Dragon Costume Tutorial

Well this a close one, no one will probably really be able to use this costume tutorial until next year, but I am proud of myself for getting this posted before Halloween!

Small victory here.

I mentioned this last year, but I will reiterate again for those who might be new.

At the school my son attends the children may dress up for Halloween if they complete a book report for the month.

If they do dress up it can't be anything undead, scary, evil,  etc.

Last year my son wanted to be Dracula for Halloween, but that costume wouldn't cut it for school, so he was Dracula for trick-or-treating, and we made him a spider costume for school. (You can check out the spider costume tutorial here).
This year, again, he wants to be Dracula for trick-or-treating, but knowing the policy of his school he chose to be a dragon there.
Like the spider costume from last year, I didn't want to spend a lot of money, so I went a DIY route with it.

Now you may be asking yourself, Why did she go to all this work for one costume to be worn only a couple of hours at school? (Don't worry, my husband asked me the same question...)
My response is, It will be worn/used more than once!
I made the costume specifically so it can be added to our 'collection' of 'dress-up items.

DIY Candle Holder

When October first started I had all these plans to decorate for Halloween and make everything look all festive.

And then life happened.

Between school for my oldest, my birthday, an unexpected/last minute vacation for Fall Break, making a Halloween costume, and more, I didn't really get around to everything I wanted to do.

Just this past week though I was able to hurry and whip up some last minute things for the house.

I had wanted to decorate our fireplace mantel with some little pumpkins where one of them was on a candle holder.

The only problem was, I couldn't find a 'candle holder' that I liked, or even one I could re-purpose. Anywhere.

I checked the dollar store, the local thrift store, even Wal-mart.

Thankfully I remembered seeing this idea years ago somewhere, and thankfully this was so quick and easy that I was able to finish it in under 20 minutes!

The Learning Journey Alphabet Fish Review

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My toddler and I had the opportunity to review this Touch Pad Alphabet Fish from The Learning Journey.

Let's take a look at all of the perks of this toy, shall we?

All 26 letters of the alphabet are uppercase with a correlating picture next to it.

The 'buttons' are actually flat and respond easily to a very light touch, which is great for little fingers!

DIY Beach Themed Canvas Art

Two weeks ago I posted a tutorial for removing the towel bar in your bathroom and replacing it with towel hooks instead.
It was the first post for our bathroom makeover. (If you missed that one you can check it out here).
We had some beach-themed artwork already in the bathroom, but I felt like it was a little out-dated and I wanted something to tie in with the other colors.
I knew I wanted to make something myself, so I went to Hobby Lobby and grabbed a 2-pack of blank 8x10 canvases. I think they are only $3.99 (and then use your 40% off coupon!)
I decided on a seahorse picture and an anchor picture.

I've got step by step pictures to show you how to whip these up yourself!