Inspiration: Jim Henson's Illustrated Journal

Who doesn't love Jim Henson? The man who fired up all our imaginations, and brought these whimsical characters come to life. I love all his creations, from The Muppets to Labyrinth, to even Darby (the Barbie parody). 

So when I spotted his illustrated journal at Booksale, I didn't think twice. sharing some pages of the book :) it's ISBN is 978-1-4521-0582-6 for those who want to order online or do a special order :)

DIY Project: Moon Sand

I remember dreaming of having a sandbox inside our house, I was so impressed with kids creating sandcastles in sandboxes in Sesame Street.  The dream "almost" came true when the lot beside our house was converted into a town house and the construction people brought in mountains of sand! Not the brown ones though, they were black and gray but it was still sand. When my cousins and I discovered this treasure one afternoon, we all ran inside the house looking for pails and shovels to play. The sand mountains were also very significant during our langit and lupa sessions.

With the rise of the DIY, I am one of the happiest discovering all these projects that people share online. And as my toddler is now on his discovery stage, I decided to make Moon Sand one weekend. There are a lot of ingredients online to create these DIY sand projects, from Moon Sand to Kinetic Sand but I just improvised on what we have available in our house.

Materials:
2 cups of Cornstarch
Half cup of baby oil
Half cup brown sugar

 

Summer Memories

I am very happy to walk into National Bookstore (Shangri-La Plaza branch) with their craft and art supplies in full stock. I saw moms with their kids, buying supplies to make their summer more productive. The summers I remember though was playing outside our house with my cousins, my favorite was piko, luto-lutuan and patintero. I also loved making paperdolls out of cigarette cartons and the dresses out of the palara (we had a sari-sari store then).  But these items would have made my summers brighter for sure!

Stamps, beads and stencils

 Nylons and googly eyes!

 Threads, foams and fun scissors

 Beads, sequins and more

And I found stuff that I want for myself :)

 Ultimate Crayon Collection

 Fun brushes

 Markers

 Striped fuzzy wires

What are your summer memories?

Toddler Craft: Calming Bottles

I have been on pinterest for days, looking for ideas that I can do for my son.
The calming bottles seemed like an easy and less messy project to start working on.

Materials:

 Glitters

 Bottle (Just get the smaller ones for the kids)

 Beads

So I just poured all the materials in the bottle and filled it up with water. But behold all the glitters are just sticking in one area. When you start shaking it, it dissolves a bit, but a big portion of the glitters still form a clump even if you keep on shaking it. I was not going to give up and have this project end up in pinterest fail. 

 I tried it twice and the same thing happened.

Then I tried pouring in liquid dish washing soap and the glitters started to even out! It was the secret ingredient that I am sharing with you guys for a successful project.