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DIY VIYNL RECORD BAT DECORATIONS | RECYCLED KIDS CRAFTS | ATTICANATOMY

HOW TO MAKE A VINYL RECORD
BAT

This Diy is easy and can be easily made into another creature or decor piece, your imagination is the limit with this niffty craft.  You will need to make sure you have a few items first....

YOU WILL NEED
*Soldering tool
*Records
*gloves
*safety glasses
*face mask
*pen or pencil
*scissors
* baking pan
*aluminum foil
And a piece of doling OR  a stick



First step :

Print or draw out a shape of a the bat onto a sheet of paper, and cut it out
Next, you will want to trace out the bat onto the record using up as much space as it will permit

Second step:

Cover the baking sheet with aluminum foil, and place the record with the pre drawn on bats onto the pan.
Pre heat your oven to the lowest setting , and place the pan with aluminum foil and record into it.
YOU ONLY WANT TO WARM IT UNTIL PLIABLE DO NOT MELT IT  
Keep a close eye on the record, you just want it to get bendable and soft enough to cook, this only takes a minute or so.


Make sure you have your gloves on, and take out the warmed record. At this point you will have to work quickly as the vinyl will start to harden fast after removing it from the heat
Start cutting immediately around your drawn out bat, and then set them aside.
( If your bats harden before you can finish cutting, just place them back into the heat and repeat)

Once they are all cut out from the vinyl, you will want to start shaping them, take all of the vinyl bats you have cut out, and place them onto the sheet, when they become pliable, start molding them with your hands into the position you want them to harden in.

When all of the bats have been shaped and hardened, you will move onto the soldering tool part.
PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS WITH THIS TOOL IT IS VERY HOT
Take each bat, wearing gloves, and a mask and start to burn holes into the center of the bat , this will be so you can thumb tack some to the walls , also you will want to burn holes off to the edges of some other bats, so you can string them up and attach them to the wooden rod or stick you chose.

In the final stage you just want to cut some string or twine and tie them to the rod and the bat at different lengths to create a ''hanging/flying'' bat appearance.

*Take the glue gun and put small dollops of glue onto the knots on the string or twine to make sure they stay put!

AND THAT'S IT. Enjoy the bat cave you have created. 

EASY* DIY PLAY-DOUGH | NO COOK | NO TARTAR |ATTIC ANATOMY

HOW TO MAKE SLIME

Hey you guys, this is going to be a blog post to accompany my video on 'How to make slime"

 This is  such an easy and quick DIY to do with kids, and just like the play clay I did on a later blog post... the kids LOVED IT!   all you will need to start is :
 
Ingredients:
 - Borax
 - Food colouring
 - White glue
- Water

Tools:
- measuring cups
- two mixing bowls
- ( gloves if you would like)


 Once you have all the ingredients, you simply...


PART ONE:
- Mix 1/2 cup of white glue and 1/2 cup of water in a  bowl
- Add food coloring after the water and glue mixture is mixed well!

PART TWO:
- Mix 1 cup of warm water and add 1 tsp of Borax 
-MIX WELL ( It won't all dissolve, but for the most part mix as much as possible)

PART THREE:
- Pour the glue and food color mixture slowly into the bowl of Borax solution
- knead with hands 
- Once the mixture holds its form ( after about 30 seconds to a minute) Remove from Borax solution

That's IT!  DONE  continue kneading with you're hands to let the slime absorb the excess water and you are ready to play!

                                HERE YOU WILL FIND THE YOUTUBE LINK...CLICK BELOW

DIY PLAY DOUGH WITH KIDS - THEY LOVE IT

DIY PLAY CLAY 

ALMOST EVERY kid loves a good play time with the handmade/homemade play dough..especially if they made it ' all by them selves', I have recently done this one with my own children,  a few cookie cutters and , READY SET GO... this is how you do it : 

Tools you will need:

A large pot
large stirring spoon
large dry surface for kneading the dough 

and well... a stove top lol... the ingredient list is quite simple as well and you may find you already have them stocked in the kitchen... all you will need is:

Play Dough Recipe:

1 cup white flour

1/2 cup salt

2 tablespoon cream of tartar (find it in the spice section)

1 tablespoon oil

1 cup water

food coloring


What you will want to do next is mix all the dry ingredients into the pot, then slowly add the water and food coloring mix ( add the food coloring into the water, the more you add the darker the color in the dough will become), and mix well
Then you want to put the stove top burner to medium heat and stir constantly.
-DO NOT LEAVE ON BURNER IT WILL RUIN IT AND BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN OUT-

The dough will become harder to stir, and you will need to use those mommy muscles at this point!
Stir until the dough turns into a large solid clump and you can no longer stir it, and remove from heat.

at this point I recommend you have a pre floured surface, such as a cutting board or counter top, and knead the dough for approx 5 minutes or until it doesn't have the sticky feeling anymore,
(Kids love doing that part, so let them do it, you're arms will be tired from stirring anyway lol  but be careful, as it will be hot to touch for a few minutes )
keep adding small sprinkles of flour as needed to get it to the right texture.
and then YOU ARE DONE!
I will be putting up the video of my children making the dough, they had so much fun and 1 week later they are STILL entertained by it.
TIP: Grab some cookie cutters from the dollar store ( little boys love the gingerbread man cut outs to make little action men from the dough) 

EBAY MADDNESS and Stay at home MOMMY, christmas SAVINGS !! whoot whoot

  Hello my fellow Attic people,

        For those of you who don't know me yet, I am a stay at home mother of 3, Last year I had to quit my job, after my free child care was no longer available. I tried placing them in the cheapest after school daycare program I could find, and upping my hours at work, unfortunately I only made min wage at 10 something an hour, and part time hours at as little as 12 hours a week  in some cases.     This cost me a LOT, for TWO HOURS after school care each day for 5 days was .... $950.00!!!! By the end of the month I was negative - $250.00.  not including the expense of gas to travel back and forth.
         This is when I decided I needed to MAKE MONEY FAST!  I listed a few items local, and on eBay...after my first Item sold I WAS SOOOOO excited, that I decided to keep listing more... soon a month later I had made over $500.00 and was only listing small random items occasionally...!!! Although I am just learning still, and I am NOT a top rated seller ( which is my goal) I  realized that I can make more staying home then I could EVER make outside of the home on a minimum wage budget!!
          So as some of you may know from my YOUTUBE channel, I have been spending a LOT of time buying, and listing on ebay and other sites local to me !  I have been debating making my channel (in additional to my other videos during the Holiday season, ) into a list of Christmas sales from December 1'st to 24th, as a countdown to 'christmas fund' accumulation calculation ( hhahaha next dr.suis right here! )... in simple terms LETTING YOU SEE HOW MUCH I MAKE but I'm still deciding on this.
         We all spend a little to much MONEY on Christmas whether we try not to or not, it always seems to put people in a financial bind for the following months afterwards. SO my goals for this year, ( lets call it a PRE new years resolution shall we)  is to EARN as much as we SPEND by December 24th!  by purely using my online outlets, such as ebay,amazon,kijiji, and other local sites on facebook!  budgeting has always been a weak point with me and I'm sure most of you can relate,ESPECIALLY during the holidays!. This past few years I have been VERY diligent with my spending and earning points, I have been keeping up with bills and have little debt accumulated. I hope to have 0% in the new year.   That being said If this goes well, I will be able to spend January deciding on which bank to open a family savings at, INSTEAD of deciding which bill to pay ''NEXT MONTH'' !
 
 Maybe some attic people can join as well! we can have a MERRY OL' TIME , HAHAHa .. I know not funny!
                    talk to you soon and happy hunting!

FOR THE LOVE OF LUSH!

Since I am new around these parts, you don't quite know me yet... BUT let me just start with saying, LUSH!. I have developed a bit of an obsession these days, I was only introduced to lush less than 2 months ago and I currently have enough lush bath product to last me the YEAR!

        I suddenly have found my self taking a RIDICULOUS amount of my time being devoted to bathing!  ( I suppose this is a good thing) hehe. I think the products are AMAZING, and my children look forward to baths as well now, which makes my life MUCH easier.

        I suffer from loads of anxiety and I do not take medication, so I have learned ways to relax and calm my self on my own. These products have helped me a LOT, I am currently coming to you from the bath as I type as a matter of fact ( CENSORED) lol this new obsession has forced me to take some solo mommy time and chill out in a quiet setting to clear my thoughts each night (can't really make it out to be a chore really :)  ).

          Sadly I did not stock up on the Halloween limited additions and am currently regretting not purchasing more of the 'wizard' bubble bar, it by far was my FAVORITE scent to date. I have extremely sensitive skin and have a sensitivity to heavy sents but so far not many of the lush products have bothered me, EXCEPT.... the infamous SNOW FAIRY! :( yes to all of the lush world who know of snow fairy and love it).. imagine not being able to use it! I was soooo disappointed, but on the bright side I pretty much have nearly every single type of bath product the sell, so I can try each one to see which I like the most.

        I will attach a link to this post to ANYONE who was like me and has been left in the dark as to what LUSH is... this is a must do for any human with a busy life man or woman!

I know this was an odd choice for a first mini blog post, but... lush really is my life at the moment! :0  have a good one, see you next time in the Attic!  <3 ( Star wand are snow fairy scented.. I can get away with a bit of that hehehe)

LUSH LINK:
http://www.lush.ca/Bath/bath,en_CA,sc.html