Animal Poppables & Beaded Suncatchers

Woohoo!

First, because it’s a holiday weekend.

And second, because I think this is the last of my catch-up posts (I think).

So heeeeere’s a project we completed several days ago (followed by one we did this morning, for kicks and giggles).

I’ve seen a handful of these branded kits in Tar-jay, and snatched this one up, in honor of Chica’s birthday week. Since only two poppers came in each kit, I bought two separate kits, so each kiddo would have one of their own.

We started off by assembling them and painting one morning, so we could let them dry a good, long time. And I gotta say—the colors were so lovely. Metallic paints that were really beautiful. 



Chica’s, especially, was the prettiest metallic raspberry color.



Such concentration and enthusiasm. ;)



Then we honestly got busy enough that we didn’t return to the project until the following afternoon. And that’s when we got to add some fun, piñata-like flair to them, and stickers to create animal faces. 



As always, anything that allows the kiddos to cut and glue and personalize is a big hit.





I think they turned out so adorable. And, of course, we filled them with a small bit of candy and taped them up, so we could bash them in true piñata style.









Yet again, it took us another day or two after completing the little guys before we managed to string them up for the candy reveal. So I guess this was the project that kept on giving. :)



And now, our project for today happened because the hubby wasn’t supposed to be working. But, well, best laid plans go awry. So while he was in the study on a conference call, I gathered the kiddos for a little project time.

And though I thought it would be simple, this might go down as one of the greatest precision-required projects we’ve done, to date! Ha.

Suncatcher shapes that you fill in with beads and then bake in the oven to melt. Easy, right?

Only major problem was that the shapes were just frames. No bottom to the suncatcher, as with most that you typically paint.

So they were nearly impossible to keep still during the beading process. Because if you shifted them or—heaven forbid—lifted them at all, then it was game over. And you were starting from scratch. Oye.



I finally taped them down very carefully for each kiddo, and it helped a bit. But the beads were so tiny—as were some of the sections we had to fill in—that we had to use tweezers by the end to get everything where it needed to be, without cross-color contamination, ha.









Poor Chicklet had the most intricate design that just wouldn’t stay flat and in place. So this is her we’re re-doing this for the third time face. Ha. 



I suppose it was a decent diversion while the hubby was working, and they did turn our really lovely.

So a challenge.

But a pretty end result. :)

Okay.

Off to pass out for the night and gear up for some fun, at-home 4th of July diversions mañana.

I hope everyone is healthy and sane.

Over and out.