Crafty Cousins

Our Olsen cousins surprised us by coming to see us New Year's Eve (when their other vacation plans changed). They got to stay from Wednesday night to Sunday morning. It was such a treat!
Having cousins visit alleviated some of the disappointment our kids felt when we didn't get to go to Utah for Christmas. Whew! These kids get a long so well and just entertain themselves for hours at a time. One of the favorite past-times, while they were here, was crafting with these beads. I think they are officially called, "Perler beads", but we usually call them, "melting beads".

You take a pegboard shape (they make all kinds, but these were the "Fashion Fun" ones), add beads, and then iron with a special ironing paper.

Voila, you have a cute-shaped thingy!

Taylee had received these for Christmas and was so kind to share with everyone. The little bucket contained 5,000 beads and I think they used about all 5,000 with the exception of a few stragglers left on the floor or table. Who knew this would entertain children from the ages of 12 to 2 years for hours at a time?!

Catie showing off her rad, red high heel.

Rylee and her bee-u-tif-ful blue handbag.

Ethel with a matching ensemble.

Bob concentrating on getting it just right.

Taylee with fashionable purple nail polish.

Abree hard at work making a rainbow colored purse. (As you can see we were most concerned about crafting that day...not brushing hair.)

Other things the cousins entertained themselves with; playing Littlest Petshop, Barbies, Babies, going to the neighborhood park, jumping on the trampoline, board games and much, much more.

The adults even had fun "playing". We shopped, watched movies, played games and vegged out in front of "Top Chef" with treats. It was so much fun to have them here.

Thanks for PLAYIN' Olsens!