Jack-O-Lantern Mickey Mouse Family

Sometimes I'm the one in charge of entertaining our kindergartener on the weekend afternoons when the two little ones are napping and my husband is out for a bike ride. Instead of throwing on the TV, which I am tempted to do more and more, I just pull out the crafting supplies and we make fun, silly things together.

                               

Since Halloween is right around the corner, we decided to make a "family portrait" out of Mickey Mouse faces.

At the time (last weekend) that's what we were going to dress up as. Of course, that has changed 4 days later...

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out a family of Mickey heads from card stock, although you could totally do this with scissors:)

Using some of the Mod Podge, I brushed a canvas we had lying around, then let my daughter put the faces on.

More Mod Podge on top.

Then we added the pink bows for the girls.

I tried to decide if we should put full-on pumpkins on top,

Nope.

And the jack-o-lantern faces.

One of the important things about crafting with kids is to just let them do it, not try to be too much of a perfectionist, otherwise it takes all the joy away (from them, not from you).

                           

Then I popped it up on our kitchen mantle, just waiting to have a few more kid crafts added to it this season.

Jessica

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Sunday: I Heart Naptime, Nifty Thrifty Things, It's Overflowing Monday: DIY Showoff, Between Naps on the Porch, Thrifty Decor Chick, Home Stories A to Z, Evolution of Style Tuesday: Coastal Charm, Nest for Less,  My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, A Bowl Full of Lemons,  Centsational Girl , Primitive and Proper  Wednesday: Savvy Southern Style, Organize and Decorate Thursday: House of Hepworths, the 36th Avenue,  Crafty, Scrappy, Happy, 52 Mantels Friday: Making Lemonade, Blissful and Domestic, One Artsy Mama, Serenity Now, Tatertots and Jello, Funky Junk Interiors, At the Picket Fence