1.16.2012

ctr blocks


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I am a member of this church. and i'm in the primary (ages 3-12) and this year's themed is CHOOSE the RIGHT. (which is a great theme if you are a member or not...i mean you don't tell your kids to choose wrong before they leave their house am i right or am i right?)

and we were thinking about giving each kid a CTR ring

 (stands for choose the right if you are having a slow day) (this green one is the one i grew up with...but they have gotten all cute and fancy now...


but most kids have them (my daughter has two) so we decided to do ctr blocks....

 i gave my facebook family a sneak peak of colorful goodness:

which just started as a bunch of blocks...(my sister in law was building a house and they had huge piles of leftover scraps! and they were just going to throw them away..needless to say, i saved them)


got on my silhouette studio and made a sign that fit the 2x4 (that isn't really a 2x4 but i won't get into that here)

and cut them out
and used transfer tape
gave it a nice rub and peeled it off. (so cheap alert: i reuse transfer tape. (especially with big letters) i got to reuse it about 4 times before it didn't work so great.

 (i distressed the sides before i stuck the vinyl on)
then repeat...

and repeat....
we made all different colors so everyone can pick whatever will match their rooms.




so fun. i have to say, i love them all together...i mean i don't need 20 blocks...but i love the effect of all the colors together!



on a related/random sidenote: i found this cute etsy shop


just thought i would share...
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10 comments:

  1. BrianneJanuary 16, 2012 at 10:06 AM

    Great minds think alike! I made basically the same thing for our primary kids, but ours say "CTR" big and underneath in smaller letters "Choose the Right". I love all of the colors you picked. I love your blog!

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  2. HayleyJanuary 16, 2012 at 11:27 AM

    When we built our house--Mike went out and burned the pile of scraps~I about died!! When we built the chicken coop last summer, he piled up all the "scraps" by the fire pit and I went and piled them all in the garage in a nice corner--just for things like this!! (he thinks its a waste!) I have about 30 or so!! If you need anymore.... :)

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  3. BethJanuary 16, 2012 at 7:38 PM

    Oh my, these are adorable! SO much better then those little green CTR rings, that not only turn little fingers green, but get lost and sucked into the vacuum.

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  4. Kari SweetenJanuary 16, 2012 at 11:06 PM

    Ooo...I want to make these with my Activity Day girls!

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  5. SueannJanuary 17, 2012 at 5:12 AM

    They turned out great! I love them all together too!! Ha!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  6. SharlynJanuary 17, 2012 at 8:18 AM

    Way to be an awesome missionary :) I love the signs and btw, hello from Eastern Idaho! I'm just outside of Ririe (where??)

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  7. UnknownJanuary 17, 2012 at 10:21 AM

    That's a fun alternative to giving a CTR ring. Especially for the older kids.

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  8. Jordann@JHouseTawkMarch 19, 2012 at 7:13 AM

    These are so cute.. I love them!

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  9. armymomMarch 12, 2021 at 7:28 PM

    Chose the right ! That is so cool. Never heard of the “saying”

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  10. armymomMarch 12, 2021 at 7:28 PM

    Oops. Choose the Right

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