Packing and Crafting

Three days till camp! Just one problem. I have barely packed anything! As you can see from my suitcase, I'm not very organized when it comes to trips.















I have also been making a lot of crafts this week. A few days ago, I made sun printed bandannas.




For my birthday several years ago, I received a Sun Print Kit. I have not used it for a long time, so I pulled it out this week. What you do is paint a piece of fabric with special sun paint. Next, you take the fabric outside, lay it down in a sunny place, and place your objects. You could use really anything as long as it is able to make a shape. (For food, it is good to only use hard things: pretzels, uncooked pasta, etc. I used leaves for one, and buttons for the other. First I decided where to place them.

After everything was dry, I took off the shapes. They didn't quite turn out how I had wanted. Some of the prints were barely visible. It works better when the paint is darker, but the paint I was using was a bit old. My next project was tie dye T-shirts.















Yesterday a tie dyed 5 T-shirts before lunch! That may not seem very amazing to many, but for me it was a record. (I often start projects, and never finish them.) It was a pretty messy project too, so there was a lot to clean up. (I have also been known to make things, and not clean up the mess after.) I'm glad I wore rubber gloves when handling the dye because last year when my family and I made tie dye T-shirts we didn't wear gloves. Our hands looked like rainbows!
















Notice the sticks in the photograph next to the dye. My mom wouldn't let me use kitchen spoons, so I found some sticks to stir with. The only problem was that several sticks broke and some pieces fell into the dye. Here are the T-shirts I made:







(Sunshine Orange.)









(Kelly Green. This is against a window, so it looks like it's glowing.)













(Royal blue.)











(Sunshine Orange and Fuchsia - Swirled.)








(Kelly Green and Royal Blue - Swirled. This was also against a window.)









So all of these I made before lunch! It took a long time, and a lot of work, but now I have five new colorful T-shirts.

Something Missing?

As you can see, there is a slight problem with this cake I baked. Take a good look. You may just need to glance at it. Or maybe you were so enthralled with it that you didn't even notice. (Just Joking.) In any case, I'm sure you noticed that it only has 12 stripes. (Not quite enough room on the cake.) Don't even pay attention to the blueberries on it. There are definitely not 50 stars. (Actually none on this flag.) Nevertheless, it was still a pretty good tasting cake. I used a lemon box cake, and covered it with some Cool Whip. (The cake, not the box.)

Torture Instrument

(definitely not one of my great photos)

Before I begin to write, I have just one thing to say: Orthodontists - DO NOT READ! This object that you see in the photograph is an ancient torture instrument, that was outlawed in the Middle Ages. It was jammed into the victim's mouth, and tied behind their head. It was then pulled back as tight as it could go, and left that way. (Just Kidding.) It's really, as many people with braces already know, headgear. (For people with an overbite.) Many people have said that I will get used to it, but I don't know. I do know that I should be wearing it more, but it gives me a headache after it has been on for a while. (Maybe that's why they call it headgear.) Now that I have written this, I suppose I have to wear it.

Just in Time

Just in time. I thought I was'nt going to have enough time to make even a card for my dad, but I put together a little something. Here is another little slideshow for you dad!

A bad daughter

Ahhhhhh! Father's Day is in eight hours! It's Saturday afternoon and I have not even made a card for my Dad! For his birthday I made a little clay animation slide show, but I have done nothing for Father's Day. Here is what I created for my dad's birthday.