Kid Crafting: Celebrate the Olympics!

Last week we made a fun Olympic project. I'm sure you've seen it a billion time on Pinterest already, but since I'm up to my eyeballs in fun Gossamer Blue kits, and I've got nothing else to share right now, I thought this would save the blog from getting stale! ;)  Before I post the pics, I need to give a little disclaimer: These "kid craft" posts are just for fun.  They will never feature perfect photos or instructions. It is not my intent to be a famous crafty blogger...and I know it shows, ha! Most of the pictures are usually taken with my iPhone. My house will most likely be a mess in the background. My kids will probably be wearing pajamas or mismatched clothes. Let's be honest...I consider it a win when my 2.5 year old wears pants!!  I'm a pretty "realistic" mom when I share things on the blog- nothing perfect going on here!!  

Okay, disclaimer over.  So, the Olympic rings...how did I decide to do this project? The truth?  There was a stack of paper plates sitting on my counter that was leftover from a night that we had guests.  I was about to put them away when I remembered this craft.  I cut out the rings and let the kids go with the paint.  I just used the Crayola Washable Kids Paint, which is great because it is...wait for it...washable. ;)  No really, it does wash off about everything. The only downfall? There is no black!!  We just made the most of our project and had a little art lesson called "how do we make black?!" ;) 

(Today she is actually wearing the Little Red Riding Hood costume she wore for Halloween when she was two. That's how we roll...)

I have seen some Olympic ring projects where they just kind of placed them next to each other and stuck them together. Well, that was NOT good enough for us. ;) We had to connect ours together exactly the same way the real rings are connected!  I then used some bakers twine to hang it up from our window.  It's not perfect, and in spite of my attempts to cover up the cut in each plate (which I had to do to get them intertwined), ithey are still showing on a few. Oh well. It looks great and makes our hose feel very festive now that the Valentine's decorations have come down!

I hope everyone is enjoying the warmer weather, though I think my Chicagoland friends are being hit with a crazy winter storm.  They are not amused at how amused I am that the year we move to WI, Chicago got way more snow than we did! ;)  Have a great day!