St Patrick's Day Coloring Page

Just a quick little thing you can do for St. Patty's Day, fun for yourself or kids! I love to color (and have been buying adult coloring books for years - way before it's become popular again haha!) and when I saw this coloring page here I thought it'd be fun to color myself a pretty picture :). Download it, color it in with your preferred coloring medium (I like fine tipped markers or colored pencils depending on the picture), and relax for a few minutes! Or do what Brooke and I do and have a contest over who can color the best picture and get someone in the house to judge...everything is a competition around here. HA!

Making Paper Crowns

 Brooke and I have been making paper crowns for years, not sure why or how this started but it's been a thing for a long time. Its a simple kid project, great time filler/boredom buster/distraction when you need one! All you need is regular white printer paper, scissors, markers, and tape or a stapler. 

Fold one piece of paper in half lengthwise, then cut across the paper in whatever crown shape you would like. In the first picture Brooke cut hers in zig zags; you can also do scallops, deep V cuts, straight across, fringed...whatever. After you cut it out you will have 2 identical pieces, attach them with tape or staples. Lay the long piece out and color or decorate it however you want - Brooke and I usually write "Queen of (something)" and then draw some pictures and designs. I used to always be "Queen of Everything" but now Brooke usually calls that before I can haha, brat. This time she did "Queen of California", I'm "Queen of the Condo", and Sydney who doesn't know how to write very many words yet is queen of something but we don't know what (it appeared to have something to do with roads...LOL). After it's decorated wrap it around your head to see where you need to fasten it, and tape or staple. Then wear them proudly :). Oh, and don't forget to practice the queen wave - "elbow, elbow, elbow, wrist, wrist, wrist". HA!! 

Sydney wore her crown most of the day :)

Here's a picture of us wearing our crowns in 2011!