Pinterest Projects Day 1!

I finally had a little bit of down time this weekend to do a few "crafty" things.  I had a list longer than my grocery list for Michael's and Scott was a bit scared when he saw the receipt, but without further ado, here they are:

Those that know me well know that I'm a meal planner.  In fact, it always seems to be a conversation topic when people come over.  They want to look at the schedule for the week.  So, I saw this cool idea on Pinterest for how to better display the menu:

All it took was a 12x12 wooden frame, a piece of scrapbook paper, and scrapbook letters.  I'm waiting to go back to work on Monday to get a dry erase marker from my classroom and then it's officially done!  Here's hoping the paper isn't too busy of a background...

I also had to start giving some thought to what Valentine's Day crafts I wanted to do with Sean or for Sean.  His Valentine's Day lunch/party at daycare is this upcoming Friday and even though we have Elmo Valentine's for all his buddies, I wanted to give something other than candy or snacks.  It just doesn't seem right to be sending 12-24 month olds home with crappy treats they shouldn't be having.  So, again, I saw this idea on Pinterest and got to work:

I took 3 boxes of 24 crayons each, peeled off the paper (that was painful and time consuming), chopped them up into small pieces, mixed them up, and dumped them in a heart shaped silicone muffin pan, and baked them at 250 degrees for 15 minutes.  I let them cool for another 15 minutes.  Now, I just plan to add a heart shaped cardstock cut-out behind the crayon that says, "You color my world", put them in individual baggies with a little notebook I picked up from Target that says things like "I love you" or "Would you be my Valentine?" and he is good to go for his party.  Hope they're a hit!

And that concludes my first two Pinterest projects.  Now on to a few more Valentine related crafts for Sean...