Butterfly Treat Bags

Tesha made these with her grandkids and shared the idea and picture. It's super cute and creative, and a perfect kid craft. Decorate big wooden clothes pins using paint, markers, washi tape, little pompoms, stickers, whatever you want; glue on googly eyes and antenna coiled pipe cleaners. Set aside to dry.

Meanwhile, fill ziplock sandwich bags with small candy or treats like mini pretzels, cheez-its, goldfish, etc....you could do all one treat per bag, mix things together in the bag, or split them half and half making sure to keep the two sides separate (for instance - put mini pretzels in one side and m&m's in the other, don't let them mix together). Once the clothespin is dry, clip it in the middle of the bag separating the two sides of the filled baggie - looks like a butterfly!

Cute idea for Halloween treat giving, but would also be great party favors, place settings, even a fun lunchbox surprise!


10.13.2017: costume ideas
10.13.2016: making babies (baby plants, that is!)
10.13.2015: Sarge's reversible Halloween scarf

Repurpose a Frame (make a wire and cork memory board)

We have a canvas painting that had a shiny black lacquered frame on it that was so dated and matched nothing in our house anymore - so I decided to change up. It was easy to remove the painting from the frame, and it actually looks better frameless so I hung the canvas back up without one.

I spray painted the frame bright orange. A little tip: do not spray paint anywhere near anything, take it way out in the yard or driveway or something - do not spray paint close to the garage. Don't ask me how I know, just trust me - overspray is a b*tch.

I put 4 small nails in the back of the frame (2 on each side across from each other) and strung thin wire between them, wrapping it tightly around the nails to hold it taut. To finish I cut strips of cork (found them at the craft store in 12" squares) 2.5" wide and glued them around the inside of frame to act as a bulletin board of sorts.

Hang it on the wall and clip pictures, mementos, cards, whatever, to the wire strings and use short tacks to pin things around the edges. Much better than when it was shiny black!











For some reason Sarge is fascinated with the back side of the display...