Mommas getting crafty

Now that it is getting cooler, Wyatt is wearing jackets.  Even though he has a nice walk in closet, I hate having to go in there to get a jacket out and put it back up everyday!  I know kinda lazy, but hey anything I can do to save time, I'm all for it.  So, I decided he needed a coat rack in his room.  We have one in the mud room but it is full.  I looked and looked for one I liked and nothing, so I decided I would make him one.  I'm kinda crafty, and Pinterest just gets my creative juices flowing.  So here's what I did to make Wyatt his very own coat rack! 

First I spelled his name out in blocks we already had, sans the A.  Yes, for some reason we had no A, so I thought well crap back to the drawing board.  Then I looked at the V a little closer and hmm whaddaya know upside down it looks like an A, just add a purple permanent marker and voila an A!

I wanted the jackets to have a little something more to hang on, so I stacked the blocks on top of each other.  I placed them differently so you can see just a little color from the block underneath.

I then used Gorilla Glue to hold the blocks together.

We had some left over tongue and groove board from a toy box Randy built.  So we, when I say we I mean Randy, cut the board to the desired length.

And we painted it green, again I mean Randy!

I placed the blocks how I wanted them on the board.

And Randy screwed the blocks into the board and attached some picture hangers.  I'm not even going to pretend I did this part, because lets face it, men love their power tools!

Then we hung it on the wall!

Randy thought we should center it over the tree but I had other plans.

See with the bench underneath it, it looks better lined up with the bench.  Now we just can't move the bench!!

I don't think the boy will forget his name because now it's on the wall twice, but this was the perfect spot for it, right by the doorway.

I just love it!  Randy and I built it together, out of things we already had and now have the pleasure of knowing WE made it!!  I hope Wyatt will appreciate it as he grows older.  

Have you made anything for your kids your proud of?