Preschool Parade
First Field Trip
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| Emilee's Preschool Class Yesterday Emilee went on her first field trip! She was so excited, they went to a pumpkin patch. It's been set up perfectly for the preschool age group. They saw goats, bunnies, peacocks, turkeys, chickens, roosters, ducks, and eggs they had laid. Emilee liked looking at the animals, her favorite part was the toys. They had things the kids could climb on, a swing set, and a slide that was inside of "pumpkin mountain". There was a spook alley, that was blow up decorations and lots of lights, not scary at all. At the very end the kids were able to chose a pumpkin to take home. Emilee had so much fun that she wants to go again. |
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| Top of Pumpkin Mountain |
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| Going back to school |
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| Emilee and her pumpkin. |
Halloween Bottles how to
I really hope that this makes sense, and that I am able to remember everything. First you find some bottles, I don't think the size matters. I wish I had taken pictures for each step, but I didn't even think about it.
For the bottles.
1. We spray painted the bottles with a gray primer, while still wet we sprinkled sand on top of the primer. It really helps to spray in smaller sections, basically a side at a time. Let dry.
2. We then spray painted with the black, while still wet we sprinkled a spice mix on top. I'm not sure what the spices were, it was old spices that were on hand. I think there was all spice, maybe cloves and nutmeg. I think you could use anything that had a brownish or orange color, and smelled good. Let that dry.
3. When that step dried we lightly misted over the top with the black spray paint again.
For the labels:
1. We had a piece of card stock with the phrases printed on them. The phrases were Eye of newt, Swamp water, and witches brew. There was enough room above the phrases to stamp an image. You could use any image, we used a stamp set from Stampin up.
2. We tore around the image to fit on our bottles.
3. To turn brown we used a tea bag. We would dip the tea bag in the tea and rub it on the label. We did it a couple of times to get the color we wanted. The tea bag came apart and left some of the tea on the label which just added to it.
4. While slightly damp we used a glue stick and glued it to the bottles. It helps to be slightly damp, just makes it form to the bottle better.
Finishing :
1. We had strips of cheese cloth that we let soak in the tea.
2. Remove the cheese cloth, ring it out. Then we stamped it with a black ink pad. Then we rubbed it together to mix the ink through the cloth.
3. We snipped it with scissors and then pulled on it a little, just to make it look old and torn.
4. Tie the cheese cloth on, tie on some twine, unravel the twine to get the look you want.
That is everything, I hope. It was a messy activity, but I really do love the bottles and the way they look. I hope that it works for you and that you love the result.
For the bottles.
1. We spray painted the bottles with a gray primer, while still wet we sprinkled sand on top of the primer. It really helps to spray in smaller sections, basically a side at a time. Let dry.
2. We then spray painted with the black, while still wet we sprinkled a spice mix on top. I'm not sure what the spices were, it was old spices that were on hand. I think there was all spice, maybe cloves and nutmeg. I think you could use anything that had a brownish or orange color, and smelled good. Let that dry.
3. When that step dried we lightly misted over the top with the black spray paint again.
For the labels:
1. We had a piece of card stock with the phrases printed on them. The phrases were Eye of newt, Swamp water, and witches brew. There was enough room above the phrases to stamp an image. You could use any image, we used a stamp set from Stampin up.
2. We tore around the image to fit on our bottles.
3. To turn brown we used a tea bag. We would dip the tea bag in the tea and rub it on the label. We did it a couple of times to get the color we wanted. The tea bag came apart and left some of the tea on the label which just added to it.
4. While slightly damp we used a glue stick and glued it to the bottles. It helps to be slightly damp, just makes it form to the bottle better.
Finishing :
1. We had strips of cheese cloth that we let soak in the tea.
2. Remove the cheese cloth, ring it out. Then we stamped it with a black ink pad. Then we rubbed it together to mix the ink through the cloth.
3. We snipped it with scissors and then pulled on it a little, just to make it look old and torn.
4. Tie the cheese cloth on, tie on some twine, unravel the twine to get the look you want.
That is everything, I hope. It was a messy activity, but I really do love the bottles and the way they look. I hope that it works for you and that you love the result.
Halloween Bottles
I went to a girls night out a couple of weeks ago. They said that we needed to bring our own bottles, because we were making grunge bottles. Not sure what the bottles looked like, I went to the D.I. and found some bottles for cheap. I was a little nervous when I saw how different my bottles where. After we had finished the bottles, I loved how they looked, I'm glad I used these bottles. Thank you Krystal for inviting me, I had a lot of fun making these bottles. They are a great Halloween decor item.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
A couple of weeks ago I wanted to make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes, but didn't have a recipe. I thought I would have to search online, I ended up not needing to. The Main St Magazine that comes in the mail, just happened to have a recipe for the cupcakes. I made the cupcakes yesterday, and I thought they were good, so did the people I shared them with. So here's the recipe, thanks to Valerie Kukahiko who provided the recipe.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
1 cup butter, softened 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 15 oz. can pumpkin puree 1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs, lightly beaten 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups flour 1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pans with 24 paper liners
and set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix together butter, pumpkin and eggs until well
combined. Mix in flour and sugars. Add remaining ingredients and
mix well. Divide batter evenly among cupcake liners. Bake until tops
spring back when touched and a cake tester comes out clean, about
20-25 minutes. Transfer to wire rack and let cool completely.
Sticks
After setting up Halloween, I noticed that I had a vase and a jar that needed something. I thought for a little bit and then decided to go to the yard to pick up sticks.
I spray painted the sticks with a black satin. I placed them in the jar, added a couple of spiders, I love the final result. It fits in perfectly with the decor we have in the window.
When I put the other sticks in the vase, they looked good, but not great.
I went to the internet for ideas. I found this idea, I can't remember where, and knew that was what my sticks needed. So I grabbed the hot glue gun, the sticks, and some candy corn. I love the way the sticks now look on my shelf. Who knew that a couple of sticks, and candy corn could look so great.
Adams Creativity
Adam loves Halloween, it's one of his favorite holidays. Last year Adam got the idea to make a wreath for the front door. He didn't have a lot of time and didn't finish last year. This year he was able to finish, and I think he did a great job.
Just For Fun
The other day I decided to curl Emilee's hair. When we finished we decided to have some fun outside taking pictures. Lately when you take pictures of Emilee, you never know if it will turn into a "photo shoot". She loves having pictures taken of her, if she can control what she is doing. She might jump up and down, she might make funny faces, she might lay down, you just never know. It's okay because you also never know what kind of great pictures you'll end up with. Here are a few of the pictures we got the other day. 
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