Last week was Valentines and my oldest made her last official Valentines box! Over the years we have gotten quite grand with our boxes and Sara wanted to finish with a bang. She and a group of friends decided to make Minions from Despicable Me. I did a quick search on Pintrest to get some ideas and we were off to the races. The result:
We used a cardboard box as the base and I built on the curved top with cardboard and hot glue. (We have built quite a few fancy shaped boxes at the is point so I have quite the system) Sara covered her creation in Yellow duck tape and started cutting all the foam pieces for teeth, eye, arms, legs, hands and feet. I started work on the overalls. Sara had an old pair of jeans that got sacrificed for the occasion. The waist band became the straps, the 5th pocket became the small pocket on the front of the Minions overalls. I used chances from the legs to create the rest. I did splurge and buy the overall fasteners to give it a little more realism 🙂 The overalls were completely done with hot glue no sewing involved. The one eyed goggle is a mason jar lid with black elastic, again attached with hot glue. Sara attached all her parts and pieces, she added the eye and goggle then created the hair and added it on top. Needless to say he was a big success!
On to Lori! She scanned Pintrest for some crafty inspiration and found an owl valentine craft that she really loved so we did a little more Pintrest research and came up with the following:
What I think I love most about Lori’s box is that she did EVERYTHING! I helped wrap a cardboard box then she painted it. I showed her how to create the tissue ruffles and she went to town ruffling her friend. She designed, cut and added the eyes, wings, horns and beak that of course opens and closes, all out of foam. She even finished her all off with all the little bows. I am so proud of her!
In the mean time I am putting the finishing touches on my current on-line class, teaching a few art lessons at the school, keeping up with the Creative Team at Get It Scrapped and new tutorials for the site as well. In general keeping busy and out of trouble. Swim season is wrapping up in two weeks and gymnastics competitions are in full swing so the Houghton’s are hopping!
Happy Saturday!
