April Showers

Since spring is here I decided to change the flowers in my IBC rootbeer bottles a little.
It just used to be red roses, but I think they yellow brightens it up a lot.

Alphabet Magnets

We are done with Joy School!!! I taught the letter Z today. So I made 3 and 1/2 sets of these:

If you are wondering why it is 3 and 1/2, that is because one of the little girls only did it for half the year. If you like these letters here is the link for the pattern. They are really cute and you can make them any colors you want.

Vintage Zipper Flower

My friend from California introduced me to these. They are really cool and who would have ever thought you could make a flower out of a zipper.

There is a tutorial here.... but I didn't do it exactly the same. She just wound hers around, but I wanted mine more flat, so I stitched a loose stitch around the bottom of the zipper first. It made it really flat. I also used a longer zipper than she suggests. I got the longest zipper at walmart and I had enough to make all the petals around it too. Martha Stewart also has some fun ideas for zipper flowers on her website.

Wands

The last time it was my turn to teach joy school I had W. I was dressed up as a witch when they came over, we made wizard hats, and I made them wands. My three year old is a little obsessed with magic and has been wanting a wand for a long time. I was trying to figure out how I could make a wand and not have it too girly.... so here is what I came up with:
There is one little girl in our preschool so I got to make one pretty wand.

They weren't too hard to make. I wrapped a dowel in ribbon and glued it as a went. Then I just attached to stuff to the top. Here are the little recipients. I think they liked them....

What do you think?

Happy spell casting!