Christmas Craft!

Hey guys!

So today I did a little Christmas craft! 

Crafting is the way our blended family really bonds. 

So today, mom took out the craft stuff and her, K, Chey, and I all sat and crafted. (Crafts really aren't A's thing...) 

Here's a simple little step by step post for an adorable (and affordable) Christmas tree craft!

So first things first, I grabbed a piece of white construction paper. (Printer paper works too!)

Next, I grabbed a green and drew a little Christmas tree to cut out. 

After that, I found where I wanted it on the paper and applied glue. 

After gluing it down where I wanted it, I moved to the next step.

So I found some green streamer we had lying around and put it to use!

I cut off a really long piece of streamer (just to make sure I had enough!)

So I started messing around and made a little creative border!

Using the clear scotch tape I taped down some spots to make it stay.

Next, I took out a black Crayola marker and made a little design on the bottom. 

Now for the fun part! Next I took my handy dandy hot glue gun (you can use white school glue too but hot glue was my preference) and grabbed two google eyes!

Here's a little overview so far!

After letting the glue dry (just in case!), I took some cotton balls to add to the corners of my border! 

Using the white school glue I glued down those cotton balls! 

Since the little Christmas tree looked pretty quiet, I grabbed the black marker again and drew a big smile!

After the smile, I took a dark blue marker and added some little fun messages!

Aaand that's the finished look!

Hope you guys liked this little craft tutorial! There's more to come for this Christmas and thanksgiving season!!!! 

Keep smiling!

<3

-Ki

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Awesome fishtail braid!

So today I'm going to do a step-by-step of how to do a French braid. I've included photos of me doing my American girl doll's hair to help understand. 

1. Brush hair being done to. Make sure there are no knots, like so:

2. Separate the hair into 2 sections, approximately  equivalent. 

3. Starting with the right side, take one peice and bring over into the other side. 

4. Repeat step 3 with the left side, bringing it into the right. 

5. Reappear steps 3 and 4, pulling tight as you go, until you can't do it anymore. 

6. As shown above, tie off the braid. 

Voila! Nice hair style to group medium to long hair with a nice look! Join me next time on houseofbearhugs.com 

Ki the horse gurl out! 

6/2/14

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