<![CDATA[Tracy Ann Holmes - Blog]]>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:06 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[The Ultimate Lego Table]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2015 04:31:42 GMThttps://www.tracyannholmes.com/blog/the-ultimate-lego-tableFinally--the solution to crazy amounts of Legos on the floor. We had our old laminate top from our kitchen island to use as the table top. I purchased bins from the Dollar Tree for organizing the Legos. I purchased three 1"x4"x12' boards and one 4'x8' sheet of 1/2" Masonite and had Home Depot cut to size.

Other supplies & tools:

wood glue

20 2" angle brackets

40 0 size wood biscuits

1" finish nails

sander

Biscuit cutter (you can use a drill and dowels instead of a biscuit joiner)

Drill

80 1" wood screws

Wood clamps
]]><![CDATA[LORAX BIRTHDAY CAKE]]>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:54:55 GMThttps://www.tracyannholmes.com/blog/lorax-birthday-cakeEvery year I have my children choose a theme for their birthday. My daughter chose the Lorax with truffulla trees. At first I thought I would make the trees with Pirouette cookies, but then I couldn't get the whimsical, tall and bendy look from Dr. Sues. So instead I made the tree trunks with a wire armature covered in Sculpey (polymer) clay. The tops were made with cotton candy in various colors. All the figures were also created in Sculpey.

For party favors, we took the giant sunglasses from the dollar store and added foam eyebrows and mustaches, so that everyone could be a Lorax.
]]><![CDATA[The Artist With Kids]]>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:04:59 GMThttps://www.tracyannholmes.com/blog/the-artist-with-kids

My goal is to have a place to show all the various projects that I do: fine art, crafts, puppets, and crazy birthday cakes for my kids. Stay tuned as I add in projects past and present.

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Checking out Beeker's Eyes
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Beeker Puppet
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