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On this show we will show you ways to repurpose everyday household items into craft. Join us as we make some crafts for your pets and finally give some great date night ideas for crafting with your loved ones.
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hey it's noon that means it's time for a
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brand new Ultra Universe Live today we
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are getting crafty by crafting let's
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explain so roll the intro
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[Music]
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hello everybody I'm Rob over there
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that's my mom you can call her Karen or
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just call her as she says
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um today we're going to do something we
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love to do and talk about on say 98 of
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our shows probably uh we're gonna talk
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about crafting and it's kind of a good
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time to do because a lot of these things
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could be holiday gifts intent you know
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who doesn't like something that's made
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by hand
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we have a couple categories to go over
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so whether you like upcycling whether
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you want to get something for the fur
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babies or whether you want to
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craft as a couple we have something for
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all so you ready to go I'm ready I'm
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putting it up here we go okay so first
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up we're gonna look at some recycled
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crafts so I talked about this before
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soda bottles water bottles any large
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liquid always have the leftover plastic
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right and we talked about how you know
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we don't want to throw it away plastic
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issue all that stuff well you can make
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plastic bottle plant pots or flower pots
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so you can tell from here they use some
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faux succulent but if you have a green
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thumb you can probably pop in you know
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tiny little plants maybe grow some herbs
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do whatever they are pretty adorable all
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right these guys went ahead and
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literally made kitties and I agree oh my
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God I want to do this the basics for
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this is pretty easy all you're going to
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need is half of your soda bottle I know
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you have a bunch at home you cut it in
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half and then you just get some paint
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you can either do pure white or if you
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feel like being colorful pick one and
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then if you choose to why not add some
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googly eyes buttons what have you
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there's no limit because it's up to you
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what you want to put your flowers in
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right
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the next one is almost identical however
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these are used with um oh okay hold on
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well we have the yogurt cups first
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which we didn't we didn't get a picture
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for because it was the same idea
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basically okay I'm back to this then
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there we go so yogurt cups can also be
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used now that's kind of funny because
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they're very small but you can because
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some yogurt you can actually get those
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containers you clean them out and the
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same thing goes
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um all you're gonna have to do because
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usually you have a logo on there you
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don't want to necessarily have the Danon
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logo on your yogurt flower pot right uh
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but the same thing goes right you can
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put in a fake plant you can put in a
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real plant I just saw an ad for uh
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growing herbs and tomatoes so maybe put
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it in a tomato plant you know I think
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it's cool you can even I would even
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plant like herbs and put that on my
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windowsill and paint I love this I like
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the googly eyes or maybe yeah I'm sure
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on the yogurt ones you can do the same
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thing it's just a different surface area
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obviously yeah all right so now for
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number three what we just had of a
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minute ago these are clever
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um a lot of people do collect bottle
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cups which I didn't realize was a big
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thing but apparently it's a big
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collection thing why not put them just
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in a good use I take some tiny magnets
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and we actually made a list and we're
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going to put up a little bit later and
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all you're going to do is glue tiny
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magnets to your bottle caps and you have
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refrigerator magnets voila how easy is
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that literally it's glue and magnets
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and you're done
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um it looks like most of these are
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probably off of beer bottles but I'm
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sure you can do any sort of bottle caps
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soda bottles
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um
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you could theoretically I guess do
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plastic but I think these look cooler
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with the metal so I think you probably
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want to do the metal right I don't think
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plastic really has the same
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I I don't even know how yeah you could I
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guess but you're right so so far so good
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right pretty simple pretty easy all
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right number four we have I don't think
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we have a picture for these yet but we
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have the mason jars for number four I
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know there are so many things okay so I
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will I will actually pop up a mason jar
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here okay and actually for one of my
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crafts later I have mine too I just
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realized so painted mason jars are also
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another way to use as a centerpiece you
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can use it as a vase you can put some
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flowers in it too and this one too it
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takes two pieces you have the Mason jar
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and your paint I believe you called it
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tempura paints what you used to use when
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you were in school that that's what we
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actually painted with because it comes
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off it if you want to come if you want
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to remove it you can but oh I see okay
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so it's thick but it can come off there
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you go and it'll give you a nice little
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shine now what I will tell you when we
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get to the date ones after a while it
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does kind of fade it so what I would do
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is maybe paint on the front not on the
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inside because it might actually last
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longer and it probably holds on the
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outside of the jar now we got our last
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one here and these are pretty cool you
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can do one of two things
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Home Depot or Lowe's has those color
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swatches
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and literally all you do you take a hole
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punch you take some yarn you make a
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bookmark now I told you I thought a
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cooler way to do it to make it more DIY
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is take some little paint take your
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brushes and paint little squares what's
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cool about that is you can actually make
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like a rainbow so you can do blues and
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greens and purples and whatever
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um but what a cool idea to have now I
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think if you have a laminator which I
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think you can buy these days now you can
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actually laminate them after they are
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painted and it actually Keeps The
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Bookmark longer if you notice the
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bookmarks you have at home it's got a
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gloss on it usually right lamination
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process
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yeah what I really like about this is
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that this could go great with like a
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holiday book that you give someone right
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you get a book it's a handmade uh
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bookmark put it in the book you can sign
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it so they don't forget where it came
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from and I love this I love this idea I
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love the colors and you can make it any
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color to match your house because it's
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paint swatches you know there you go so
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it doubles in case you want to repaint
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pull it up you know paint your walls and
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then put it back in your book so what do
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you guys think of the Recycled uh pretty
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easy to do like I said the most things
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you'll need is really paint some magnets
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and then the mason jars everything else
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are things and we and like I said we
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have our you know list of them yeah I'll
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put that up there right now okay so
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we'll put up there and honestly guys
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like it's all right there it'll take you
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two seconds and while you're there if
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for some reason maybe you want a
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different colored paper
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you can grab some other paper but it's
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you know it's all right there for you so
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recycle is all good right I like
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recycling but you know me I'm the fur
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baby person yes I want to get my pet
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something so I found what I thought were
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five hilarious ones
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this is your very own Kitty motorhome
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slash Kitty camper because what Kitty
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doesn't want his own motorhome right so
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what these people did was literally with
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an Amazon box they cut out a shape kind
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of an oval shape you glued it together
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with cardboard you know paint error glue
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and you painted it they gave them little
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Windows they drew little wheels and then
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of course they decorated because you
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know when we had our motor home you had
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to put your stuff out so they play with
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their plants in the little seats and all
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that stuff because every good cat needs
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to have his you know one of his chair
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but I just think this is hilarious and
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this really honestly guys if you are
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somebody who likes to get stuff for the
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holidays for your pets this is something
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fun you can do with your family and yeah
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you know your pet might not care or
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whatever but it is a very cute little
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thing I think to do and honestly you
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know of the things I found look I mean
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come on I know you don't have one but I
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mean wouldn't you well I think this is
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adorable yeah well because we know that
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cats love to play with boxes and with
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you know all of it so that's really cute
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so either repurpose the box into
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something color for it I feel like I
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should go get a cat or something so you
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know I could do this
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maybe on our aspa station we'll we'll do
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that there you go all right now we're
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not going to forget the doggies now this
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one here is the only one that really is
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going to have some work to be done and I
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actually thought about my grandpa
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because she does The Woodworking so what
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you're going to do here is basically
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using a measuring tape measure the
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height and length of your bed usually
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for smaller dogs you have one I have one
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what do they whine about they're always
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like lift me up I want to get up I'm
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like you're a dog you can jump no they
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want you to do it so why not build some
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doggy steps all you're going to do is
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take your wood cut to size with your
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wood glue and I would do this I'd put
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some fabric on top with a staple gun you
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have a nice little doggy set of steps
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and I will tell you because we were
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looking for some for our little one for
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a while these things are pricey to get
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regularly so yeah you can actually save
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a lot of money building your own and I
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think I don't know if Home Depot still
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does it but I think they'll give you
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Lumber that that can't be used and you
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can actually get lumber from them yeah
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possibly but you know what I like rub I
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like the fact that there's a toy box
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that's built right in you notice that
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okay so I love that how clever is that
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so guys so you know us we talk about
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organization and storage right well one
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thing that we know of because our big
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dog leaves them everywhere why not put
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them away somewhere they might not put
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them away but you'll feel better having
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a spot to stick their toys in and yeah
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leave it out a little bit so they can
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pull out their favorite toy I actually
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like the penguin toy there it looks kind
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of cute but how cool is that it's a dual
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purpose gift it's stairs for dogs and
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again A lot of times dogs with older
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ones with arthritis these are really
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good to have because it's easier for
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them to get up onto the couch or the bed
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right and then of course you get the
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storage all right number three and you
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love this one I think a lot you went oh
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when you saw this it's so cute so this
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also might take some skill but again
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it's a pretty basic idea you want to
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have a plank you want to get some metal
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cord which you can pick up at a home
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store and then grab their favorite bed
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okay so our kitty tree is by the window
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but unfortunately the way the plines are
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you know it's hard to see out I love
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Windows like this for this particular
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reason all you're going to do is hook it
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up I believe you can use some sort of
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those detachable like strips so you
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don't have to ruin the wall right put
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their favorite bed on there
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and kitty now has a view uh Victoria
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tells me that at her house they
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purposely put them by a window where the
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birds are so their cats have Kitty TV
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and their cats get to watch the birds
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while sleeping on a bed right outside
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the window so trust me they may not
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automatically go to it but this is
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something cats do love and your cat is
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going though your cat will thank you in
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the way cats do By ignoring you and
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going leave me be go you know let me sit
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on my throat this is great
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all right so the next one and this one
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I'm actually going to try to make for
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ours at home uh we just need an old
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t-shirt this one I found everywhere it's
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a Kitty tent so all you need is some old
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wire hangers you want to make sure it's
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the hangers you can bend not the plastic
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ones an old t-shirt or a dress depending
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on the size and cardboard you're going
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to cut this about five by five six by
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six depending on the size of your cat
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using tape and some glue you're going to
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crisscross the wires basically make an
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A-frame kind of how you build a building
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right and then you slide the T-shirt
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over using the hole where you would put
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your head as the opening and you now
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have made a Kitty tent it's so cute I
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love this stuff and I really think when
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we do our other show for the shelter I
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mean this might be something fun to
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actually put together because this is
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something that really a lot of times you
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know when you're looking for something
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to give as a donation or give to
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somebody this is actually kind of what
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they need
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helps you know they feel safe you know
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cats and dogs they like to be cuddling
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they like to be hugged so how cool is
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that this thing and so far other than
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the Dog Steps these are pretty simple
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things to be doing I think the last one
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is really really easy and probably
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everyone's gonna have something right
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who doesn't have a Target or a Walmart
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Tupperware maybe an old trash can like
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this all you need is a stencil maybe
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some spray paint you now have given your
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dog or cat its very own food container
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now I'm actually looking because I'm in
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my room my cat is we just kind of have a
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generic container I'm actually tempted
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to do this I might actually want to take
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this container I have paint it maybe
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write her name and make it her very own
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you know food container I love it it's
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great and this is something I think you
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probably don't have to buy it because
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most likely you probably have a
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container of some sort that is paintable
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you know it's a great idea a great idea
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so these are all great for the pet
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owners at home
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um so so far yeah for those who are
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joining as you usually say we've started
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off with some upcycled repurposed crafts
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we just finished up some really cute pet
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crafts and of course if you are watching
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on replay you'll be able to get all this
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information the Amazon link will be
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there as well now I would be amiss if I
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didn't do date night because I'm a fan
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of doing daily date days or date nights
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depending on our schedule so I am going
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to share with you some of our personal
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things that we've made
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um and see if I remember how I put them
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together okay so this first one is
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really cute and this actually goes in a
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set these are lovebirds so you give one
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to you one to your spouse my wife
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actually did all the cutting and got all
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this done all we do is we took some
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colored paper for each side we took a
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tiny piece of paper for the wing a
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Sharpie and his beak
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and we glued the bird together you'll
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notice the bottom we have these little
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paper clip legs inside we put the glue
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literally the longest thing that this
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took was waiting for dry overnight
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otherwise so cute we had two minute
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craft that
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you know and it's good and I love the
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love bird idea because that's definitely
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like you know very intimate way to share
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with your uh spouse yeah you have you
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each have something that is that's
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natural I love that and you know what I
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know we're talking date night but that
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would be a great project also to do with
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your kids
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there you go there you go Victory
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purpose all right number two now this
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one actually came from one of my book
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club videos I did a while back who
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doesn't love a good masquerade where are
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my eyeballs they're my eyeballs I can
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see myself so this was really fun to put
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together now this one for those who like
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to do kind of like you know uh dress-up
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type of deals all you need are some
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wooden dowels which you can pick up on
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our Amazon list there uh construction
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paper uh this one's a little bit thicker
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but any construction paper will do and
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some stickers and I guess I colored mine
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because what the heck why not all you do
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is you glue the wooden dowel to the back
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and you have
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you have and just in time for Halloween
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oh there you go Justin time no
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no it's very true um and you can tell so
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all I did was I took my Sharpie I made a
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design I actually found a design on
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Google I I cut it out shaped it and then
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I was able to do that uh there so that
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that's one of my favorites and it went
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we're at the book club we talked about
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Sherlock Holmes with Detective story you
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know masquerade all right now this one
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apologize ahead of time because the
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paint has dried a little bit but these
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are mason jar photo albums
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those are so cute oh my gosh so all you
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do is with the same mason jar we did
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earlier you take the tempura paint
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and you actually you kind of let it do
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this you hold it upside down to let it
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kind of dry out into a paper cut or a
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plastic cup
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the next day after everything's dried
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you can take a little uh paper towel
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we'll kind of get some excess off and
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then you put in one of your favorite
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pictures this is actually us at a
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concert we went to a few years ago so
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it's one of my favorite pictures and we
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now have a portable and reusable photo
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album so let's say we want to pop it out
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you just unscrew you know the cap of
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course it's stuck to the top but you
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know you get the drift you unscrew the
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cap you pick the picture up put a new
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one in you now have a brand new photo
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frame
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so one of the things that I do with this
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and I think we should I'm going to
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decorate this but I do something really
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kind of cool and it's it's it goes along
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with the date night and that is I have
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little pieces of paper in here in my
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little mason jar and
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um both dad and I you know when we come
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up with something fun to do we will
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literally write it down on this put it
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in the Mason jar and then when we want
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to do something fun we go into the Mason
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jar when we pull out a really fun
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activity so I and I like the idea that
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your faces are that you know is you to
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put a picture in there because that
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actually goes right along with this so
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thank you for that great idea
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all you need is a good picture that you
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liked and you're done exactly all right
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number four on the list that I picked
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are paper bobble heads
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so look how cute this guy is he actually
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bubbles so this literally is probably
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the easiest thing all you need is a
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piece of paper like literally it's just
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a piece of paper
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um what she did was she cut around she
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cut a little tail and you're gonna
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connect it by another little piece of
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paper
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there we go if you can see that better I
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don't know we hit the head we got the
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head we attached that with a piece of
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paper right there and then with a
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sharpie we drew now of course it was a
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bear so we used brown construction paper
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but you can use whatever color you can
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make bunnies you can make dogs cats
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whatever you feel but these are really
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neat and it literally
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like it bubbles like a bobble head it's
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actually really cute we just stick these
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on our Shelf as a decoration but this
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would also be good
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um you know on a bookshelf on your desk
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very cute yeah very very cute I think
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now this one is one of my personal
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favorites and this one was one that I
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came across and we did this together
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painted rocks obviously we know what my
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thing is so that's what she painted on
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my rock
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um but this is a really fun activity to
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do uh all you do is take the correct
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paint I think you can use tempera paint
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or acrylic paint one of the two and you
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paint your design so she made me a
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Pokeball obviously
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and you let it dry uh we have a couple
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other ones that are around um and again
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this is something like the lovebirds
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where we made one for each of us that
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kind of corresponds right and you put it
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on each other's desks so and I love it
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it took us under 10 15 minutes to do so
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if you are looking for a date night but
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maybe you're a little short on time or
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it's kind of a busy week you can still
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have fun bonding
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here's another idea with that with the
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Rocks I mean when if you go out for a
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walk with your significant other or you
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go on vacation and you find a really
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cool rock take it home with you and then
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now you have a memory
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from wherever you were and then paint
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the Rock and maybe put a date on the
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back so now you can memorialize all of
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your vacations and again it goes along
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the the date night maybe it's just you
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know taking a walk but um it's great I
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think it's great these are such good
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ideas Rob I love these
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it's fun I love finding all this stuff
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so I put the Amazon Link in the comments
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so if you just want to go check it out
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because we put all of the uh items in
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there I don't mean the actual projects
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but the the materials that you need
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either the paint in the um glue and the
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magnets and all that and as Rob said you
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click the link you don't like what we
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picked out go in there and find
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something that works for you right it it
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all it'll all work out totally work out
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so what's our last thought here do we
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want to send well actually I do have one
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thought Rob and I want to even though
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this is not our minding your mental
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health show we do have
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um a book that you and I put together
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about finding our passion and I think
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it's never too late to find your passion
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and all you have to do is go to minding
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your mentalhealth.com it's free it's
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absolutely free go download it and we'd
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love to hear how you're finding your
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passion and actually what your passion
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is obviously our passion is to be here
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online with you and having these
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conversations we do this we love this
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and we have decided that this is
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something we want to keep doing you can
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find what you're passionate about as
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well
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um any last words that we need to put
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out here
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um
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go out get crafty
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I love it go out get crafty give
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somebody an awesome day we'll see you
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next time
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