Next week is the end of the school year for my first grader. If this year is like past years he'll come home with a folder full of papers, projects and art that he's accumulated. Then, I have the hard job of sorting through, discarding (ugh!) and organizing the keepers. So I am planning on preserving some of the best work and using it for gifts and such. Here's a cute idea for saving kid's art that started as just a plain unfinshed tray.

 

      

At my house we've been looking for ways to reuse household packaging whenever possible. So I love this cute alien bank because it not only encourages recycling but saving money, too. Use an empty plastic coffee jug or laundry detergent container a little Mod Podge and paint for this project.

      

Here's a new twist for a party theme for girls.