birdhouses

When we decided that an art party was going to be the theme for Serenity's 5th birthday  I knew we had to come up with something awesome for the kids to do. I thought we can paint canvases. but then i thought well they are all 5 and under and that will probably be a lot more of just random colors than an actual picture. Then Skip had the idea of birdhouses.He suggested making them and then the kids could paint them. Needless to say he went above and beyond my expectations for these little kids to just paint all over them. He made one prototype and then once we got all the measurements we went ahead and cut pieces for at least 25 houses.so the picture below is step one. a whole lot of cutting.

once we had them all cut out, and when I say we I guess I'm referring to the mouse he had in his pocket because I honestly didn't really do a whole lot to help with this project. Skip was spending many a nights out in the shop to try and get these things done. but when they were cut out he started assembling basic frames for the houses. when putting them together some of the tips of the triangle pieces were snapping off so it was becoming more of an ok people really need to RSVP so we know how many of these need to be finished so we can fix parts if needed. 

once the basic frames were put together he then measured for the sides,base & top. he drilled the holes in the front pieces then started attaching everything. and of course even including a piece of a dowel into each so a little birdie could take a breather if needed :) 

like I said, he went above and beyond with these things for the kids to just paint how ever they wanted. he made sure they had great base coats and the kids would be taking home awesome functioning birdhouses not just some junking cheap things.I'm so thankful Skip put in the effort to make such great memories for our daughters birthday :)




if you are interested at all in reading about her party then just click here and if you would like to see pictures from it then click here