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West Virginia weather isn’t cooperating, so we’re making snowflake crafts. Snow is beautiful when it’s on the mountains and in the trees but you can’t keep it. And it’s not so great when it’s on the roads and making things generally icky. It’s also been in the 60′s the last couple of days (camping weather, here we come!!), so home made snowflakes it is! (Don’t forget to check out our Star Wars Snowflakes craft, too!)

I know I’ve told you that I love to make crafts with the kids and I’m supposing that maybe you do, too. So Pinterest addict that I am, I found this great tutorial for a glue snowflake craft that looks as if it’s stained glass. The tutorial I used uses string but of course I didn’t have any so I just used my trusty hot glue gun. While the outside of the snowflake isn’t exactly something the kids can help you with, they can easily do the inside. When it’s done it looks like a beautiful stained glass snowflake. (Of course the original pinner’s is a lot prettier than mine.)

What you’ll need for my version of the snowflake craft:

• hot glue gun (low temp works fine)
• wax paper
• school glue (ModPodge may even work!)
• food coloring – your color choice. I used blue ’cause it’s my favorite!
• toothpick
• snowflake template (from the original post where I got my “Pinspiration” or if you’re artistic, draw your own)

1. Heat your glue gun. I used clear glue sticks, but you could probably use any color and get away with it!
2. Lay a piece of wax paper over your snowflake template.
3. “Draw” over your snowflake with your hot glue. Allow to dry. 
4. Fill each hole in your snowflake design with school glue.
5. Before the glue dries, dip the end of your toothpick in the food coloring. Swirl around in your glue.
6. Let it dry.
7. Once it’s dry, tear the wax paper off from around your snowflake. It will stick to the hot glue. you can wet your finger a bit and rub it off.
8. Tie on string to hang.

TaaDaa!! Pretty snowflake!! (Please excuse my stained pot holder…at least you know I cook!)

If you make our craft, please send some pics either through the contact page or on our facebook!

 
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Okay, mommies. Exactly what kind of bed is your kid sleeping in? We all had waterbeds until Tristan’s decided to develop a hole (not for the first time) and he now has a mattress in his waterbed frame. Richie & I have a king size and Gwen’s is a super single. She loves it. She BEGGED for it.

Wish I’d had THIS bed when I was growing up!

So did you let your kids pick out their beds or did you get it? Is it a hand-me-down or did you buy it new? There is such a variety of children beds out there, I am just so curious as to how everyone else handles it.

Tristan’s first “real” bed was a race car bed. He picked it, also. Gwen was on the way, and he was still in his toddler bed in our room. I remember I wanted to cry when I put him in his big boy bed in his room that first night. But he was such a trooper and was ready for his little sister (then, not so much now!) so he had no trouble transitioning.

Gwen, however, was a different story. She was in my room FOREVER. My mom bought her a Princess toddler bed, which she slept in on my side of the bed until she decided she wanted bunk beds-we bought them from a friend. I think that was about three, maybe four, years ago. Even then, I still had to lay with her every night until she fell asleep–and on the TOP bunk, no less. (Can you say SPOILED?? Hey, I’ll never deny that I have catered to my children a lot, but in turn, I have awesome children who are wonderful individuals and like to give of themselves every chance they get.)

So, how about it, moms and dads…what were your kids’ first beds? I wanna know!!!
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