Halloween Projects (some gone awry)

So Jack wanted to be Elmo for Halloween, and I had this great/awful red sweater that looked just like Elmo fur.. so I frogged the whole thing and made this goofy Elmo hat..

Yes. Thats the best picture he would let me take. He has decided that when people point cameras at you, you should close your eyes and droop your face.

Then Veronica said she wanted to be a puppy (which later turned into a zombie puppy), so I did these..

And then I got all big-headed and tried to make a Cookie Monster hat..

..and that went horribly awry. Horribly, horribly badly awry.

A girly shelf redo

The girls' room needed girly-ing. We made due. We started with one of those cheapish wooden shelves that you buy from big box discount stores:

 

(This particular model came with girl-heads attached.)
(No, that's a lie.)

And ended up with a creation fit for princesses:
This has been a perfect addition to their girly bedroom - I used a vintage wrapping paper for the back (where you see the pink and yellow design) and Zero VOC paint for the rest. I did have to come back later and seal the paper a bit better, but I think it will hold up well - even under the abuse of an 8 and 9 year old!

Picture Post! "Trees"

We took the kids to J.D.s parents' lakehouse for the weekend - although it appears that we just took them out and dumped them in a forest.