Mr. Army Man Pageant

Some families sit around the table telling stories, some argue about who gets to host Thanksgiving dinner, some just watch TV in silence.... Not my family.  Last year at Easter, I hosted Easter dinner at my house - about 25 of us.  Instead of sitting around after dinner, we had a little competition - an army man pageant.

The army men came from the Dollar Tree - I think they came in packs of five or six for a dollar.  The embellishments came mostly from Lisa's scrap booking box plus some ribbons and felt.

We basically gave everyone an army man, set out the embellishments and let everyone go to town!

I am always amazed at how creative my family is...

We voted on the best, and the winners received tiny golden trophies (also a find at Dollar Tree).      I would LOVE to hear your ideas for the next family gathering!  The cheaper, the better!

B'GAWK!

Some may not think this has anything to do with crafts - I beg to differ.  Jarrod had to create a sort of self portrait using a small rubber chicken for work.  We came across a Santa sitting on a Harley at Home Depot.  It felt somehow wrong, but we ripped Santa's head off and stuffed the rubber chicken inside the suite, painted the red pants black, added Oakleys and Under Armor logos and, VOILA - you have my husband in chicken form! (Did I mention the chicken bounces around to "Born to be Wild" at the push of a button?)