Finding Nemo Ornaments

I have been so busy that I have had no time to craft and honestly it had me depressed.  When we cleaned out our Mom's house, she gave my sister and I a whole bunch of crafting supplies.  I finally got them all organized and was chomping at the bit to try this craft I saw on Pinterest.  I wasn't able to find the clear ornaments in town so I ordered a set of 12 on Amazon.  Unfortunately, when they came Friday, there was only 1 in the box and it was broken.  But, as always, Amazon came through and fixed the issue.  I got them today and came straight home and plugged in my glue gun.

These adorable ornaments are for a Christmas gift but these would be cute for any occasion.  You simple glue your toy and flotsam and jetsam inside and decorate the outside.  They were fun and easy.  I'm only showing a few on the blog since the little girl's Mom may read this blog.

Have you started your Christmas shopping?  You know, there are only 93 days left!

DIY Superhero Shoes

 

I'm BACK!!!  I may still be recovering from my surgery, but at least I can do more now.  Here in the Bryant house we have several birthdays in the fall.  We start with mine, which is TODAY, and then 20 days later my oldest turns 4, and then 12 days after that my baby will be 1 year old!  So we have been busy planning a superhero themed birthday party for the boys.  My next several post will probably all be superhero related...just a fair warning.

My first craft was a pair of batman shoes.  We bought a pair of plain canvas shoes from WalMart for $5.  To start the transformation I cut a logo on my silhouette cameo.  I just used a scrap piece of vinyl that I had lying around.

Then I stuffed the toe of the shoe with paper scraps so that it would stay firm and in place when I started painting.

Next I placed the vinyl on the shoe and just started to dab paint on until it was completely covered.  I used left over Behr house paint but you could also use acrylic paint.  Once the paint had dried I peeled back the stencil to reveal the logo.

The logo didn't turn out perfect...the paint leaked under my stencil just a bit.  I used a black sharpie to make the lines more crisp and defined.  I didn't use any kind of seal over the paint because well, my son is almost 4 and the shoes won't fit long before the paint will wear off...that or he will move onto loving another character and leave batman in the dust.

This was a simple, fast, and cheap way to make superhero shoes.  Logan loved them so much that he wore them to his first day of preschool!  :)