Got Art?
When I was in my college sorority (Shout Out to the Alpha Gams!) we had a thing called “Grab-A-Date.” The deal was, a date party would be announced a couple of short hours prior to the impromptu soiree and you only had that much time to go find a worthy – or not so worthy depending on what or who was left – victim to be your date for the evening. Hence, grab a date. Let the insanity begin.
Right, so what on earth does this have to do with raising a small tazmanian devil?
Well, haven’t we all had those moments where you absolutely refuse to cave into the umpteenth request for “Mom, I wanna watch TV” and yet it’s too cold/wet/dark for your adorable spawn who is bouncing off the walls to go outside and you are nearly beaten down to let her do it just to make it stop? And she has nixed every toy in the massive toy heap that you have suggested.
You just gotta have art. And you gotta have it now.
Here you go. The sanity solvers. A new feature on Mommy Upgrade. These are the quickie one-off crafts that you most likely have all the ingredients at home and can tame the television monster. They’re quick, they’re fun, and they’re easy to put in play within a moments notice.
And it’s “Got Art” because that’s what’s bigger than life on my BFF’s craft room wall and I love it (and her – awww). Her mom was the most influential teacher I had growing up – and yes. Her mom, Judy, was an art teacher and always had fun up her sleeve. So Judy, here’s to you. We mom’s – we GOT ART! Thanks BFF for letting me steal your motto.
Got Art? Window Clings
What you need:
• Zip lock bag
• Sharpie – or not
• Glue
• Glitter
What you do:
1. Draw a shape (heart, snowflake, clover leaf, circle, etc.) onto the ziplock bag.
2. Flip it over. I guess you don’t have to do this. I did. I can’t remember why.
3. Trace the lines you just drew with the glue and fill in the spaces – or not. Just make sure your lines are thick if you don’t fill it in. Princess Cupcake made “polka dots” by stabbing the bag with the glue tip. Take my advice, this doesn’t work very well.
4. Sprinkle glitter on top of the glue and shake off the excess. We used leftover glitter from Christmas, but you wouldn’t have to use glitter at all. We happen to like glitter. A lot of glitter.
5. Let dry over night.
6. Wipe your window with some water.
7. Peel off your glue shapes from the zip lock and stick to your window.
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