from Leo

for Father's Day I searched online for ideas of what to do for Matt from Leo and ended up on this blog.  I loved the hand card idea and on the same post was a painted canvas - I stole used both ideas O:)

I traced Leo's left hand and used the template a bunch of times to make a few more cards to give to his Pawpaw and Papaw.

I got a canvas for Matt (that I painted turquoise) and a wood plaque thing for my dad (purple - his favorite color) and we just went layer by layer with different colors.  I tried getting Leo to paint in different spots, but he liked the middle the best.  I was getting disappointed in Matt's so to save it I decided it needed a hand print, which Matt loved.  we still haven't hung it yet, but there's a lot of things around the house that have been waiting to be done so it's just another thing to add to the list!

daddy's gift

I made Matt a "rock" for Leo to give him for Valentine's Day. I found this tutorial on making faux lava rock from black polymer clay and thought I'd see if I could do it since it's something I already have in my craft closet.

mine came out more like a river stone (which is what Matt said :P), but I think it's still cute :)

I need to get more pictures of Matt and Leo together and maybe I can glue this to a frame or something so it has a place to be and doesn't get lost in the shuffle of things!

I really like this idea and wanna try it sometime, too.