Hallowween helicopter

When I asked the boy what he wanted to be for Halloween last year without hesitation he blurted out "A Helicopter" at 2 and a half I am unsure if he knew what I was even asking but it put an end to my wondering and hey how many helicopters do you really see at Halloween?

 

At first I had no idea how I was going to go about this helicopter costume I had committed to make. Then it hit me that I had a Kohl's box out in my garage. I grabbed it and cut of the flaps from the top and bottom. From there I cut slits in what I decided would be the back of the helicopter. I used the flaps and freehanded a helicopter tail. I slid it through the slit that I had cut in the body of the helicopter and gave it a good taping. I was pretty impressed how it turned out on the first try.

 

I went with red for the color (cause that is what I had on hand). I had to send a pic to the hubs to pic up another bottle on his way home from work so I could finish the body work.

 

After much spray paint, some yellow acrylic paint for the numbers on the side and some brown paint to make some windows it was almost ready. I had some left over fabric that I cut into strips long enough to go over the boys shoulders. I stapled them to the cardboard, crossing them in the middle. I used winged do dads to attach some propellers to the tail.

 

For the hat I got a red beanie from the dollar store. I used another doodad to attach the propellers to the hat.

Can I just say that this was probably the cheapest costume ever, with the cost for the spray paint, beanie, and dodads it was a whopping $6.00! I got so many compliments on it at the neighborhood trunk or treat and my little boy had a blast wearing it!

Floating shelves

I wish I would have taken a before photo, you can see some of the pics our big and bulky entertainment center. Our living room is fairly small and it's all we got until our basement is finished. New Years day I was itching for a project, so the two seemed to go hand in hand. I had in mind that I wanted to do floating shelve for awhile.

 

To begin we started by deciding on a size and building frames for the shelves to sit on. The length of our shelves are 4' by 1'. We used  two by fours with four feet across the back and 12" pieces on each end and two in the middle. Screwing it all together was tough! Once we had the frames put together we nailed them to the wall (checking to make sure we nailed it right into the studs).

After the frames were nailed to the wall (and one long trip to Home Depot) we got all the finished wood together to finish the project. We decided to go with white finished white board to match the baseboards and doors in our house. Upon measuring for the side boards we failed to measure for the width of the board and so there was a gap on the corners. We got corner pieces and glued them on. Which actually made me love them more!

Here is the finish project with it all decorated. I was so excited to have so much room in our living room! It opened it up so much!

Here is the final pic with the TV mounted (The hubs payment for helping me) There is so much more and I am still in love!

Making it happen

Hello,

Welcome to my new blog! I have been contemplating doing this blog for months now. My ultimate dream is to be able to stay at home while making a living doing what I love. I know that this cannot be done by playing with my kids or eating all day (while it would be wonderful!) By starting a blog I hope to share my ideas and love for baking, crafting, cooking, and being a handy man with others to help inspire.

I love Pinterest! It is safe to say that I am addicted to pinning. Through this blog I hope to share things that I have pinned and tried and tested. Pins that are great, pins that are not so great and new twists on pins.

I hope to receive great feedback as well as ideas and suggestions to be tried!

Thanks for reading!!

Paige