Each month HandsOn has a DIY project you can do any time, any place (or you can even plan on doing it one day, but then really do it a couple days later).  Find out more about HandsOn Greater Richmond’s DIY Volunteering initiative here.

We’ve partnered up with HandsOn and will post the DIY for the month here on Richmondmom, but you want to get out and about you can find more volunteering opportunities for you or the whole family on their website.

 

 Make Easter Eggs for Southside Child Development Center & Peter Paul Development Center

Southside Child Development Center and Peter Paul Development Center are both community resources dedicated to supporting children and families by giving them a safe, consistent, structured, and loving environment in which communities can thrive through services like childcare, after school programming, summer programs and initiatives that support the whole family. Both of these organizations coordinate an annual Easter egg hunt and need assistance getting eggs ready for the children to find. DIY volunteers will assemble plastic Easter eggs and providing Easter baskets that will be used in the events at each of these centers, bringing some fun and joy to the children and their families.

Supplies*

30-40 plastic Easter eggs

Candy or toys to fill each (instructions and restrictions will be in full instructions)

2 baskets that can be used to collect eggs

*Volunteers are responsible for purchasing any of the materials needed for DIY opportunities.

How To:
1. Express Interest in the project to HandsOn. We’ll send you instructions and plan for your delivery.
2. Every person who plans to volunteer (including youth) must express interest. You can create a volunteer team to sign up your group or family members. Read about how to create and manage teams. 
3. Plan the time and place to DIY.
4. Once you’ve expressed interest, complete instructions will be sent to you. We ask that you donate a minimum of 30-40 Easter eggs and 2 baskets. There is no maximum. Expect the total project to be done in about 2 hours depending on the number of eggs made and the number of people you have volunteering with you.

Confirmed participants will receive 2 hours for submitting materials prior to 4pm, Tuesday, March 31, 2015.

Sign up here.

This project is Drop In, Drop Out and designed specifically to engage youth and their families. Volunteers can come at any time during the 10am-12pm window on January 19th, 2015 and are expected to work for no more than 30 minutes. This project allows those who cannot commit to a full project a chance to serve (and it wouldn’t work if everyone stayed the entire time anyway!)

Volunteers will:
• bring in new or gently used children’s books appropriate for Pre-Kindergarten-Fifth grades
• decorate at least 2 Martin Luther King inspired bookmarks- one for themselves, and one to be given to a child at Chamberlayne or Laburnum Elementary School

There is no minimum age to participate with the help of an adult making this a great volunteer opportunity to young kids.

All volunteers who plan to attend must be registered. This includes youth. Click here to sign up.

DIY Volunteering: Book Drive and Bookmarks
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2015
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Children’s Museum of Richmond
Click here to register.

When we moved into our little house it had a bold red door.  Really a lovely color, but done very quickly with thick globs of paint, so the paint on the side door is beginning to peel away (much to the delight of my children who like to pick at it piece by piece).  Underneath, we can see layers of light blue and black.

Obviously, it needs a little paint and this week we’re giving the house a little facelift with fresh mulch and a good power washing.

Deciding on the door color has been much harder than I anticipated.  There are so many options from  bold to classic and clean.  I like bright and cheerful colors but quite frankly I’m bored of the red.

So of course I scoured pinterest but none of these houses look like my 1959 brick and light blue vinyl tri-level.
So I had to see it for myself… This is why I should never be alone with photoshop:

Current front door
Which I am liking much more without the storm door covering it all up.

Possible color variations (including a fresh coat of red)

I’m currently divided between two colors… but I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Which color do you like the best & what color is your front door?
And a bonus question: what would you do with the red painted cement?