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“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Inspired Bracelet

“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” is an awesome Dr. Seuss book for anyone at a crossroads in life – a graduation, new job, a move, or even the loss of a job. As much as I love reading the book, I thought it would be nice to have a piece of jewelry with one of my favorite quotes from the book. Which was the hardest part. Picking a quote. “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” is filled with page after page of inspiring quotes.

I made this Seuss Inspired bracelet as part of Craft Lightning week this week. All week long, my co-host Angie from The Country Chic Cottage and our guest co-host Sarah from Mom Endeavors are sharing fast, 15 minute Seuss-inspired crafts. We’ve also invited some of our blogging friends to come up with some fast Seuss-inspired crafts of their own. Check out their crafts at the bottom of this post.

 

Oh the Places You'll go Inspired Painted Bracelet

To make the bracelet, you’ll need:
Wooden Bracelet
DecoArt Multi Surface Paints (flamingo, apple green, and white birch)
Paint Brush
Permanent Ink fine-tipped pen

supplies for bracelet

Start by painting the bracelet white, and putting it aside to dry.

allow paint to dry

Write the quote around the bracelet.

write quote

Paint in the green grass areas.

paint grass areas

Paint in pink tree tops. Allow to dry.

paint trees

Draw in some wiggly lines around the grass, and the tree trunks.

draw in grass and tree trunks

Bracelet complete!

Wooden Bracelet with Dr Seuss Quote

Check out these other fun Seuss inspired crafts:

Pet Scribbles made this fun Seuss Printable quote.

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Happy Go Lucky whipped up these cute Seuss notebooks.

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Scrappy Chick 101 created some imaginative Seuss-inspired wooden spoon creatures.

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Looking for a fun snack to go along with your Seuss reading? This Lorax veggie tray from Desert Chica Ramblings is adorable!

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I’m in love with this Seuss centerpiece from Frog Prince Paperie.

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Laura’s Crafty Life shows you how to get interactive with your Seuss stories, making a Horton Hatches the Egg Felt Storyboard.

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My Craftily Ever After also has a cute Seuss Printable:

 

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Sara from Mom Endeavors made a fun set of One Fish, Two Fish bath toys.

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And Angie from the Country Chic Cottage, my long-time co-host for Craft Lightning, put a Seuss quote on a wooden plaque.

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Be sure to stop back by tomorrow for one last day of fun and Fast Seuss crafting!

Craft Lightning Day 2 Roundup

I’m loving this week of Craft Lightning! Normally, when Angie from the Country Chic Cottage and I do these week-long series, we choose a theme. This week, we didn’t select any kind of theme – we are doing all kinds of fast crafts – leaving it wide open for ourselves and the bloggers that are joining us in crafting along. Though I love seeing all the different variations on a theme, I really love seeing all the variety this week as well!

Randi from Sowdering About Seattle made the most adorable flower block wall decor.

flower block wall

 

Katie from Addicted to DIY whipped up an adorable DIY lampshade.

simple lamp makeover

If you’re looking for a simple graduation gift, Danielle from Busy Mom’s Helper has you covered with this adorable way to wrap candy as a gift.

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Summer is picnic season – make sure you’re ready with these utensil holders by Randi at FrugElegance.

 

mason jar utensil holders

Speaking of Summer, it is time to get some Patriotic crafts done, and Laura from Pet Scribbles has a great way to get started… this adorable patriotic tag banner.

Patriotic Banner DIY

If you’re looking for an easy and inexpensive wedding favor, Niki from Homemadeville has the cutest idea. These Stenciled Tongs Wedding Favors are adorable!

 

tongs wedding favor

 

Pauline over at Club Chica Circle decorated votives with zip ties! Such an original idea, and I bet they look awesome when they are all lit up!

zip tie votives

Speaking of candles, these stackable tea lights are super fun – head over Refresh Restyle to see what Debbi filled them with to help her home smell amazing!

 

stackable tea light holders

Angie, my crafty partner for this series made some dyed glitter clothespins. These are great for all kinds of uses – from clipping together papers, to securing the top of chip bags in the kitchen.

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And I whipped up a fun DIY charm bracelet! I’m sharing jewelry tutorials all week long, each project building on what we did the previous day… but all simple enough to tackle as your first jewelry project!

15 Minute Charm Bracelet Tutorial

If you have a fast craft you’d like to share, be sure to add it to the craft lightning linky! And come back tomorrow for more fast crafting goodness!

 

Super Quick Flower Boutonniere

Super Quick Flower boutonniere

My son’s preschool graduation was yesterday. As I was in the shower getting ready to go, I thought “Oh man, I bet the other moms are going to bring flowers for after the graduation performance.”

I’m not sure how, but it seems I often miss the “mom memo” on these kinds of things. But THIS time. THIS time, I remembered – with a whole 5 minutes to spare. So I ran into my craft room to whip up a boutonniere for my son. I was sure he was going to LOVE it.

 

suppliesI just needed a few things:
Fake flowers
Washi tape
Scissors
Safety Pin

 

 

 

 

I cut off and pulled off segments of the flowers that were about the same length.

cut off pieces

Then I wrapped Washi tape around the stems, and cut off any extra bits of the stems that didn’t look pretty.

clip off extra bits

That was it! All that was left was to pin it on my son. Who was going to be THRILLED.

Um, except the other boy in the class who was graduating – his mom brought him BALLOONS.

And you can guess what my son wanted.

I’ll give you a hint. It was not flowers.

He was nice enough about the flowers, and he thanked me very politely. But, he made his feelings known.

 

thanks for the flowers mom

Oh well. Maybe next time I’ll get the mom memo.

If you want to check out a time when I WAS a rockstar mom, you can go see today’s post on my other blog, where I made an ever-changing maze for my son.

Craft Lightning Roundup

Craft Lightning week flew by – as it always does! If you missed any of it, I made Falling Star and Tumbling Heart Earrings, a Felt Cowboy Vest, a Fabric Flower topped Gift Box, Fabric Banners, and a Fancy Felt Clutch. Angie from the Country Chic Cottage and I did round-up posts each day sharing Craft Lightning posts from around the internet from bloggy friends of ours. You can catch the roundups for Day One, Day Two, Day Three, Day Four, and Day Five.

We invited all of you to join in by adding your 15 minute craft tutorials to the linky. Here are some of my favorites, but be sure to check out all the linked up crafts!

I love this sweet felt heart garland! Such a simple idea, and with the variation of colors it really pops!

Heart Felt Garland - Lovely Little Snippets

I do a lot of baking, but my bundt pan doesn’t see that much action. I love the idea of turning a bundt pan into a wreath!

Bundt Cake Wreath - Bowdabra Blog

I must have a thing for garlands lately, because I just love these birds on a wire! It is like a garland, but with a fun variety of bird shapes!

Birds on a wire - jo jo and eloise

These tassel earrings are so simple to make, lightweight, and great in any color! With graduations coming up, how fun would it be to make these for your grad in their school colors?tassel earrings - Crafts and Creations with Kathy

 

A giant THANK YOU to everyone who linked up, and to all the bloggers who participated in Craft Lightning this week. If you’re a fan of fast crafts, be sure to check back regularly, add me to your reader, or sign up for my weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss any 30 minute crafts!