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Calder did some blog worthy crafts this weekend. On Friday we got out the hard-boiled eggs and made Volcano Eggs . I completely recommend these. Calder was enthralled for 10 minutes and in his world that amount of time doing anything other than cars is noteworthy.  I would add rubber gloves to the recipe (fewer stained fingers) and a dash of extra baking soda on the top of each egg before you douse them with vinegar. The more bubbles the better the volcano (that's according to Calder. . . and me)! Check out the beautiful eggs where this idea came from. We spent Saturday afternoon at Hugh's brother and his wife's place. Grandma Hamilton brought a fabulous edible craft for Calder and his cousin Maddy to do. The kids were work horses. They pumped out quite a few birds nests in very little time. They were even asking if they could "please eat another another egg" every single time. Too cute! -  I was just devouring them! Even a bigger hit that chowing down ...

Here it is. The frame cost $20, foam backing, $4, and cork, $20 (and I have quite a bit of it left). I used a hot glue gun to stick everything down. And impressively, I only burned myself once. I added foam behind the cork because the cork was so thin I was afraid the tacks wouldn't stay put. This is the wall behind our dining room table. I feel like it needs a bit more to spruce it up for Christmas. It almost needs to be a bit more gaudy to be a Christmas decoration. I have an idea for some cute thumb tacks. I was also thinking I could get some sort of bow to put across the top. Considering that was my first Christmas Craft in 20 years, I may just leave the upgrades to do next December! *TPS - Tisdale Public School (Grad 1991) And before you go thinking I am older than I am, TPS was a grade 2 - 6 school! I think I may have dated myself. Don't even try to do the math. I will just say it. 29 years old.