Our Extreme Makeover: Playhouse Edition

I saw an "Extreme Makeover Little Tikes" edition and I had to get in on the action!  I found an older, dirty, blue roofed (really, Little Tikes, a blue roof?!) plastic play house on craiglist for a whopping $25!

I grabbed 4 cans of Krylon spray paint for plastic, power washer and a trusty old scrubbing brush.  All in all, it took probably 3 hours to complete over 2 days with little touch ups here and there.  I think it looks amazing and very much like the inspiration post I had viewed!   Oh and the girls like it too!  :)

My little helper was hard at work in her Ariel pjs! Notice the power washer in the background!  That thing was a life saver and must have for this project.

Here are some of the finished project:

I have been trying to find something to do with my Cricut machine that I picked up on craigslist for $40 last year.  Luckily, the previous homeowners left a few pieces of slate in the garden which I thought made a perfect sign for the little house.  I also had to add Welcome to the front door.  

Complete with fall decor

Directions for Easy Peasy Monogram Towel

1. Enlarge the letter of your choice and font in a document program (I used MS Word, Garamond, 600 pt.)
2. Cut out the letter.
3. Heat the iron up and put the paper side up on the wrong side of the fabric and press with the iron for 2 seconds.
4. Trace your cut out letter onto the paper glued onto the wrong side of the fabric.  ** You may have to reverse the letter to make sure when you flip it, it is read correctly!**
5. Press your letter onto the towel with the iron for 8-10 seconds or until it doesn't lift at the corners.  
6. DONE!  Look at that easy peasy monogrammed towel!

Easy Peasy Monogram Towel

Olivia is starting preschool tomorrow (for the second year of 3- don't ask!)  and the one and only item we were told to purchase was a towel.  Whoa- back up!  A towel- for what?  They are only there for 2.5 hours.  My first thought was, "I better not be spending all this money for nap time!"  So I called.  Apparently, they sit on a towel for snack set up and clean up.  I am hoping they don't spend too much time on their towels to be honest.  BUT I couldn't send Olivia off with just any plain 'ol towel.

Last week I happen to pick up a big package of HeatnBond at the thrift store for 75 cents.  I thought I could use it for some project or other.  I mean for 75 cents.... Today (yes, the day before I was to send the infamous towel into school with her) I came across a cute purple and green beach towel.  Originally, $12.00 marked down to $2.87 combined with another coupon it came out to $2.38 at JCPenney.  I grabbed a piece of scrap zebra print fabric- doesn't everyone have an extra piece of zebra print fabric laying around?!   About 5 min. later I had a monogrammed towel!