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Art and Crafts Fourth of July crafts for the entire family are easy, fun, and patriotic. How tos for two different projects that will make your Fourth more festive. We spent an afternoon creating this fun Fourth of July crafts display. The firework garden spikes were perfect for all skill levels. The twig bundle was fun for an older child and can be re-decorated for other holidays. The crochet bunting was a longer and more involved project but it looks great year after year. Fourth Of July Crafts #1: Firework Garden Spikes These Firework Garden Spikes take a couple of hours and are made out of cardboard tubes. You will need:  Toilet paper and paper towel rolls White paint and paint brush Curling ribbon White construction or printer paper A star-shaped stencil Streamers in red and blue Elmers glue Sticks or skewers Paint the paper rolls white. While they are drying, cut out stars and the caps. The caps are made out of about 2 inch diameter circles. Cut a slit up one radius then slide

DIY Projects Get stunning results when you learn how to arrange flowers with these 5 tips and techniques. Save money decorating for parties and gifting lovely fresh flower arrangements to your friends and neighbors Learning how to arrange flowers is useful for boys and girls. All homemakers should possess this skill. Interior decorating, hosting parties, giving simple gifts for neighbors and friends, are all times when creating a professional looking flower arrangement will prove to be a very practical life skill. The best reason for learning this skill is to enhance the joy of experiencing God's beautiful gift of nature inside your own home. 1. Make The Right Flower Choices There are three elements that make up most flower arrangements: greenery, spray flowers, and focal flowers. Greenery - Ivy, ferns and eucalyptus are common greenery. Spray flowers - Having more than one bloom on a single stem, flowers like daisies and poms are used as filler in bouquets and arrangements. Focal

Family Gardening This year, our Mary Garden is really taking off! I planted many of the flowers suggested in the second year Little Women's Program project for May. These included coneflowers, Shasta daisies, cloth of gold, clematis and lavender.  There was already daffodils in the area we were using, so we just transplanted them to where we thought they would look good. There was just one problem: the deer. They loved coming up at night and eating my flowers! After months of trying many things to keep them back (including motion-activated sprinklers) we opted for drought (we have very dry weather) and deer resistant plants. The Shasta daisies were growing so tall that Mr.B even had to put our 3-foot Mary statue on a pedestal so she didn't look swallowed up! The mullein is near six-foot tall. They grow wild here, so we just hunted them up in our yard and transplanted them to the garden! As my grandma in Idaho had some autumn glory, we took some with us while we were up there. A

DIY Projects Today we harvested our calendula heads. We are soaking them in olive oil to prepare them for our calendula lotion recipe We will infuse the oil for several weeks, strain out the flowers then use the oil in our lotion recipe. For now they look lovely in the kitchen. All-Purpose Calendula Lotion 1 cup organic shea butter 1/2 cup organic coconut oil 1/2 cup calendula infused olive oil About a 1 inch cube of solid beeswax 10-15 drops lavender essential oil Heat the shea butter, coconut oil, olive oil and beeswax together over a double boiler. When melted, refrigerate until it starts to set. Let it sit out until it is room temperature. Whip in food processor until all lumps are gone. Add lavender essential oil and whip until it is mixed well. Store in a pint size mason jar. We use this as a face cream, eye makeup remover, for dry skin and rashes. It works great even on diaper rashes and as an eye cream. Coconut oil is a natural wrinkle reducer and calendula is great for your

DIY Projects Whether you are camping, experiencing a power outage, or your washing machine is on the fritz this DIY how to will keep your laundry clean. You will need: New toilet plunger Five gallon bucket Laundry detergent ( Tide Free & Gentle  is my fav)

Family projects are a great way to enjoy one another while accomplishing a shared goal. Here are three family projects that can improve your home and your yard while spending time with the family.  #1 DIY Family Portrait Photo Shoot Getting a family portrait taken can be expensive. But it does not have to be! By taking your own family pictures you can save money, develop a talent and have fun! Here is a family projects guide on how to get your own family portraits rolling! Back Drop Supplies I bought both the green screen and the brown back drop. The brown is nice because it is neutral and goes with any clothing colors. You can get a separate frame but I got the green screen with mine so it was like killing two birds with one stone. The green screen is so fun to goof around with! Make-Up Make-up is optional but a natural look on the ladies always gives the best result. Here is a video of the process that we use when we do make-up for our movies and photo shoots. Step 1. Foundation Ste

DIY Hot Tub For Less Than $50! This DIY hot tub makes use of a simple passive water heating technique.  Water is heated by fire and pressure.  The cold water in the tub is sucked up into a copper or steel pipe that is coiled through a hot fire are is sent back to the top of the tub.  The water cycles through until the tub reaches the desired temperature. All you'll need is: Copper pipe, sand OR Steel pipe and elbow fittings Two bulkhead fittings Large animal stock tank Fire ring (we used an old tractor wheel) Copper fittings Teflon Tape  You will also need: water, wood, matches, and a hot tub thermometer. Copper Coil vs. Steel Pipe With Elbows This winter our copper coil froze and burst so we re-adjusted our coil. Instead we used 10 six inch sections of steel pipe and 10 elbows. Not only was this coil easier to build but it heated the water much faster. The results were amazing and it works better than the previous set-up! You can build yours out of either type of pipe. How To Make