Lip Gloss

My little sister and I made lip gloss today out of petroleum jelly and cherry cool-aid. We melted a tablespoon of jelly in the microwave for 30 seconds. Then we dissolved a whole packet of cherry cool aid in a tablespoon of water. After that we added the cool-aid to the jelly, drop by drop, until we got the color we wanted. We added about five drops. It isn't exactly like the ones in the store but it works well.

5-Minute Craft

Here is another simple craft I discovered. You need a one sided coloring sheet meaning that there is only a picture on one side, Wax paper or paper towel, markers or crayons, vegetable oil or cooking spray and a paint brush.
1. Color the picture with markers or crayons. Press firmly.
2. Place the picture on a piece of wax paper or a paper towel. Cover the picture with vegetable oil or cooking spray. I like spray because it is easier.
3. Use the paintbrush to evenly distribute the oil.
5. Let dry. My picture took 5 hours. The result will be a stained glass picture. I hung mine in the kitchen window.
You probably are beginning to figure out that I really like stained glass art! I find the best place to go to find one sided coloring pages is the Internet. You can google in stained glass coloring on google images and get loads of good stuff.

O.K. I really don't feel like doing this but I will make myself do it. POST! I have been having so much fun outside in the summer sun that I just don't feel like doing it!
Yesterday I volunteered all day at a homeschool conference. Since my mom is due to have the baby anyday she wasn't up to going so I checked out some books that she was interested in. I spent the day with my best friend and when we weren't talking to people who came to our table we colored and she completed the world's largest dot-to-dot. It had over a thousand dots! WOW!
Besides that I have been getting ready for the baby, doing a ton of yard work, reading, babysitting, running errands and biking. I love biking. It is so much fun especially when I get a little disoreinted( he-he ).

While keeping the little girls amused I sometimes do crafts with them. Here is one we did last week.
To make it you need a paper coffee filter, washable markers, construction paper and a spray bottle.
1. Color the coffee filter.
2. Spray the coffee filter lightly 5 times. If you spray to much or to hard it will be ruined.
3. Let dry.
4. Once it has dryed you can make a circular frame for it out of construction paper if you wish. The finished product resembles a tie-dyed stained glass window.