New Pillows

I have been putting this project off for a while now. I bought pillow forms from JoAnn's probably in April. (Wow, that really was a long time ago) I wanted big pillows to have for movie nights or just lounging in front of the tv. I have never made covers for pillows and I was kind of scared to. I found the fabric at JoAnn's and thought it was cute and decided to JUST DO IT. Here are the pillows...I added zippers so that I could take the covers off and wash when needed (I have never sewn a zipper on anything). It ended up being not so bad and something that I might try to do again :)

Recycled Crayons

I'm sure you all have crayons around the house, and probably not just a few but A LOT of crayons. I have a container full and most of them are old or broken. I decided to try making NEW CRAYONS out of OLD CRAYONS.

I had the kids pull the paper off and break the crayons in half (sometimes thirds). We used an old muffin tin and separated the colors, one for each spot in the tin. Fill them clear full, the wax won't runeth over :)


(we could have filled ours fuller)

Next, put them in the oven at 300* (I played around with the temp. a little...if it is taking too long for the wax to melt, just raise the temp.)

Make sure to have some CUTE HELPERS :)



Once the crayons have melted and it is all liquid, remove them from the oven.



Let them cool about 30 minutes to an hour and you have brand new crayons that are fun to use!

Recycled Gift Wrap

We needed to wrap a gift for a birthday and I didn't have any cute paper. You know the brown paper that wrapping paper is sometimes rolled on to...we took that and wrapped the gift with it. I added tulle and ribbon that I had left over from other projects. The flowers on top are hair clips that we made to go with the gift. I thought it turned out super cute!