DIY Glittered Champagne Bottles

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Well if you have ever been to one of my parties you will know I have a thing for themes. The reason I love themes is it gives me direction and prevents me from going crazy with different (Pinterest) ideas. Recently I styled a Hens night for a friend and it would have been great to cover up the labels of the Champagne bottles to bring them into the color scheme. Especially if you are using ~~cheap~~ affordable Champagne. Obviously, we bought the best so covering the label was not required (wink wink). The link for the picture above from 100layercake does not have a tutorial but some white craft glue a whole lot of glitter and some more glue to seal it would make these a very easy DIY project. Have you made them? Share your tips here?

Here are a few online tried and tested tutorials.

iworeyogapants.com – Love the name of this site. Step by step tutorial.

stilettosanddiapers.com – This tutorial is less messy as it uses Krylon paint and not actual glitter.

The notion of the importance of teaching kids how to write cursive seems to wax and wane. While some schools have taken it out of their curriculum, many still see the value of learning how to write and read script. My daughter learned how to write in cursive and though she doesn’t need it often, I’m glad to know she has those skills anyway.

If you’re a teacher or you want to teach your own children how to write in cursive, I found this great resource from The OT Toolbox that I think will help. They did a whole series of 31 days of posts about writing cursive and breaking down the skills that are needed to know how to form letters in cursive. It starts with the most basic elements — how and where a child is sitting, and how their paper is positioned.

It includes gross motor activities to get kids warmed up for writing, letter families and the starting lines used to start to form letters, tips for left handed students, letter identification, pencil grasp, writing speed and assessing problems, among other things.

You’ll also find some cursive letter flash cards that can be used to help with writing practice or letter identification.

You can find the whole series at The OT Toolbox.

Looking for more tools to help kids learn cursive? I love these free cursive letter practice printables from Living Loving Lancaster, which include practicing individual letters and tracing letters to write quotes.

Or grab individual letter practice worksheets that just include the letter in upper and lower case for kids to practice. These are from Everyday Chaos and Calm and are a great way to start practicing the individual letter forms. They also include a little map at the top that shows which way to form the letter or in what order if there are multiple strokes involved.

[Photo via The OT Toolbox]

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