Wrapping Wednesday:Making Butcher Paper Beautiful!

Good Morning! And happy Wrapping Wednesday!

Today, I'm sharing with you some great ideas on how to turn plain, old butcher paper into a beautiful gift wrap! Now, I'm a sucker for bright, shiny wrapping paper, but sometimes I just don't have the money to go buy new wrapping paper for every party. Here are some ideas to help spruce up some basic butcher paper, simply by using things you already have!

This is an example of what you can do with extra fabric and stickers! Super cute! And pretty easy to accomplish!

In this example, the crafter used old birthday/Christmas cards to spruce up the basic butcher paper! So clever! The last box on the left hand side, is ingenious! Newspaper, lace trim, button and saftey pin! Done!! So cute!

This is probably the cheapest fix for plain butcher paper! Paper Doilies! We all get them around the valentine season, but why not use them all year round? This is what I call Country Chic!!

I LOVE polka dots! So for me this idea is great! Take butcher paper, a ink stamp pad and a pencil, and start stamping away!

Now this is awesome!! Decorating with Hard ware store items!! Great for Father's Day or even Christmas gifts for the men in the family! Nuts & bolts, to tape measures & metal discs, this just goes to prove that you can use anything to decorate a gift!


I hope that you can take these tips and use them for your wrapping needs!!

Happy Wrapping Wednesday Everyone!
Many Blessings!
  

Monday Game: Feet & Even More Feet!

Happy Monday to you!!!
Today is Game Monday! Yay! The game of the day is...."Feet & Even More Feet"! This game was inspired by the wonderful Dr. Seuss!
Growing up, I LOVED Dr. Seuss books! And now as a mother of three, I love them even more! My kiddos never get tired of hearing mommy and daddy read them Dr. Seuss books before bed! Because of this, we decided to make my oldest son's first birthday a "Dr. Seuss" party! Great theme for a first birthday! Well, the favorite game of the night, amongst the kids and adults, was "Feet & Even More Feet"! For this game I used my lost socks bag or what I call LSB! Lol You probably have one too! You loose a sock "in the dryer" (because every dryer gets hungry! LOL). So your stuck with one of the pair! Well, I found that every time I got rid of the one, the mate would show up! So I created the Lost Sock bag. If I end up with an odd amount of socks from the dryer, I just throw it into the bag, where it waits until I find its mate!  Here is how to play!

Feet & Even More Feet Game

Supplies:
Random, size & color socks. ( if you don't have a LSB then get socks from the dollar store. You'll need 20 socks for 8 people)

Instructions:
1. Dump all the socks into one big pile. (Make sure you have enough space for the amount of people playing to sit around in a circle)
2. Have players take off their socks and shoes.
3. Instruct the kiddos or adults to sit in a circle around the pile of socks.
4. Tell the players they will have 2 minutes (you can add more time for toddlers) to fit as many socks on their feet as they can!
5. At the end of the time, whoever has the most socks on their feet wins!!

(This game can get difficult. The more socks they put on the bigger their feet get!)

The kids loved this game! And I even had the adults try a round! This is very easy and fairly inexpensive! I hope you enjoy this great party game!!!

Many Blessings!