{"id":1109,"date":"2007-03-22T22:44:14","date_gmt":"2007-03-23T02:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2007-03-22T22:44:14","modified_gmt":"2007-03-23T02:44:14","slug":"mc_happy_meal_w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/mc_happy_meal_w\/","title":{"rendered":"mc happy meal wreath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Img_3444\" alt=\"Img_3444\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/03\/22\/img_3444.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/>My talented friend, Michelle Allen posted this clever wreath of miscellaneous happy meal toys on her <a href=\"http:\/\/allendesigns.typepad.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/playful_wreath_.html\">blog<\/a> recently and it gave me a good chuckle.&nbsp; I love thinking up unusual ways to use things that are destined for the trash can&#8230; and I have to say this crazy wreath takes the cake.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how she did it:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;To make it, all I did was take a styrofoam wreath, covered it with colorful fabric, tied a ribbon around it for hanging and used a glue gun to glue layer upon layer of toys. Make sure to use plenty of glue so it holds up for many years. I did try to pay attention to it having a top to it so that most of the toys were right side up.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ikea_shadow_box\" alt=\"Ikea_shadow_box\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/03\/22\/ikea_shadow_box.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>I also like the idea of painting some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15573&amp;catalogId=10103&amp;storeId=12&amp;productId=11555&amp;langId=-1&amp;categoryId=15709&amp;chosenPartNumber=86525309\">Ikea shadow boxes<\/a> and stuffing them full of small toys or items your children don&#8217;t play with any more and mounting them in a series of three in their bedroom or playroom.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;d be a very <a href=\"http:\/\/moma.org\/\">MoMA<\/a> statement on todays consumer culture and blatent branding.&nbsp; Plus, on a lighter note&#8230;they&#8217;d look pretty cool.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/mc_happy_meal_w\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/mc_happy_meal_w\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My talented friend, Michelle Allen posted this clever wreath of miscellaneous happy meal toys on her blog recently and it gave me a good chuckle.&nbsp; I love thinking up unusual ways to use things that are destined for the trash can&#8230; and I have to say this crazy wreath takes the cake. 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I did try to pay attention to it having a top to it so that most of the toys were right side up.&quot; I also like the idea of painting some Ikea shadow boxes and stuffing them full of small toys or items your children don&#8217;t play with any more and mounting them in a series of three in their bedroom or playroom.&nbsp; It&#8217;d be a very MoMA statement on todays consumer culture and blatent branding.&nbsp; Plus, on a lighter note&#8230;they&#8217;d look pretty cool.<\/p>\n<script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[2452,2450,2449,546,2451],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lets-get-crafty","tag-craft","tag-happy-meal-toys","tag-ikea","tag-michelle-allen","tag-moma"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}