Primary 5, Lesson 21 Printable

Just working on my lesson for tomorrow, and thought I would share the printable I designed with you. I know this is not my finest work, but I have moved to a new operating system, and am short on time :) I made it in two colors, so the kids can choose what they want. This is Proverbs 15:1. It is 4x6.

Enjoy!

Have a Happy and Creative Day!

Risa

Tween Room Makeover

   

My daughter is getting older, so we decided it is time for her to move on the a tween room.  Tween rooms are tricky! She didn't want it to be little girlish. She wanted no pink. I didn't want it to be too grown up. This is what we came up with. We went to Lowes and she picked paint swatches. I took the swatches, and went shopping, and happily found the perfect tween bedding set! I felt so lucky! I have to admit.... I was a little sad to take the pink down.

I knew I wanted to make a collage wall for her, that really reflected her style, and what she is in to. 

I find frames at DI all the time, and like the oddly shaped ones. See the octagon? 

Let's go from left to right, starting from the top. 

The clock is Hobby Lobby, and was $10. 

The purple mirror was DI, $3. I sprayed it purple.

The green octagon was DI, $2. 

The white board was DI, $4. I sprayed the frame, then sprayed the back of the glass white, and she draws on the other side with dry erase markers. She is so cute, and calendars her days, and writes little quotes.

The empty black frame on top was DI, and $2. I am still thinking about what to put it it. I will know when I see it.

The large frame with a dancer inside was from DI for $8. I spray painted it. The dancer was a clipart I got from etsy for $1. I sent it to Staples, and blew it up to 2x3 for $3.50. I mounted it to the back of the picture that came in the frame originally. 

The subway art is a compilation of things that describe her. I created it in picasa. Message me if you want a copy. It is in a 16x20 DI frame.

The bird cage is from Ross $15.

The fuchsia mirror is Hobby Lobby, $12.

The light teal frame is a gift from a friend. I am still thinking what to put in it as well.

I love it when there is depth to items in a collage wall. The cage is fun!

She loves her desk area, and tells me it makes her happy to look at all the stuff.

Could you DIE over the cuckoo clock??? I LOVE it! I found it for $15 in the classifieds. I gave them $20 because I felt bad. I painted it by hand, because I couldn't find the color I was looking for in spray paint. It was a nightmare It took four coats. I used craft paints, because it was the only color I could find that matched. This is my view from the hall. I LOVE IT!

I had a hard time knowing what to do as far as paint. I just left the hands and the bird white. I love it. Looking at it makes me so happy!!!

Most of the items on her desk are Hobby Lobby, TJ Maxx, or DI, and many of them are spray painted.

I love her little tutu. She wore this in recital when she was missing front teeth. I love that it matches her room.

You can see how it flows to the door.

I got this mirror at Di for $1, and spray painted it. She loves having it right by her door, so she can check out how she looks right before leaving her room. 

I feel so lucky to have a daughter. We had a great time planning and decorating her room together.

If you like this, please leave a comment, and let me know. Makes it feel worth it for me to take the time to create a blog post.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a Happy and Creative Day!

Risa

Indiana Jones Birthday Party

Indiana Jones was the theme for Bubby's birthday party this year, and it was definitely an adventure!

We started out the festivities with a photo shoot in a field near our house. Here are a few of the photos I like the best! My son tells me, "Indiana Jones doesn't smile." I hardly got a shot of him smiling.

The invitations are always fun for me. I found the most popular pic of Indiana Jones I could online, and created the invitations in Picasa.

 I printed this in wallet size.

I LOVE to make invitations 3D, and these turned out darling! They were delivered to each child in a lunch bag, tied with string.

 I just hot glued the snake on. They are 8 for $1 at Dollar Tree.

 I started collecting decor for decorating, months ago, at local thrift stores. This hounds-tooth lined suitcase was one of my favorite finds! It was $2. I knew it had to be part of the party decor. It housed the gift bags that I sewed from a sealed package of maps I got at the thrift store for $.50.

 I simply folded the sheets in half, and cut them in strips, then zigzagged up each side. Same as I did HERE. Perfect, Inexpensive, and totally custom!

I just grabbed globes and plants from around my house.

 I borrowed the masks from my brother. He got them when he was on an LDS mission in Guatemala.

 I made the totem poles for a craft, using my parents ban saw, my scroll saw, and my parent's belt sander. I thought they were so perfect!

So, as each child arrived, they were given a fedora hat (dollar tree) a satchel (made by me) a dart gun (made again by yours truly)and a bundle of q-tip darts. I had all that stuff in a separate table.

After they suited up, we sent them in the back yard, and they chased each other with their dart guns for nearly 45 min. The Indiana Jones theme song was blasting throughout the whole yard. At one point, I looked at my husband, and was like, "I don't think I even needed to plan anything else!" It was very entertaining to watch them pretend.

 I had drawn targets on butcher paper around the yard for them to practice on, but they much preferred shooting each other.

The dart guns were made with the smallest pvc you can find, and duck tape.

My husband made a snake walk balance beam out of a 2x8, and we sprinkled snakes on either side.

They had all sorts of fun with that and the snakes! I got most of them at Dollar Tree and Wal-mart.

We brought them inside, and showed the boulder scene from Indiana Jones. Of the 20 kids that came, only 5 had ever seen the movie.

We then served them hotdogs, chips, and root beer floats for dinner.

My cute mom came to help. She is always the biggest, best help!

The next thing we did was the favorite part for the kids. They got to dig for real arrowheads (that I purchased on ebay).

 They all said this was what they liked best! Good thing we haven't planted our garden yet...

 

They each ended up with five arrow heads.

Next was decorating totem poles. I chose to have them use markers, because it is less messy than paints. This was a good idea. We did the same thing at sister's party for the craft. You can see what we did for her party HERE.

They had a great time, even if most of them drew, "butts," on the back of the totem poles.

 Before they left, Bubby gave them each a map gift bag with a totem necklace inside.

 

Here is a closeup of the loot.

It was a great day, and a fun memory. Boy parties are much more high energy than girl parties. Good thing I have a whole year to gear myself up for next time!

For additional inspiration, please visit my Pinterest Board.

Have a Happy and Creative Day, and thanks for stopping by! If you like what you see, please leave a comment!

Risa