Block People

There is a fantastic artist named Ingela P Arrhenius. She is an artist in Sweden. I love her work.

http://www.ingelaparrhenius.com/archives/category/wood-figures

I recreated some of her work for my own kids. So if you do re-create it please make sure not to sell it.

Here are some of my little block people I made for my oldest daughter for her birthday. She received these along with a large Melissa and Doug block set.

My husband cut blocks of little blocks of wood from scrap wood in our garage. I sanded them down with my sander. I then drew the image onto the block in pencil. I painted them all with non-toxic acrylics and covered it with mod podge to seal it.

The Bookshelves

My first "big girl" building project.

Thank you so much my sweet hubby for hanging them up for me.
I made these from the plans on Knock-off wood. I went to Lowe's to buy and have them cut the wood. I borrowed a jigsaw for the round edge on each side of the shelves. 3 of the large shelves (one not pictured is going to go in M's room) cost me less than $10 in wood. I then bought a 8oz. container of sample paint for $3 at Lowe's also.

Now we have a place for several of our favorite books. No more looking at just the binding of the book on the bookshelf...The girls can easily spot their favorite book that they want to read. This equals less messes for mommy to pick up.