Crafty Birdhouses

I had been looking through the craft store for a fun project for JJ to make and give to grandmas for Christmas - and thought these bird houses would be perfect. It had been a several day process of painting, drying, next color etc... but we're nearing the end. Today we added our green layer, and they turned out pretty cute. I'm going to sign the bottoms with her name and the date, tie them off with some ribbon and raffia and a perfect little something for the grandmas!




Of course, I had to use acrylic paint - that washable stuff wasn't going to get the nice bold colors. We've painted something just about every day this week, but today was the first day we decided to paint our hands. JJ thought this to be pretty darn cool and proceeded to not only paint her hand but her arms (BOTH!) all the way up the elbow. SOLID green. She woulda kept going if the shirt wasn't getting in her way. We went straight to the bathtub to soak and chip away at the thick paint. Lots of fun, hope to do it again soon :)