A Punk Rock Easter
Posted: 04/02/2015 Filed under: Feeling Crafty, Holidays | Tags: A Punk Rock Easter, Adam Ant Easter Egg, Alternative Easter Basket, Blondie Easter Egg, David Bowie Easter Egg, Jill Topol Fashion Stylist, My Muse Max, Punk Easter, Ramones Easter Egg, Sex Pistols Easter Egg, The Clash Easter Egg, The Damned Easter Egg Leave a comment
Please enjoy this throwback to my favorite DIY Easter project. Inspired by the music from my youth.
Gabba Gabba Hey! It’s time for an old fashioned Punk Rock Easter. Slip on your combat boots. Throw on that kilt, and dye your hair pink like the Easter Bunny. Hard-boiled and hardcore, these punk inspired eggs are sure to make your kids Sid and Nancy scream for joy. – Jill Topol
SUPPLIES
- Hard Boiled Eggs
- Easter Egg Dye (I used PAAS Brand)
- A Colored Newspaper (try looking at financial & foreign papers)
- Safety Pins
- Color Copies of your Fave Music Icons
- Mod Podge (Matte Version)
- Sponge Brush
- Easter Basket
Dye your hard-boiled eggs pink, purple and yellow. While your eggs are drying, cut out your music icon images. You must cut slits all around your images in order for them to lay flat on your eggs. Remember you’re pasting a flat image on a curved surface! Cover the back of your images with Mod Podge using your sponge brush and adhere to your eggs. Next cover the eggs in a thin coat of Mod Podge and let dry.
To make your punk rock grass, simply take your colored newspaper and run it through a paper shredder. Decorate your basket with safety pins and you’re ready to rock!
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DIY Left & Right Hand Gloves
Posted: 01/08/2015 Filed under: Feeling Crafty, Style | Tags: #bestkidsblog, #diygloves, #diykidscrafts, #diymittens, #fashionablekids, #jilltopol, #kidscrafts, #kidsfashion, #mymusemax, #supergoodybag, Best Kids Fashion Blog, DIY Kids Crafts, DIY Kids Gloves, DIY Kids Mittens, DIY Left & Right Gloves, DIY Left & right mittens, Jill Topol, Left & Right Gloves, Left & Right Mittens, My Muse Max, Super Goody Bag, Top Kids Fashion Blog, Winter Crafts Leave a comment
My kid still has days where he can’t remember his left from his right. To help him out in the past, I’ve labeled the inside of his sneakers and even resorted to drawing a big L and R on his hands with magic markers. A perfect solution until bath time.
It’s time to take advantage of this frigid winter and finally put to rest the age old question “Mommy, which hand does this go on?”.
Let’s make some left & right gloves! Not only is this a super easy craft, but the end results are “right on”. – Jill Topol
Supplies:
1. A pair of acrylic gloves or mittens
2. Iron-on letters (.75 – 1 inch size) I used glitter, but flocked letters would work well too.
3. An iron
Cut out your letters spelling out “left & right”. Lay out your letters on the gloves. Apply heat with an iron until set. Make sure to check the instructions for iron-on application. This can vary depending on brand and material.
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15 Best DIY Kids Halloween Costumes Your Mom Never Made For You
Posted: 10/18/2013 Filed under: Feeling Crafty, Holidays | Tags: Baby Bjork Costume, Best DIY Kids Halloween Costumes, Best Handmade Kids Halloween Costumes, Boys Gomez Addams Costume, Boys Karl Lagerfeld Costume, Coolest Kids Halloween Costumes, Girls Alice in Wonderland Costume, Girls Anna Wintour Costume, Jill Topol, Kids Bjork Costume, Kids KISS costume, Kids Mister Rogers Costume, My Muse Max, Strangest Kids Halloween Costumes, Super Goody Bag, Top DIY Kids Halloween Costumes, Top Handmade Kids Halloween Costumes Leave a comment1. Paul Stanley from KISS
Yes, this is my own boy Max! I made him this KISS costume (complete with Killer Teddy Bear boots) for Halloween back when he was 2 years old. A true labor of love and worth every minute!
2. Bjork in her Swan Dress
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. A Chanel Bag
5. Colonel Sanders and a Bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken
6. Charlie Brown
7. Anna Wintour
8. A Starbucks Coffee
9. A Slurpee
10. Cotton Candy
11. A Wind-Up Doll
12. Karl Lagerfeld
13. E.T. Extra-Terrestrial
14. Mister Rogers
15. Gomez Addams & Thing
And we close the 15 Best DIY Halloween Costumes Your Mom Never Made For You with another one of my son Max. Here he is at the ripe old age of 1 as Gomez Addams with his best friend Thing. Is it wrong I got pleasure from drawing a moustache on my baby? – Jill Topol
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A Punk Rock Easter
Posted: 03/28/2013 Filed under: Feeling Crafty, Holidays | Tags: A Punk Rock Easter, Adam Ant Easter Egg, Alternative Easter Basket, Blondie Easter Egg, David Bowie Easter Egg, Jill Topol Fashion Stylist, My Muse Max, Punk Easter, Ramones Easter Egg, Sex Pistols Easter Egg, The Clash Easter Egg, The Damned Easter Egg 1 Comment
Gabba Gabba Hey! It’s time for an old fashioned Punk Rock Easter. Slip on your combat boots. Throw on that kilt, and dye your hair pink like the Easter Bunny. Hard-boiled and hardcore, these punk inspired eggs are sure to make your kids Sid and Nancy scream for joy. – Jill Topol
SUPPLIES
- Hard Boiled Eggs
- Easter Egg Dye (I used PAAS Brand)
- A Colored Newspaper (try looking at financial & foreign papers)
- Safety Pins
- Color Copies of your Fave Music Icons
- Mod Podge (Matte Version)
- Sponge Brush
- Easter Basket
Dye your hard-boiled eggs pink, purple and yellow. While your eggs are drying, cut out your music icon images. You must cut slits all around your images in order for them to lay flat on your eggs. Remember you’re pasting a flat image on a curved surface! Cover the back of your images with Mod Podge using your sponge brush and adhere to your eggs. Next cover the eggs in a thin coat of Mod Podge and let dry.
To make your punk rock grass, simply take your colored newspaper and run it through a paper shredder. Decorate your basket with safety pins and you’re ready to rock!
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Coloring Book Couture
Posted: 03/13/2013 Filed under: Feeling Crafty, Style | Tags: Color By Numbers T-Shirt, Color By Numbers Tee, Color My Tee, Jill Topol, Jill Topol Fashion Stylist, Mini Rodini, Mini Rodini Godzilla Tee, My Muse Max, Stella McCartney Kids, Stella McCartney Kids Goldie T-Shirt, Super Goody Bag Leave a comment
The thought of a magic marker stain on my kid’s clothes would normally make me cringe and run for the soap and water. But lucky for our DIY enthusiastic children, designers are embracing the art of customization. Color Your Own Tees are a big trend for this coming spring. The idea is simple. Think of a coloring book, but instead of paper it’s fabric. Your children are encouraged to scribble away till their heart’s content, creating a one of a kind fashion masterpiece. And as proud as they are to show you their latest artwork from school, chances are they’ll be even more proud to prance around showing it off on their chest. – Jill Topol
- Mini Rodini Godzilla Pen Tee with textile marker kit (size 80-146) $40.00 www.minirodini.com
- Crayola Fabric Markers (pack of 10) $4.79 www.joann.com
- Stella McCartney Kids Goldie T-Shirt with fabric marker kit & pencil case (size 3-12yr) $75.00 www.stellamccartney.com
- Lacoste Color by Numbers Boy’s Graphic T-Shirt Gift Set with case and fabric markers $65.00 www.sonatafashion.com
- DC Comics Superman Color My Tee T-Shirt with fabric markers (size 5-8yr) $5.99 www.myteespot.com
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Be My Valentine
Posted: 02/12/2013 Filed under: Feeling Crafty, Holidays | Tags: Children's Valentine's Day Card, Cool Mom Picks Valentine's Day, DIY Valentine's Day Card, Hello Giggles Valentine's Day, Homemade Valentine's Day card, Jill Topol, Jill Topol Fashion Stylist, Kids Valentine's Day card, My Muse Max, Super Goody Bag Leave a comment
Hello lovebirds! The holiday of amour is fast approaching. One of my favorite Valentine’s Day memories growing up was receiving little cards from all my classmates. With meaningful sayings like “I choo choo choose you. (train theme)”, “Bee Mine (bug theme)” and the always sentimental “Best Friends 4Eva”. I didn’t have a ton of friends in elementary school, but on Valentine’s Day I felt like the most popular kid in class. I would bring home my love notes and tape them to my bedroom wall so I could stare and admire them. Someone had thought of me.
To continue this feel-good tradition, I decided Max and I would spend some quality mommy and son time and make his cards. I found the idea for this awesome Valentine card on 24-7-365. Don’t be intimidated. This is actually really easy to make. Cross my heart. – Jill Topol
- Take a photo of your kiddo holding their hand out in the foreground making a fist. Have them wear something Valentine’s Day themed. Red, Pink, Hearts etc…
- With a little Photoshop magic add text.
- Print out your cards. I did 4 cards per standard letter size piece of paper.
- Use an X-Acto blade to make a little slice on the top and bottom of the fist.
- Insert a lollipop into the slits. You can also tape the back of the lollipop to avoid slippage.
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Sundries & Plunder Halloween Masks
Posted: 10/15/2012 Filed under: Feeling Crafty, Holidays | Tags: Bear Mask, Children's Halloween Masks, Deer Mask, Jill Topol, Kids Animal Mask, Kids Halloween Masks, My Muse Max, Owl Mask, Sundries and Plunder, Super Goody Bag, Swan Mask 1 Comment
You know Halloween is fast approaching when the leaves start changing color and every coffee house and ice cream shop in America feature pumpkin flavored delights. If you haven’t already bought or started to make your kiddo’s costume, it’s time to get a move on. Before you can blink a bat’s eye, All Hallows’ Eve will be upon us.
If your child prefers animals and nature to superheroes and princesses, than Sundries and Plunder has the ultimate Halloween mask for you. This Oregon based sister duo create handmade animal inspired masks that put all other Halloween masks to shame. Each mask is sculpted from a single piece of leather and then meticulously hand painted in acrylic. The end result is a one of a kind mask that looks like it should be featured in the pages of Vogue for a Halloween spread. And the beauty of such a gorgeous mask is that it doesn’t take much to complete your child’s costume. For the more delicate birds and animals a simple matching leotard and tutu will complete your look. And for the more rugged animals, a color coordinated hoody with sweats or leggings are all you need. – Jill Topol
Sundries and Plunder handmade masks range from $58-$68.00 Visit their Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/SundriesAndPlunder
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Handmade Book Covers
Posted: 09/05/2012 Filed under: Back to School Extravaganza, Feeling Crafty | Tags: Book Covers, Handmade Book Cover, How to Make a Book Cover, Jill Topol, Super Goody Bag 2 Comments
It’s that time of year again. School has officially started! And no doubt your kids will be telling you they need their new school books covered ASAP. Obviously, the main purpose of this is to protect their books from the usual wear and tear that the school year ahead will bring, but it’s also a cool way for your child to personalize some of their school supplies. Here are two simple ways to turn a classic textbook into a piece of art. – Jill Topol
PAINT SWATCH BOOK COVER
SUPPLIES:
A roll of brown recycled kraft wrapping paper. Cutting up a paper grocery bag would also work.
A handful of paint swatches in assorted colors. You can grab these for free from any local paint store.
Elmer’s Glue
Cover the textbook in kraft paper and then proceed to glue the paint swatches on the front and back cover. I used Elmer’s Glue to adhere the swatches. That is it! Easy as pie. Lay out your colors beforehand to come up with an interesting color palette. I chose to use a gradient color pattern and it turned out pretty gorge.
BUBBLE WRAP BOOK COVER
SUPPLIES:
The same roll of brown recycled kraft paper or paper grocery bag from the previous book cover project.
3 different colors of acrylic paint. It must be acrylic because it won’t run if it gets wet.
A piece of bubble wrap long enough to wrap around the entire book. Either the small or larger size bubble wrap will work. I used the smaller size bubbles.
A foam paint brush
Paint vertical stripes onto the piece of bubble wrap. Alternate between paint colors and slightly blend each stripe into the next color. Complimentary colors tend to work best when blended into each other.
Once you’ve finished painting the bubble wrap, gently flip it over onto the piece of kraft paper. Press firmly and evenly over all the bubble wrap. This is to ensure all the paint will transfer to the paper. Slowly peel away the painted bubble wrap. What will be left is an abstract polka dot pattern printed directly on the paper. Once the paint is dry, it’s time to cover your child’s book in their new masterpiece.
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Max’s Star Wars Birthday
Posted: 08/22/2012 Filed under: Feeling Crafty, Holidays | Tags: Jill Topol, Max's Star Wars Birthday, Star Wars Cutouts, Star Wars kids party, Star Wars Kids Portraits, Super Goody Bag 1 Comment
I wanted to make his special day the raddest party ever, and came up with the brainiac idea of giant Star Wars posters with the faces cut out. It was the perfect and easy way to take photos of all the kids (and some furry guests) portraying their favorite characters. As you can see, the results were hilariously awesome.
I made the Star Wars cut outs by simply blowing up photos of all of Max’s favorite Star Wars characters poster size (approx 24” x 32” inches). Next, I mounted them onto foam core. The third and final step is to cut out the face (oval shape works best) with an X-Acto blade. And voila! Time to stick your head into the Dark Side. – Jill Topol
Max (my very self-confident boy), dressed up as his all-time favorite Star Wars character, Padmé Amidala….and Jedi cake was enjoyed by all!
Max’s furry cousins and partygoers, Schmutzy & Wedgie are also huge Star Wars fans!
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Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Posted: 06/12/2012 Filed under: Arts & Entertainment, Feeling Crafty, Style | Tags: Co Pirates, Jill Topol, Paper Dolls, Poupée Papier, Super Goody Bag 2 Comments
As delicate as porcelain, Co Pirate’s handcrafted paper dolls are truly a work of art. This French DIY trio lovingly creates each one of their unusual “Poupée Papier” by hand. Just like a snowflake, no two are exactly alike. While they may not have the classic beauty of Barbie, their bizarre and awkward charm makes them way cooler. Jill Topol
http://viaa.fr/copirates/ 55.00 euros (approximately $69.00)
Super Goody Bag 