Weeks before Stephanie’s birthday, Tatum and I had a special craft day to make a Mother’s day gift (which I featured in another blog) and a Birthday gift. Now, this little project was going to be so much fun because it involved making CEMENT! Yup, honest to goodness cement! Tatum was going to make a personalized cement stepping stone for Mommy (with a little guidance from me!). First things first, we are going mix the cement in a tub with gloves on. The white cement is in the tub ready to be mixed, water bottles at hand, we are go to start!
Hey Doug! I’m getting the glove on. I’m ready to mix the cement! Ok, sounds good I say enthusiastically! I mean, craft projects don’t get better than this – Right?
Then, a voice of reason pops into my head – Sweetie, you better let Doug mix this, it can get kinda messy ya know.
So, I mix the cement and pour it into the heart shaped mold while Tatum sorts all of the jewels.
Check out these cool colors!
Mission accomplished – all sorted! The round shiny ones are the favorites. Let’s put those in first!
Now the really fun part – squishing your hands into the wet cement – Awesome!
That was sooooo fun! Your 3-year old hand forever frozen in time in this soon to be stepping stone. How cool is that!
Finally it’s time: Surprise Mommy – Happy Birthday!
But first the card. Check out the heart and other neat artwork!
Yup – They still fit!
Then straight out the front door, Tatum was determined to get this PERFECTLY placed where all could see.
Looks perfect right there!
Tatum and I had lots of fun making this great birthday memory for Steph (and a great memory for us too!). The stepping stone says HAPPY B-DAY 2016 but what it really says is:
LOVE