decorating rubber boots

There are some pretty designs on boots now days - polka dots, plaid, hearts and stuff.

But if you have a plain pair of boots and since they still work fine you can't see yourself going out to buy another pair you can always decorate your own

you can paint them, I like how Melanie at Country Cottage living used "Painters" to decorate them. After looking around the web for a DIY these seemed to work the best.

Or there is the option of embroidering them

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This looks pretty  but maybe painting would be less work though not as unique
by Gina at doe-c-doe

painted pumpkins

Now I think that all the work involved in gutting and carving pumpkins to transform them into jack-a-lanterns is too much sometimes.
But these may be a bit more

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go here and see how she did it. From alisaburke.

these are more my speed and patience level

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WATER #1

want to make your own watercolor paint?

make it up and use it right away or leave it to harden for future use ( good for those of use who can and will knock over any liquid without a lid on it- and I am not talking about the children here! )
You can check out the recipe at Chasing Cheerios where she made it with her two girls. Her children are 4 and 1 but even with older kids you could use this as a color mixing project.
While travelling in the car on holidays this week the kids were playing with playdough and my 8 year old had to have a real think of what color comes from mixing blue and yellow. Of course we were all a little sleep deprived from sleeping 5 to a hotel room but ??
Chasing Cheerios mom was inspired by the post at dim sum, bagels and crawfish
Seems the fizzing that comes from mixing vinegar and and baking soda is pretty fun too.
The recipe comes from The Ultimate Book of Kid Concoctions