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Today I have 2 Mother's Day crafts to make! They are...

The Dandelion Vase...
   And the Mother's Day Blossom!

 

First we'll start out with the Painted vase.


Painted Dandelion Vase

First of all, I got this vase at the Dollar Store.

 
Start with a light, light, almost white glass paint and paint a thick white stripe at the top.


Paint the rest of the vase with a sky blue glass paint. Also make sure to blend the sky blue with the whitey blue. (Leave  about an inch long gap with no paint for the grass)


Now add the grass. Just paint lots of lines of green paint.



 Now for the dandelions. Paint one tiny dot then add lots of lines going out and around it. (Make sure the blue paint is dry enough to touch before doing this part.)


  Add some darker yellow  to it. Now add a line for the stem, and a leaf.
 Keep repeating this so that the grass has lots of  dandelions. Paint the dainelions at different heights.

 Let it dry and follow the baking instructions...

Ta Da!! You're finished!  Tie a ribbon around it with a tag that says "To: Mom  (Or grandma, ect.) Love: _________ "







Mother`s Day Blossom





Here is what you`ll need for this project...

 


(You will not need the craft felt. Just use the paper. I do not know why I thought I needed craft felt.



Start by taking 3 pieces of tissue paper and stacking them on to of each other. Cut them into fourths like this...

 DO NOT draw the lines like in this picture. This is just an example.

Now you should have 12 quarter sized pieces of tissue paper. Once again, stack them on to of each other. Now we are going to accordion fold it. First fold a small piece at one end.

 
  
Now, flip it over and fold it the same length. Keep repeating this until it looks like this...
 
Next tie a pipe-cleaner around the middle to keep it from popping out. 
 

Look at the side. You can see the separate sheets of tissue paper. Grab one and pull it up until it it fully standing.
 


Do this with all the sheets until they are alle folded up. Now go to the other side and start again.
 Soon you`ll have a full rose!

I twisted another pipe-cleaner on to the one allready sticking out to make a longer stem.

  
Now fold  a green piece of paper in half...
 

And fold it in half again.

 Draw on a leaf and cut it out while the paper is still folded.



Now you should have to bow-tie leaf shapes like this:


Lay your stem into on of the folds on the leaf shapes and tape it down.
  Add some tape loops on one side of the leaf shape.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!!!! And I have made a Leprechaun house! Of course, The leprechauns haven't made it to my house yet, so I have no results of the house yet. But here is the house before the leprechauns have visited:

(I will post the results on my blog some time tomorrow, so be sure to check back on Dust Day!)


Here is what the house looks like from outside:

         
And the swimming pool and hot tub... (They will be filled with water before I go to bed.)

And a letter about the house: (I translated it into irish!)



Here is the house from the outside:




And the inside:



Find the number in the picture then find the matching number in the list below to find out what it is.
 
1) Snack Bucket- Will be filled with crackers, small candies and other things.

2) Note- telling instructions to turn on the light next to it.

3) Light- Push on the center once to turn it on, push again to turn it off.

4) Couch- Comfy and soft!

5)Bed- Also comfy and soft!

6) Table- Has 6 plates and a vase

7) Book Basket- contains 2 books. Fruits Around The World and Pawsteps Of A Cat


See you on the next post!!!
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St. Patrick's day is coming soon! In fact, it's already March 1st!
I thought, 
"I need a st. Patrick's day post on Dusty Day!" So, I decied to post this little project. It's really simple, yet fun!



To make a clover, paint a heart onto green paper. 
   
Paint another heart overlapping the first one.
 
Now, paint one more heart overlapping the other two. 

To finish off the clover, add a stem.



Here is the fun part! Take some baking sugar sprinkles and sprinkle them on to the wet clover. You may need to add some more paint onto the clover before you put the sugar on to be sure it is wet.


Add smaller clovers around the big one- but don't forget to sprinkle them with the sugar sprinkles!!

 Shake the extra sprinkles into the garbage can and let it dry. Now you're done!

See you on the next post! 


Wait, I caught this funny photo of Lucy the other day! I thought it was funny the was she was sitting!

  

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I was walking outside yesterday afternoon and I saw something shiny sticking out of the snow. I always find different things on the ground. Buttons, paperclips, even a plastic snack container! So, I picked up this shiny object. It was a CD! So I brought the CD home, and after being in the snow it was a bit dirty. So I washed it off with a damp piece of paper towel. To get it extra shiny, wipe it  off with a dry piece of paper towel while it's still wet.



Here is a little craft you can make with a CD:
(If you didn't find a CD just laying on the ground like me, use an old CD you don't want anymore, or use a CD that is blank. blank discs work best for class art projects. Or you could have every child bring in their own CD.

 Clean of your CD with a damp piece of paper towel before starting. 

To make a stand, take and empty tape roll, and take the piece that holds the tape out. Glue the piece to the bottom of the CD.
 (Hot glue works best for this project.)

      Now to start doing the face. You can do any animal you want. I'm doing a cat because they are MY favorite animal. If you don't want to do a cat, maybe look at a photo of your animal while you're doing the face. 
To start your animal, make two ear shapes. (triangles for a cat!)
I used crayola Model Magic air dry clay. You can get different colors if it's easier for you. 

    Now to make the nose. Roll 3 balls all the same size. 
 Attach them all together. 
 If you have a hole in the center like I do,  put a smaller piece of clay in. Now add the actual nose. take a ball and pinch it with your finger. Push down on the top to finish the cat nose. attach this to your mouth. (You can make a dog nose like this but instead of a cat nose, put an oval shape on top.) Shape your mouth however you want. Then hot glue it to the center of your CD.

  Now everything is on except the eyes. To make the eyes, rool two balls both the same size. Make them into ovals and flatten them down a tiny bit. next, for the pupal, do the same thing, but with smaller ball. Stick them together then put them on to the CD.

 You can keep it like this, or you can put a collar. I decided to put on a collar.
 Now let it dry. When it is dry, you can start painting! For the eyes, paint a black ring in one of the top corners of the pupal.
 Next fill in the rest of the pupal without painting inside the ring. Now you have a shimmer in the animal's eye.
Also paint the other part of the eye green, blue or yellow. 
 Next, take a pink paint and paint the nose. (If you are doing a dog, paint it black.) Also paint pink in the grooves of the mouth.
 Now paint a bit of pink into the ears.  Then paint the collar what ever you want. I did red for my collar.
 Now paint The ears yellow and also the white around the nose.


Let it dry and you're done!! Now this kitty has a home right beside my computer!!