NO PEAK STEW

Easy to make stew, just prepare and throw into oven or crock pot

and serve when it is done.

Ingredients

1 lb stew meat

4 med potatoes

3 med carrots

1 med onion

2 stalks celery

1 can cream soup(your choice)

1 soup can of water

2 Tbsp instant tapioca

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Cut meat and vegetables into bite size pieces.

Place meat in bottom of 6 qt  dutch oven.

Layer vegetables over meat.

Mix tapioca with water and pour over all.

Pour can of soup over all.

Cover and cook in oven for five hour, or mix in crock pot and cook for five hours.

NO PEAK, when ready stir and serve.

RECYCLED SODA BOTTLE SPRINKLER

This spinkler is a simple recycle project that can be a lawn spinkler or just a device that the kids can use to get wet!

Materials:

1 Empty 24oz soda bottle

1 Plastic coat hanger with or without hook

2 Large rubber bands

1 Hose end replacement kit 5/8"($1.67 at Lowes)

1 Rubber washer for swivel hose end

Mighty Putty

Tools:

Drill & bits

Steps:

1. The most difficult part of this project is adapting the water hose to the soda bottle. I made 2 different adapter, one way was to cut the swivel end of an old water hose off keeping about 4" of hose and attach another swivel end to the short hose(see photo below). The other way is to drill a 3/4" hole in the soda bottle cap and insert the stem of a hose end replacement kit into the hole in the bottle cap and apply mighty putty around cap and stem to secure(see photo below).

2. Attach soda bottle to plastic hanger with rubber bands as in photo(tie bands to hanger with half hitch).

3. Drill 1/16" holes in the top & sides of the soda bottle, use a pattern that will give you the most spray coverage.

4. Attach adapter to bottle. With the hose type adapter you will need to add 1 extra rubber washer inside the swivel before screwing onto the bottle because the threads are different and only screw on part way. The best adapter is the second one where the cap fits nicely onto the bottle.

5. Attach water hose and you have a recycled bottle sprinkler.

Two adapters and hose end replacemant kit

SHOWER PUFF BALL

A woman that did one of my hair scrunchies actually counted the # of stitches needed to finish one, I won’t tell you how many just know there are a lot. I know the scrunchies have lots of stitches it makes them puff up when in your hair. Here we go again this shower ball also has to scrunch up so there are lots of stitches. The plus side, it is easy to make.


SHOWER PUFF BALL
Materials: Red Heart Plush yarn, size G crochet hook, darning needle
Directions:
Ch 4 join to form a ring.
Row 1: ch3, 28 dc in ring join.
Row 2: ch3, 4dc in same stitch, 5 dc in each stitch join.
Row 3: ch3, 3dc in same stitch, 4dc in each stitch join, fasten off weave in ends.

Handle: With double strands of yarn ch25 attach to ball fasten off weave in ends.

PVC CAN HOLDER

Materials:

1 PVC 2" Pipe Coupling.

8 Wood Screws #8 x 3/4".
1 Piece MDF 4.5" x 10" x 3/4".
Tools:
Sharpe Marker
Combination Square.
Hand Saw.

Sand Paper.

Screw Driver.
Cloth tape measure.
Steps:
1. Measure coupling and mark 4 spots 2 3/32" apart as in photo #1.
2. With combination square make a line at each spot full length of couping as in photo #2.
3. With hand saw cut coupling into 4 pieces as in photo #2.
4. With sand paper smooth the 4 pieces of PVC.
5. Make a center line on the inside of each piece and drill and counter sink for 2 screws as in photo #3.

6. Lay out MDF piece for the screws as in photo #4.

7. Attach the 4 pieces of PVC to the piece of MDF and spray paint(I use a copper paint) as in photo #5.

8. When completely dry stack can of your favorite beverage on the rack as in photo at the top.


                                                                                                            

 

 

HANGING DISH TOWEL

This hanging towel is designed for the person who doesn’t knit but likes the hanging towels and wants to make their own. This can be done by hand if you are so inclined, Or if you don’t have a sewing machine.
Materials:
1 pot holder
1 matching dishtowel
Pins, thread, sewing needle, button
Sewing machine
1. Gather your supplies. You can use matching dish towels and potholders or they can be of contrasting designs. Lighter weight potholders are easier to work with than heavy ones.
2. Mark the middle of the dish towel. Make a light mark along the center for your stitch line or you can mark the centerline with pins.
3. Set the sewing machine for basting stitch. If you want, you can sew with contrasting thread to make it easier to remove the basting stitch when you finish.
4. Sew straight across the dish towel. Don't back stitch on either end. Gently pull the basting threads from both ends till the towel matches the width of the pot holder.
5. Fold the pot holder in half top to bottom mark or pin for the center line.
6. Lay the potholder on a flat surface face up. Place the gathered dish towel on top of the potholder face down. Pin the towel to the potholder along the center line and adjust the gathers so that they're even.
7. Adjust the stitch length on the sewing machine. Change the thread to a matching color. Sew a straight line across the dish towel and potholder(see photo below). Back stitch on both ends. Remove the pins and basting thread.
8. Fold the potholder in half. Sew a large button beneath the loop on the front half of the pot holder. Attach the hanging dish towel to a kitchen cabinet door handle or the oven door.