Dinosaur Stamped Napkins

     Here's an easy way to dress up napkins for your next party.  If you already have a collection of stamps, it will cost you virtually nothing to put these together.

Materials:
*Stamps
*Ink
*White napkins

Directions:
*Stamp designs onto the bottom right corner of each napkin.  That's really all there is to it.

Glittery Dinosaur Coasters

Materials:
*Wooden dinosaur shapes
*Paint
*Glitter glue
*Permanent marker

Directions:
*Paint dinosaur shapes with paint in a color of your choice.  Set aside to dry.
*Once dry, add a coat of glitter glue.
*After the glue has dried, draw faces on the dinos using permanent marker.

Glittery, Color Dipped Photos

     Looking for a fun way to display your favorite pics?  Try making these color dipped photos and hang them from a photo "clothesline."  I got the idea from this blog.

Materials:
*Paint in various colors
*Glitter paint
*Paintbrush
*Photos
*Painter's tape

Directions:
*To give photos the old-style Polaroid look, crop photos to squares and leave extra white space around them during the printing.
*Using painter's tape, cover the part of the white space immediately below the image.
*Paint the bottom of the photo below the painter's tape using one of the colors of paint.  Set aside to dry.
*Once dry, add a second coat of paint if necessary.  Finish off with a coat of glitter paint.
*Carefully peel off the painter's tape.  Maybe this happened just because my tape was old and had been living above the heat register, but for some reason the tape did not peel off easily and left behind a sticky residue.  If this happens, carefully wash off as much of the sticky residue as you can with soap and water and then cover the photos using self-adhesive laminate.

Photo "Clothesline"

     Looking for a way to display photos, cards, or other items, or to keep track of memos and to do lists?  Try making this photo "clothesline."

Materials:

*Ribbon

*Thumbtacks

*Mini clothespins

Directions:

*Hang the ribbon up on the wall using thumbtacks.  If you're working with a narrow wall, instead of hanging the ribbon straight across, try letting part of it hang down.

*Use the clothespins to hang up photos and other items.

Curious about the color dipped photos hanging from my "clothesline"?  Next week I'll explain how to make them.