape hole matcher toy thing now too. And maybe in some random future free time, I will decorate it or something, but that will probably be a long way down the road.

And the best part is it is definitely giving her the challenge she needs! I love watching this little kid try and figure things out, she is a smarty!

And that's all for today! Join me again later this week for a yummy treat! And on sad notes, my little girl has lost my camera (she is the master misplacer!), so there are many goods of my creations that aren't being documented, luckily I have some old projects I can share in the meantime or I might have to divulge into using my not so very good quality camera on my phone and hopefully it turns up soon! Okay, that's all my sorrowing for now, hope you have a wonderful day!

Until next time!. . . .

Decorative Blocks

I don't know about you, but I love going to second hand stores. The idea of "one man's treasure, another man's junk" rings true for me all the time, except that I like to find the treasure in the junk :)

In one of my recent treasure hunting at our local second hand store I ran across these blocks. They were calling to me each time I passed them, so I couldn't resist to buy them (only $2). They had the following random letters on them: 2 "Os", 3 "Es", 2 "Hs", an "A", a "T", an "R", a "M", and a "V." I am sure the original owner made something out of these letters, but overall I came to the conclusion that there had to be some missing letters because the only words I could come up with were: "Heather Movo" "O Heat Move Her", or "Mother Hove Ae".

I couldn't let a good treasure hunt go to waste, so I put my thinking cap on and figured out some wording I could put together on my own and then just re-paint the suckers.

 Here the blocks preparing for their make-over. . . .

 All ready for their new way of life. . . . and now for the final products. . . .

 Using a stencil packet I got from walmart, I made the first letter initial for our names, M for Michael, W for Whitney, and A for Adalea. . .

 Then I did our last name. . .

 Now for a stepped back look. . .

I racked my brains for hours trying to think of what to do with the last 4 blocks and finally came with up with this- our wedding date. The "est." I did free hand.

Now we have some fun decorative blocks above our living room curtains, I love to make something out of nothing! :) What do you think?

That's all for today join me next week for a new "welcome sign" I made, because I like to change things up every now and again :)