Little Tikes Car Transformed into Batmobile

I got this idea from a picture I saw and for a few dollars I took my $6 thriftshop little tike car and made it an awesome batmobile for my grandsons.  I bought 3 cheap black spray paint for $1 a piece at Dollar Store.  I had a can of silver Krylon that I used for the batman logo background.  You could use yellow which is the original batman logo background color.  I used what I had on hand (and our dollar store didn't carry yellow).
I started by cleaning any dirt from car. And also to help the paint stick better I did some roughing with sandpaper.  You could also use better paint or a primer and skip that step. Then I spray painted the door silver.  (step 1)
My husband made a cardboard batman lego.  After the silver paint set for a day or two, I covered the door with masking tape. (step 2) 
After that I traced the oval onto the masking tape, then cut out the bat and traced it onto center of oval.  (step 3 and 4)
I then used a utility knife to cut out the oval and removed the tape from outside oval. (step 5)
Then I used utility knife to cut the bat out, removing that masking tape, leaving only the oval covered.  (step 6)
We also spray painted the gas cap and hubcaps on wheels silver.  And covered them with masking after paint set. 
Now is the final and hardest step.  Spray paint everything not covered in masking tape with the black spray paint.  This took some time.  I tried to spray evenly so not to have runs.  And I let dry between coats.  I sprayed everything except the bottom.  I even sprayed inside including the roof.  I left the horn button red by covering it with masking.  When all is dry, carefully peel back masking to reveal the silver or yellow. (Step 7)  My 3 year old grandson loved it.  He put some scratches in it by running it into things.  If I wanted I could always touch it up...or leave it with its little scratches that came from fun and play! 

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Finished car

Happy Grandson!

OLD TUBE SOCKS, DOGGIE DIY CHEW ROPES, ETC

I found purpose for my husbands old tube socks.  Our St. Benard, American Bull Dog has shredded a play rope or two, has torn the bits out of stuffed toys so I repurposed some old socks.  I cut the socks toes out, then cut the socks into about 1" strips.  Then I tied three strips into a knot at the top, proceeded to do a simple braid and tied knots at the ends.  I made 2 of these and had 2 strips left over.  So I took the two strands, left about 2" at top and kept knotting them til I got about 2" from ends and then tied the two ends into a circle.  She loves em.  And when they get shredded or just plain nasty from her saliva, I can toss em, with no buyers remorse!

I Did it Myself ~ DIY Ottoman and No Sew Roman Shade

 

This ottoman was a joint project with my hubby. It was made from some old under the bed storage boxes my hubby made for my grown son's room. My son has since moved out and we got rid of bed so my hubby just converted them to this upright box and hinged a top on. We then added rolling casters on bottom and I used a giant pillow on top and covered with some fabric stapled to underneath of top. And it opens for storage!

 

With additional fabric from ottomon I decided to tackle a pinterest diy project for no sew roman shades. I got the idea from http://involvingcolor.com/involvinghome/no-sew-roman-shade-from-mini-blinds/ so not to take credit for myself. Getting a great picture was another story because of lighting.