Inside of my handmade gift challenge, I secretly challenged myself to make my brother a bunch of gifts re-purposing odd stuff I found in my basement. Fun, right? This is one of the gifts. Find: I remember pretty clearly talking my mom into ordering these iron-on name labels like 20 years ago before the first […]
More abstract kid art (Now trimmed with yard sticks!)
Here’s another piece of abstract kid art Elise made for her uncle (my brother). He doesn’t have any children of his own yet to make him sloppy paintings, so I thought he might appreciate one from us. We started with a piece of scrap wood left over from making our DVD shelves. After priming it […]
Record cabinet makeover: Scratched to basic black
My brother found this old record cabinet at a thrift store for $10. I told him to drop it off for a makeover and decided to lump that in as a Christmas gift. It’s about the size of an end table, so I knew it wouldn’t take long. It’s solid wood and was in good […]
Kid-painted Christmas tree ornaments
Like many people, I started a tradition of having my daughter make a Christmas ornament each year (plus a couple of extras for her grandmas). She’s only two, so this was actually our first year, but I love the idea that she will have a huge collection of ornaments she made herself by the time […]
Simple hand painted peg dolls
After transforming this house shelf into a simple play dollhouse for my toddler daughter, I figured I should probably also make her some dolls to go with it. She has a lot of plastic figurines (a la Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which I’m sure will make their way into the house too), but not any people. […]
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