One of my favorite things to do with my kids is to create with them. In these moments, we can sit and talk and jump from being in our own imaginations to dreaming with one another. It’s so fun. It’s often in these moments that we come up with cool ideas like this pom pom bead.
We love to make garlands around here. If you have followed my blog for a while, you might have seen some of my other garlands. My Reagan had just embellished some cardboard triangles to turn into a garland when inspiration struck. I imagined how cool felt balls would look with her pieces. However, I was concerned they would be hard for her to string with a traditional needle and thread. That is when I got this pom pom bead idea. I started working on the beads as she was then painting, but she quickly got excited about the idea and ditched painting to create the beads. This is how we did it.
First, we started with some basic Poly beads. These are inexpensive and a kid staple.
We got a big pile of pom poms, and the next step is to just attach these two materials!
We used our hot glue gun. We simply held the bead by the openings so the side of the bead is open. We placed a small dab of hot glue on the bead and pressed the pom pom on top.
This is such a quick process! Before you know it, you will have a huge pile of pom pom beads! We love how the beads are cheap and quick, yet they create a whole new dimension and texture to our garland! My girl loved stringing these up with her other pieces! It was such a fun and easy sewing project for her!
What do you think? Would your little one like to create some pom pom beads to sew with too? You could make a garland with just pom pom beads. Or maybe replace the triangle with fabric strips!? With a little imagination, the possibilities are endless.
Christmas is coming. Can’t you see a long strand of these wrapped around a small table top tree? How cute!
If you make some beads, we would love to see them! Tag us on Instagram or Facebook and use the hashtag #spoonfulproject so we can find you!
Inspiration can come from just about anywhere. There are times where I go looking for it and then there are times when it just hits me. I love when that happens.
I love having baskets to throw all sorts of stuff in, yet with three dogs in this house hair balls are continually rolling by on our floors. I thought, “what if I could give this basket legs and save some hair from getting on my blankets?” That is what I set out to do. The first thing I did was spray my basket a pretty color.
I then searched for some old table legs that I had bought for another project but never got around to completing. I found them, taped the ends off, and sprayed them a pretty gold.
Next, I measured the bottom of my basket and cut out two squares of plywood to those measurements. They would end up sandwiching the metal bottom of the basket in the next step.
Once I had my wood cut, I also sprayed both pieces gold to match the legs. I then used clamps to hold one piece of the plywood on the bottom of the inside of the basket. Using the same clamps, I also attached the other piece of wood onto the outside of the bottom of the basket. This basically squeezed them together while holding the wood and basket in place.
I used my Ryobi Nail Brad to permanently join these two pieces of wood together (with the basket in between). The last step was to attach the legs to my basket. I drilled little holes into the bottom piece of plywood. The legs already had a screw coming out of the them, so I twisted the little legs in, flipped the basket over, and it was done!
I put this basket in my colorful living room and threw some pillows in it. It is just perfect.
Our house is so colorful. For other tutorials featured in this picture, you can click these links…
What do you think?
I hope you are able to get crafty this week! Find a minute and do something creative. It might just be figuring out a new meal to cook or a better way to organize your desk, but each little time we stretch our creativity, I believe we are better off for it!
It is easy to fall into a birthday buying rut…especially for your husband. Do you know what I mean?
After I had cut all the wood, we started playing with the best way to attach our side boards to the 12″ squares. Those squares were going to act as our top and bottom of the table, so in short we were building a box.
We used my Ryobi Brad Nailer. It’s my absolute favorite tool. You may remember it from our 
After our box was complete, Jeremiah came in and sanded it down. He used a rough grit sandpaper and went to town on that thing. This boy of mine loves working with his hands. He often sands scrap wood next to me as I paint signs. He will be some kind of artist someday.
After the box was sanded, we screwed on four little wheels we got at our local hardware store for a couple bucks. I marked a spot on the bottom of the box, and Caleb used the screwgun to get the wheels in place.
Once our box was turned right side up and looked more like an end table, we decided it needed a little shelf in the middle to make it more practical. Caleb measured the wood and Jeremiah painted it. We used scrap wood to help give the shelf a little ridge to rest on and used the brad nailer to hold them in place.
Here is the part Reagan was dying for. She got to paint the whole thing. She got quite messy and painted herself in large parts too by bending every which way to cover her project. She had a blast.
Once the paint was dry, we gave it a light sanding job and then stained it.
At times I wanted to jump in and remove a paint drip or wipe off the stain a bit better, but I refrained. I wanted it to be their piece, and it really does look more vintage-y, quirky fun for it. I just love it, and Matt did too!
Here you can see it with his yellow chairs. It fits right in the middle of that nook to hold a coffee, but it can be wheeled out to hold a laptop for a quick meeting as well. Reagan got to paint a frame too 🙂
This was a gift that had time and thought…and it’s practical! I don’t know how much it ended up costing since we had some of the supplies. You can use scrap wood-even for the top and bottom square pieces! Take this idea, modify it to make it your own (in size, style, etc), and have fun!
Do you have a hallway light that bothers you? Over the years we have lived in a few houses that had hallway lights that some may refer to as “boob lights”. They didn’t really bother me till this house.
We had a couple of light cords from Ikea that weren’t being used. Using some of Matt’s electrical expertise, we were able to utilize the wiring and junction box from the old light to power our new light while holding it securely to the ceiling.
The next step was to measure the spacing of the screws from the junction box in the ceiling to the base of the chicken feeder. Once we had measured the correct width apart, we drilled holes into the bottom of the feeder, so that it could be attached to the junction box. (The sharpie markings are unrelated to the measurements)
After drilling those holes, we drilled more holes to create room for zip ties and the light cord to go through the chicken feeder and hold the new lights securely in place.
Once we had the lights securely in place, Matt attached the electrical cords to the old ones in the ceiling while properly insulating and attaching the light to the junction box . If you are not experienced with electrical work, you should hire this part out or find a friend who is experienced.
It was perfect. It hid the light bulbs and acted like a soft filter. With this new light we have light, yet it doesn’t block my photo wall and it’s not an eye sore while I sit on the couch.
I love the little added creative touch this light has added to our home. All those small little tweaks that make a home your own, are so fun. It makes my heart smile. If we are honest, this picture below is how my view on the couch looks pretty often.
I’ll take that view. Kids are so fun.
What do you think of our new little light?