A new Goodwill store opened in our town, and being ones to not miss out on some second hand finds (you never know there could be treasures) we went to check it out. Overall it was a bust. We decided that you would just have to be there when the right person decided to clean out their attic.
What Mom did find was a few children's books all .25. One of which was a Hello Kitty art book with projects using pipe cleaners (chenille sticks). Mom declared it full of afternoon fun, and we left Goodwill for the Dollar Tree for a bag of pipe cleaners.
How can you go wrong with $1.25 invested in an afternoon art project?
Mom and Carly got all the supplies gathered and spread all over the counter. Besides pipe cleaners we discovered we could use some pompoms, beads, and glue.
They made butterflies that turned into pencil toppers. They made a dragonfly and a snail. They made jewelry. And, they made lots of flowers.
Here is my "vase" of flowers now at home on the refrigerator.
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Oh, pipe cleaners are the most amazing things...my kids will play with them for HOURS! Those flowers are so cute on your fridge!! :)
Cute flowers! I heard about the book from Mom.
How can you go wrong with such a small investment and such great talent? I love GOODWILL and so does my daughter Susie. She is very much into vintage and likes to refer to herself as so "retro!"
How fun! Sounds like a lovely and crafty afternoon :) Love the flowers!
Those flowers are darling, I'll have to show Whitney because she's got a huge stash of pipe cleaners to work with.
1.25 and an afternoon of fun - hard to beat!
So cute -- I love it. Our Goodwill hasn't been very exciting either. I did get an Ann Taylor jacket for $5.99 recently - otherwise nothing!
Cute idea and what a fun art project!
I love second-hand finds!
We love the second hand stores. We find dress up clothes, and even every day clothes there from time to time, but books have got to be at the top of the list.....
The quiet bags that our church gives out every sunday to occupy the kids always have pipecleaners and they keep my kids entertained the whole hour.
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