Spongebob Valentine Card Holder

It's a rainy day today and I haven't been feeling well so I thought I'd do something simple and make Jayden's Valentines for his classmates.

                                    

The idea for these came from Better Homes and  Gardens. If you are not a member of BHG just sign up and then you can get the labels.

Last week I sat with Jayden and we searched the internet for card holder ideas. I had pinned one to my "Be my Valentine" board on Pinterest and that is the one that Jayden got excited about so that became our inspiration photo. And we set out to make one ourselves. I had all the materials needed already in my craft room.

We used a cereal box and covered it with construction paper and construction paper cutouts. An artist I am not, but I think he turned out really cute anyhow. If I were to make another one, I would make the shirt shorter and the shorts higher but Jayden is super happy with the outcome so that's what matters to me!

Have a blessed day everyone!

Not so "Permanent" Marker.

My son's girlfriend was babysitting for a friend and the little boy she was watching was just learning to write. He decided to take a black permanent marker to several items around my house. One of the things he wrote all over was my deep freezer and I have tried many things to get the marker off. To no avail. Another of the items was a plastic drawer container I use to store my grandson's crayons and such. I figured nail polish remover would probably do the trick but I didn't want the acetone to damage any surfaces so I tried alcohol and voila! No more marker on the freezer and no more marker on any thing else either!

I used repurposed dryer sheets with some alcohol and all the marker came off! It took a bit more alcohol and more elbow grease to remove it from the freezer but it was a success. The next step is to cover the drawers using the inspiration I got from Kinder-Craze.

I'll be sure to post the after pics when I'm finished.

I hope your days are as blessed as mine!