***The Starry-Eyed Revue***: crafts

Christmas is coming up quick, so we are in a rush to get our gifting crafts done. This one however
kinda just worked it's way into our plans. Last year we made tee light snowmen. They turned out really cute. here is where I got that idea ---> Pinterest. I changed ours up a little, but he came out pretty similar. While in the shower the other day.. (because the best thinking happens in the shower)... I came up with the idea on how to make one look like Olaf. We have a ton of extra tee lights laying around and they kinda look like Olafs nose.. So here is how we made them.

First, you will need these supplies.

1. White foam sheet (Here it's shown already cut into the Olaf shape)

2. Eye Balls

3. Tee Light

4. Black Marker

5. Hole Puncher

6. Ribbon or Yard for hanging

The first thing I did was cut the foam into Olafs Shape. I started with the head, but technically you could draw the full body shape so you don't have to glue those pieces together. I was kind of crafting on a whim here.

After I cut the head, I measured about where I think the nose should go, and then I hole punched it. The hole punch was perfect because it fits perfectly around the flame of the tee light. I still glued it to make it secure.

I colored in the face with black marker and I glued the eyeballs in the appropriate spots. Then I glued the had to the body. I used brown pipe cleaners for the stick arms and hair. I found they worked perfect because you can bend them however you want.

When he was all finished I glued some ribbon around the tee light and hung him on the tree. Presto.. Easy Peasy!

Labels: christmas ornaments, crafts, DiY, frozen, olaf, tee lights

Last year I finally opened up Pinterest to see what all the hype was about. I've always been very crafty so I viewed it as a site I should probably stay away from if I ever wanted to leave my computer. lol.

I never got obsessed to the point of spending hours pinning stuff everyday, but occasionally I get on there and look for some fun craft ideas. Aubrey and I love to make ornaments for the family every year and last year, tried a few out. :)

Tee Light Snowmen! We made a few of these and I have a great idea for making a new variation of one this year. They are super easy. Really all you need is the battery tee light, some ribbon and an imagination. Paint I guess, though we spruced ours up a bit.

We also saw all these old light bulb ornament crafts. If there is anything we always have laying around our house, it's old light bulbs. So we tried out some crafting with those.

Check out our penguin. I wrapped the light bulb with black yard, What a freaking pain in the butt that was. There was much finger burning going on from the glue gun.

Over all I think he turned out pretty cute. There are a ton of other ornaments we made, but one that we are most proud of is our olaf light bulb.

This year we searched high and low, and then hit up Michael's craft store on Black Friday. We are ready to go. Our Sunday afternoon was spent trying out three new ornaments.

Melted Crayon Ornament

It was just as easy as promise. I used old potato peeler to shred up some crayon, Aubrey helped me put it into the empty ornament, and then she held the hair dryer while I burned the heck out of my hands melting the crayon to the inside of the balls. Worked out perfect though, and they turned out super cute!

Cinnamon Stick Christmas Trees

These were a little harder. Mainly because those fake tree branches fall apart. We decorated ours will little jingle bells! :)

Melted Snowmen

by far the easiest.. A large shot of Glue stick, some peppercorns and an something orange for the carrot nose. Put the tinfoil in the freezer to set and the snowman usually comes right off. Usually. The first time it did. lol. This one may or may not end up in Katie bugs gift box.. ( I'll never tell!)

She loves her crafts. <3

So that's it's for this weekends crafts, we have a few more that we will be making. Do you craft? Do you make your own ornaments? Do you have Pinterest? Share your profile with me! :) You can find a link to mine on the side bar.