DIY Cute Storage Box - No Sew!!!

This is a fast and EASY way to turn a plain cardboard box into a cute storage box!!

There are tons of tutorials about sewing a cover for boxes BUT they require complicated math formulas. BLECK!!! I get enough of those homeschooling the kids! ;) With this one, you just need to measure and know how to multiply by 2. ;)



WHAT I USED - 

1 fabric remnant - toile

1 scrap piece of burlap

1 leftover piece of denim bias tape

smallish cardboard box - 8" deep, 12" sides

hot glue gun







I cut 2 pieces 18 x 26 (2x + 2") and one piece to cover the bottom (can't remember the dimensions). You want the bottom piece to be able to go up the sides by 1".









Start by hot gluing the bottom piece, making sure to glue it up the sides as well.











Now for the sides. Draping the fabric over the sides, you want to leave 1" at the bottom and both sides and slide the top down inside the box.



Gently lift the fabric to glue in place making sure of placement.









On the inside, put hot glue in the corners and on the bottom edge. Press the fabric into place and smooth (obviously not shown! LOL).













Now for the other 2 sides.

Fold the edge of the fabric over 1" and glue into place on one side.

Now glue 1" to the bottom of the box.

Drape the fabric over the sides and inside the box and start gluing in place.

When you come to the last side, fold over another 1" and glue in place.

Then do the inside of the last sides.







This is what you will have.









I then glued a strip of burlap all around the sides and added the denim bias tape on top of that.









Lastly, I added the burlap bow!



EASY PEASY and super fast!



If the inside bottom of the box is going to show, cut a piece and glue it inside. ;)





HAVE FUN CRAFTING!!!!

Yes, I'm a Little Squirrely...... The Squirrely Blogger Award

But NOT in this way -

Squirrely
	Used to describe someone of questionable character. I wouldn't give my money to that dude he's kind of Squirrely.

squirrely
	Adjective: 1. mildly insane2. unpredictable and jumpy, often in a cowardly way 3. nutty; resembling a squirrel looking for nuts

I'm more of #3...... ;) (definitions by the Urban Dictionary)







ANYWAY, I say that to say this -

I have been awarded the Squirrely Blogger Award, made by the awesome Menopausal Mother and given to me by the most wonderful Karen from Baking in a Tornado!



According to the rules I need to tell y'all 7 - 10 quirky things about me. Hmm... That's going to be hard to whittle down.....

1 - I HATE feet. Yes, those things on the ends of your legs. YUCKY YUCKY YUCKY!!!!!!

2 - I must hang alllllll the clothes in the same direction or chaos will ensue!

3 - Even though I love shoes and hate feet you will mostly find me barefooted or in my Crocs flip-flops.

4 - I can wiggle my ears! Deanna was so upset that Cailey and I could do it that she tried and tried until she could do it, too.

5 - I have 3 piercings in one ear, 2 in the other and one in my nose. I used to have my eyebrow pierced years ago and I have been thinking about having it redone.

6 - I would LOVE to have a tattoo!! I just can't bring myself to spend the money...... CRAZY how much they cost!

7 - I love football!! I am so ready for the season to start!!! Let's go STEELERS!!! Let's go MOUNTAINEERS!!! I will also be cheering the Titans and the Fighting Irish, just as long as the Titans aren't playing the Steelers and the Irish aren't playing the Mountaineers.

Ok, that's enough about me. Anymore and you really will think I'm nuts! ;)

Now for the 7 - 10 bloggers that I am passing this on to, always the hardest part for me. Who wants it??? ;)

If you're reading this and blog, YOU'RE SQUIRRELY!!!!! Now, pass it on!!!!!!!!!

First Day of Homeschool 2013

Yesterday was our first day of the new homeschool year! YAY!!!! I thought I would share a few of the things we did.







For some reason all of our cats seem to LOVE Cailey's school work! They never bother any of the other kids! LOL

If you recognize Cailey's dress, it's the Red, White and Blue dress (click for the tutorial).







Here is Colin doing some streak tests from the Young Scientist Club kit # 7 - Minerals. (These are MUCH cheaper through Amazon and you get 3 kits in one.) (Amazon was down while I was working on this post.)







Here, Cailey is examining rocks from our trip to Pigeon Forge on the 4th of July.

The Rocks and Minerals unit that I put together can be found HERE.

















Cailey and Colin are drawing maps! This is the first activity in the book Marco Polo for Kids.









Here are their finished "mythical maps"! Colin's is the top and Cailey's the bottom. They had SOOOO much fun with this activity! I didn't think they would ever be finished! LOL

For our Marco Polo unit click HERE.

Books that we read -



For our Bear Unit click HERE!!!



Parts of this one.





Half of this one





Most of this one!



Not bad for the first day! ;) Of course we also did the usual math, spelling, reading, etc...... ;)



HAVE FUN HOMESCHOOLING!!!!!

Making Notebooks Pretty

Oh. my goodness! I have been SOOOOOO busy!!!! Between Wednesday and Friday, I printed out 500 pages for the first few weeks of school!!! GOOD GRIEF!!! I have been running around getting all the books and supplements and activities and and and together! LOL I'm exhausted and we haven't even started yet! LOL Someone remind me to get all the planning and etc. done at least a month before we start!



ANYWAY, I have been making some of their notebooks prettified for them! LOL

Here is the no sew cover tutorial that I did a few days ago.

And here is the sewing cover tutorial that I did a while back.



And here are the finished products that I did this week.







This one is just like the no sew cover except that I cut 2 pieces and left the spiral part exposed. Then I tied ribbons up and down the spiral.









This one is just like the above. I cut and hot glued 2 pieces. Then I hot glued a patch from one of Joshua's Resident Evil games to the front.









This is one of the sewing covers. I did it just like the book covers I did last year. Then I hot glued a big D on the front for Deanna.



There you have it! Very simple ways to personalize the very cheap notebooks! LOL The kids LOVE them!!!!



I have a couple of projects in mind. Hopefully I will soon be showing you a no sew box cover. FINGERS CROSSED!!! ;)





HAVE FUN CRAFTING, SEWING and SCHOOLING!

Volcano Unit Study w/FREE Notebooking Pages

The next unit up, VOLCANOES!!! Lots and lots of fun!!!

Here is pic of Deanna's salt dough and papier mache  volcano that she made a couple of years ago.



Deanna had a lot of fun making that! She created the the lava from red food coloring, vinegar and baking soda.





As always, the links, printables, books and resources can be used with a variety of ages.

All the books should be easily found at your local library or on Amazon.

If you have any questions, just leave a comment, use the Contact Me button at the top of the page to shoot me an email or find me on Facebook or Twitter! :D







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Krafty Kids - V is for Volcano

Homeschool Share - Unit Study and Lapbook

Homeschool Helper Online - Unit Study

HS Launch - Mini book and Notebooking page 

abc Teach - worksheets

Homeschooling About.com - worksheets

The Helpful Garden - volcano cards  and nomenclature cards

First-School - V is for Volcano

Sparklebox - banners and posters

Crayola - coloring pages, lesson plans, crafts

Twisty Noodle - handwriting sheets and coloring pages

Teach-nology - printable lessons

Hands on Homeschooler - counting cards

Enchanted Learning - printables and activities

School Express - activity sheets

Super Coloring Pages

ESL Printables - worksheets

Education.com - worksheets

Scholastic - exploding volcano mini book

$$$ - Hands of a Child - the site was down while I was making this post.  You can find the Volcanoes Notepack on Currclick  and the Volcanoes Lapbook but they are usually cheaper on the Hands of a Child site.

$$$ - Currclick

Types of Volcanoes

Volcanoes Unit Study  or on Kindle

Simple Schooling All About Volcanoes (I love their units and I have this one.)

Volcanoes Lapbook

Make a 3 D Layered Volcano











Volcano World

USGS - info and teacher resources

Just Montessori - activity ideas

No Time for Flash Cards - activities and craft

PBS - Volcano's Deadly Warning

Earth's Active Volcanoes 

Quia - vocabulary game

Brain Pop - game

Education.com - make a volcano

neo K 12 - videos, activities

National Geographic

Scholastic - info

Discovery Kids- info

Kids Geo- info

A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling - videos, links and activities

wiki How - 3 ways to make a volcano

Squidoo - Volcanoes for Kids

Plate Tectonics and Volcano Lesson

Volcano Videos for Kids

Kids Investigate Volcanoes









Volcano cakes - Refashionista    and  Celebrations at Home

Volcano snacks - Craft Interrupted  and   Parents Connect

Volcano science kits - we currently have the Smithsonian and the Young Scientist Club kits, but I have loved every Magic School Bus kit that we have done.

 Magic School Bus

Smithsonian

Young Scientist Club





HAVE FUN HOMESCHOOLING!!!!