Bubble Foam Fun

I'm always trying to come up with fun activities to do with the kids especially during the cold winter months. One of my favourite activities is Bubble Foam. It's so easy to do and the kids absolutely love it. I first tried this out when my daughter was 3 and it was a huge hit. The bonus to this is, free time to prep supper, clean up around the house etc. This activity gave me over an hour to cook supper and put laundry away! Mom win!

How to make bubble foam?

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup bubble bath (you can use dish soap but I prefer a mild, tear free bubble bath) 

Food Colouring (optional)

Beat the water and bubble bath with an electic mixer until stiff peaks form (just like beating egg whites for meringue) 

Add in food colouring and Voila! You just made bubble foam.

I like to make a couple batches and use different colours as its another great way to teach the littles their colours. 

Here's a picture of the kids playing with the finished product!

Here's a picture from a few years ago when we made bubble foam for the first time. It's been a hit in our house ever since.

I hope you and your kids have as much fun with this as we do! Please let us know how you like it :)

DIY Kitchen Chair Makeover

I'm a huge fan of all things DIY and all things crafty!

I purchased this table and chair set from my neighbour 3 years ago for $50! (She basically gave it to me and lets face it, I felt guilty only paying her $50 but she insisted!)
It was basically brand new when we got it and has suited our family perfectly until recently when the chairs started coming apart. The vinyl covering started peeling away, exposing the wood and what was left of the foam underneath. I was determined not to buy new chairs because those aren't cheap and I'm thrifty so I decided to fix them.

I hit the vinyl jackpot at Fabricville. I went in to check prices and to my surprise vinyl was half price that day! SCORE!

Then came the foam cushion. Those can be purchased per square for around $6-10 a piece but I knew I could do better than that, so I bought a foam mattress topper half the price at Walmart.

The first step was removing the seat. Our particular chairs were screwed down so we removed the screws and the seat popped right off.

Next we removed all the staples and realized the wood underneath was actually completely warped and cracked....it was just a mess. So we ended up having to replace the wood too but at least now nobody will fall through them!

Then cut the vinyl and foam, place it on the wood and start stapling! Attach the seat back on to the chair and VOILA! Chairs look new again :)