Make a Fabulous Art Gallery for your Kids Art

If you have children then you've got a lot of artwork coming home from school.  Now the big question is....how do you display it?  We've found some great ideas below....Hopefully there's something for everyone from simple to more complicated methods.

 

Finish off your children's Art Gallery wall with this quote from Pablo Picasso  "Every child is an artist"  Click on this LINK to go to our Etsy shop and order one for your kids. This is a simple display, using a ribbon and push pins--Make the ribbon as long or as small as your space will allow.

Put up this Picture Rail on a blank wall-Excellent way to display your child's art. Head on over to Martha Stewart to get the details

 Such a simple and cute idea!  Use frames with magnets on the back to display art-TUTORIAL and SOURCE

 

Now that's an Art Gallery for the kids! Everyone has a blank wall somewhere in their home. You can make it the size shown or scale it down to fit your space perfectly. There's a chalkboard wall, a cork board, a magnetic wall and a place to hang the art using the cable system.  You'll never run out of room for the kids art now!  Check out the photos below.  You will find the article Here

Now that we've given you the inspiration for your Art Gallery do you want the recipe for making your own chalkboard paint?  Click Here  Turns out you don't have to make it in black. See the tutorial for all the information.

Learn how to make this Art Cable System (Pottery Barn Knock-off Tutorial) Here's an earlier post in our blog with a tutorial on how to make this Art Cable system.  Click Here

Get this cable system from IKEA  and hang up as much school art as you want.  SOURCE

 This is such a clever way to display art, whether it's created by younger children or older children or yourself!  SOURCE

Here's another display using the same method for hanging your art. SOURCE

11 Ideas for your Thanksgiving Table-Easy to do!

We think we found some unusual and unique ideas for your Thanksgiving decorating. It always help to have some outside inspiration....it usually helps you to formulate your decorating ideas in your head. So, Enjoy!

Welcome family and friends with this cute Thanksgiving banner. Paint some clothespin and use them to attach the letters.  Click  Here to go to the blog Organize and Decorate Everything

 Now here's something your family and friends will probably never have seen before....therefore it makes it perfect for you Thanksgiving table!  It's a carved squash.  You'll want to see how to make it, so click Here

Gather the acorns from your yard or buy some at your favorite craft store and make some nice napkin rings.  Find out how at Better Homes and Garden

Pumpkins make great place cards. Just tie a tag onto the pumpkin and you're good to go! Just go to HGTV 

Pumpkin can be so pretty with a candle and some embellishment! Go to Better Homes and Garden

Easy to make and very cute are these place card holders from  Pepper Design Blog

 

Want to make your own "Thankful Tree"?  What's the secret to a tree with a great shape and lots of limbs? You'll find the complete tutorial Here   

Use the small pumpkins you got for Halloween....attach a paper leaf to a piece of wire, curl the wire and attach to the stem....then write your guests names on the leaf. Makes a very cute place card. Or write something special on the leaf about each guests ( a word or two)  and let them guess which one was written about them.  Source

Spell out something for your Thanksgiving table.  She wrapped material with the letters around a candle.  You could use the words "Give", "Grateful" or "Give Thanks" depending on how long your table is.  The complete tutorial for making the candle cozies is on this site   Source
 

These lettered candles are covered with wool felt bands and cut out letters. So cute!  Use the same idea for the napkin ring.  You could use the words "Give", "Grateful" or "Give Thanks" depending on how long your table is. Instead of using candles you could use round glass vases. (They have glass vases at the dollar store) Wrap each glass vase with scrapbook paper instead and just add a votive candle inside.If you put a letter on each side of the candle then both sides of the table will be able to have a very nice centerpiece.  Source

How about a miniature flower arrangement?  This size allows you to have flowers on the table and family and friends can see and talk to each other without anything blocking their view.  All you need is a small pumpkin and flowers.  Find out how to do it Here

{Halloween}Easy-to-Make Witch Shoes-Party Favor or Decoration

I love the look of these paper Witch shoes, especially for Halloween. Send your friends home with this cute party favor....Witch Shoes filled with your favorite treats. Below are many versions of them. Once you know how to make them all you do is change up the paper you select and you can use them as party favors for any themed party.

The liner paper they used for this shoe is my favorite. There is even a link provided on their blog where you can download the digital paper for free.  Head on over to Morganized Chaos

This one has the Wizard of Oz theme.  So cute.  Find it Here

 You can find this cute shoe at Skip to my Lou  Use the TEMPLATE she provides on her BLOG. It is in PDF form and is very easy to download to your computer.

Head on over to Hoosiers Homemade for the best tutorial.  This one takes you through it step-by-step with great photos.  Find it Here

Just use your imagination and the sky's the limit for this cute pair of shoes.  Find these HERE

The ribbon and buckle are very cute. Find this one HERE

Part 2-Dress up the Kids Thanksgiving Table with little effort!

Let's make the kid's Thanksgiving table something they'll remember.  We've found some really fun things that are inexpensive and easy to do. Which one(s) will you choose? 

 We went over to Pebbles in my Pocket today and saw these cute things for Thanksgiving. They would be perfect for the kids table. (Could even let them help you make the kits up) We also got to meet Brenda, the owner of Pebbles.  She is a creative genius. If you haven't acquainted yourself with Pebbles in my Pocket go to their web site and see all their wonderful things. (see Pumpkins here) Can buy in store or on-line. You'll want to be a facebook friend....every day they have a sale on something in the store and they post on facebook. 

 Put a "real" pretend turkey on the Kid's Thanksgiving table. Fill it with stuffing (newspaper) or fill it with food like popcorn! . And yes, the instructions are Here

Such a simple but cute idea- fringe the edges  of this paper tablecloth and the kids can color on it.  See this tablescape plus others at  Pepper Design Blog

Sweets for the kids table--could be used as a place card too-Cute Candy Cup made with your scrapbook paper and fun candy. Find it here  Make and Take

 What a cute way to say "Give Thanks" and very inexpensive-twigs, beans and cardstock. You can pick up the glass cylinders at the dollar store.  Parents.com

Have this fun Thanksgiving Trivia at the kids table and/or the Adult Table One Charming Party

You're Thanksgiving Kids table is going to be adorable with these cute projects from Fiskars.com

 

Find these fun and free Thanksgiving printables for the Kids  Here at Paper Glitter 

You know you're going to want to send pie home with family and friends and what better way to do that than with this free printable!  Get the link Here

Get the tutorial for these cute paper pumpkins Here  Use as place cards or cake and cupcake toppers.

Love the colors and fonts for this Thanksgiving invitation. Get the free download Here

If you missed Part 1 of our Thanksgiving Kids table decor click HERE

 

(Video) See how to Tie a Scarf 25 Different Ways-Beautiful

 This is Wendy, of Wendy's Look Book. Her fashion site is so fun!  She offers a lot of really great fashion tips. Much of her information is via YouTube.  (Don't you love the scarf?) 

I was happy to find this this video showing how to tie a scarf 25 different ways. You're going to want to run right out and buy some scarves! Get some new looks for holiday parties!   Click 

 HERE  see the 25 ways to wear a scarf  YouTube video -Enjoy!

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 If  you would like to see the YouTube videos that are companion episodes to the video shown above click Here