Fire Cat here!

Today I was sitting on the floor with my cat, Lucy. 

Lucy randomly started to attack a leftover string from another project. We played with that for a little while I thought I might tie a bell to it. 

I grabbed a bell also left over from the project, and just tied it to the middle of the string. I tried it out on Lucy. She liked it!

 It was really neat the way the bell pulled down on one half of the string, while the other was loose.

Here are the photos I took of Lucy playing with it:







 This is how the string looks:




 

It's me! Fire_Cat again !

When it is winter, we see grey skys ,white snow and not much color. This simple little craft will brighten up your home any winter season!


Start off your snowflake with a small square of paper towel.
( about a quarter of a full piece of paper towel.) Place a roll of ducktape or masking tape onto the square and draw a circle around it to make a perfect circle. 


 Cut it out.

 Fold the full circle in half.
 Fold that half in half to make a quarter of a circle.
 Fold the quarter in half one more time to make an eighth.
  Cut triangles and shapes out of the eighth.
 Next dab water color paints on to the eighth where ever you want. 

Here is the fun part. When it is dry, unfold your masterpiece to reveal a beautiful and colorful snowflake!!



Hang it up! They look wonderful in windows!! 

Fire Cat here!!

I know it is a few days after remembrance day but still, doesn't mean you can't celebrate! Here is a pretty little project to do!:


First start with a full piece of water color paper. if you cut a smaller rectangle, fold it in half and you can also make a card!!

Next, put a tape border on with masking tape, painter's tape or scotch tape. any works. you can put it on an old place mat or a piece or card board if you want. 

Now add a tape hill by ripping up little pieces of painter's/masking tape. also cut a piece of masking/ painter's tape in half. than cut one of the halfs in half  to make it shorter than the other. put the tape pieces in a shape of a cross on top of the hill.


 Brush water all over the showing watercolor papaer.
Next, with water color paints, ( use what ever kind works for you) make green paint watery, but still visible. stroke them on to the hill.

 (If the paint puddles, lightly dab with a paper towel, then spread a little more paint over top till it's even)

Now for the sky. If your plain water has dried, brush more onto the sky. On the bottom half of the sky, brush a light orange paint on.      (Again, watery)
 
 Next, on the top half of the sky, brush a watery yellow on. blend them together so they look like they are fading into each other or until you're happy. Let the painting dry.

 When dry, peel off the tape.


 Now here is how to make the poppies:



Rip off a small piece of red tissue paper.crumple it up into a ball, then unfold the ball. keep it crumpled.

 Glue a tiny little pice of black felt in the center. ( If you don't have felt, use black paper instead.)


 Crumple the poppy a little bit more. glue it on to the painting. put as many as you want on.

Hang it up and enjoy!!