4th of July Centerpiece

I made these cute centerpieces for my Sister in Laws baby shower but thought they would be cute for the 4th of July as well.  Filled with candy they were also the prizes at the baby shower.  I am going to show you how to make them.

First get a 12x12 sheet of paper.  Score each side at 4 inches.

Your paper should look like a tic tac toe board.

Next score from the corner of the paper to the corner of the score lines.  Do this on all 4 corners.

Next fold the corners in to form the box and punch a small whole in each corner.

Now thread ribbon through 2 holes across from each other

Thread ribbon through the other two hole and add a bunch more ribbon just for looks.

I used some scraps that I had since you don't need very big pieces.

I added red squares cut 3 3/4 in. on each side and punched out a few white stars to finish it off.  Fill with candy, fireworks, poppers, whatever and have fun.

Baltimore Star Spangled Sailabration

It is the 200 anniversary of the War of 1812 and also the Star Spangled Banner.  We are lucky enough to live close enough to Baltimore and Fort McHenry where the Star Spangled Banner was written we got to go to the fabulous celebration!!  At Baltimore's Inner Harbor there were tall ships from all over the world and a great show by the Blue Angels.  As well as all the other great things to do in Inner Harbor.

Kids also got to make their own ships to sail.  And paddle boating.  Had a great weekend. :)

End of School Fun

Wow I can't believe how busy the end of the school year has been.  Plus my internet was down for a couple of days and had to have a repairman come fix it.  Also had  a root canal.  I am really hoping that once all the school end parties, field trips, graduations and everything else things will calm down a lot!!

Crazy Kid #2 Field Trip to Washington DC

We had a very long day trying to see everything we could in DC.  Luckily it wasn't too hot.

Also went to a NASCAR race at the Monster Mile in Dover.  Goooooo Kyle!!!