Great Homemade Candle Holder for Mom

Dad are you looking for a great last minute gift for Mom for Mother’s Day that you can make with the kids? Try out my candle holder made from a recycled glass jar, its quick and easy and Mom will love it!

Recycled Jar Candle Holder

Supplies

1 glass jar

Tissue paper

Ribbon

Scissors

White glue mixed with water to make it a bit thinner

Tea light candle

• Smaller, short jars work best for this project, I used a pizza sauce jar I think it was about a 10 oz jar.  Remove label and all glue before beginning
• Cut or tear the tissue paper into pieces that are about 1 in by 1 in.
• Cover the jar generously with the glue mixture and begin sticking the tissue paper on the jar.  When the jar is covered place another generous layer of glue over top of all the paper and smooth any wrinkles or bubbles with your fingers.
• Cut a length of ribbon to wrap around the neck of the jar and glue in place.
• Let dry overnight then place a tea light candle in the jar.

If you are looking for some other great recycled material crafts, check out my guest post on the Sprout For Parents for some more great ideas.

Happy Mother’s Day!

 

Craft Round Up ~ Winter Olympic Games Crafts

The Olympic Winter Games excitement is crazy in our house! It’s a good thing the kids have had 2 hour delays every morning cause they have been staying up watching all of the excitement play out on TV.  To celebrate the Olympic Games I searched the web for some great Olympic themed crafts for you to do with your kids.  Enjoy!

Olympic Torch

Instructions for this torch can be found at Kaboose.com

Click here for more Olympic Games Crafts

How To Make A Photo Display Board

As you have seen we recently redesigned my daughters room thanks to Walmart. We spent much of they allotted money on the furniture and bedding so we decided rather than buy the Your Zone photo display boards that we would make our own to save some money. Here is our video, let us know what you think
click here to see the video and supply list

Crayola Creativity Pack Giveaway

It’s back to school time and it just wouldn’t be complete without Crayola! Over the last few weeks Crayola has been having great conversations on Twitter during #gno.  Make sure you join in this Tuesday, August 18th for the final Crayola Creativity Cast from 9 – 11 pm est.  The topic will be Back to School Shopping and Tips.  You can RSVP for the party here

I recently received a Crayola Creativity Pack from MyBlogSpark and the kids have had such a great time with it!

click here to see some of our favorite Crayola items