Monday, May 21, 2012

Birthdays, A Purple Hat and Duct Tape

We celebrated the last of my family's May birthdays with cake and ice cream for my daughter, Joanna, and her daughter, Hope, who have birthdays a day apart this week. Hope, who is now 10, apparently really likes the sparkly purple hat she got for her birthday. She wore it through all of last night's activities.......




and still had it on this morning for her (very small) birthday breakfast. 

Another gift Hope got was Duct Tape. Lots of Duct Tape. Lots of fancy Duct Tape.

This was news to me, but apparently Duct Tape is all the rage for making crafts these days. Here are a few examples I found.  Who knew?

Key chains

Wallets

Furniture

Jewelry
Images from Google Images

I will be interested to see what Hope creates with all that Duct Tape. I just hope she sticks to jewelry and purses and stays away from the couch.

18 comments:

  1. Your granddaughter and daughter are beautiful. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEM! Looks like another goo time.
    sandie

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  2. that is too funny duct tape for birthday present...I haven't seen all these colors...my daughter bought hot pink when we went to New York to put on our luggage so we could spot it easier...

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  3. Ha! I just bought some duct tape to patch a tote bag, but really to have some fun with. Didn't know about all those craft ideas...must try some!

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  4. Loved Hope in her purple hat; so adorable! Happy belated birthday to her!! I knew about duct tape wallets, but never knew how many different colors it came in! How colorful!! I'm sure she will have lots of fun being creative!!!

    betty

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  5. I love your granddaughter's purple hat. Very disco!

    Duct tape is indeed awesome, but I didn't realize kids thought so, too! I'll have to look into some of those crafts...AND the wide variety of tape available. Who knew!?

    Thank you for linking up to GRAND Social!

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  6. Happy birthday to both your lovely daughter Joanna and the beautiful Miss Hope. Oh the big 1-0 as our Joel called it! Heeehehehe!

    I love the purple hat...wonder if she slept in it? :o)

    What fun with the duct tape. I've used it for projects in Kid's Church. So versatile!!!

    God bless and have an awesome day sweetie!!!

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  7. Hope looks so cute in her funky, purple hat! Very pretty gals - your dd and your grand...My grands LOVE the duct tape too. Guess it's a crafting fad for tweens. Lots of cute things they can do with it.

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  8. Love that, so very creative, and fun! Can't wait to see whats next.

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  9. My granddaughter would also love that hat! It is very stylish. Your Hope looks adorable in it.

    I wonder what she will do with the duct tape. I had no idea it was the rage. It will be interesting to see what she does.

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  10. Happy birthday to them both! Didn't know about the different colors, designs, and uses for duct tape. Learned something new today!

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  11. Happy Birthday to Hope-I love her name! There is also a site where girls have created prom dresses made of duct tape : )

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  12. Love the duct tape idea for a birthday present! You have inspired me to post soon on what we have been doing here with duct tape!

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  13. Who knew about the duct tape? I hope my Grands start wanting that for their b-days! Happy birthday to 2 gorgeous gals!

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  14. What a wonderful birthday party -- and who wouldn't love that hat! It's purple and it sparkles!!

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  15. Happy Birthday to Hope! Her hat is so cute. I remember when my girls used to wear hats like that.

    I found that very interesting about the fancy duct tape. I didn't even know they made it! It is so strong - on Mythbusters they made a boat out of it. I have seen Prom dresses and wedding gowns made out of it too.

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  16. Duct tape comes in colors other than gray!?!?! When did that happen? I guess I gotta get out more ;-)

    Hope is getting more beautiful by the minute! Ten years old.... Ahh, the pre-teen years have officially begun :-)

    xo jj

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  17. hah, my son loves duct tape too...love her purple hat! and Happy b'day to both...

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  18. The breakfast was supposed to be a "10". :)

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