Wall Iron Ons

      Another Pinterest gem.
     Like a lot of people out there we are renting and when you rent you are stuck with plain, boring, white walls. Yes, you can hang pictures, but those leave holes in the wall that you have to repair when you move. I was so exited when I found this next fun project. You can also find it here: http://thisthriftyhouse.blogspot.com This woman was a genius!

     Right now we are living in a two bedroom condo and we have two children of two different genders sharing the second bedroom. So when I found out that iron fun pictures onto they're walls I was ecstatic!
     The only thing I had to buy was the heat 'n bond. It was very cheap. $3 for a yard and a yard goes a long way.

I Googled clip art images in the theme that I wanted.

 I then enlarged the image and traced it onto parchment paper. Parchment paper is fantastic for tracing onto. It's not waxy and it's transparent.

 I have a bunch of scrap fabric which came in really handy for this project. This is when I whipped out my heat 'n bond. I used my parchment pattern to cut out my shaped onto the heat 'n bond and fabric.  

 I ironed them together to be sure nothing would come apart.

 And I ironed my owls and monsters on the walls.

  Owls on my daughter's side of the room...

  and monsters and my son's side.

     This has been a fun and cheap project. I plan on making more owls and monsters to reach across each wall, but for now three is cute and adds color and character to their room with out damaging the walls.
     This is a Trisha tried and true!

Clean Mush

Whilst searching Pinterest one day I came across this little gem. You can find it here playcreateexplore.com



 

CLEAN MUSH

 

Materials

Cheese Grater

1 bar of Ivory soap
2-3 Rolls of Toilet Paper
1/3 C of Borax
Warm Water
Large container or bowl
Optional: Spoons,Cups,Mashers, Scooper

What You Do

Let your child unroll the toilet paper rolls while you grate 1 bar of soap using cheese grater
Add remaining ingredients and put all materials into a large container or bowl
Add enough warm water to saturate the mixture

 

 

The site suggested having your toddler help mix it all together with their hands. My son had no interest in that. All he wanted to do splash in the soapy water.

Once mixed together my son had a pretty good time but I did have to watch him carefully the entire time to be sure he didn't eat any of it, which he did try to do. The soapy smell was pretty overwhelming and clean up, was not very pleasant either. It was not easy getting all the goop out, even if it was soap and toilet paper. I had to wait until the kids were asleep and take the plastic tub to the bath tub.

I have mixed feelings about this one. It was such a pain to make and clean up after that I might have to deny this one.