rainbows & rainy days

i love rainbows.

god totally knew what he was doing when He made them.

i love the perfection of the color combination.

rainbows just make me happy.

i've let rainbows have a place in my home.

on charlotte's bookshelf....

jackson & bella's bookshelf...

and in my closet.

today was one of our long days.

several days a week, jeff leaves early and gets home late at night.

those days have a tendency to drag on if i don't have my stuff together.

i've been spending sunday nights on my pinterest page, figuring out fun things to do

to help schedule our time with fun things.

i had found an art project awhile back that i thought would be fun for the big kids' bathroom.

today was a rainy day...

perfect for a project!

 

i took a canvas (super cheap on sale at joannes)

and a big box of crayons.

i removed the blacks & browns.

then bella & i sorted them into colors.

 she helped me hot glue the crayons onto the canvas in rainbow order.

we made sure to put the matching wrappers together, and all the crayola labels facing out

this afternoon the rain let up, so we all headed outside.

we plugged in the blow dryer and started to heat the crayons.

 it was cold outside, so it took awhile for the crayons to heat up.

at first, we tried to do them all at once. that didn't work, so we worked on just one color at a time.

jackson lost interest after the purple.

 bella just loved it when the crayons started to melt.

the wind was blowing, so sometimes the crayon melt went sideways instead of straight down.

 i love the texture of the melted crayon on the canvas.  so pretty!

bella was very impressed with our final product.

charlotte liked it too!

my little artist!

i had so much fun with my big girl today.

we love doing crafts together.

she even signed her artwork.

can't wait to put this up in her bathroom!