As Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, I wanted to make some quick and easy decorations for the kiddos' room. I've been working on my dissertation and did not have a lot of time to shop around or make anything complicated. So, I went to YouTube for tutorials and found some simple tutorials for paper lanterns and hanging decorations.
If your household is like ours, we get several packages a year from online shopping or gifts. I used to just recycle the packaging material until I decided to stop spending money on gift wrap. Well, I didn't entirely stop spending money on gift wrap, but definitely minimized my budget. I wanted to find ways to reuse some of the things we already have in the house. I'm not a pack rat, but when I see potential in something, I keep it. I love my son's artwork. However, if I kept every single piece of art he's made since we started parent and me art classes, he would have a very thick portfolio by the time he finished elementary school. Some of his works have been saved, and those that didn't make the cut were scanned or photographed (at least he will have digital copies of them). For Halloween this year, I decided to make the favor wrappers that Big B will be handing out to his classmates. The process is simple and can even be a craft that the kids can help out with. I completed this project myself since I wanted him to be surprised when he opened his goodies.
