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Free Home Depot Kids Workshop 7/2 – Coaster Set
This Saturday, July 2nd, Home Depot is having another FREE workshop for kids, ages 5-12. The event is 9am – 12pm. This week they are making a coaster set. The kids will not only get their completed project, but also receive a kid-size orange apron and achievement pin.
Visit their site for more information and finding a local store.
Lowes Free Kids Workshop June 25 – Waving Flag
Lowe’s offers a great ‘Build and Grow’ Clinic. This Saturday, June 25th at 10am, the kids are building a Waving Flag just in time for the 4th of July!
The first 50 to register and be present at the store will receive the kit, an apron, and goggles. the recommended ages is 1st-5th grade.
For more information, store locations, and preregistration visit Lowe’s Build And Grow.
Father’s Day Finger Painting Gift
Since tomorrow is Father’s Day, I thought I would show you what I did for Father’s Day last year with my toddler. I posted this around Mother’s Day, but if you haven’t seen it, go view the Finger Paint Picture. The hubby loved it, and it still sits on his desk at work!
Golf Cake for Father’s Day
My husband likes to play golf and I saw a cake similar to this on a website awhile back using coconut. I thought I would try to make it with white chocolate shavings instead (The hubby isn’t a big fan of coconut). I am very pleased with the way it turned out!
NEED:
- Cake Mix
- Vanilla Icing
- Icing Color (you can try food coloring, but I heard that can ‘water down’ the icing
- 4-6 Vanilla Wafers
- White Chocolate
- Green Icing Spray (I got at Michaels for a few bucks)
- 1 Chocolate Chip
- White gumballs
Bake cake mix as instructed in two round pans. After they cool, I laid them overlapping a little, and cut the overlapping cake. I put the cake on a foil-covered piece of cardboard; You can use a serving platter. Next, dye your icing green and spread over the whole cake.
I didn’t have a block of white chocolate, so I melted a bag of white chocolate chips in a wax paper lined plastic container and froze it making my own little block. Next, make shavings for the grass using a vegetable peeler. Put the shavings in a container and spray them with the green icing color, shaking the over all the shavings. It is easier to do it in small batches. Cover the cake except for where the hole will be and a couple sand dunes. Crumble the vanilla wafers a sprinkle to create sand dunes. First, I push the spots down a little, to get a little depth.
Push a chocolate chip, flat-side up, for the hole. Place a few white gum balls as golf balls. I didn’t have any gum balls, so I barely melted some of the white chocolate and formed little balls. Last is the flag. I didn’t have any pretzels and couldn’t think of anything else to use, so I just rolled up a small piece of white construction paper and used a red piece for the flag.
It isn’t as hard as it looks!
Free Home Depot Kids Workshop 6/18 – Build a Lil Toolbox for Father’s Day
This Saturday, June 18th, Home Depot is having another FREE workshop for kids, ages 5-12. The event is 9am – 12pm. This is a special Father’s Day workshop. The kids will not only get their completed project, but also receive a kid-size orange apron and achievement pin.
Visit their site for more information and finding a local store.
Make Chalkboard Wall Frames
This is such a cute idea! My sister-in-law made these cute chalkboard frames and I just had to share them with you. Not only do they look amazing, they are easy to make.
She got some large frames at a garage sale for cheap. Next, she painted some thin boards with magnetic primer paint and then chalkboard paint. The paint is really where all the cost is. They cost about $30 total. You could always just do the chalkboard paint to save some money. Chalkboard paint comes in all sorts of colors, so you can match a playroom, or kids bedroom. Lastly, she used a staple gun and some brad nails to attach them to the walls.
I can’t wait to try this!