The ANTS go marching...

Last week at an Enrichment Night we had a "Picnic Dinner" & the tables were decorated SO CUTE...with red gingham tablecloths & these ADORABLE ants "crawling" around.

There were even some crawling up a picnic basket, that served as a centerpiece. I took a closer look at these ANTS & KNEW I had to make some!I wish I took a picture of them! I'm wasn't really sure WHAT I was going to do with them, but I knew I need them!:)

I could picture an adorable SUMMER WATERMELON hanging on my front door, with these cute ANTS crawling up the watermelon! I decided to take the supplies up to the cabin last week & my sister & I made a few. I left one on the shelf at the cabin, just because he was CUTE:)

Now...

for a little "How To" for YOU!!!

(cuz...if you are like me, you will make them for no reason at all, other than because they are CUTE!)

Gather Supplies:

Hot Glue Gun

Jingle Bells

Wire

Spray Paint

Take 3 bells & cut 3 pieces of wire for legs...

Now stick the wire straight through bell, with "X side" up...

Bend wires down...

and then bend the ends to give him some "feet" on his legs & add a dot of hot glue to hold them in place...

 Repeat with other 2 wires & glue 2 bells together.

Notice one bell has 2 wires through it & 1 bell just has one...for a total of 6 legs...

Glue the 3rd bell to the "body" with "X-side" down...

Bend some "antennae" and glue to "head" with little dots of hot glue, to make "eyes"...

Take your little ANT-y outdoors & give him a coat of black paint...

and your little guy will be smiling up at you in no time...

(with a smudged antennae, because you picked him up when he was still wet. :-)

And before you know it, you will have made a whole army of ants...

I don't know why I think they are so ADORABLE...but I do!

Also not sure why mine are all boys, but they are ;)

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Wooden Watermelons

I went over to my sister-in-law, Julie's house last week

& walked up to her front door & saw this...

The cutest SUMMER WATERMELON I have ever seen-complete with black glittered seeds on a beadboard melon!

Of course, I said, "DID YOU MAKE THAT!?!"

And of course her reply was, "Yes"

-she is super-uper talented!

Then I step inside & up on her fireplace mantle is I see this...

& I probably drooled a little bit ;)

She bought the kits when she was on vacation in Utah last month at The Wood Connection. 

I browsed their website & unfortunately they don't sell either of these cute sets on their website, but they do sell a limited selection of unfinished products. Oh man, I need to take a trip to Utah, just to stop by this store!

POST EDIT: THANK YOU AMBER for correcting me! You CAN buy these online!

Go HERE to check out the Watermelon Hanger

& HERE for the SUMMER blocks

Yay!!! I'm so glad that I CAN order them!

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