#MakingItAtHome Challenge

I have been a fan of NBC’s show Making It with Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman since the very beginning. So, when they announced a special “at home” challenge during quarantine I had to give it a go!

Week One

The first week’s challenge was to make something out of things found in your junk drawer.

Almost immediately three things I could do came to mind.

When I saw the playing cards I thought of creating a modern style mobile.

First, I painted the back of the cards black using some acrylic paint I had at home.

Then, using some black yarn and some wire I also had around the house, I formed the mobile.

Because the wire was gold I decided to wrap the yarn around the wire making it all black.

This project definitely didn’t turnout exactly like I had envisioned but hey, I at least gave it a try.

The second project I thought of was to create a play block out of some extra Koozies I had in my junk drawer.

I love Koozies but had a few I didn’t mind parting with.

First, I cut the Koozies into six squares.

Then, using some white yarn I had I stitched a design in all six squares and stitched them together to form a cube.

This also didn’t turnout quite like I had hoped but was still fun to put together.

My third idea was to use the magnetic letters to create a cool name tag, but I soon realized I didn’t have two of the same letter so that project was scraped.

We’ll see how next week’s challenge turns out!