Kindergarten Graduation Ideas - Sneak peak

I am planning Kindergarten Graduation party for the students in Natalie's class. I have been a busy bee making all kinds of fun goodies. Check my other blog(http://craftparty.blogspot.com) next Monday for pictures and details. For now...I'll show you the plates in progress for them to eat on. Please ignore the soup can that was to weigh down the plate so the glue would stick. I'm going to have one at each place setting. They still need there tassle but I think they are turning out cute.

Cost: $2.48 for pack of 22 bowls, $4.98 for 2 packs of 15 plates..Total Cost under $10 bucks for a big statement on the tables.

XOXO Hope

End of School Year tradition

The school year is winding down and I wanted to come up with some traditions for my daughter who is graduating this year from Kindergarten. I plan on each year picking a significant item that my daughter has learned in school that year and making her a t-shirt to wear. This year she learned to read so it was only fitting to have a t-shirt that said "I learned to read in Mrs. Briles Class". She wore the t-shirt to school today since it's the last week of school. I can't wait to see what her teacher thought about it :).

This project costs me under $5.00 to make. T-shirt $2.00, Iron On Letters $2.00

XOXO Hope

Shrinky Dink buttons

I love this SWAP...I hope they have another one soon. I love buttons and the creativity has been outstanding in this swap. Here are my shrinky dink contributions. Soon I will edit this post and link to Rachel's wonderful shrinky dink tutorial but for now I'm trying to catch up on posting.

WVU TECH - Basketball Signing

Matt signed to play basketball for WVU Tech last week. I'm so proud of him. GO GOLDEN BEARS!!! He has a proud daddy too!!!!!!!!

Little League

I love this shot of Natalie at Tball. She is doing so much better this year. Eric is coaching and doing a great job. Go ROCKIES!!!

Who lives in a pineapple under the Sea?

Spongebob Squarepants....

I participated in a swap at two peas called Go Fish. There was a spongebob Group and I did spongebob. I really like the way he turned out. I found a spongebob bandana and cut out the spongebob faces and zig zagged the edges. Added a white strip and a brown stip tie and collar and arms and legs and Spongebob was created. Overall pretty simple but took a while to make. I also added magnets and sewed circles around his head to make sponge looking areas and to hold the magnets in place.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries - Yummy

It's been a while since I have blogged but I assure you I have been very busy swapping, crafting, cleaning, painting, goingn to ballgames, etc....

Natalie was off on spring break so we decided to have a picnic. We made chocolate covered strawberries. They were delicious and so easy. It did take a little thinking to figure out how we would put them in the picnic basket without squishing them. Walleh! Egg Carton did the job perfectly. I even got another carton to take some to my mom and family. Wouldn't this be cute in a pink carton decorated with valentines paper for a valentine gift for someone. So CUTE!!! I would love to receive it :)

Valentines Day - Class Mailboxes

I created felt mailboxes for each student in Natalie's class for Valentine's Day. A basic box construction with a flap and a hole cut in the top for valentine's and the words MAIL in felt glued along the bottom. I made 23 of these in 2 nights after work. I hope they enjoy them on Tuesday at their Valentine's Party. Please excuse my mess :)