Virtual Refrigerator-- Floral Crafts and Decorated Bowls

Thanks for stopping by and joining us again this week as we host another virtual refrigerator arts and crafts link up.


We've been crafting up a storm this week!

My two younger boys bought some flowers and supplies at the dollar store to participate in a dollar store craft challenge on Monday.

Alec made a beautiful wreath and Evan had fun helping me decorate a series of tins we had found at The Christmas Tree shops.




You can read more about how they put together their floral crafts here.

The boys also begged me to learn how to decorate ceramic bowls using the Circut and some vinyl.  We spent an afternoon playing around with my machine and they made some really cute bowls.





Alec's bowl has swirls of greenery all around the entire bowl 

Ian's just says Ice Cream in shiny gold letters 

Evan wanted the words Ice Cream with a giant scoop of ice cream in the middle


I made three bowls myself and you can check them out here and also read a bit more about how we made them.

Now without further ado I invite you to grab a "magnet" and link up your arts and crafts or how- to posts below and visit some other bloggers to see what they shared on their refrigerators.


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Comments

  1. Christina MorleyMarch 14, 2018 at 8:17 AM

    Looks like nice fun projects! Well done to the boys! Thanks for hosting and have a lovely week ahead.

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    1. Mother of 3March 14, 2018 at 5:31 PM

      They really were and the boys did such a great job with them. Often new crafts can get them frustrated but they all enjoyed these.

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  2. Kym ThorpeMarch 14, 2018 at 8:37 AM

    All are so pretty!! You all are very creative. :-)

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  3. Amanda McCuskerMarch 14, 2018 at 11:31 AM

    What a great idea! That looks like an awesome project. And a reason to have ice cream ;)
    Have a great week!

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  4. aginglikeafinewine.comMarch 20, 2018 at 12:21 PM

    I always enjoy seeing what you are working on with your boys. They did a good job! I love the bowls too. I don't have a Cricut, but I want one! Thank you for sharing on Party in Your PJ's. Pinned.

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    1. Mother of 3March 20, 2018 at 5:17 PM

      Thank you. I have only used my Cricut 4 times or so since I got it for Christmas so I'm trying to make more of an effort to really use it and figure all the ins and outs of it. I figured if I started using it with them I was more likely to tackle some of the more intimidating projects I keep putting off.

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