Homemade Trophy

For my brother's 40th birthday I decided to make him a homemade trophy similar to the last one I made.

I spent a few months gathering things that made me think of him like:

• a Legoman with a mohawk
• a 1984 Monte Carlo Hot Wheels car
• a basketball
• a set of dice
• a fishing pole and a big bass
• an old school boom box
• miniature tools (from the dollhouse section at Hobby Lobby)
• nuts & bolts
• a fountain (his livelihood)
• chess pieces
• an army guy
• a miniature Atari controller
• an electric guitar

These are all of the goofy things I remember about growing up with him.  He wanted to be a punk rocker.  He shaved his hair into a mohawk.  He drove a beater of a Monte Carlo to the ground.  He likes to play chess and other board games.  He plays basketball. And he loves to fish. 
I did a similar concept to the last one with a wooden base, an upside down plastic margarita glass and a bowl glued to the top of that. 

I hot glued everything onto that. Then I spray painted it gold. 

I sure hope he's proudly displaying it somewhere visible in his house!

Indoor Car Wash

We have plenty of cold, winter days here so we stay in and make our own fun.  Sometimes we don't even get dressed!

For a month or so I let the kids bring in their tricycle and scooter and they ride around the house.  One day I thought it would be fun to add some interaction to their riding.  So, spur of the moment, I cut up a dollar store tablecloth into strips, stapled it to the top of a door frame (no one will ever see those holes) and we had ourselves a car wash!

They even set up a cash register on a little table with a tube from a rocket launcher and would stop and get gas there.

I got a little preview of my future as they kept asking me for gas money to put in the cash register.

Imagination is a great thing!  They played car wash for two days and invited their friends over to play as well.  And it only cost me $1.00.