Three Helpful Household Items For The "Crafty" Mom

Ok, I'm just going to be straight up honest here...I am not crafty. I try to be sometimes, but mostly I suck at it. I have friends that can create beauty out of the broken and art out of the discarded. Me? I have aspirations of that level of creativity and praiseworthy results, but sometimes it's important to accept that no matter how hard you try...there are going to be things you just suck at no matter how much effort you put into it. While trying out different pinterest failures I have discovered a few useful things.

Puff Paint is almost as useful as duct tape. I started out using it to put a slip proof grip on the bottom of my child's footy pajamas. Then his socks. It also works great for headbands that tend to slip. I am going to try this on the bottom of my trash can too. Right now I have sticky tack and it works, but leaves gross sticky crap all over that collects gross. (This is used to prevent constant slippage from pushing on the foot pedal of the trash bin.)



If you make a glitter bottle, don't use hot glue to glue the lid on. There is science here I don't understand, but it did not seal it enough to prevent the liquid from pushing its way out when temperatures change. So instead, use epoxy. Be committed, because it will never ever open again once its epoxied. But no more leaky glitter bottle. As a side, the glitter bottle has worked really well for calming times of overwhelming emotion or to help my son wind down at night when getting ready for bed. I have used it as a distraction/redirection/calming tool for both my son and my nephew. I don't use it all the time. Mostly in novelty situations where other techniques have failed. I worry if it's used too often it will become less effective.



A stitch ripper (that's what I call them anyway) can be a very useful item in your home when you have a child. Especially if you have a child that is sensitive to every bothersome texture and tag known to man. Sometimes you can rip the stitches out on a tag so that it comes off nice and clean. Other times, your only option is scissors. (Puff paint or permanent markers come in handy here too if you want to mark on the clothing somewhere what size it is for later use once the tag has been removed.)



That's all for now. Happy Parenting!!