Kid Mode

My life just got so much easier thanks to this pin: Kid Mode

Sometimes it gets so annoying when I let my kids play with my phone and I get it back and some of the apps are moved around or missing. It is also annoying when they click on ads every 30 seconds,  and I have to help them exit out and get back to the game. On the other hand it is so nice to be able to distract them with the iPhone and keep them quiet in public, and there are so many fun learning games for toddlers that the kids like to use. I had heard rumors that there was a way to lock the phone or iPad so kids couldn't roam around on it but I was never able to figure it out, until last night, and I am so so happy that I know how to put my stuff in kid mode now!!
Click to the link for more details instructions, but basically you go to your Settings, tap on General, scroll down to Accessibility, once in Accessibility there is a section titled Learning and underneath you can click on the Guided Access. Turn the Guided Access to ON and set a pass code. Once that is done all you have to do before giving your kid your phone is go to the app, push your home button 3 times quickly and that will pull up the guided access screen, you can circle any parts of the screen (like ads or volume) that you don't want the kids to be able to touch, and then hit start.
On a makes my life easier scale of 1-10 I am giving this a perfect 10! Wish I knew about it sooner!

Fall Pears

For our November Pinterest Club we made these cute little pears

The picture tutorial pretty much explains it all, these were so easy and they are so cute, I am going to be making a few more today to decorate my Thanksgiving table and when I am done using them for fall decor I am just going to display them in a fun vase, they are fun year round!

We used the Natural Jute, in both the light and dark color, from Hobby Lobby, it is only $3.29 for 400 feet and you need about 6 yards of the dark for 1 pear and about 8 yards of the lighter color for 1 pear.One roll of twine of the dark will make over 20 pears! The darker is much easier to work with but its fun to have two colors. I thought about using some red and yellow yarn to add more color to the table but I don't think I will. You could probably paint them though- I will be trying that after I make a bunch more. I thought my light bulbs looked a little too narrow at the top so I just went back and wrapped a double layer of twine over the skinny part and I liked that look a little better. We used hot glue and just glued as we wrapped. On the skinny part I just glued a few lines for about an inch vertically down the bulb and then twirled and wrapped really fast but along the wider part the twine slips so you need to glue more horizontally as you wrap.
On an easy scale of 1-10 I give these an 8.5 for super easy, it just can get a little tricky around the wide part- but you can go back over bare spots!! On a pain scale of 1-10 they get a 4, I had little glue blisters all over my thumbs from the hot glue! Ouch! It was worth the pain though, I love them!!