Dollar Decor

As a stay at home mom I don't get out much, hence the "stay at home." Since I don't always get a chance to make it to the craft store, I try to make projects with things I have lying around the house. The day my baby was born I made this...

Total cost= $1.00
I know I'm kinda crazy when it comes to keeping things others would consider trash in order to make them treasure, but this time it actually paid off. My husband's bike was packaged with styrofoam pieces that were perfectly even and all the same size. As he reached for the trash I stopped his hand knowing/hoping I could use them for something. A few weeks/months later I made this art display to put over my baby's crib. I wanted something light weight to prevent injury in case of something falling so these worked perfectly. I simply covered the squares with tissue paper, made some fun pictures to glue on top and glued ribbon to the back to hang. There are many options to what you could put on top of the squares: photos, different scrap book paper, ribbons, etc. So...next time you start to throw that packaging away, picture the possibilities.