Archives for October 2012

Mike Wazowski Shirt

October 24, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 14 Comments

Who doesn’t love Mike Wazowski? Seriously, he’s hilarious not to mention simple so he is easy to make in to a shirt. It cost me all of $1. Gotta love those numbers!

SUPPLIES:

Computer

Silhouette

Contact paper

Fabric Medium

Black paint

Green Paint

White Paint

Turqouise paint

Foam brush

Cardboard

Green shirt

Iron

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. I saw this shirt and took matters in to my own hands. Import the image in to the silhouette software and use the trace feature to get your cut lines. Cut two stencils out of contact paper. You’ll use different pieces at different times.

2. Place your first set of contact paper stencil shapes as shown below.

3. Using separate little bowls mix up black, white and green with the fabric medium according to package directions. Carefully paint by dabbing with the foam brush. Paint the mouth and the middle of the eye black. Paint the outer eye and little dot in the eye white. Paint the lip line green. Use as many coats as it takes to get the vibrancy you want. Let it dry completely.

4. Layer the stencil as shown below covering the painting you already did. Mix up the turquoise with the fabric medium.

5. Paint the teeth white and the middle of the eye turquoise. Let dry completely.

6. Carefully remove all stencils.

I am seriously in love with this Mike Wazowski shirt!!

It was easier and turned out better than I thought!

Pair it with some shorts and you’re all ready for Disneyland!

Mike was my little guy’s favorite Disney shirt of them all and that’s saying something considering I made about 10 different shirt designs for our trip.

If you liked this Mike Wazowski shirt, stay tuned every Wednesday through January for a new Disney DIY project each week!

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How to Make Bats

October 23, 2012 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

I promised myself I was done with Halloween decor, but a Halloween obsessed preschooler and some free time to spend together convinced me otherwise. We decided to join in on the bat wall craze and it turned out so fun I just had to share.

The best part is that it is playing double duty and staying up for my son’s upcoming Batman birthday party. Nothing like killing two birds with one stone!

How to Make Bats:

Find a bat shape (or a set of three in multiple sizes like me) and cut a bundle out of black cardstock with your craft cutter. Using double sided sticky tape, stick them to the wall alternating shapes and direction and bending the wings out slightly for 3D effect. That’s it!

So easy and free considering we had everything on hand! Love it!

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Kid Chatteroo

October 22, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 1 Comment

I am so super delighted to tell you that my cute friend Kirsten from Crafting Chicks created an app and it launches today!! She has been working her tail off on it and it’s finally done. Not only is she one of the cutest girls I know, but her app idea totally rocks!

KID CHATTEROO is fun to play at bedtime, dinnertime and snuggletime. Easily turn those potentially “time-wasting” moments such as amusement park lines, waiting rooms, car rides, into meaningful moments. Use KID CHATTEROO anytime and anywhere you want to connect with your kids. Capture those little voice recordings with an easy-to-use recording feature, it’s like capturing time in a bottle.

Here are examples of some of the fun questions and answers you might experience with Kid Chatteroo:

If you ate a rainbow what would it taste like?

Aiden age 5: “Nothing, because they’re clear and when you put your hand on them it just goes through.”
Benny age 5: “really good burritos”
Delany age 3: “chicken”

If you lived in candy land what would you build your house out of?

Aiden: “For wood, it would be candy canes.”
Delany: “a rainbow”
age 3: “popcorn”

What are you most excited for?

Aiden: “Easy, Halloween.”
Delany: “my birthday cake”
Benny: “everything”

What is the silliest thing about Dad?

Aiden: “He toots so loud.”
Delany: “He scares me with a {Halloween }mask all the time.”

Why are moms so super?

Aiden: “That’s really hard, I think we should skip that one.”
Delany: “Cuz you’re awesome. And I like Aunt Kristi more.”

If animals could talk, which one would you talk to and what would you say?

Aiden:”Ribbit, ribbit to a frog.”
Delany: “Monkey: Dora has shoes”

If you were a princess/knight what would your castle look like?

Aiden: “Like the castle in Brave or a giant rectangle with two towers with lots of squares on top.”
Delany: “Purple”

If you ate a rain cloud what would it taste like?

Aiden: “Rain, I meant water because rain is water.”
Delany “watermelon”
age 3: “Yucky Stuff”

Why do dogs have a tail?

Aiden: “To show when they like someone.”
Delany: “Cuz they um, they swish them around”

What is your favorite thing to do with mom?

Aiden: “Aiden time.”
Delany: “Go on a walk to Circle K to get a pop”
age 3: “LAUGH”

I love the idea of having their cute little voices and silly answers recorded to keep forever. And the fact that it is easy as pushing a button on your phone is a huge bonus! And 99 cents? Please. I spend that on a candy bar in the checkout.

Check out the app and if you like it, tell her by giving her a 5 star rating! Catch them around the web too!

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/kidchatteroo
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chatteroo/506943849332176
PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/chatteroo/
WEBSITE: WWW.KIDCHATTEROO.COM join their mailing list for updates and other fun tidbits!

DIY SITE: www.thecraftingchicks.com creator of Kid Chatteroo & her four friends share awesome DIY stuff

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Pumpkin Wreath

October 19, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 3 Comments

I shared this fun pumpkin wreath over on Every Creative Endeavor last week, but wanted to share here for anyone who missed it.

Wanna make a wreath? I am am loving the texture and harvest feeling wreath adds to my wall!

It’s not the traditional fall colors, but I adore the neutral theme.

Supplies needed:

Two nesting embroidery hoops

Twist ties

Linen (about 12 in. x 54 in.)

Ten white mini pumpkins

Hot glue or Amazing goop or other super strong glue

Ribbon

Scissors

Cardstock

Fabric scrap

Fabric glue

Wood letters

How to make a wreath:

1. Twist tie the embroidery hoops together as tight as possible to ensure stability.

2. Rip the linen in to 4 inch strips. Hot glue fabric to the hoops ruffling as you go along. Use a lot of glue so it adheres well. Here’s what it will look like on each side.

3. Arrange your pumpkins on the linen. Begin gluing them starting with the bottom of the pumpkin and then attaching any fabric that touches the sides with glue. Make sure they are very secure with hardly any movement.

4. Add additional security and dimension by using the leftover 2 inch strips of linen. Cut them in to four inch pieces and ruffle placing between the pumpkins and securing with glue.

5. Make a mini pennant banner by cutting small triangles out of fabric and slightly larger triangles out of cardstock. I used a pinking shear edge on the fabric for added interest. Use the fabric glue to adhere the fabric to the cardstock. Attach the wood letters to the triangles with fabric glue. Hot glue the triangles to the ribbon.

6. Attach your pennant to two of the pumpkin stems by tying two loops around the stems in a knot.

7. Hang using a system that can hold a lot of weight. I have a screw in a stud. DO NOT hang on a door or something else that moves. The wreath cannot withstand movement or swinging.