DISCLOSURE: Some of the links in this post contain affiliate links, which come at no cost to you. Know that I only promote products I personally use and stand behind. To learn more about my affiliates, please review my disclosure policy here. Thanksgiving is only one week away! To make the table a little more festive, Brielle and Hailey had a fun painting experience and helped make Thanksgiving Place Cards, a tradition in our family. This year's design involved some active toddlers, finger paint and a bath luffa! Read on to see how we made them! A few years ago I shared some past example of our long standing family tradition – kid made place cards for Thanksgiving made by my sister and I. That year, a wee little Brielle helped to craft up some pillow box place cards for the family. Yes those photos above are of BRIELLE, not Hailey, but obviously they are from around the same age because #birthdaytwins. This year I broke out a new medium and gave her a bath luffa (left over from my spa party styling assignment) with the same fingerpaint. A few drips on the plate, some simple directions and she was off! Bounce, bounce, bounce... Then bigger bounces happened! I'm happy to report that ... Continue Reading...
Thanksgiving Placecard Pillow Boxes with Recycled Paper Tubes
DISCLOSURE: Some of the links in this post contain affiliate links. Know that I only share and promote products I personally use and stand behind. To learn more about my affiliates, please review my disclosure policy here Years ago, a tradition was started for kids to make the placecards at our Thanksgiving table. Since my sister and I were the only kids for a good chunk of time, most of the earlier ones were all made by us! But once my cousins and nephews started popping up there was a new look to these turkey, corn, or pilgrim filled classics. You can see quite the collection of past family designs my mom kept throughout the years. Last year my nephew, Blake, took a turn, creating these super cute feather turkeys with my sister. This year, Brielle and I were making an attempt to create these one of a kind placecard designs to decorate the table. First we brought out, none other than our finger painting gear - Crayola Primary Washable Fingerpaints and a Brights pack, and an old black t-shirt as a smock. Now over a year old, she was understanding what fingerpainting meant, unlike some of our earlier attempts. She knew when I put a drop of paint down, she could use her hands to smush it ... Continue Reading...
Thanksgiving Tradition: Custom Place cards
We have a tradition in my family that I believe probably started because of something like this: my mom would be trying to cook Thanksgiving dinner in the early morning and my sister and I would be very excited, bothering her and fooling around in the kitchen. She probably said "why don't you go and make some place cards for everyone who's coming over and set them at the table." Since we both loved crafts, I'm sure she were excited by this new idea. Ever since that magical year, a handmade custom place card has welcomed guests to my mom's Thanksgiving table. Luckily my mom saved many of the past examples which I'm sharing in today's post! Some place cards were definitely made by little kid minds, such as the versions seen above in typical Thanksgiving designs. They even contain family nicknames, like "Eggy" named for my dad Ed, as called by my younger cousins. Others showcased our ability to work with computer graphics for those quick fix years. This particular design was probably the last of the ones I made, as I was probably 24 when I made these, a little too old, in my opinion, to work on this childlike tradition. (I had younger cousins who should've taken it over by this time!) The next few years ... Continue Reading...
