Personalized Guess Who Game

 A family favorite of ours is to play games, we recently bought the kids this Guess Who Game and wanted to be able to play with both Ashtyn (5) and Brayden (3). It was harder for Brayden to play since he didn't know the names of anyone on the cards. We made our own personalized game and it has been his FAVORITE game to play ever since then! It was really easy to make, a little time consuming but definitely worth it for all the hours that we have now spent playing it! :)
Hope you all have a super fun time playing this!

Materials Needed:
Pictures (I cropped each picture 1'' by 2'' --> then printed them)
Mod Podge
Paint Brush


What To Do:
After printing the pictures and cutting them out --> You will need 3 copies of the pictures (2 for each board and then 1 set to draw from)
Just use a layer of Mod Podge on the original card then put your picture onto card if you would like you can put an additional layer of Mod Podge over the top! :)

Brayden playing our new personalized Guess Who :)

Sorting the cards and getting ready to apply Mod Podge

Setting the cards up

It's still very easy to play the game you just need to come up with a few more creative questions! Such as;

• Is it a boy?
• Are they older than 10 years old?
• Do they have glasses on?
• Do they have a flower in their hair?
• Is a grandma?
• Is it my uncle?
• Do they have a white shirt on?
• Do they have a tanktop on?

52 Reason Why I Love You

My hubby's birthday was coming up and I always like to make something for him just to let him know how much he means to me and the kids. This year was a hard year for us with a lot of unexpected events happening. We spent a LOT of time in the hosptial (Avera McKennan, in Sioux Falls, SD and Children's Hospital, in St. Paul, MN) due to pre-term labor then a premature baby! 

We spent a lot of our hospital time together playing cards so 

I thought this gift would be perfect gift for him!

The longest part was to come up with 52 reasons! hehe.

Materials Needed:

Deck of Cards

Mod Podge

Paint Brush

Newspaper (to advoid spilling all over table)!

Scissors

Craft Paper or Scrapbooking Paper

Hole Punch

2'' Ring

• 1st- I typed up my "52 reasons" then printed and cut them out
• 2nd- I cut out craft paper .5'' bigger than the "reasons"
• 3rd- I painted Mod Podge on the Card, then attached the craft paper, put another layer or Mod Podge on the Craft Paper, Placed the "reaons" on there and finally did a FINAL COAT of mod podge on the entire card
• 4th- Place the cards on newspaper and let them dry (allow up to 30 min to competely dry)
• 5th- Punch hole's in the top left hand corner
• 6th- Attach all cards together with a ring

Decorative Tiles

The kids and I really enjoy making these decorative tiles, they can be used for coasters

or you can hang them on the wall or use a clothes pin and some wood glue and they can be set up anywhere!

They are so cute, easy and very affordable to make!

Ashtyn and I made a few sets for gifts this year, here's what we did!

Supplies:

Tiles (We got ours from Menard's, you can buy them from any hardware/home store)

Scrapbook Paper

Paper Cutter (Rotary Cutter, scissors)

Ruler

Mod Podge

Paint Brush

*Gems/Ribbon, ect. Ashtyn likes to decorate hers a little more than just the paper :)

WHAT TO DO:

1. Cut out your scrapbook paper to fit the tiles

2. Put a THIN layer of Mod Podge on the tile

(note-- make sure to not use to much or your paper will bubble)

3. Place the scrapbook paper onto the tile rub it until smooth

4. Place a layer of Mod Podge over the entire title.

5. Let dry (if wanted you can decorate with gems/ribbons/ect.

6. Repeat with another layer of Mod Podge

7. Let dry for 30 min.

A few of Ashtyn's finished tiles

Titles that we bought from Menard's

I have found using a roatary cutter and large ruler is the quickest and easist way to do this!

Paint on the mod podge then add your paper, then paint another layer of mod podge!

Press down the paper, get out all those bubbles!

Woala! Finished products! GREAT GIFTS :)