Sandpaper Transfer T-Shirts

Logan was super excited about "Laugh your head off" Day at school. So the night before we made a special t-shirt for him to wear. So simple too!

All you need is:
-A light coloured t-shirt (we used a white one with a stain)
-Crayons
-Sandpaper

-IronWe used a fine grit sandpaper (10 for $1.25 at Dollar Rama) and had Logan draw on it. We told him to press down hard and go over the lines a few times.

This is Logan's "funny picture"...

Then I just ironed it on with a piece of cardboard under where the design would go. There are a few more tips here about the ironing process that I found after wards but it really is just as simple as it's sounding.

And voila! A work of art "laugh your head off" t-shirt! Great upcycling for shirts with some stains -what three year old can keep a white t-shirt clean anyways!?

Logan made the awesome hat at school

And the next week this t-shirt went through the wash and dryer along with all the other clothes. I was worried it would have rubbed off on the other clothing but it didn't -and it didn't even fade! This was so simple! Don't be surprised if you next birthday or Christmas gift involves this --I mean, how cute would this be on a canvas tote bag??!!

That night Big Cousin Justin came over with his mom and cousin Jessie --Logan took Justin to his room to show him his Micheal Jackson and Justin Bieber poster. When I came up a while later, Logan was showing Jsutin his "treasure box" which has random junk in it.
And yes. That is a Rasta banana in Logan's room.

Showing the guests his dance recital video

Kalia "smiling" for the camera!

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Mini Beach Vacation

We left Thursday night and had a nice vacation in Niagara Falls -but this time we went to the beach! Crystal beach is about 20 minutes from the house and was lovely -clear, warm and shallow water, sandy beach and even a few shells for Logan to find.Kalia sat in her water toy/floater for lunch -we all went swimming, made sand castles, looked for treasure, etc. but it's hard to take pictures when you're that busy with two kids!

On Saturday we were joined by our two friends who have a baby the same age as Kalia. Logan, Debbie and I took the a "ride" down the cliff to the falls to avoid a bit of a long walk. For two bucks, it was worth it.

Our view

"No hands, Mommy!"

This thing must have been going five miles an hour but Logan had his hands up for the whole ride as if it was at Wonderland!

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My camera couldn't pick it up but the brightness out the window is the Falls, like really, really close, no kidding.

We made the boys push the strollers up the hill on the way home

Swimming in the backyard

Logan entertained everyone with his sliding ability. Man, he was soooo excited about this water slide. He LOVED it!

Baby Art Time

At what age can you do art with your kids?
What projects are age appropriate and safe?

I wondered this myself. Besides doing hand and foot prints, I started doing art activities with Logan at 10 months. With Kalia I've started at 6 months -she can sit at a highchair or bumbo, is aware and curious about the world around her and is mastering her hand coordination. Worried that she would eat paint, even if it says non-toxic, I decided to try making my own. There are a ton of recipes out there but I stuck with the simplest one:
Edible Paint
1 cup flour
1 cup water
Squirts of food colouring

I mixed the water into the flour and poured them into some baby food jars that I saved. A few drops of food colouring into each one and done!

I then poured the paint onto finger painting paper (back side is glossy so it can take more moisture) and let Kalia have a go at her first art project!

I was worried that she would eat it but she didn't even put her hands in her mouth. Maybe from watching her brother do all his art projects with paint she sort of knew what was happening?

While it was really about the process, rather than the product but she did make four pretty nice pictures....

This went really well. Guess we'll be doing more baby art projects!

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