Keepsake boxes

So sorry to be MIA! Spent the week with the kids rotating a stomach virus between them, and my husband. Ick! Luckily I made it through healthy, it's never good when mom is sick!

What we used:

box
construction paper
scissors
glitter
glue
puffy craft balls (no idea what they are really called)
Optional: Anything small that could glue to the box. We were going to use beads, but I was afraid the glue wouldn't keep them stuck forever, and with a one year old that would pick them off and eat them....yeah, didn't use them.
Paint: we didnt use paint, but you totally could.

What we did:
We started with cutting out a bunch of shapes out of the construction paper. We (and I mean everyone, this was a great craft for everyone) glued the paper and the balls to the box (and you can glue whatever else you want to use) After they were done gluing I wrote their name with glue on the side (good for name recognition and learning to read) and they covered it with glitter.

This (semi) finished product
(the boys want to add more on, and we will, just not today)

Floating "flowers"

What we used:

Construction paper
Scissors
bowl of water

What we did:
Cut out flowers with four petals. Ours were about 6 inches across. Fold the petals up so it looks like a flower bud. Place in a bowl of water and watch as the flower "blooms".

Ok the boys thought this was really cool. They were amazed at how they bloomed. Nate was easily able to cut out the flowers after I traced them.