Scrappin'ings

Craft Project (and a few links)

This is the 2nd day in a row dh has worked a 16 hour day.  The kids and I haven't seen him since Monday morning.  He just called and said he took overtime for tomorrow, too.  I'm thankful the opportunity is there to bring in a little more money this time of year, but it is so hard on the family.

We ended up having a very non-traditional school day.  We started out fine, but ended up getting very side-tracked when errand running.  We went to the little local craft store and bought the things to make pipe cleaner penguins.  They turned out SO adorable!  Our dd has a new penguin obsession, so we really enjoyed making them.  As we were checking out, there was a little penguin decoration on the clearance table.  The clerk overheard my dd oohing and aahing over it and told her she could have it!  Then she told my son he could choose something to take home, too, so he picked a little mouse dressed up like Santa.  I thought it was a very sweet gesture on her part.  The project is from Family Fun.  http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=11589  My 10-year old dd did great on her own, my 7-year old ds needed a little help, but his turned out very cute, too.

I saw this link on another blog and checked it out.  What a fun way to make paper snowflakes!  These are online and are a fun thing to do.  http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/index.html?id=1516626

The last link I wanted to share was for an online cookie decorating site where you can e-mail your virtual cookie to a friend.  The best part?  For each cookie "sent", the Betty Crocker company will donate $0.10 to Toys for Tots.  Check it out www.bettycrockercookies.com

Enjoy!