Monogram Marquee Sign!

 Monogram Marquee Sign! Easy and cheap! Great for kids crafts!  First you will need to take a trip to the Dollar Store! (I picked Dollar Tree) I found a string of 10 LED Colored Flower lights! A pack of AA batteries and 1 sheet of black foam core board. (spent $3)  The lights only need 2 batteries...so I have 6 for later.  I used scrap paper and cut out an "S". (Letters like A B E F H K R X Y are hard to do with  a single strand of lights...so take that into consideration)  I used my hot knife...basically a wood burner with an x-acto knife tip to cut the foam core. This works great!  Unfortunately I creased the board accidentally...oh well.  I measured out 10 holes...making sure I didn't stretch the LED string too far between bulbs. Then used a pen to poke holes through the foam core.  The plastic flowers easily come off the LED bulb.  So you can string the lights and push the bulb through  t...

Cooler Police Car Toy!

 My 10 year old son approached me with a project idea. He had a flashing RED and BLUE LED light...probably from a cheap toy...  And he wanted to mount it to the top of a police car. He said he had seen police cars at the Dollar Store...so the next time we were there, we picked one up! (I can't resist when it's my kids planning projects!)  He just used a knife to pop the button off the top.  Then we glued the LED right on top. Not much to look at in the light, but super cool zipping on the floor in the dark! Linking up to THESE parties this week!