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Christy’s Craft Challenge: May

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**UPDATE** Thanks to everyone who voted for me! My Robot and I won!

Every month Christy, of ChristyNelson.net has a craft challenge. For $5 you get a packet containing some craft supplies and you have to come up with 1 project which uses some of every one of the supplies. I thought this was going to be a piece of cake, but I really had to stretch on this one. It was my first month to try it out, and I just might do it again!

Sorry I don’t have a picture of the raw materials, if Christy posts on, I’ll nab it.
What I had to work with:

  • 1 small grapevine wreath
  • 4 small circular mirrors
  • styrofoam beads in Pink, Green, and Yellow
  • Brown leather laces
  • Floral wire

Here is what I came up with….

It’s a robot! I am redoing Joshua’s room in Robots(eventually) and so I decided what a better way to get started than by turning these things into a wall hanging for his room.

Some of the supplies are easy to spot, but a few have been transformed, so I am posting a map of sorts so you can see where everything went to. Click on the picture to see it full size

Here are a few notes on what I did:

  • I really wanted mine to stand out from other contestants so the first thing I did was put the grapevine wreath in water to get it pliable again. Bye, bye, wreath!
  • I mod-podged that awesome gear paper onto a wood plaque I found at the Dollar Store. It already had a wall hanger on the back, so that saved me a step.
  • He doesn’t have a name yet, if you have any suggestions, leave me a comment. Otherwise Joshua will want to name it Batman, Ben 10, or Mario.

Thanks all!

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  2. Aw that turned out great.. and Im actually excited to hear someone else is planning on doing their son’s room with a robot theme! I am too.. so if you come across anything cool.. please post about it!! 🙂

    I painted some robots for my boys.. here is my post: http://agapelovedesigns.blogspot.com/search/label/robots

    I had also found a cool robot chalk board (that my husband said I couldnt get.. big ole meanie!) lol But the link is in there if you want to check it out! 🙂

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  3. Holy crap that is awesome!!! I love it! I finally figured out what I’m going to do…not I just have to hurry up and make it tomorrow. Wow again, you’re is sooo good!

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  7. I am so impressed! I never would have come up with “robot” from those supplies. I would have ended up with a pile of supplies 😉
    {I found you via the “I Made It!” blog party}

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  8. Hey just wanted to stop by again and say thanks for the comment and ideas! 🙂 And also for becoming a follower ♥

    Im thinking I may do something like a large felt or maybe fabric, since you brought the idea to my attention, to make a robot as well… something with velcro and different parts that the boys can rearrange how it looks.. Not quite sure how Im going to do it yet.. but its an idea in the works. LOL

    And if youre curious.. I found the bedding at target! here is a link for you if you would like: http://www.target.com/Circo-Robot-Bedding-Collection/dp/B001N5WZX6

    I found the bedding first before I had actually decided on the theme.. I wasnt sure at first cause normally target collections have matching decor to go with their kiddy bedding… but the robots didnt. And I didnt realize how hard it would be to find robot themed items.. but im really glad I went with it, because now what ever will be in their room will be unique and more personal! 🙂 Good Luck with this challenge.. im gonna check out the voting link and vote for you!! 🙂

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