DIY Printed Tee

I am doing Warrior Dash tomorrow and wanted to make my own themed shirt. This was so simple, cheap, and took less than 30 minutes!

You need a shirt that bleach will work to lighten the color on, cardboard, a small amount of bleach, paint brush, scissors, and tape.

I first found the image I wanted, printed it out and taped it down on the shirt as a stencil. I then put a piece of cardboard inside the shirt (so it won't bleed through to the back).

Then, I took out some bleach, a paint brush, and started tracing around the image.

I free-handed the details and lettering.

Now it is sitting to dry, and let the bleach take effect!

So easy, and now it's ready for the big dash!!

Sensory Stepping Stones

This weekend I got to spend some time with our nephews, so I decided to give a project I found on Pinterest a shot.

I made sensory stepping stones, found on this blog - http://wendyjanelle.blogspot.com/2010/05/sensory-steps.html?m=1

I cut out rectangle pieces of cardboard, put cheap ($.94 for a 5ft roll at Wal-Mart) shelf paper on one side and a fun texture on the other. The shelf paper on the bottom keeps it from sliding when it gets stepped on. Some of the materials I used for the tops were bubble wrap, felt, bath poof, make-up sponges, craft pom poms, plastic bag, and foam packing paper.

I hot glued the material to the top and the shelf liner to the bottom. We set them on the floor, took our shoes and socks off and had a ball! The 1 & 1/2 year old loved it! He particularly enjoyed the pom pom and make-up sponge options.

It is definitely a great way to talk about textures and descriptive words with the little ones!