Homemade baby noisemaker

I used http://christianpf.com/15-baby-toys-that-you-can-make-for-free/

Lately Jack has been obsessed with pulling hair so the ribbons provide a much less painful substitute ;).

1. Fill water bottle with rice, pom poms and other Christmas (or any holiday) item.  Also can use pasta, bells, beans or anything that makes noise.  I used Santas, snowflakes and pom poms.

2. Poke hole in top with an old screwdriver and thread ribbon of different lengths through

3.  Super glue the lid on.

Voila! A cute Christmas baby noisemaker

It will entertain for hours! Or 5 minutes, if I'm lucky ;)


In conclusion: an easy craft that he can entertain himself with while I watch a Hallmark Christmas
 movie. HoHoHo!

Latest Project, Zinc Shutter Headboard

   
                       BEFORE                                                               AFTER


Supplies needed:
- 2 Old sliding doors, I found these gems at Habitat Restore in Bryan, TX
- Drop cloth
- Annie Sloan cocoa
- Mixol, Dark brown
- Metallic acrylic paint
- light and dark wax
- cheesecloth or old T-Shirt
- regular brushes and wax brush

I used dark gold metallic paint to give it the Zinc feel

Mixol, from a store that sells Annie Sloan paint

My inspiration from Southern Grace store, Downtown Bryan

I think I got the colors pretty close

1. Paint two coats of Annie Sloan cocoa on the inside of the shutters. Let dry, 1 hour.

2. Mix cocoa with Mixol in a container, (be sure to make it dark enough to see a difference.  It took me several tries. Let dry, 2 hours.

3. Coat with thin coat of clear wax. See how here: http://southernhospitalityblog.com/annie-sloanchalk-paint-and-wax-how-tos/  

4. Wipe thick spots with cheesecloth

5. Let dry overnight

6. Add the metallic paint using random and thick strokes with a black foam brush (the kind you made posters with and cost $.99 in craft stores) 

7. Apply the dark wax, concentrating in the grooves where the doors fold.  

You can see the detail of the dark wax here.  

Voila!