Creating With Cardboard

I am an eclectic mix of talents and I'm not ashamed to admit it. One of my many and varied talents is being frugal. Alright, you can all stop laughing now because that's my story and I'm sticking to it. One of my other talents is being able to take discarded remnants and use them in fashionably recycled ways. Or simply put, I take junk and make stuff.



Since my daughter was born at the end of January we can't have those fun outdoor parties that all the cool kids fortunate enough to be born in the summer have; so every year it has been my goal to create elaborate indoor parties out of very little. One year I created a whole jungle theme in the front room which included palm trees, a waterfall, a diamond mine, and creeping vines. When Emily turned six we had a crazy party where all the girls came in their pajamas and they all had their pictures taken behind the cutouts in a cardboard mural I had painted. And this year was no exception to my cardboard greatness. This year I built a very large doghouse for our very doggy party. The Scooby snacks shaped like bones were pretty good too, but that's a story for another day.



The point to all of this is that with a little acrylic paint (most of which I bought on clearance or on sale because of my talent of frugalness), some cardboard, and a big imagination, you too can be a cardboard diva just like me. So the next time you have a party to plan think cardboard.



So ends another episode of Kids Korner with me, Children's Author Aileen Stewart. Join me next week for another exciting episode same krazy time, same krazy channel. And feel free to drop by my personal blog Aileen's Thoughts any day of the week for even more on reading, writing, and life in general.












Lonely Hearts ~ a sweet Christian Romance
The Price of Trust ~ Christian Romantic Suspense
http://www.booksbyamanda.com