{"id":3739,"date":"2015-01-23T09:01:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T14:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=3739"},"modified":"2015-01-20T00:11:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T05:11:32","slug":"this-years-diy-christmas-gifts-part-2-monster-rubbing-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=3739","title":{"rendered":"this year&#8217;s diy christmas gifts, part 2: monster &#8220;rubbing&#8221; plates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP9448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP9448.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP9448\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP9448.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP9448-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP9452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP9452.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP9452\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP9452.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP9452-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>i saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freshlyplanted.com\/2013\/01\/create-with-kids-valentines-week_8726.html\">this great idea on pinterest<\/a> and decided to put my own spin on it and created this &#8220;monster maker kit&#8221; for my nephews. i tried it out and although i wasn&#8217;t wowed with the results (the evenness of the height of the glue makes a difference, fyi), the concept is solid and i think it will still provide a fun activity for two little boys who love to try out crafts. also, made from cereal boxes, hot glue and a set of restaurant crayons all tucked into a gallon-size zip-top plastic bag, this gift was practically free (shhhh! don&#8217;t tell!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i saw this great idea on pinterest and decided to put my own spin on it and created this &#8220;monster maker kit&#8221; for my nephews. i tried it out and although i wasn&#8217;t wowed with the results (the evenness of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=3739\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafty-stuff","category-kid-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3739"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3746,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions\/3746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}