Mother's Day gift / craft

I've been saving Addie's formula cans F-o-r-e-v-e-r! And I have sooo many under my crafting table because I just knew they'd come in handy. I knew there would be something I could make with them or use as storage - something. So they've been building up. I think at last count I had like 30 of them!

Then it came to me, why not use the can as a planter & stick a flower in it. And why not have Ellia decorate the can for Grandma, Auntie Missy, and our neighbor Tasha as Mother's Day gifts.

So a few days before Mother's Day I sat Ellia down with some pre-measured paper (ya, know I am anal and had to make sure I wasn't wasting her precious coloring "strokes"), gave her the markers & let her go at it. And boy did she ever. Let's just say it was a good thing they were water based markers!!!


Big girl coloring away & having so much fun


Can you see both her hands & how much marker is on them??


Finished project. Complete with a paper ladybug & "Happy Mother's Day" - I cut these out on my Cricket machine. Once we were done with the decorating we added the soil & the plants. That was a huge mess & I couldn't take pictures of Ellia helping me (Bill was working when we planted them). Let's just say she ate at least 3 spoonfuls of dirt! Yes, really she did.



Sorry Nana we can't send this in the mail to Florida. But we thought of you as we made them.