Shattered Glass Marble Tutorial!

This is such a fun project to do with kids...or by yourself! Shattered Marbles! First, find your marbles! I seriously lost my marbles...it took me 30 minutes to find them! Wish I could say the same about my memory... You should only use the marbles that are clear glass... not the opaque white or black ones...  We put them in a pyrex dish and baked them for 20 minutes in a 400* oven.  As soon as we removed them, the kids scooped them carefully and put it in a pan of ice water!  You can hear them sizzle! We drained the ice water to gaze upon the shattered glass... Held in the light they are spectacular! Be careful, we did have one completely break... They look awesome! Stay tuned for projects using these marbles! Linking up to THESE parties this week!

Bird Cage Updo!

Got a simple white birdcage at a yard sale for 50 cents. Painted it teal!  Glued it to a small candlestick for some height...  ta da! Linking up to THESE parties this week!

Doctor Who Week #5: Sonic Screwdriver DIY!

   It's Make your own Sonic Screwdriver tutorial for  Why haven't I done this sooner??? Sonic Screwdriver Pens!  This is a simple project. I did these with my 8 and 10 year old...kid friendly.  With removable lids! You will need:  Pens. I use papermate because they are CHEAPO and the ink pulls out from the tip... which means, I don't throw away all my hard work! (Walmart: 97 cents for a 10 pack) Begin by removing the ink and cutting the tab off of the lid. Fimo or other polymer clay. this clay bakes to harden...30 minutes at 225* {how much clay do I need?} We had brown, teal, pink, silver, black and glow in the dark. Did we use it all?  No...but the variety is fun! I need to get me some TARDIS blue!   A Marble . (simulating the sonics light) Let's get started! Here we have the replica of David Tennants (the 10th Doctor) Sonic Screwdriver and a pen. (throw in a size reference)  I taped a square...