Our base for the project is the Bi-Fold Foam Board. This is a really nice product that would have been great to have when I was in school doing projects. When open, it has 20″x30″ of project space. We settled on a scene for Santa to put behind our plate of Christmas cookies on Christmas Eve.

He wanted to draw a Christmas tree. With the Paintastics magic paint brush pens, this was so easy. Much easier than the paintbrush and paints we had just worked with. He was so excited about how quickly they dried! The caps were easy for him to remove and replace. The tips are as realistic as a paint brush and actually more controlled than paint which is a nice feature. If your kid loves dipping their brush too far into a paint well and ends up with gobs of paint, having this a little more controlled is nice.

We added the word SANTA and number 13 made of Project Popperz letters and numbers. These are nice. We had the bright pack, which is really just a few neon colors, so we were glad there was a normal green color in the bunch for this project. Easier than stencils. You may need to add more glue if you need them to stick on better (they only have a sticky material at the very top of the letter).

Fun products if you want to get a something a little different for kids’ art items, or school projects.

Getting started, adding stars to the sky.

Quick dry allows for easy painting on top of other colors.

Works just like a paint brush!

Easy on and off cap.

Finished!

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So, I’ve been working on a special Christmas present for her and finally finished him and his packaging tonight! Can’t wait for her to open it!

Nyan Cat is made out of felt and stuffed with a little bit of batting. The eyes were colored in with a black Sharpie. The box is lined with tissue paper and paper punched silver stars.

If only I could get the music to kick on when the box is opened!

After a long week, our Christmas cards are ready to go! Pretty owl design from Night Owl Paper Goods.

Sophie got a pretty ceiling fan with light

Got one of three lights up in the kitchen. Replacing the ugly fixture that was there before and with just one, it is already so much brighter - it will be lovely when all 3 are there.

And the one I think I love most of all is the beautiful ceiling fan we put in the living room. The ceiling still needs repaired, but it is just so lovely in there now! The oil rubbed bronze finish and dark walnut paddles are gorgeous. Older look fitting to our older home.

Ceiling fans in kids’ rooms are from Lowes. Rustic Glass Pendants in kitchen by Pottery Barn. And Riverside Hills fan in living room from Restoration Hardware.

Desi wanted to be Thomas this year. So I made his costume out of a diaper box, (Size 4 Target, Club Size), paper plates and brads (so Thomas has moving wheels), ribbon, felt, blue spraypaint, cardboard, glue, red paint, and gold paper for the number ones. He loved it. It turned out really nice. I liked that total out-of-pocket cost was $4.99 for the brads since I already had everything else!

Running to candy!