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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Gift Idea: Deluxe Fort Kit

:About a month back, Buckwheat and I had a very special birthday girl to celebrate and I had the perfect gift idea in my bookmarked files.

I won't post a tutorial since Emily over at Saltwater Kids has already done that.

If you would like to try this yourself, I encourage you to go check out her tutorial.

Our kit contained everything a girl (or boy) needs to make a super, duper, awesome fort.

I sewed loops onto sheets at 7 different locations (per sheet)

for lots of different hanging options.

This was our little accessory bag. It looks very ragamuffin because I used an old knitted scarf that I purposefully put into the dryer so that it would felt. In the end, I decided it was a too shabby, but my fabric supply was limited so used it anyway.

It was my first drawstring bag. The next will be better.

Our bag contained a couple of different types of clips and suction cups with hooks for attaching the fort to mirrors and glass doors.

We put everything in a basket. We added a rope and a flashlight, though I felt a little nervous about giving a child a rope for her birthday.

Fair warning: If you are giving this fort kit to a child less than 7 years of age, expect to get involved with the assembly. The fort kit has already made it back to our living quarters once and I had the pleasure and testing it out. It worked beautifully.

And bonus!

Forts are great for concealing the fact that you are the mother of a child who has hoarding issues.

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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Chalkboard

Remember when I said, "I have determined that there is nothing, nor will there ever be anything, I need at the thrift store or the pawn shop in town."? Yeah. I totally take that back. Once when Chuck and I were broken up, I saw him out on a date. Later he told me, "It's like this Hayley. If a man can't have the car he wants, well, he's still gotta drive." So, if a thrift store loving girl can't have the thrift store she wants, well, she's gotta have some sort of junk buying outlet right? Besides. We had a birthday party to go to and we needed a present. Yep. You read that right.

If we don't have the birthday party invitation in hand on or around the 1st of the month (payday therefore also Fairbanks grocery shopping day) then present buying options in town are limited. Granite View does sell a nice array of children's toys but their prices are steep. And ya'll know me. Just say it. Go ahead. I'm cheap.

So I bought this green tray for a little 4 year old boy.

Then I sanded it.

Taped up the back...

and the edges.

Then I spray painted it black. This step was probably unnecessary and maybe even not recommended, but at the time I could not find any chalkboard paint at the stores in town. I thought I had read somewhere that all that was really necessary for a chalkboard surface was flat black paint. Anyone know if there is any truth to that? I didn't find out if it would work because I found the chalkboard paint I had brought from Alabama. I used it to add two more coats.

Then Pollyanna and I picked out the letters to spell the little guy's name. We were short a N but Pollyanna and I decided it would be alright to turn a Z on its side as a substitute.

I used Quick Grip glue and while it is really great as far as strength goes, I didn't like the yellow overflow. It it supposed to dry clear. I tried to clean it up but it is super thick so I wasn't able to get it all before it dried. Anyone know of a really strong glue that actually dries clear?

I made this in a few hours. I had to dry it with the hairdryer in order to wrap it.

Green Plastic Food Tray= $2.00
One Piece of Chalk I bought on clearance a long time ago= $1.00

Flat Black Spray Paint that I probably didn't need= $4.99
A little bit of chalkboard paint that I already had= Since I don't do fractions: FREE

The price of aforementioned 4 year old boy yanking it out of the bag and slinging it onto the floor before quickly moving on to tear the next present's wrapping paper to bits? = Priceless

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Chalkboard

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